Show NEWS mm FROM OUR BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE U S SERVICE by Twila Kearl A telegram from authentic sources was recel received ed by mrs aneil sely aiho ho is living in logan that her husband was was being held as a prisoner f war ar in in germany just a short timi lim ago he was reported by the war dept in washington D C to be missing in ii action in a bombing raid over germany nugeane hanney has enlisted will wah the U S merchant marines and left for salt lake friday aug 27 and will go into active service sept 15 he attended the NYA school in salt lake until it closed for a few weeks this summer taking a specialized course in radio work and hopes to be able to continue this line of training lt fred S rex son of mr air and mrs A G rex has just returned from a desert training center somewhere within the boundaries of the U S in an article men alen into boys published in one ol of the navy and army magazines we learn of some of the training these boys receive georgie patten would hardly recognize his desert training enter center today where the first men of his armored force sweated 15 months ago rehearsing for tunisia today n nearly eai y troops are being finally hardened ifor for the fighting in europe and asia the center hs has expanded until it is now larger than england it is the biggest army training area in the if S for hardening troops physically for steeling them emotionally for battle and for putting them through maneuvers on an grand scale the has haj no equal this is the ardys post graduate course recently men mei me i fred being one of them were learning kearnin how tough the at its toughest can be these service troops were winding up the most grueling maneuvers eee I eld in the U 3 dryness keeps ibe heat barely c but in spite dt f this the soldiers health is good it takis taki s a man six days to be conditioned fr living in this quinace fu inace but with alt taoists ta and fisit juices heat pros orations trat ions are rare numbering about one in 2000 each man gets three gallons of water daily for drinking washing and cooking the hardening is mental also boys become men mea in a pretty short time in a place like this for days on end they spena lesi leis t kia ki tz a far 3 r olevery levery of every twenty how many of the U S soldiers are already desert seared the army will not reveal but the desert training centers war time futura is assured for troop come out confident of handling what lies ahead of them continued on last page NEWS FROM OUR BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE U S SERVICE by Twila Kearl continued froni from page one when 2nd and class seaman hubert holstrom helstrom returned to farragut after a recent c nt leave which he spent at home he found he had been selected SOL lor specialized training in aviation ordnance Maintain ance and was transferred alfrred to norman oklahoma upon his arrival there jonii one of of herist he fist first boys he fast me WAS 2nd and class gordon peart who had also been selected f for t this hi training trai aing and hs had d land been arami transferred terrea to this training ng center e tf a few weeks b before r hub hubert t arrived we quote part of it a letter just received iby by his parents A week of this place and I 1 like it a little better but it t is so hot one sweats all day long after gordon and I 1 being 2500 miles apart we have ended up by being just about feet apart he lives right next to the barracks that I 1 live in the army army navy marines and WAVES ES all go to school al at this station and believe me they are strict around this place one aas nas to do everything just perfect there are kids from ally all over the U S but it seems to me none of them are as well equipped for the training we are get ting ing here as axe are the tha boys from farragut ra gut so maybe we were not so badly picked on after all hubert arrived in oklahoma about tho the middle of august and reported temperatures of 1013 and 1101 not much shade fred helstrom is at camp polk texas about miles from norman oklahoma and both boys are looking forward to a possible short visit spent together jack mel mckannon innon who was drafted into service from the provo district left for the ft douglas dauglas induction center aug 28 jack has been working at the steel plant at provo for the last three years his wife will remain in provo with hes parents tos fos the percent per sent hoping to be able to join him when he is transferred to training quarters lt mae kennedy is home on furlough after seeing quit a bit of the blue acidic in the last few months |