| Show NEWS FROM OUR BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE U S SERVICE by twila kearl reed kennedy left for camp white near Br emerton wash thursday july after spending a 26 day furlough at home sunday evening he be was guest of honor at a family gathering of about 40 people at the home of his parents mr and mrs wm kennedy dennedy Xen nedy monday night he was entertained at the home of mr and mrs ralph hanney during the evening moving pictures of naw guinea and australia which have been talen taken and sent home by bob meli hinnon innon were shown many of the places shown were familiar to reed he will toe be reassigned to a new group and station when he arrived at camp white in a letter from lloyd who has just recently been promoted from an ensign to lt j g and dated july he says it is good to hear that the valley is getting plenty of moisture this year I 1 hope all the crops come through in good shape I 1 can well understand though that the labor problem is a tough proposition every thing here now is green the grass and other undergrowth is above my knees and numerous flowers are dispersed all though it I 1 have taken three rolls of color film I 1 hope they have been exposed correctly and he also said how homesick it had made him for randolph when his wife carol who spent a couple of weeks recently here had told him about being here and again seeing many of their old friends lloyd is stationed somewhere in the aleutian islands not all fighter pilots take to the air to blast their gunfire at japanese and german planes in fact several of them the aerial photographers pilot ther their craft over enemy targets dodging flak and interceptors intercept ors to shoot only their cameras c amiras from an army air force photo group based in england comes a story about P 38 36 pilot lt max E mckinnon whose wile wife is mrs tress tresa anderson non jion mesa arizona he completed his first photographic mission recently photographing important pictures ot of enemy military maritime and industrial activities a tivi ties the pictures he and fellow photo pilots take on th thair ir solitary unarmed sorties corties provide the information that sends the big bombers out on their deadly attacks on nazi defense det aise and industrial du installations and jines mes of com om dispatch lauds pilot evading flak and interceptor interceptors ors om the 26 year old lightening pilot displayed courage skill and coolness in completing an important anis mission sion said the dispatch from his group taken from the salt lake tribune of july 16 lt owen oven son of mr and mrs oliver of laketown Lake town has been reported missing in action while out on lus his esth mission rais sion on july sid he was stationed at an army air base on the island ot 01 corsica italy and hii hi 3 parents received a latter hater from him written july 2nd and in which he said I 1 things are sure in a mess mesa over hers here if anyone back home thinks his war is being won the easy way they should he here and he also said he waa scheduled fr another flight the next day lit ross jackson bombadier son of mr and mrs frank jackson of randolph has been awarded the air medal the citation read as follows dated april 9 1914 for exceptionally meritorious Jori outi achievement while participating in five separate combat missions over enemy occupied continental europe llie courage coolness and skill displayed by lt ross rosa jackson upon these occasions reflect great credit upon himself and the armed forces of the U S by command of af lt general doolittle since this award three oak oah leaf clusters have been added to this medal in a letter to his bis parents written on june ath he says dear folks just a tow few lines imes to let you know I 1 am okey key I 1 imagine you have been wondering about me more than usual these past couple of days but im all right except that im a little tired I 1 was in on the big opening on D day we were here just a few minutes before the first boys hit the beach we see much for the y clouds which were below us but there were exe a few breaks and what we did se iee e was something long to be kemem bared the next day we were able to y get a better view f the whole affair t it was stupendous I 1 suppose by now you have received my letter telling you I 1 had seen clayton longhurst lm im going to try to see him again one of these el days but it will be quite awhile before I 1 can I 1 would sure like to be li home but there is a job to be ba done lo 10 e over here first my love ross pac richard Rici liard dick jackson another son of mr air and mrs airs frank jackson is a gunner on a B 29 and ks is stationed at present at salmas salinas kansas he wrote home just recently that he had been on a three day cruise down to texas florida and the carlbean Carn Carri bean sea his wife is with him a this station to in kansas mr and mrs harold jones received the following poem written by their son seaman 2nd and class richard rex jones while resting on top deck one evening at dusk after returning from an attack against the japanese A prater pra er in thoughts A wisp of cloud A twinkling star grey shore lines in the west A k cooling breeze A smooth calm sea ones thoughts are then his best thoughts of home and god beyond of lifes past pleasures fled of making love of songs past sung A change of thoughts of 01 merrie voices wed to war and hell some where near beyond i men give their souls to god so dear somes with the th bedevil devil pawned for freedom fre god humanity with souls so dear they part they rise upon the battle field A prayer is in each heart A self sald said prayer I 1 it k I 1 Is not so its source is spread afar its from a humble mothers heart it its her he thoughts thought that it marr but worry not loved ones at home |
