Show RECEIVES HONORABLE DISCHARGE headquarters air force philippines lt LI william J rees son of mr and mrs william rees of woodruff utah returned home recently after eleven months overseas service service lt rees a P 61 pilot served ed with the black spiders night fighter squadron of brigadier general earl W barnes esth air force fighter command he was graduated from south rich high school randolph utah and th then en attended utah state agri cu lutral college logan utah enlisting in the army air forces in october 1942 he became an aviation cadet and after completing his training received his wings and commission at luke field arizona he then completed a night fighter training course at hammer field fresno california prior to going overseas in december 1944 to join the jungle air force while overseas the young utah airman flew numerous combat missions in new guinea the netherlands east indies the philippines and the sulu archipelago |