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Show News of Local Folks in U.S. Forces RECEIVES AWARDS Technician Fifth Grade Glen .Allred of a combat engineer iatUlion has been awarded the Jronze Star Medal for meritor-us meritor-us service in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, from hie 11, 1944 to May 12, 1945, in (otincction with military opera-tons opera-tons against the enemy. He is & a member of the battalion ', fch was recently awarded the -sidential unit citation for , tfxriructing some bridges under '. t near Julich, Germany, on , i Roer river. Action referred to the citation occurred between ! February 23, and February 25, :M5 and involves the assigned lesion of constructing three '- Abridges, and infantry support xidge, and one treadway bridge. ' i well as clearing mines and j febris and filling craters to in- je the rapid movement of jfeonnel and support across the ber river. ' During the incident the bat-ton bat-ton was subject to incessant fre bombing, strafing, directly . served artillery fire, mortar i :d small arms fire. An added t istscle was the flood water lo-i lo-i sed from the huge Schwam- - unuel dam by enemy demoli-e demoli-e ion- t Cpl. Glen Allred is the son of : Ir. and Mrs. V. H. Allred, form-si form-si ily of Roosevelt, now living in 7gden. He entered the service in Plovember, 1942 and was sent 7 verseas in January, 1944. i- pa rut t ITTENDING OFFICERS CH00L r Jack Anderton, Merchant Sea-1 Sea-1 nan, son of .Eldon W. Anderton 1 if Neola, Utah enlisted in the - ervice July 4, 1942. He has " nade the following trips over- eas; Marshal Islands; Saipan nd Tinian, England, Dutch East tidies and the Philippine Island, ack is now attending Officers training school in the states. He tTpi born August 31, 1924 at oosevelt, and was a graduate of s Hoosevelt high school. IP SET OVERSEAS - Seaman 2-c, Kenneth N 2 Hlkerson of Neola, who has snin the Navy 2 years, landed 5i 'England with a three-day pass J l attend the wedding of his 1$ Wher, Aaron Wilkerson, at kburn, England. The broth-JvTjhad broth-JvTjhad not seen each other for 0pt 2 years. Kenneth is now rtioned at Pearl Harbor, he - gently met a cousin, Kendall irkman of Hancock Cove and S.C0, Jensen of Neola. The boys d a very enjoyable time to-lj' to-lj' flier. 30ARD U S S CHTH CAROLINA Ufc ABOARD THE USS NORTH ' MOLINA OFF JAPAN itthew R. Foley, 22, aviation mist's mate, third class, whose guardian, Alma L. 7; , lives on Route 1, Roos- t, Utah, is serving aboard ? battleship which is part of 'Powerful Pacific Fleet engag- i a occupying Japan. Coder the operational control ""JiAdmiral William F. Halsey, PcrV Commander of the 3rd S0Qthe North Carolina, one of Cjiamor" ships of the Fleet, -bled with 11 other battle-Q battle-Q 17 aircraft carriers, five I !warriers' 20 cruisers and I iethan 290 other U S ships I carry out the first stages of occupation of the Japanese fir islands. j!40Ys FURLOUGH ' ! '.n C. Harris, F 2-c, son of 'and Mrs. Lester Harris of Utah, formerly of the J 3 been enjoying a 17-w 17-w i plough at his home after W S eiSt months in the SHtg? cific where he has been dtf-aS Vowin2 Islands: Hawaii, 3 Siapan, Okinawa and f.naller Islands. He left . 1 w e Citv August 28th for id ?ttton, Washington to com-tr, com-tr, c.0urse as motor machin-pio machin-pio if? brother, Ellis D. Harris -a ?ping to R, T. school at m' . Lakei Illinois. rfjjjj HERE S2ac.e Riddle of the U S (Itow 13 Pending a few days n Velt visiting at the home 'ndmother, Mrs. Sarah - hMr- Riddle is in the air & Vlloned now at Harring-' Harring-' Wsa4St He wil1 vlslt other t ; post m b0 returning to tj ' |