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Show News of Local Folks in U.S. Forces 1 IN PHILIPINES Word has been received that Pvt. Daune Bracken has arrived safely in the Phillipines. Duane enlisted in October and received his basic training at Camp Wol-ters, Wol-ters, Texas. He was home on a furlough in the early part of February. Before his induction he was employed at Pasco, Washington. RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS DUTY SANTA ANA, CALIF., April 1945 S-Sgt. Elmer Smith, 35, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Roosevelt, Utah, is currently assigned to the AAF Redistribution Redistribu-tion Station No. 4 at Santa Ana Army Air Base. S-Sgt. Smith, who has completed com-pleted 397 missions as gunner in : a B-24, entered the service Aug. 1942 and went overseas in Dec. 1943. He has been awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf , Clusters and 2 Battle Stars for ; his participation with the 5th Air Force in the major opera-i opera-i tions of the Pacific Theater. ' COMPLETES 370 : FLYING HOURS : SANTA ANA, CALIF., April 1945 sgt. Blain Brokaw. 23, '. son of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Brokaw of My ton, Utah. 1 Sgt. Brokaw, at . the AAF - "Rpriistrihutinn Station at Santa i Ana Army Air Base, has com- I pleted 370 flying hours as a J Gunner in a B-29, he entered the . service Jan. 19, 1942 and went , overseas in April 1944, he has i been awarded the DFC, and Air ' Medal with One Oak Leaf Clus- - ter for his participation in the , Asiatic-Pacific Theater, with the i 20th Air Force. IN ITALY I 15TH AAF IN ITALY: Sgt. - Wilmar D. Parrish. son of Mr. 0 and Mrs. Lyman M. Parrish, of c Myton, Utah, now wears a clust-J clust-J er to the Distinguished Unit 1 Citation Badge, as a member of sti the twice-cited 450th B-24 si Liberator Bomber Group, known as the "Cottontails." t Sgt. Parrish is a sheet and -' metal worker in the Cottontail 111 group, and has been in the Army id since January of 1943. He is a p! graduate of Altcrra High school, C Alterra, Utah, with the class of ff.f 1934. DUCHESNE ARMY VET DIES ON OKINAWA Li a Pfc. Bernard Belt, son of Mrs. jf Ernest Wilson, Duchesne, was "i killed on Okinawa April 3. He entered the army four years ago and had been in Attu I and the Marshall campaigns. s Survivors include his mother; ; i five brothers, Lloyd M. Belt, Pa-1 Pa-1 cific; Howard and Frank Belt, i Wellington; Robert Belt, U. S. army, Indiana, and Ernest Wilson, Pacific, and two sisters, 15S Mrs. Thomas L. Lovell, Clear-jtff Clear-jtff field, and Coleen Wilson, f Duchesne. -J WW. CPL. MECHAM " i IN ENGLAND AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER STATION, England t-5 Corporal Arnold Mecham, 22, of J Mt. Emmons, Utah, ball turret j gunner on a B-17 Flying For-pl For-pl tress, has been assigned to the 95th Bombardment Group, com- manded by Colonel Jack E. Shuck of Casper, Wyoming, and 1.5.' now is taking an orientation ifB course on flying procedure in Ji?' the European Theater of Opera- tions, prior to beginning combat !' I duty in the air. ; The AAF gunner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Del Mecham of Mt. Emmons, Utah. His wife, Mrs. ;Maxine Mecham, lives in Mt. Emmons, Utah, pat ' W W ! AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL - " AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE V BOMBER STATION, England For "Meritorious Achievement" H while participating in bomber ,e-y combat operations over Germ-any Germ-any and enemy-occupied Europe, J. t Sergeant Jessie D. Freston, son yay 'iof Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Freston, jltv. itoosevelt, Utah, has been award-r" award-r" ed the Air Medal, it was an-Ti an-Ti nounced by the Commanding XI1 General, First Air Division. 1 V Sgt. Freston, a B-17 Flying Fortress Gunner, is a member of tfV' the 91st Bombardment Group, V Pioneer Heavy Bomber Unit in 0', the European Theater of opera-dtfj, opera-dtfj, tions. This group commanded by Illy Colonel Henry W. Terry, Ossin- I ing, N. Y., is the combat home of the famous fortress "Memphis Belle", and was the first group to complete 100 daylight high altitude bombing missions from this theater. Sgt. Freston has flown in attacks on German communication lines and troop concentrations in advance of Allied Ground Forces, and industrial centers and oil refineries refin-eries deep in the heart of the Reich. He recently took part in the group's 330th aerial assault. He joined the Army Air Force in 1943 after graduating from Roosevelt High school. |
