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Show Our Boys h Tlie GARDELL POWELL FORT LEWIS, WASH. Pfc. Gardell Powell, 21, son of James L. Powell, Roosevelt, Utah, is among 26,000 soldiers slated to participate in Exercise Apple Jack during May at the Yakima Firing Center, Wash. Apple Jack will test the efficiency effi-ciency of Infantry and support units un-its in mountainous and desert terrain. ter-rain. The simulated use of atomic weapons will be one of the conditions con-ditions of the exercise. Powell, who was graduated from Union High School in 1952, is a truck driver in Battery A of the 2nd Infantry Division's 38th Field Artillery Battalion. He has been in the Army since October, S953. ROSS F. REICH 2nd ARMORED DIV.,. Germany Pvt. Ross F. Reich, 22 whose wife, Bernice, lives on Route 1, Roosevelt, Utah, is a member of the 2nd Arimored Division in Germany. Ger-many. Now Undergoing rigorous training train-ing as part -of the U.S. Seventh Army, the 2nd Armored, is maintaining main-taining the peak efficiency in thrust and mobility that earned its reputation of "Hell on Wheels" in World War II. Private Reich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Reich, 1105 American Ave., Salt Lake City, is a mechanic with the Division's 124th a Ordinance Battalion Armore(J He entered the Armv er, 1953 and arrived January, from Fort Sill Okl1 mcChoKbLaER " AVc Boyd R. Lemon 'soV and Mrs. John R. Lem n 05 ton, is currently assigned tM,y" type operator with the 1901 f-6" ways and Air CommunicaS lr-vice lr-vice Squadron at McCh rt Ser' Base. racLhord AF Prior to his entry into th. vice, Alc Lemon attended RSer" velt High School, where . ceived his diploma. He Wafi ?' self employed in farming later He received basic trainin Sheppard AF Base, Texas type training in Cheynne, wfi" ing. He was later assigned' seas at the Naval Air station Kawajalein Island. on 0 His duties as teletyne nn, . include relaying messages ""f; have been received from mSh aircraft in flight. The lo AACS Sq. is a lorldJde ! ? ization providing communicant support for all military aircraft"5 A 1 Lemon is married to u former Ola Tess Goodrich of t dell, Utah. They have a son jL"' Forrest age 3 years. They 'resi " at 1516 No. Oakes St. TaCf)S'de Washington. lacoma. C. R. THOMPSON Capt. C. R. Thompson, USAF son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs Wall Anderson, married Jane Anderson Transferred from England to Oslo Norway, chief pilot and military aide for General Sanders, who i head of Northern Area of Air Forces under Nato. His duties are pilot, planning all flights over European countries, charge of per sonnel under the general, and ad visor on military and flying mat ters. Capt. and Mrs. Thompson Rav David and Christy have arrived in Oslo. They are impressed with the scenery and friendly people and already have a feeling 0f great love for that country. LESTER M. CHAPOOSE PACIFIC FLEET (FHTNC) -Lester M. Chapoose, seaman, USN son of Mr. and Mrs. Spears Isaac of Route 1, Roosevelt, Utah, is serving aboard the destroyer USS Hamner. Chapoose, who entered the Navy in December, 1954, reported from the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. The Hamner, commanded by Navy Commander J. E. Thompson, Jr., is presently engaged in training train-ing operations off the Southern California coast. |