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Show IIOLLLADAY JET ACE GETS BIG WELCOME By CLAIRE MORRIS Capt. Clifford D. Jolley, Utah's jet ace of the Korean skies, was given a rousing homecoming in Holladay this week. Capt. Jolley received a hero's welcome at Salt Lake Municipal Airport by the Utah National guard and Salt Lake chamber of commerce, com-merce, where a motor cavalcade whisked him through downtown Salt Lake and proceeded to his home in Holladay. Schools dismissed dis-missed so pupils could welcome Capt Jolley. Bringing the Sabre-jet pilot in from Travis Air Force Base, California, Cali-fornia, where Capt Jolley was separated sep-arated from service, was another ace, Capt. Robert J. Love of San Bernardion, Cal. Capt Love was the first. National Guard ace of the Korean conflict and Catp. Jolley, the second (the 18th in the entire Air Force). The 31-year-old Air National Guardsman, credited with downing seven MIGs and at least damaging damag-ing six more, was greeted at the airport by his wife, Mildred; his sons, Dale, 8, and Darrell, 4, and baby Renee who was born just before he left for Korea six months ago. Also in the welcoming group were Mrs. Jolley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wehrli D. Pack also of Holladay. Hol-laday. Captain Jolley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Jolley, live in Cleveland. Continued on Page 5 man, representing Gov. J. Bracken Brack-en Lee; Salt Lake County Commissioner Com-missioner Ray P. Greenwood, George Morgan and Lawrence A. Jones; Herman Jansen and Brent Jennings, chamber of commerce chairmen of the military affairs and aviation committees, respect- . ively. Capt. Joliey was honored Friday noon at a lupc-.e:in a 'rof.ol Utah. JET ACE Continued irora Page 1 A flight of F-51s from Clovis Air Force Base flew out to intercept inter-cept the homecoming pilot's plane and escort it to the Salt Lake Air National Guard field. Capt. Jolley, who became the ISth jet ace of the Korean fighting when he downed his fifth M I G on Aug. 8, arrived in the United States on October 8. was separated from active duty Oct. 29, and made a bee-line for the Beehive state and his family in Holladay. ' The captain, who was with the Fourth Fighter Interceptor Wing of the United States Fifth Air Force in Korea, plans to stay in the Air National Guard. The six-foo- tall ace has had several jobs offered him by aircraft air-craft companies, but has not yet decided what his future occupation occupa-tion will be. Bennett Glass and Paint offered him his old job back designing storefronts. What is his favorite oriental food? "Just plain American beefsteak," beef-steak," was the reply. What was his feeling while on combat? "One of suspension, alertness, alert-ness, and hopefulness, but not fear- fulness. Maybe I was scared as the dickens and didn't know it," he said. How does it feel to be home? "Wonderfull, simply wonderful a feeling beyond description." Has baby daughter Renee changed much since you last saw her? "She was just two big eyes in a blanket when I left and now she's a big bundle of energy." Of four jet aces flying in Korea while Capt. Jolley was there, only one remains now. They have all completed their misions and returned re-turned home with the one exception. excep-tion. Capt. Jolley shot down his first MIG on his birthday, May 4; his second, July 4;two more on Aug. 7; and his fifth one on Aug. 8. Later he was credited with two more kills and six damaged. He was wounded only once, namely on July 4, when he suffered super ficial face wounds from enemy gunfire. The captain studied aeronaturi-cal aeronaturi-cal engineering at the University of Michigan. Among the dignitaries who payed tribute to the flying ace at the airport were Mayor Earl J. Glade; Brig. Gen. J. Wallace West, state adjutant general; D. H. Whitten-burg, Whitten-burg, state road commission chair- |