Show with our men in the service friends of lt ralph robson will be glad to know that he has been in direct communication with his wife and family letters writ en on august 6 tell of his transfer by plane to a hospital in australia where he is making slow but steady progress toward recovery from the multiple wounds received last month in a letter to his dad lt robson sad he stopped seven bullets and they small ones lie he also lost two fingers of his right hand and has had bad chips removed from the hip bone as result of bullet wounds the purple heart decoration has een awarded to lt robson and we all know that this means outstanding bravery in action we also learned that just before leaving for australia an AP correspondent interviewed lt robson and if anyone happens to read of this interview in any paper will you please send it to us since we know that the article will contain much more than he would or could tell in a letter it has been gladdening news to learn as much as we have and the good wishes of everyone are extended to lt robson through this column 0 dear mrs oden O den ive be bem n rec receiving elving the record for several weeks now it dij swell to know what is going on back home and to get news of my many friends in the service I 1 wish tc express my appreciation for the record and also to send my new address respectfully yours avic leroy C black dear friends would you please send the san juan record to the above ad address ss larn I 1 enjoy reading the record and can keep up better on the news and events that take place there at home I 1 was chosen for advanced train ing on torpedoes which will last about three months thanking you for your special ial interest in us service men I 1 am sincerely yours kent S frost kearns utah wendell P jones son of marvin W jones of blanding is now stationed at this army air forces basic training center it is announced by col converse R lewis commander he has been in the army air forces since july 14 1943 at fort douglas men at this post are trained under the rigorous program of the air forces technical training command they are taught how to fight how to protect themselves under battle conditions to march the use of small arms and machine guns the use of the gas mask and kindred subjects before going to duty with ground crews his wife is phyllis B jones ol of blanding 0 after several months of intensive draing donald E robbins of monticello earned the rating of fireman second class upon his graduation last week from the naval nava training school for diesel operators at iowa state college ames iowa entrance to the diesel school was determined from the results of a series of aptitude tests given to the bluejacket during preliminary boot camp training his course of studies included the operation era tion adjustment and repair of pumps the use of emergency safety precautions and machine tools as well as the operation and repair of internal combustion engines ready to join the ranks of the diesel motor specialists in the U S navy he is awaiting assignment to duty with the fleet or at a shore station 0 no one on board tries to tell the pilot what to do he gives all orders and all obey from the ilot of galilee |