| Show with our men in the service headquarters southwest pacific one hundred and twenty times dimes master sergeant james C mauk monticello utah has watched his liberator take off from jungle landing strips and times at end of the day mgt mauk a crew chief and aviation mechanic has waited at the strip sweating out return of the plane sometimes it did not return many times it came back punctured by machine gun bullets and flak with wounded or dying aboard mgt mauk and the other members of his ground crew always were on hand to repair damage of the days raid on jap territory and make the lumbering powerful aircraft ready for the next days strike the succession of planes which mgt mauk has maintained have shot down nine jap zeroes and unloaded pounds of destruction on enemy shipping and installations mgt mauk is the son of james C mauk sr monticello Mont icella he entered the army nov 10 1941 and came overseas oct 26 1942 prior to entering the he was employed by the fluor construction co ltd los angeles calif mgt mauk is authorized to wear the asiatic pacific campaign ribbon with three battle stars the american defense medal and ai nd the good conduct medal in a foxhole fox hole in france dear mrs ogden I 1 want to thank you for the record which sure helps me a lot makes no difference if it is two months late or more it keeps me in touch with the people back home now I 1 have a new APO number numb er see below I 1 am in good health and in good spirits spirit s ready for anything that may come along wishing you the best of luck in the world abel garcia dear mrs ogden although we enjoy the record with its news from home whenever it catches up with us it seems to make me feel nearer home when the late editions reach us within a few days after they are printed ill likely receive mine much sooner if you will please mail it to my present address my wife is is here her but will return horne home within the next few days we have thoroughly enjoyed being tact flier 1 again i if only for a short time sincerely donald C evans C M ac mr and mrs parley rerita gt CA blanding received ft a td telegram legram 6 from their son lt dale ale P redd of columbus ohio saying that their little nine months old son jan passed away august 5 home on furlough is 2nd and lt wyman redd having completed his transitional training which followed his graduation recently at which time time he be received his wings lt redd is making steady advancement and his latest achievement has been the flying of a P 39 plane alone which rounded out the final period of transitional training mrs ruby hansen received word last thursday that her husband glenn W hansen had been commissioned an ensign i in n the U S navy because of his promotion to a commissio ined officer he will be given a ten day leave of absence starting aug 19 which he will spend in salt lake lak city wh where ere at that time his wife nv fe and ali daughter will be located at the termination ermi nation of his leave ho he will wili go directly to florida to officers training school mr hansen lell left for or the service march 30 and was given the rating g of S ic he has worked ha hard rd for this promotion only a very small percentage of applications are accepted for commissions |
