Show OUR cc in di i avi M s ogden today I 1 received the following wire from the war department washinton D C march 19 mrs minnie G bugg blanding utah secretary of war desires me to express his deep regret that your son S mgt james S bugg jr has been missing in action over hungary since 4 march 1945 if further details or other information are received you will be promptly notified J A ulie ada general this is the second time bagg has been missing the last t time was sept 13 1944 at which time he was missing over yugoslavia he injured his knee when he bailed baided out on that occasion a and nd was in the hospital for several weeks at bori italy he received the purple heart at this time ile he had just recently been given a rest at one of our rest camps near cairo egypt sincerely minnie G bugg SANTA ANA CALIF mar 20 having completed two tours of duty overseas one with the field artillery in the aleutians Aleut ians and another with the air corps in england technical sergeant emilio R lopez son of mr and mrs fermin B lopez of monticello is currently assigned to the redistribution station of the santa ana army air base the high point in his second overseas tour as a gunner who completed 35 missions on a flying fortress was the time when he bailed baided out of a flaming plane our top turret caught fire he says we were over england and the pilot gave us orders to hit the silk all of us got out but the pilot stayed with the ship he set the controls and single handed he went back into the plane and beat out the flames then he landed the ship safely mgt lopez also landed safely falling into a british tree nursery only one member of the crew was injured lopez wears an air medal with three clusters and a distinguished flying cross his next ambition is to fly as a gunner on a B 29 cal eugene lopez son of mr and mrs fermin B lopez was raised to his present rank march 2nd and at which time he was given a short furlough before transfer to camp carson colorado on march 12 he was married to miss helen lusero of albuquerque quer que N M cal lopez is one of five sons now serving t their h e i r country in various theatres theartres the atres of war and all of them are doing did work cal lopez was inducted two years ago serving in the medical corps and until recently was stationed at camp bowie texas word received by heber frost through telephone message from hazel frost brought the news that bruce who has yeen hospitalized in the hebrides islands since christmas is being sent to long bea beach ch calif for further treatment and convalescence bruce also wrote his dad telling him he was awaiting shipment to the states he has been serving in the merchant marine and spent many months in the hebrides an eighth air force aerial reconnaissance station england mgt ray W perkins a son of mrs anne B perkins of blanding recently added a second battle star to tc his theatre of operations ribbon it signifies participation by the seventh photographic group in the normandy campaign his first star represents the groups participation in the air offensive over europe mgt perkins is an intelligence clerk for a photographic reconnaissance squadron which is one of those composing the group commanded by lt col george W humbrecht of st louis mo he has been in the european theatre of operations since june 1943 |