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SERVICE NEWS
Louis R. Kerber, Chief Carpenters
Mate, in the Seabees, who had put in
over a year’s active service in the South
Pacific including the Solomons Cam
paign, was home on 30-day leave dur
ing the mid-winter. Lou fully corrobo
rated the reports we have had that the
South Pacific fighting is tough. He is
stationed at present at Camp Parks,
California.
Joe Gately, of the Seabees, had his
basic training at Norfolk, Virginia, lat
er being sent to the South Pacific where
he was stationed at New Caledonia. A
bad case of asthma brought Joe back,
to the States and he has spent several
months in navy hospitals in California.
He was given limited active duty in the
San Diego area.
Darel Rohrbaugh in Jordan Valley
writes that Alvin Wallace is somewhere
in Australia; F. W. Niles is in Japan’s
backyard and G. E. Pack is in Hawaii.
W alter T. W right, of the Seabees, is
now stationed somewhere in the H a
waiian Islands.
Don Taylor, Chief in the Seabees,
was home on a 30-day leave late in the
winter. He has been stationed in Ber
muda for about a year. His accounts
of the way of life there were very in
teresting, much different than ours.
Val Johnson was inducted into the
army in September of 1942 and has
since spent most of his time being edu
cated. He has attended Stanford U ni
versity and Oregon State College where
he took advanced engineering courses
under the ASTP and he later was trans
ferred to the University of Michigan
where he took advanced training in
sanitary engineering. Val was trans
ferred to an engineer training battalion
at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where
he is at present located.'
Verne R. Jones, CM l / c Seabees, re
cently returned home from the South
Pacific where he helped build airfields
and roads for about 18 months. Verne
is now stationed at Camp Parks, Cali
fornia.
W. D. "C urly” Folliett, recently pro
moted to Chief Carpenters Mate in the
Seabees, has been stationed for nearly a
year in Trinidad. He was home on leave
early this spring. Curly was formerly
employed w ith the Oregon State H igh
way Department as a bridge carpenter
and is doing similar work with the Sea
bees.
Glenn Loertscher entered the U. S.
Coast Guard in A ugust of 1942 and
took his basic training at Bonneville
and has since been stationed in the
Portland-Vancouver area.
Capt. C. E. Gardner, Marines, was a
welcome visitor in Salem the other day.
Slim saw action at Guadalcanal and in
the South Pacific and had a lot of inter
esting news.
Lt. Robert Hill, of the Navy, is on
active duty "somewhere in the South
Pacific.” We hope he has good hunting
during the next few months.
Lt. Henry Jullum, USNR, after al
most three years in the Hawaiian Islands
on construction work, writes that he is
very anxious for a furlough and a trip
to the U. S. A. to visit his wife in Port
land.
Sana Millett enlisted in the U. S.
Marine Corps in December of 1943.
She had her basic training at Camp
Lejune, South Carolina, and is at pres
ent working in the fleet post office in
San Francisco.
Lt. Malcolm Smith, Army Air Corps,
is doing his stuff at Thunderbird Field,
Arizona.