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12 Lt. Donald M. Townsend visited his family and friends in Salem recently. Don is a Liberator bomber pilot and is selecting his crew at the U.S. Army Air Base, Lincoln, Nebraska, where he is temporarily located, and expects to be off for active duty after a short train ing period. Good luck to you and your crew, Don! Corporal Cecil W. Head— In h:s let ter to Eddie Clymer “ Cece” advises he has received his copy of our magazine and enjoyed it very much, especially as to the news of where some of the boys are located and what they are doing. "Cece” is in Italy at present and says it is a beautiful country— much nicer than Africa— but nothing compared to Oregon. He says to tell all "Hello” and he will be seeing us all some of these days.— Soon, we hope. Sgt. Otis L. Dewey, 2511th A.A.F. Base Unit, Bryan, Texas, advises us he is doing field radio repair and main tenance work, and has extended his thanks for the magazine, saying he en joyed it very much. P.F.C. Arley R. Spain, M.P., USMC. — Sgt. Dewey tells us that Arley is somewhere in the Pacific area and has seen action on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and in several other major bat tles. These marines sure get around and we hope -they continue to keep up the good work. Chas. R. Henry, M.M. 2 /c, Seabees, somewhere in the South Pacific. Chas, says to keep the fish well fed on vita min pills as they will need lots of them to . get away when he gets back up around Santiam Junction. Woodley will take care of this job fqr you, Charles. P.F.C. Albert H . Hansen, US Army. Al is in New Guinea and says he has to tie a rock to his foxhole every night to keep it from floating away. Be care ful, Al, that you don’t make a mistake some night and use lava rock, as they are pretty light. Sgt. Homer J. Jahns, USMC, some where in the South Pacific advises the fishing down there is fairly good, but the Cascade region has it beat quite a bit. Homer’s Dad is keeping the fishing tackle well oiled and is using it just enough to keep the outfit in tip top shape for the day Homer returns. H o mer was employed on Dejoode’s bridge crew. P.F.C. David M. (Kelley) Palmer, U.S. Army. Kelley is now at Fort Jackson, S.C., having recently been transferred there from Fort Shelby, La. He says he has enjoyed seeing the coun try in his travels but thinks Oregon the best place he has ever seen. Kelley was one of J. H . Scott’s engineers around Tillamook until going into the army in November, 1943. ' Cpl./Tech. Leland O. Curry, A rm ored Artillery, Camp Campbell, Ky., stopped off at the maintenance office recently to see "Buck” DeFrance. Le land was formerly on "Mike” Hodges’ and Forest Casey’s paving crew and is at present an instructor in the handling of mechanized equipment. Lieut. Roy "Pete” Rice, A.A.F. pi lot, was home in Salem on a well earned furlough after being shot down over France last April. He stayed four
