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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