13
months in France under the protection
of the French patriots, the first hour
or so of which was spent in the middle
of an evergreen blackberry thicket.
The krauts who searched for him a few
minutes after his parachute landed neg
lected to crawl into the thicket. Pete
says he has a good idea of how a hunt
ed rabbit feels. If there has to be, a
next time, Pete, we hope you will be
on the other end of the hunt.
Cpl. Pete Thomas, a member of
"Chuck” Headrick’s patch crew before
joining the army, is somewhere in the
Pacific area. Get us a few Japs, Pete!
Tech. Sgt. Lewis J. Ansell and Clay
ton K. Ansell, S 1/c, sons of Leonard
Ansell, of the La Grande section crew
are both overseas and we would appre
ciate more information as to their
whereabouts, if anyone has such.
P.F.C. Max L. Smith, U.S. Army En
gineers, a former member of the Enter
prise Section crew is believed to be
somewhere in France.
C. J. Bodewig, A.M.M. 2/c, U.S.N.,
a former member of the Baker main
tenance crew, has been in the Navy
about 26 months, and is now in Corpus
Christi, Texas.
Lt. James D. Hanley is with the
Army Engineers in Alaska. James was
formerly with the highway department
in Baker. He says the weather up there
is much worse than home as the wind
blows harder and the cold gets colder.
TS D. A. Van Gilder, known as
Darwin to the Moro section crew where
he worked for some time prior to en
tering the service, is somewhere in
the Pacific on one of the smaller is
lands, after having been in New Guinea.
Darwin says New Guinea is quite pret
ty even if it is quite a jungle. He has
been running a roller for one of the
Army Construction Engineer outfits
and says he makes the wheels turn fast,
as the faster they turn the quicker he
will get the job done so he can come
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HE gave
a Gallon.,
can YOU
spare a
Pint?
• O ut there, on
the fighting front,
w h e n b lo o d
spurts there’s no
way to shut it off
with a paltry pint.
Many a wounded
m an has lo s t a g a llo n o r
more ere aid could reach
him. That’s why they often
have to borrow a little from
the folks at home. W ill you
spare a pint—a couple o f tea-
cupsful—to save some sol
dier’s life? It’s the only per
sonal con trib u tion w e can
make to help w in the war!
Better arrange the appoint
m ent w ith th e R ed C ross
Blood D onor Center now.
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