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Corp. Berl Williams is in France with U. of W. in Seattle. Gordon recently
Patton’s Third Army. He says he has spent a short furlough at Portland and
seen a lot of bombing, strafing and ar Neah-kah-hie. We understand there was
tillery shelling, as well as quite a bit quite a drop in the local duck census
of the country. He also says the French while he was there. Hope he does the
girls are pretty good looking but he same to the slant eyes if and when he
isn’t very well acquainted with them as gets the opportunity.
yet.
Sgt. Herman M. Baxter, formerly
Walter A. Hill, S 2/c, advises us he plant foreman on Lou Kerber’s paving
is at Great Lakes attending the Service crew, is in Burma with the Army En
School and is at present learning fire gineers where he has spent the last 12
control. Walter has been in 13 months or 13 months. "Herm” has visited Bom
and says he is anxious to get it over bay and Calcutta, being in both cities
with so he can get back to the old job about March, 1943. He says that coun
of pulling levers for an oiling crew. try has lots of rain, fevers, insects and
He was formerly with Boldt’s crew.
snakes, but to his surprise the natives
T /J William Black, with the Army are quite friendly.
Engineers "somewhere in the Marianas”
Among those still at Camp Parks are
advises he has been getting the Maga Lou Kerber, C.M.M., Paul Davies, C.
zine and enjoys it very much. Bill is P.O., and Lester Davidson, M.M. 1/, all
anxious to get back among God’s peo Seabees with considerable foreign ser
ple and on the good old payroll again. vice.
We are sure he won’t have to wait long
Don Taylor, C.S.K., Seabees, is now
the way things look at present.
in the Marianas, having left the states
Lieut. Everett C. "Clare” Jones, for in September, so advises Mrs. Taylor,
mer highway sign crew foreman at who says Don has been too busy to do
Klamath Falls, and now with the armed much exploring as yet but has been
forces in Holland, has been promoted able to see quite a bit of the results of
from staff sergeant to second 'Lieuten the shelling and bombing as well as
ant. The commission was conferred on considerable moisture. Drop us a line,
the battlefield. 'Clare was through the Don.
African and Sicilian campaigns and has
Sandy Monroe, formerly Highway
been in Europe since "D ” day.
Department section helper at Mitchell
Major Al. York, formerly with until the recent unpleasantness started
Scott’s Engineers, is somewhere in in the Pacific, has been visiting his old
France but as we have no further in friends in Central Oregon. We don’t
formation can tell no more until some look for the Marine Corps to do much
of his writing friends pass the informa until Sandy gets back from his fu r
tion along.
lough.
Gordon Scott of the Tillamook
Another visiting Marine in Central
Chapter, is in Navy training at the Oregon was Alvis Logan who used to