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be a triple threat man on oil crew No.
4, and extra gangs in Highway Dis
trict 4-B. Al got home from Saipan the
hard way by sticking his head up when
he should have ducked. Jap bullets
make a bigger hole where they come
out than where they go in. Al is now
recuperating in a Marine hospital in
Nashville, Tenn. He will be O.K., but
had a narrow escape.
P.F.C. James K. Risen, former High
way Department’s chainman on W. S.
Hodge’s engineering crew, has arrived
in that country of Ersatz Silver. By the
way, Jim, what was German silver
made of, anyway?
Vincent E. Graue, C.M. l/c , Station
Force, Public Works, Camp Parks,
Calif., on a ten day leave, stopped in
Salem to greet old friends. Vince spent
about 18 months on islands in the South
Pacific, building airports and roads be
fore he was sent to Camp Parks last
spring. He desires to see the big job
finished as soon as possible so that he
can return to Oregon and a highway
survey crew again.
First Lt. Henry Jullum, USN, re
cently returned from Hawaii by China
Clipper after more than three years in
the Islands. Henry will spend about 20
days in Oregon and then he and his
wife will leave fof a naval station near
Providence, Rhode Island, where he will
attend the naval school. A fter about a
month in Rhode Island he will go to
Norfolk, Va., for further training, and
will then probably be assigned to duty
somewhere in the South Pacific. He
likes Hawaii and thinks the navy is
tops, but will be glad when the big
show is over.
J. E. Lowry, C.C.M.-CB and C. E.
Campbell, CBMA-CB located in Aus
tralia for the past 15 months wrote
Len Koons that they are getting along
fine and are enjoying the country down
under.
Clinton C. Deyo recently returned
to work after two years service in the
Coast Guard. Deyo was stationed at
Portland, Oregon, throughout his term
of enlistment.
Also back are Orin J. Anderson and
Frank D. Holmes, both of whom were
in the Marine Corps. Most of Ander
son’s enlistment was spent at Marine
Barracks, Seattle, Washington. Holmes
was stationed at Tongune Point and at
Spokane.
Welcome visitor the other day was
Robert Yeager, (Rapid Robert), re
cently released from the U. S. Navy
after one and one-half years service.
Yeager saw several major campaigns,
one of which was the land’.ng at Tar
awa. Recently discharged from the N a
val hospital at San Diego, we expect
him back on the job after a little rest.
Information from his sister to the
effect that Vernal Busch is now in the
Philippines, was received last . week. No
further details.
EDUCATION ON UNCLE SAM
(Reprinted from the N ancouver Columbian)
The "G. I. Bill of Rights,” guaran
teeing veterans, both men and women,
the college education which was missed
or interfered with through military
service, will be a decided boon to our
higher educational institutions. It is
estimated that from 500,000 to 600,-
000 veterans will enroll for more
schooling.
Those who can show certain military
interference in their lives will be en
titled to at least one year of college
training— and will be paid $500 for
tuition and fees and from $50 to $75
monthly for living expenses. Longer
service will entitle veterans to as much
as four years in college. This being the
case, there will be continued speed-up
courses for veterans who will seek to
get five and even six years of training
into the four-year span, thus getting
advanced degrees and permitting study
of medicine, law, and other profes
sional courses.