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ing Force Equipment Depot and was fiess or pleasure?). .Cec sent an article
stationed there until his release in late from Stars and Stripes home to his
brother which reported an earthquake
October of 1944.
Valdemar J. Johnson entered the in, the area where he is located and he
service September 15, 1942, and was remarked that he, as well as the other
assigned to the Chemical Warfare Di men thought it was only artillery fire
vision at Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, so werit back to sleep. He said, , "It
California. For the first 6 or 7 moiiths woke me up, the building shook, I
he worked in the office and assisted, thought it was artillery fire, and went
with the Chemical Warfare training. back to sleep—quite a sensation.” Cec
From Fort Rosecrans he went to Stan has been overseas for almost a year, now
ford under the ASTP program to study and, has been in North Africa and Italy.
Raymond P. Beard, who joined the
advanced'engineering for three riionths.
The next three months were spentI at Army Air Forces in March, 1944, has
Oregon State College for more advanced been taking his pré-flight training at
engineering study under ASTP/Then; he Gardner Field, California. He expects
was sent to the University of Michigan to get into flight training soon. Ray
for a post-graduate course in Sanitary was af home on a. Christmas furlough
Engineering for another three months with his family ‘ifi’ Salem, but found
or so. He was then assigned again to time to say hello to his, friends in the
Chemical Warfare Division at Camp State Office Building. Smooth landings,
Sibert, Alabama, after which he went Ray!
I Lt. John Logan, who left the office
to the Engineer Corps at "Fort Leonard
Wood, Missouri for more training. In of the State Engineer to join the Army,
July, 1944 he was sent to England and has been in France for several months.
about three months later went to France Lt. Logan received a part of his edu
where he is now stationed. He says, cation in Switzerland and traveled ex
"The climate is almost identical to tensively in Europe before and during
Oregon’s in this part of France, but I Hitler. He writes, interesting letters
comparing conditions in France now
miss white-capped Mt, Hood.”
Cecil W. Head reports from the 5 th with former times and says that Paris,
Army front in Italy that it is still in spite of the vicissitudes of'w ar, re/-,
snowing, raining, blowing, and muddy mains the Queen of all cities.
Major Ivan H. Ware, CA.T.S., ad-
with occasional "spots” of stmshine
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sprinkled in. Cec says that some of the
country he has seen reminds him of
the Alsea Rivet area. He got into Flor
Kimball Brothers
ence v,'oti a six-day pass recently and did
Lumber Co,
a lot of sleeping, eating, and shopping.
Douglas Fir and Red Cedar
He said it certainly was swell to get
Lumber I
into town again. Just before Christmas
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