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where he is, but that he guesses maybe
somebody likes it there. ,
Tec. 3/e^D on E. Devlin, who left
our organization for the armed forces
on March 4, 1942, writes that he is
now lbcated in Italy and, for the first
time in many months, is only required
to work six a n d one-half days a week,
including many nights. His hours of
duty p r i o r to January 1945 were
from 8 A.M. to 12 noon; 1 P.M. to 5
P.M., and 6 P.M. to 9 P.M., for seven
days a week. However, as of the first,
of January, he started getting one-half
day off per week, and on the first of
February, night w ork was eliminated.
Don is very-much impressed w ith Italy,
and has had an opportunity, on many
occasions, /to Visit Florence, Naples,
Pompeii and many, other interesting
communities in Italy since leaving Cas-
ablanca in N orth Africa.' Don would
be very happy to hear from any of his
acquaintances.
The last report from Captain James
F. Haley is from the Det. of 11th Air­
borne Troops. As can be recalled, the
11th Airborne Division invaded the
Philippines squth of Manila. Jim, who
is technical adviser in the Signal Corps,
volunteered for service on May 5, 1942,
and after first having spent consider­
able time at Fort Monmouth, was sent
to the J British Isles for further study,
and was located at Gibralter during the
first days of1 the invasion of N orth
Africa. He was later transferred to
the States for-further schooling ¿t the
Bell. ^Laboratories, and from there he
was transferred to New Guinea. Since
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that time, he has been attached to the
5 th and 11th Airborne Troops, and has
spent considerable time in Australia
and oh the various Islands of the Pa­
cific before going to the Philippines.
Seaman 3 /c Bertha Welch is located
in Norfolk Naval Yards, Portsmouth,
Virginia. She is at the present , time as­
sisting in cooking for from 700 to 1000
lady personnel and enjoying her work.
Pvt. John R. Kelley is on leave from
the Hawaiian Islands, and is enjoying a
brief furlough with his wife-, June Kel­
ley, who is with the Permit D epart­
ment of the PUC,
Also on leave is Ensign Robert K.
McNeil after receiving his wings at
the U.S. Naval Training Center,, Cor­
pus Christi, Texas» He is visiting his
mother, Sara McNeil, who handles the
Mailing Department o f the PUC, and
will report to Deland, ¿Florida on the
13 th of March for operational train­
ing before being assigned to the fleet.
John and Richard M offitt, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. V. L. "5Vic” M offitt of
McMinnville recently had the good for­
tune to run into each other in a for­
eign p o r t.‘Needless to say they had a
lot of things to talk over.
John has w ritten his parents that he
has been getting the Oregon State E m ­
ployee and enjoys it very much. He has
been operating* crane on a floating
dry dock in the Philippines—been
ashore only. price in four months.
Richard is assigned to a troop trans-
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