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delphia for advanced steam engineering.
The three Holcomb brothers all in
the U.S. Navy in the Pacific war zone
have all met recently; These boys are
sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Holcomb.
Walter J. Poole is home. He his
been discharged from the Navy and
was formerly helper on the Siskiyous.
Earl V. Harnish, T/Sgt., U.S. Army,
has recuperated from wounds received
in the South Pacific area and is now a
M.P. ataprisoner camp in Utah. He is
the son of Patrolman Ray Harnish of
Eagle Point.
PflpW ilbur Cowlitz with the fifth
army in Italy, has been awarded the
Purple heart. A former St. Pax;l boy, at
the time of joining the armed forces, he
was working for the Highway Depart
ment and making his J home ,with his
mother in Salem. He has been confined
to a hospital since being wounded Sep
tember 11.
Tom H. Cooper, son of Therese
Cooper of the SIAC, has finished his
Hospital Corps school at Farragut Na
val Hospital and is now in training at
the Corvallis Naval Hospital.
A. W. Marquiss, B.M.l/g^ is with the
Seabees on one of the larger islands, in
the Philippines. He recently wrote to
Eddie Clymer extending congratula
tions to the OSEA on getting the two
bills passed. Said he, "W ith the Retire
ment Act and the Merit System Act, I
feel as though I have something really
worth while to return to as an O.S.H.D.
employee.” !
Theodore (Ted) Perry of Frank
Hcsrman’s Bridge Crew has gone to San
Diego to begin his training in the
Navy. Any further information con
cerning Ted would be appreciated.
Ronald Frost, who worked for Roy
Scarbrough at Baker before entering the
service, is in the Pacific Theatre.
Pvt. Robert Gruis, son of Edward
Gruis of the LaGrande Shops, arrived
home last month on a 10-day furlough.
Pvt. Gruis, a tank driver, returned to
Fort Ord, Calif., f o f further duty.
While here he visited with his brother
Bernard, who recently returned after
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