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23 SERVICE NEWS (Continued from Page 15) are a sort of animal— at least they are not human. He would not dwell on the goriness of warfare or tell of his own narrow escapes in the jungle, but he indicated that the Jap soldier is devoid of emotion and even when spared his life by American soldiers, he maintains a dead-pan expression. Pfc. Macy said that the age of the Jap soldiers ranges from 11 to 50 years. "I’ve seen little kids and bald old men fighting in the Japanese lines” he stated. "The Japs have equipment just as good as ours and some of it is a lot better.” Pfc. Macy brought home an assortment of Jap flags, knives and other souvenirs. He was one of five men left in his original company. The five were flown to San Francisco from Manila in a C-54 transport plane. Pfc. Macy, a BAR-man or Browning automatic rifleman, wears the combat infantry badge, American defense rib bon, Philippine liberation, Asiatic-Pa cific and American theater ribbons with six bronbe stars. He left for overseas duty w ith the 41st division but trans ferred to the Bushmasters in May, 1943. He now plans to enter U S. coast sur vey work. His brother, Bill Macy, radioman sec ond class, has received a medical dis charge after two and a half years in the Atlantic and Pacific areas. A sec ond brother, Bob Macy, gunner’s mate first class, has been in the south Pacific a year and a half and his sister, Mrs. Pauline Montgomery, WAVE, is sta tioned with the navy at Pasco, Wash. Former Pfc. Willis N. Hoare, who was recently released from the army, is at home in Canyon City. He was a member of Long’s bridge crew at the time he entered military service from Lakeview a few weeks before the at tack on Pearl Harbor. He saw 42 months service. Eleven in the U.S., eleven in Africa and twenty in Italy. He landed w ith the African invasion forces November 8th at Fedla, French Morocco and took part in the Tunisian Campaign. He was in the battle of Adel Guitar but saw plenty of other fight ing. While he seemed to lead a charmed life and didn’t receive a scratch, he’s glad to be out of it and back in the good old U.S.A. T / 5 Norman R. Watkins, former truck driver for the State Highway at Kirks Oceanside Cottages Open All Year Oceanlake, Oregon Eugene Sand & Gravel Co. J. R. McKy H. B. Ruth Washed Sand, Gravel and Crushed Rock Eugene, Oregon
