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SERVICE NEWS
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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
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