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February 1st. He was working on J. H .
Scott’s party near Nehalem when call
ed to active duty as a reserve officer in
1941.
from the Army Engineers. He served
three years overseas and was in eight
campaigns, w ith the 343 Engineers.
Charlie Nelson is another of the dis
charged vets who has been doing his
share on foreign soil. He was Section
Foreman’s Helper at Klamath Falls and
then w ith Gibson’s Paving Crew be
fore entering the service.
1st Lt. Wayne Duggan who worked
in J. H . Scott’s office in Nehalem for
several years called recently and will
soon be out. H5e expects to resume en
gineering studies at Oregon State. He
has been stationed at an air field near
London.
A rt Spinney and Perry Kuhn are
back on the job on the South Klamath
Falls Maintenance Crew. A rt served 43
months w ith the Army Engineers.
Twelve months of this was spent in
the South Pacific. Perry served 3 8
months in the navy, with 20 months’
duty in the Pacific Theater.
Kelly Palmer who was employed as
a chainman on J. H . Scott’s party out
of Nehalem in 1943 is home on a brief
furlough. He lost a leg in Germany af
ter having been previously wounded in
the shoulder. He hopes to have his arti
ficial limb and be discharged by July.
Major Albert York, U.S. Army Inspec
tor General’s Dept., who used to work
here and later was transferred to Klam
ath Falls is home on a 4 1-day recuper
ation leave. He is staying in the Army
as a career.
Cpl. Alfred W. Bates sent a Christ
mas card from Germany. He has hopes
of getting back soon as he has the ne
cessary points.
Darwin Bexter is back in the Klam
ath Falls Shops, following his discharge
PHANTOM FLEET
Some of the “now-it-can-be-told”
stories about the World W ar II reveal
that fake weapons and equipment were
almost as important as the real things
in winning the victory. Just before D-
Day the Nazis spotted fleets of ships
in certain British ports which they pre
sumed would take part in the expected
invasion; These "ships” were not made
of iron and steel, but of rubber. And
they were not filled w ith men and
equipment, but with air. Furthermore,
the ports in which they were seen were
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