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Vic Coffey, District Maintenance
Superintendent, and family, were among
those of the Highway department vaca
tioning recently. They spent several
days with his people in Astoria, but
also visited in Camas, Washington,
N orth Bend and Bandon, Oregon, and
other cities along the coast. Vic was
stationed for several years in the Rose
burg division, and this is the first time
he*s had a chance to visit his old stamp
ing grounds for six or seven years, the
war having restricted travel for five
years.
Hubert L. Watkins has returned from
Germany and is back at his old job on
the bridge crew. After hostilities ceased
he spent several months helping police
the conquered areas, raiding black mar
kets, etc. He says it was lots of fun
chasing Germans after they got start
ed on the run. They’d oftentimes come
in and surrender in droves to only half
a dozen American soldiers. He was
wounded once, the shot passing in front
of him, tearing away his clothing, and
knocking him down. The wound was
shallow and healed without trouble.
Clarence R. "Bob” Smith returned
from Germany in April and is working
at the S. & M. Motor Garage here.
(This may be stale news, but we
couldn’t tell it until we were told. We
learned that lesson when a boy, as we
often got in bad with our parents by
telling things before they were told to
us. Usually, however, it was because
the facts were found to be entirely
lacking.) Bob was scout for his squad
and saw lots of action, and although
he had some narrow escapes he was
never even scratched. When the fight
ing was over he was transferred to
Marseille, France, where the trials were
held for war criminals and where the
soldiers embarked for home. He served
in the capacity of secretary and typist
for both these activities.
We have a communication from
Bremerton, Washington, stating that
John Macy, former bridge crew mem
ber, and member of the old 41st Di
vision and later of the 118 th Bushmas-
ter Infantry, and one of the five sur
vivors of his original company, is work
ing at the Navy Yard there. He had
many close calls in the south sea islands
and learned how to cope with the Japs
and avoid their traps, but was unpre
pared to escape the snares of his home
land. Yes, you guessed it. He was re
cently married and now has not only
a lovely wife, but a fine young step son.
C. C. Long
Press Correspondent
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