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Th OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Orecjon. Sunday Morning, August 27. IS 14 Mid-Valley Men I Tlteir CohihUfy 'Rotaol. Ulie' World: PACE TEH Sen Serve - V I MarionCarl - - Discusses . Corsairs ; ; ; By SSgt. Dan Bailey ' (Marine Corp Combat Correspondent) EMIRAU, 'St Matthias Islands (Delayed) .With the skies in the ', South Pacific area cleared of Jap anese bombers .and Zeros, -marine ; corps fighter pilots here are loadf ting their Corsairs with explosives land using the planes as dive , bombers against enemy . targets at Kavieng and Rabaul, , 1 , ; Everyt day the blue, gull-Winged lighters carry aloft one bomb each, ; on strikes . or . patrol;, missions to .blast anti-aircraft gun. positions, supply dumps and camps. During June, Kaxieng and Rabaul : shook ; u rider 1 00 tons of TNT thrown by the Corsairs. Marine Maj. Marion E. Carl,. of Hubbard, Ore., 18-plane ace, said the Corsairs have been carrying - mostly 500-pounders and 1000 i ' pounders. '"' : """..;' rV "Something Useful to Do" . f Corsair - bombing, begun' pri marily to give the fighter pilots 1 something useful to do, has devel ' oped into a valuable weapon in ' keeping neutralized the Jap-held : positions on New Ireland and' New Britain, Maj. Carl said. J I j .To the pilots of the Corsairs, , bombing is something entirely new. In flicht school thev received i no training in u ana uiese mers have had to learn literally by the hit-and-miss metnod. - ; "This isn't the first time Cor- sairs nave a r op pea DomDS, Major Carl continued. "The idea has been ; used in another section of the Pa- . i ifitf ffT rtr rsl Tnnnttf'T Rn4 thsr j it's been mainly low-level iomb-- : f . . 1 V 1LI-L. 1 . 1 ting, wiiiic nere i uunt we nave .- the first extensive experiments In KAm1tn4 .. ..'V I, , mips Keep japs Awake f. .One important use of Corsair , bombing here is constantly distur bing the sleep of Kaxieng Japs. Patrols are maintained oyer the town every' night, and occasionally t one of the planes will drop a bomb, i '.The Japs stay in their foxholes, for they never know when anoth er .bomb is! coming' down,, nor I where it will land.;; It is; similar to the type of bombings' toe Japs i carried out against American "for ces . hv the Solomons for ; many . months. ... . ' v :' X .'V "... "The men like the , bombing Idea," said, Maj. Carl. "It's some thing different and it's something : to do. Recently in an attack on Rabaul," we" started seven fires. And every, time somebody men- uuis uivc pumouig, we uuk aooui mil firp a if tvs'rl cunV a Ko4tl sr ' , A Dives From 15,000 Feet " One of th hect hit rrontlv. mn made by First Lieutenant David . S. Bishop, who climbed up to 15, 00 feet and dove 5000 feet, with a two-story, brown house is his' tar get Bishop, who lived at 733 Rand Ave., Oakland, Calif. was. missing-1 in action the day , this story was . being written. . y '; -...''.. iThe plane's plunge, was half, as. long as a regular dive, and the", . bomb, after" release, had to trayel; approximately five times the usual distance'. to .the, target' Despite these handicaps ( the missile land ed directly on'top of the brown' t..:i j : , .a i ' m "-'''"'". , uuiiumg, ere mouining n and wrecking half V dozen ., others around it -' . " ' ' f " . vrc.J. Tiilo lTJ.it II Vr e IS V Captaitfs Bars W iJ In South Pacific; f (Special to The StatesinaiiV ; " " ;- FIFTH AIR FORCE, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC Thomas A. Fer- c,hweiler who has been navigator on the personal planes of Lt. Gen. George C Kenney, commander of the far east air forces, and Lt Gen. Walter Krueger, Sixth Army commander, was recently promot ed to captain- .-",'V , ':p Capt Ferschweiler, son of Mr, and -Mrs. L. G. Ferschweiler, Ger- -vais, Oregon, is now a member of fc the crew of a B-I7 armed, trans port of a Fifth air force troop carrier unit As navigator. on the Flying 'Tortress' the past .-eight months,', he lia's ; participated in " . Supply dropping, missions to troops. . shortly; after landings at Arawe, Cape Gloucester,- Hollandky Los" - IJegrbs.in the. Admiralties,, Wakde , and Biak" islands.' - . ? M o tf recently Capt :Fer schweiier took part in Ihe success- : ful paratrddp dropping mission. tU Karairi airdrome on Noemfoor . ' island in Dutch New Guinealwhen - allied forces seized this ; Jap' base.' '' pines'." ' - V-;v '' -z: ' Capt .FerschweHer . was ' gradu ated from -Mt-Angel- high 'school end Mt Angel collegeHe. won his wings in December, r942r and left for overseas duty In January," 1943.' . He has a total of 104? flying hours, S39 flowii in combat areas fXf -s SILVERTON Aug.- ? Lt Ray mond E.- Uavid, sort'jof Mr: 'and t I Irs. Victor.. P. David," recenjiy.ar t rived .at. the Big" SpringV. Texas; bombadier school, : and has, been s f-sisned.'tp dutas'a "pilot with the training department'! Q';'. A'jpraduate'Tof Silverton high rehec", he attended the University . cf O. -n before entering service. Ir? v.-;;s commissioned last June at ' :n Field, Texas. .,' . Leads Worship in: fry . - ..-.".. " ' . i . " f a . , 1 -f I f . ; K I ?! ' I 1 -At.' mmmmmmm-'J,"vr,i tJ' n n r i 1 - rmr -rrriiiniiimiiiiiiiii iim h iwwiihi A.MNTII AIR FORCE TROOP CARRIER BASE Chaplain Robert s W. Ttndall, whose wife, the former Mildred Will ef Salem, Ore Is new living- In Dayton. Ore Is best known to his Ninth air force troop carrier troop as "Chappie." At present he preaches to a fall house of American service men Room Only is often needed. For both Sunday services and midweek -prayer meetings. "Chappie" meets his GI flock for Inter-8enomina-tlonal worship of the Master Pilot in this quaint English, 16th cen tury eillage church located en their base. wnsville Of Wipe Out Complete Jap Force ' WITH THE AMEHICAL INFANTRY DIVISION SOME WHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC- ( Delayed ) -PJ-Lt. Denald E. Bouey, 306 Coolie Ave., Brownsville, Ore., has finally realized the big ambition of his life that of being able to slip up on an enemy force without being detected, wipe it jout and with draw without casualties to his own men. ". , - " - , - t I i w t ' ; - ; !v j Mickey McDaniel. radio technician. v 1e, fornier Salenv bey .wbe at- tended Grant school here and later was in radio school at Sa lem high school, is now statlon- 1 id it Stillwater, Okla. He U the son of Mrs. Anna Mosier, 157 .'A street. Independence, a nephew of Mrs. F. Otiti, 871 North Lib; - erty street, Salem.' Pvt Wilbur A. Wilkes, son of Mr. j and Mrs. Clair Wilkes, Salem, Is at "hone on furlough. Be was graduated from Salem high ' school In -19427"! spent nine . mouth in army specialized train ing program classes at the Uni i ' - versity of Arkansas , and was i transferred to Camp t Moxey, where he is now stationed with an infantry regiment BUly Hackett, & 1e, former Salem -boy .who attended junior high school here and whose mother, ."Mrs. ?earl Hackett, now resides at 532 East Second street, Al bany, Is. somewheVein the South Pacific. He lathe nephew of Mrs.T. Opitx, 879 North Liberty, -street; Salemf . ? ' - Sgt Metvin H. Bak er, Camp Bliss, Texas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Baker, is home on furlough.' 7 English. Cliurch overseas, where the sign "Standing ficer Helps . The former regular army en listed . man, with four ..American soldiers, and two trained jungle dogs and their handlers, accom plished this remarkable feat while J on a reconnaissance patrol deep in the interior of this jungle island. Their, first night was spent in a heavily wooded spot, behind ene my positions. The soldiers built small huts from banana leaves and after a cold supper of SC and "D; rations, a guard, was 'posted and they slept ' l - i- The next morning, ater a rug ged - two-hour march, they found a deserted enemy bivouac area. Lt Bouey dispatched two soldiers up a river; They returned to report a telephone communication line along the mail stream. ' '' Lt' Bouey and three soldiers, one; dog and handler, ihen moved forward. They-had gone about five hundred yards when they spotted a small enemy force. The Japanese were across the river, at the base of a cliff. Lt. Bouey and his, patrol crossed . - i the .stream and sneaked through the-jungle to within 40 yards of the enemy. Here was established a perfect observation post among the phalanged roots of two large tres. v'.v .- After watching the Japanese eat a-meagre i5upper and prepare for bedj"; Bouey and his men "silently withdrew ; through r. .the: jungle! They; parked their equipment and sent it back to a 'small hill in the rear, .by two . men. ' ; ..Then they returned to watch, moving into jjie same observation spot At 8:30 next morning, four Japanese got up to preparebreak rasi, ana a lew minutes later a fifth;' 'identified ':. as an "officer by his. garrison, cap, made . an ; ap peerance.v-.";,''-.S:'.: ' ,-VThe men wereall in their ap pointed pcitions. Corporal Joe Cueller.rAlbuquerqjie.'NM;. was to give the signal to open-fire. He had picked tbe laigest of thefive en emy; a huge, arrogant-looking fel low :with a beard. When '.the . JapH. anese were all ' sitting in a small circle eating their breakfast, the awaited signal War given and the shooting began. ' ."The Nips were rolling on the ground before they could put their chop-sticks down," related Lt Boiiey. "We had them cold. The first man hit was the big fellow right between the eyes. The old boy never had av chance." After blasting the area with ev erything they had, they withdrew "But then we got. the surprise of our lives;" says Bouey. "About 20 seconds after we pulled out,, two Japanese light machine guns open ed up. all "over the "place.- There must have been more of" them hidden y nearby, but they still didn't know: where we were be cause he fire was- pretty wild. However, about ' two minutes la ter two Tieavy Vnortar shells burst In the trees over us,- and we got out fast". - . ' . Loren Low Listed ; As Herd in Air - 1 ' .. . .. Attack on SaipaiiA o "SEVENTH AIR FORCEvHEAD QUARTERS, Centril Pacific, 'Aug. 18"- (delayed) - Tech. : Cpls. Loren L Low of Salem, Ore, and AndrewR. Hughes", were revealed today as heroes of, an" air .attack on Salpan in the early days Of the American assault on that - once Japanese held stronghold. -r - v A Japanese bomber set fire-to a gasoline dump that, threatened tj ignite much sorely needed. Ameri can supplies. The two corporals, who-were manning" a bulldozer nearby; drove their machine into the flames,' covering the burning gasoline drums with earth and coral. Birthday Finds Red Cross on Fronts "The Red Cross; which this week : marked ; the -80th anniversary of . the signing of -the first treaty 'giv ing official -international recogni tion 't the Red Cross -mevement, faces total .warfare responsibilities which- still r are growing," Basil O'Connor, chairman; of the Amer ican Red 1 .Cross, said Saturday. vAnd there is no conceivable turn of the war". that could reduce the need for I Red Cross service In! he . field; in the prison camps and at hbme.-4:'. ' i--.' s " The American Red Crc'ss plan ned no special '', observance of its 80 years of service because it icon-, tinues to be too: busy with its War time tempo of work. " j Through, volunteer workers in its 9840 chapters and branches the Red Cross is helping to feed and clothe more than 45,700 American prisoners of war, and 8,200 civilian internees "who re reported ii the hands of enemy nations. Approx imately 16,000; prisoners of j war and civilian internees are now list ed thru' ' the International j Red Cross.: These 'people are identi fied prisoners of war and are listed with the International Red Cross and standard food parcels, (week ly when international conditions permit); capture parcels, contain ing supplies fori men who have just been made prisoners of war; in valid food parcels for wounded men; medical kits, and clothing are provided. . i The generous response to the March war fund appeal made it possible to supplement the I ser vices of volunteers by stationing 13,000 trained -men and women with the armed forces at home and abroad, in the hospitals and in the field, O'Connor explains. Iri ad dition to this work with the armed forces; the responsibility imposed upon.' the Red j Cross by -Congressional "charter j 40 years gaTo herp' the service man on his return, and his' family while he is away home service volunteers' under the direction of trained personnel O Connor pointed out the heavy responsibility of r the Red Cross which forms its mighty"80th anni versary of serfice : : ' Stt Technician Richard E. Satter, sen of Mr. Edward. Satter is at I Ft. Xeonard Wood. Mo. Hu wife with their small daughter, Susan h Ann,-will leave Salem shortly for Bloonungton, DL, where her .father resides. : Satter is with the -70th division, formerly . ef Camp-Adair. . t ' vt MAilt k 1. Pvt Roy, Garrison of 247 Myrtle t ' w-M.f m . uviuq vu mis 4 emergency fnit5;h to be with ; mwi.uv. nn ui criousiy - lit. ' He Is in basic tralniug at Camp ; Ko.berts, CaUf, ; SWEG wu2-i3r. and ; Mri - Wil liam Hensell have received i mes sage from their son, Fred. He Waa returned from Australia aftier sev etal. months" in- hosnital with lariat He was: taken by plane from nospitauan Cahf ornia tor Walla WaUa.Vash.1 The extent of his illnesJ "I nnt known ' as no; letter has been 're-' teived from him for several weeks. tit first -had inalaria in 'the canal zone- before war waa .'der.larod while US troops were stationed there. -i ... m 'J Special (to The Statesman) . . AN EIGHTH AIR FftRrr i.n DER STATION EnrlanrlJTTnrtJ tiorTof Leonard' E. Ranion,; 23, Portland, former Willamette 'uni versity student to captain and to serve as squadron training officer has been announced at this Eighth air force B-17 Flying Fortress sta tion. 1 Many f ' J r f ' i r - - " K ' is - t, " v. I . - ' - I J v 7 . V- - . ... - t 9 ' j , , ' , , ? ' tf s t - i i - i r J ' . i . , - - i ' 1 I. vw,r ' . " T t - - , t I"! . ... . .. 1 Michael Sons Win I - ! i The Air Medal to one and' ihe corporal's stripes . to the other, Sgt Billy Michael "(left) now with' the Ninth air force in the European theatre of operations, and CpL Jimmy Michael (right) stationed at McDiH field. Tampa, Fla, sons of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Michael, 150 Highway avenue, Salem, are recent recipients, of army honors. The sergeant's award for "oatstandinr ability and courage'' shown in the initial wive of troops carriers C-47s that dropped paratroopers over Cherbourg on D-day, has been described In a public relations .' release sent directly' to his parents from the Ninth's headquarters, and reprinted elsewhere on this page. CpL Jimmy Michael, who en listed In the air force In January of this year, has graduated from gunnery school at Las Vegas, Nev. The two young amy men are nephews of Mrs. Wood Welch, 105 Highway avenue, Salenv Buzz Miller's Squadron Sets Gretat Record : PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR TERS, Pearl Harbor, Aug. 2tH.JP) The Japanese,! said the admiral, 'should be very happy that you are going home on leave" ! A dm. Chester W. Nimitx had In mind the almost unbelievable score .which .Cmdr. Norman (Mickey) - Miller's PB4Y squadron rolled up against the Japanese from Nauru : to Wake; from ; the MarshaUs to the Bonins in seven and one-half months. " . . Of 147 ships, sighted , by Buzz Miller's small group ' of 7 ' to 14 Liberators, ; 43, were sunk; 91 danaaged'Millers men hot down four enemy planes in the air; de stroyed 20. on. the ground pro bably destroyed 26 and damgaed 44. . " ' - , They flew more than 12,000 combat - hours that's . more - than 2,000,000 miles to make 352 bombing and strafing attacks; to patrol thousands of square miles of the Pacific almost daily from lale January until a few days ago. Miller's squadron. Navy VB 109, was assigned primarily, to search and reconna lssancc, missions. Much of its bombing. and strafing was extracuricular. - ..- Miller, 36, whose wife and five children live at 4121 Shirley ave nue, , Jacksonville, la person ally is ; credited -.with .sinking ,20 ships totaling 35,50Q.; toriS ; and He - has . received three v Dis tinguished Flying t crosses, . three Air Medals and several commeh- dations-i? ''2 Sometimes referred to .as the "one-man task' force,, Miller .also has shot down one enemy, plane, destroyed four on the ground and damaged 10. J ' -, : .b i . But ' Miller rejects - personal praise.-"We;did all this as a squadron,: he says Jack Wilbur, signalman Jc, son of Mr. and Mrs.- Mark ; J. Miller, 1405 North .Church street, is .at home on "a 28-day leave - after spending 11 monthsiin- the Aleu tian Islands. .7 He participated in the landing on Kiska and. was a member, of a task iorce - at the shelling of Paramushiror " . ' Pvt.' Robert 'A..Wlens, son of Mrs'. B. F. Wiens, 2142 North Com mercial street, Salem, is a member of a class which has recently en rolled at Fort Knox, Ky for an intensive nine-weeks course in the clerical department. - t; r .. ' s-" LEGION OF VALOR REUNION Members f the Army Xavy Lerlon of Valor, each a recipient of the Concres sionaJ Medal of Honor, at 51lh reunion. Fort Jay, N. Y- are (left to ri:ht) Henry P. EusselL Hartford, Conn.; Lt Thomas Eadie, New port. R. I.; V. Stupka, Baltimore. O.: Michael Valcnte. Long Beach. N. T.; John McCloy, Leonia, N. J.; Cot Fierpont Morran Hamilton.' N. Y. C; Lt Comdr. John Davis. Boston; Frank W. CriUey, Verona, N. J.; Acjast F. Tcjtand, Philadelphia; Oscar Burkhard. Rome, N. Y. Medal, Promotion Lt. Allen Semb Of Salem Finds First Targets. (By . Sgt James S. Dugan. a marine corps combat correspond ent or Los Angeles, Cal) " GREEN ISLAND-(DelaYed)-It is always a big thrill for a marine jcotpj fighter ,:. pilot,, .when , he maaes, his first contact with the enemy and successfully completes his mission, . j w - Flying the dawn patrol recently was Second Lt . Allen , R. Semb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Semb, of 843 , Belmont .' street, , Salem, Pregon;v;makuag. his first, .flight over enemy territory. . " . .' I Lt,; Semb "and .bis team-mates spotted . Jap camouflaged barges at Cape Laross, New Ireland, cov ered with, coconut branches In "a and strafed and set fire to them: '.was pretjr jexcited,", the lieu tenant said, ."when. I , saw them because they .were . the first. I'd ever seerju I watched my section leader, head for" the' mountain at tree-top level and realized that itH was the only possible' approach "At the' last moment he pulled his Corsair up and over .to avoid crashing.- Then I went down" in he same manner. - After ' three trips I was out -of ammunition. Boy! you should have seen those barges burn!": ' ' ' ' Marine pilots patroling the area -three hours - later- reported that four of the barges were blazing and the fifth was smoking. Ap parently, i they were loaded with dru)ni pf fuel.; tLt'embjbmM.-'HhemaruiesJ 1 942, and Won his wings and com mission in 1943. Ralph Wood Rated As Selmai tint ?S:." y (Special to The Statesman) v t. JJ Norman, '.Qkbu, Aug. 2 (Ralph T. WoodVs "son of Mr. and Mrs.5 J. Wood of ;SaJeni, has been.gradu ated from ,thet naval. air- technical training center here, the navydei partment announces. Before" en tering ; Jje navy in August," IHh rWood; waV a student lat" Whitman coliege?' Upon graduation frpift the" scjiopl here he received - th$ rate" of j seaman, first class, and wilf now. be. transferred to a naval unit afloat , or Ho another shor station. f SILVEKTON, Aug. 2S Harvey Christensbn has been promoted to first lieutenant hisparentsMr, and Mrs. George Christenson, have just learned. Lt Christenson is serving1 in New Guinea and has been in the hospital for some time; but is improving." .,-"'" 1 Salem Man Is Described as ; Saipan Hero: ' . ' ' 7 r (By Sgt.' Stanford potowsky of New Orleans, La., a marine-corps : IPAN (Delayed) Navy Pharmacist's Mate First Class Ev erett N. Joeck el, son of Mrs. Min nie :L joeckel of route one, box 227, Salem, Ore., a corpsman with a' marine corns ' outfit. distin'. guished" himself during, the final Japanese counterattack on Saipan. He dashed across an oben field under : heavy ' machine gun 'cross nre live times to evacuate wound ed 'men.' . . . - J ' i " The Salem comsman. a veteran of Tarawa, 1 who has been f over seas 20 months, related his ex perience, . . , "I knew that : 1 couldn't troat thewounded with all the fight ing going s on," he said, "so the only thing to do was to eet them to a first aid station." t He was unable to set stretcher bearers, so he brouaht the na- tients back himself, and then per sonally gave tnem first aid. : Attached to a leatherneck ar tillery unit, Corpsman Joeckel was in the thick of the Saipan fighting. He treated his first pa tient less than half an hour after he landed here. Joeckel has recently ' written from Tinian island to his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ted woelk, saying the campaign there was a little easier than that at SaiDan. but as far as battles go "no battle can be ..called-easy! . vx.'i In a former letter from Saman. he stated . he had. seen his twin bother, Irving Joeckel, en route to the engagement This is the second time this coincidence has occurred, as his twin brother's ship also took him' to Tarawa. 7 there, the pharmacist's mate, who u aii.ivucvi w : UWfUIf , group, was among the first to go ashore at.TulagL So far as is known here, he has come through four' major battles ' unharmed. . - - Portland Area Favored ' In Tire Allotments ... .- - . ' v PORTLAND, Aug. 26- -In answer to their plea for still: more large-size truck E tires, I Portland OPA officials today were told that this area- has been.' especially fa vored because .of its war Indus'-: tries. . , :.' ' , ' Amos T. Crowl, regional mile age rationing representative, San Francisco, said the Portland 'dis trict has been alloted 20 per cent of the regional reserve this month in addition to its regular quota. ; . v ';S VETERANS-Pvt George H. Cryne, weunded while land . - lag oa the Normandy beachhead, discusses a carbine with George' Ortseifer, 12, who has beea making gnu for the past 5t years, a the Winchester plant In New Haven Con. - , , - - DALLAS Mat Edward Hamil ton, US army infantry, ts with Gen." Omar N. Bradley's army In France. He Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hamilton ef Dallas and a West Point grad uate. ' .. - - firpnrnn (Iffiror Helped Guard D-Day Plans - - . - -- - - HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. Aug. 26 - (IP) - Secret documents containing invasion plans and rec ords of troop movements were. kept safe before : D-day . partly through the efforts of a Tigard, Ore, man, according to a US army report today. . Hundreds of precious documents arriving at the western base sec tion headquarters in England were registered and safeguarded by Sec -Li. Arthur H, Vincent, Tigard, and Warrant Officer (jg) Bernard Sol- : bmon; New York cityii ' . ; ' A steel-walled vault' origtnally ; planned for family silver in an old English' home hid plans on the in vasion of France." The vaulf dope could be opened bnly with a huge, specially "made key. ; around the vault to enable of ficer " to destroy the records at a mov e ment's notice if danger threatened ' from the enemy. Louis . Upderrarf, sUtianed at Camp Campbell, Ky., with an ar mored division, has recently been promoted to - sergeant- word ha been received here. He is the soii of - Bessie Updegraff ' and brother of Mrs. Ted Woelk of Salem. After completing- advanced " ', ordnance schooling recently at Savanna, III., he spent tw weeks furlough here and in Oregon City visiting friends and relatives. . . . x. n- ; v - - - . r I i 1 4 -j