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PAGE TWELVE . . 1 ' . . ThWoSlgON STAT S o ( 1 1 "-'4. '- 1 ' ". ..." r tTAere They' Are-What. - J J .-:.v j? ' ANGEL Don W. A man. top, chief pharmacist mate, back in the states after 18 months in the Pacific, is awaiting reassignment MTvwAvuia a v-nooAjiiAAavil k I orders inSan Francisco. He is ex- petted home on leav.e soon. He enlisted in the navy two and a half years ago, was drafted into the marines and later back into the : navy. He has never been home since he entered the service. CpL Gordon Aman, middle, Is in the army in Iceland. He has been to the service since August, 1942. " Bossell Asian, bottom, second class, youngest of the trio, entered the navy about five months ago and is stationed at San Pedro, Calif. - Lt Dwight Ranner reeently wrote hi parents, Mr.r and Mrs. K. O. .Runner, route six, Salem, that he was sending them a medal- The young navigator on a bomber, has been overseas not much more than a ' month and his ; parents, accustomed to his receive ing training awards, were delight ed to receive in. the. mail Monday .an. Air Medal, awarded for meri torious achievement in the air. WAVE Toils and Spins r 7 wmw i. s. mt pTem :" AvUtioa Machinist V Mat Violet Falkom of Minneapolis turns over tie propeller of. an SNJ training tlane at ther Naval Air Station in Jacksonville,'' Fla. .This is one of . the scores .of. Navy tasks' being performed by . WAVES. As i the - VAVES observe their second an niversary this summer,' the need is . inc rearing! jr urgent for thousands . of women 20 to 36, without chil-.- dren tinder 18 who can contribute mightily to early victory. It's profit able as well as patriotic, as the starting pay, counting food and quarters, is computed at 12.65 per week. This does not include such - extras as special Income tax exemp tion, inexpensive government insur rr.es, tZZ) clothing allowance and Cee medjcl and dental care. Rile . v .. . - "' - They. Are Doing SWEGLE Fred Hansel U In McCall hospital in Walla Walla. Wash., he has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hensel. He was brought to a California hos pital and flown to the Washington hospital He was ill with malaria and had been;; in an Australian hospital when brought home. - (Special te'The Statesman) ?. 15th AAF IN ITALY Second Lt Harold W. Maker. 25, son ol Mr and Mrs. P. W. Peck of North Erook avenue, Salem,- has -'been awarded the second Oak , Leaf cluster to the Air Medal, it was announced by 15th army air force headquarters. , ' In the word of the citation which accompanied the award the decoration was made "for meri torious achievement in 1 aerial flight while participating in sus tamed operational activities against the enemy." ia. Maxer, a navigator on a B-24 bomber, is a; member of a heavy bombardment group which is nearing the one hundred mis sion mark, representing thousands of tons of bombs dropped on Ger man aircraft factories, raflyards. and oil refineries within ranee, t Li. Roy Riee, Jr., re turned- U duty August !J5, his . parents, County Commissioner and Mrs. Roy Rice, were notified by a teler gram : from the adjutant general Monday, Young Rice, listed as missing in action following a I bombing raid April 25, was ' last week reported safe. William (Bill) Woelke. in the merchant marine for two years, : now is in naval training at Camp J Hill, Idaho, and like other Wil I lamette valley boys in the service J he certainly likes to get letters, he i writes relatives here. . He is the ! son of Peter W. Woelke of Hazel Green and brother of Mrs. Henry Bumham of Salem. William L. Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Elliott, 250 Fair view avenue, Salem, recently re turned to Fort Meade, Md., after spending a furlough at home. He had just finished his training at i Camp Hood, Texas, in the motor ; Iz'ed infantry of the army. Part of the furlough Was spent at Flor ence, Ore., where Mrs.'' Elliott is postmistress. Pvt. Wesley D. Cheffinrs has landed safely in Italy according to recent word received by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Chef- - viict- 'ings, and his wife arid son, Gor don, who reside at 2090 Mill street, Salem. He has been in the army since January and was employed as a truck driver here. He would be very glad to hear from any of his friends. His address Is 39343253. Co. N.A.P.O.. 15404. eo Postmaster, New York, New York. Former Salem Man Supervises Loading of Wounded Soldiers . (Special to The Statesman) 7 A NINTH AIR FORCE SERVICE COMMAND UNIT, EURO PEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS: A lanky lean-faced medical captain from Oregon is a familiar sight, around this dusty front line landing strip in Normandy where mass aerial evacuation of wounded American soldiers is being conducted. He is Capt. Earl Wr Douglas, 4547 SE Johnson Creek blvd., roruana, ure., son ox Mrs. annie L, Douglas, 2390 South Commer cial street, Salem. - And he and his white jeep with a red cross 'painted oh it are con stantly on the move as he super vises the loading of the wounded on Ninth air force transport planes for the return flight to general hospitals in the United Kingdom. tOO Wounded Leaded "Just the other day 800 wound ed men were delivered here to the landing strip; loaded on the planes and in flight to England within an hour and a half," said Capt Doug-Nj las. ; "That s our best record since we started aerial evacuation." , The first evacuations were made on D Plus Five when a transport plane of the air transport wing of the Ninth air force service com mand landed on a temporary strip carved out of a sandy beachhead. Twenty - four wounded soldiers were fjpwn out ont hat first strip and since that time the air trans port wing has evacuated more than 16,000 wounded. Most Work Fast "We want every wounded man to get the best possible care in the fastest possible time,' Capt Doug las, said. The-wounded men are In the air Just a little over one hour before the C-47 twin-engine transport lands at a field near a large gen eral hospital in the United King dom. There to meet the Diane and take charce of .the wounded are medical officers, nurses and medi cal coipsfiBstv from the hospital.' ; -"We havent lost a single man in flight across the channel", the cap tain said. ; "There is a nurse and a medical attendant aboard each plane when It leaves Normandy with the wounded. ; Ambalaaees Busy A field tent hospital ij located a hsort distance- from the landing strip and on a flvirur dav th mart is . dotted with ambulances as th wounded are brought to the land ing strip where a long line of C 47sr are waiting. "The wards at the tent hospital are emptied as many as three times a day In Rood flvin weath er," Capt Douglas explained. The wounded are brought to the tent hospital near the landing strip rrn- T Ai-ms Inspector l.'fryff-'J l&gXrs I 1 II division and. is now hospitalized I - - M ! i Jit Barnes General . hnsnitai n I Tech. Set. Georre L Nadvornlk. of 34 N. Church St. Salem, shown at work at a 12th army air force base, where he recent ly was made armament Inspec tor of a P-47 Thunderbolt fight er bomber now blastinx the en emy In support of ground troops in the Mediterranean theatre of war. ' , (8pecial to The Statesman) : - MADISON, Wis Aug. Z8.-Pvt Leo O. Reed, 19, son of Mr. arid Mrs. Leo V. Reed of 2455 Commer cial street, Salem, has been enrol led in the technical school for training of radio mechanics stu dents at Truax field, an installa tion of the army air forces train ing command. Pvt Reed will receive a com plete course in aircraft radio me chanics and will take supplemen tal AAF courses in defense against chemical attack, physical training, and related subjects designed to fit him for overseas combat duty with the fighting AAF. GETS CONDUCT MEDAL (Special to The Statesman) AN EIGHTH AAF FIGHTER STATION, England Sgt Palmer G. Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clare A. Lee of 2465 S. Commercial street, Salem. Ore., has been awarded' the Good Conduct medal for "exemplary behavior, efficien cy and fidelity", at this eighth fighter command station for one of the pioneer P-38 Lightning fighter groups in England. SALEM MEN END TRAINING (Special to The Statesman) , AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND STATION IN ENGLAND Lt. Marvin L. Amundson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Amundsen-of route 5, box 76, and Cpl. Roland J. Stew art, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stewart of 1230 N. Winter St, both of Salem, Ore., have completed orientation courses desined to bridge the gap between training in the states and combat soldiering against the enemy in France. from other tent - hospitals nearer the battle areas. Often within 10 hours after a soldier is wounded in battle he is airborne in the flight to England. During that time he has been giv en first aid treatment had his condition checked at hospitals and he is placed aboard the transport plane. : ., Checks Patients It is Capt Douglas' job to see the litters of wounded are loaded correctly on the planes and to see that all patients have the proper care while at the strip. - m . His jeep carries an oxygen tank, supplies of morphine and a supply of necessary equipment for admin istering vital blood plasma to any soldier whose condition is critical. Dawn Comes Early Dawn comes early in Normandy and the days are long. And Capt Douglas, like other American sol diers, measures his day by the sunlight Often he is on duty from 18 to 20 hours a day.' He was one of the first to land on this strip and since it opened he has been on duty each day. He sleeps under his jeep so that he can have transportation available at any time. The evacuation of the wounded Is so vital to the Ninth air force that recently Capt Douglas com mandeered the planes of two high ranking generals and sent them back tQ, England with ; patients as passengers. , . ; The planes of the air transnori wing have ferried more' than 8,- 300.000 pounds of war materials to Normandy on their fliehts to tilrk up the wounded combat soldiers. Sailor on Leave ' ' Is Entertained v PRINGLE Mr! and Mrs. L. B. Friesen entertained with a wiener roast in the yard of their home Friday for their nephew, Dick Schroeder, who is home for a 25 day leave from the South 53acif ic war area. Also present were Mr. and. Alfred Schroeder, Mary Hel en, Estelle, Milford and Clinton Schroeder. Vancouver, ; Wash. DALLAS, Anr. 28 Bill Small, Harvey BarteL and Tommy Hoot er, are home on 15 day leaves. They . have finished ,t boot train ing at FarragutTheyj- all j went together, in the ..high isihbol I Vic tory group in early June. i Srt Harvey Schaeferi for ma ny years the man behiyl the so da fountainT at the Spa;-has! been wounded In France. iTheycabled in formation 'gave no details.! Let ters written ; by him Jafter D-day and the Normandy invasion In dicate he went through earlier stages of . those compaigni un scathed. -) ' . m i ! i uui i. li in k. il in iw lists i li nprinpn i .iinniv nw kait wiieeai mvam i stm sjrws w as arwa isv - tu m mow tm It "1 '" ?--v-, ...... --r '. r, ; X ?..-'. '- " "-"T': j Me . of little sun-baked islands in the Pacilic9 the snow-ccnered Aleutians, in African des erts, in ruined French and Italian villages and in the crptvded cities of England and Australia. Christmas will come as usual to the far corners of the world bringing cheer and gaiety and- gifts from home to our. fighting men.; . j 1 ' .. i.: .-y ';:?: f - ' " " 5 - -J. , i , J I i : " i -! . . - - " I i : .i ' - . ! I - . ' - I" " i' ' - I - l . . ' Enlistments: For WAVES ::: Re-dpened; - . Enlistments for the ' second Ka- lem. special WAVE volunteer pla toon .was being accepted today by the local , WAVES enlistment of fice, 220 Pbstoffice building j Inauguration of 'this " movement comes as a sequel to the successful organization of the Salem area's first special WAVE platoon which left-; here- last 'week tor .recruit training at" the US naval trainins center ( women : reserves) . The Bronx, N-Yv -- ."So successful. was Jtbe. original platoon enlistment program.'' said A. C Friesen, specialist Hirst class, usnr, in charge -of the , local WAVES and navy enlistment sta tion, "that it now has been decided to form a - second . platoon of WAVES from Salem and. other communities in this station's area." Enlistments for the second pla toon the navy representative an nounced, will be open until No vember 1. A minimum of 30 new WAVE enlistments from this, area by that date is the goal of the new WAVE recruiting movement Departing as a' unit on Novem ber 12, the new Salem WAVE group will make the cross-country trip to New York via special Pull man car and will -remain together intact throughout boot." days at the training school there. - ' - . .. Rebuilt (iureif warii Be Dedicated Soon S1LVERTON The rebuUt First Churchof Christ will be dedicated Sunday? September 17, according to preliminary plans announced Sunday by Rev, Russel Myers. '7' v ik " x-5vi . a -A --ki-:-' --W;V Christmas gifts to soldiers overseas must be ' mailed early Sept. 15th to Oct. 15th. - Dont disappoint : t hem ! These' remem brances from home mean so much to our battle weary soldiers. They're a touch of ; home and a tangible proof of love from the -. dear ones they left behind. . , . - . -. ..... ...... . . . You owe it to our fighting men to do - your Christmas shopping early and to mail your presents overseas as soon as possible so that you can, be sure your gifts reach , them in time. Gifts purchased from Stevens - and 'Son will be wrapped and mailed with-y out charge. They have a wide selection to choose from in their 'Gift Canteert'shop r early and don't forget the date September 15 to October 15." 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