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Tha CZZGOll STATH UUZ. Cclem, OnooouTuMday LScn&xg, December 23. ISM
New Address
Necessary to .
Insure News
New concerning, men overseas,
rt vital ImmrfiTini Ia 4Hp fam1
, Let, is often delayed unnecessar
. iljr due to failure of dependents
to notify the war department of
changes In- address, the .Ninth
service command adjutant gen
eral's office, Fort Douglas, Utah,
! declared Monday.
Tn tvnm tnnnth manv aa 1AM)
telegrams were returned to Wash
; ington, D.C, because the ad
dressees could not be found, offl
.' cial reports reveal. Practically ev-
ery case of non-delivery was due
to lauure ox tne addressee 10 re
port the correct and complete ad
dress. & In keeping records of America's
millions in service, me aajwani
general's office accepts the re
sponsibility of notifying families
as soon as possible after a service
- man nas oecome a casualty.
. Receiving this news late, or
from other than official seurces,
' is a great hardship to a soldier's
family. Telegraph offices receiv
ing messages for delivery coope
: rate fully in attempting to locate
. addressees- and exhaust every
possible means prior to returning
-' them to the war department.
However, it is necessary to re
. turn thousands stamped "Address
. Incorrect.
Emergency addressees who have
moved after departure of a soldier
for overseas duty, or for other
reasons, are urged to inform the
: adjutant general's office, .jvar de
partment, Washington 25, D. C,
attention casualty branch.
Both new and old addresses
should be given in addition to the
soldier's full name, rank, serial
number, organization, and ' his
APO number.
Special to Th Statesman
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE
FIGHTER STATION England
Caps. Jack J. Hack, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack A Haek, Lebanon, Ore
Is a pilot of the 56th fighter group,
which has destroyed' more Ger
man planes than any other fight
er group in the Eighth Air Force;
' a total of 723. The group flies P
47 Thunderbolts In escort to hea
vy bombers and oh ground, straf
ing assignments. Haek has won
the presidential ! unit citation for
"exceptional aggressiveness, out
standing performance of duty,1 and
extraordinary heroism' in action."
Captain Haek shares in the de
struction of freight cars, locomo
tives, oil and tank cars, flak posi
tions, and numerous other ground
targets strafed by the group; He
U a former student of Willamette
university at Salm, OreHis wife.1
the former Marion E. Hermanek,
resides at 870 Willamette street,
.Eugene, Ore.
Special to The Statesman -BIG
SPRINGS, Texas AC
Kabert F. Meier has just reported
for duty at the Big Spring bom
bardier school of the AAF train
ing command, , it was. announced
by. Col. Ralph C. Rockwood, com
manding officer of the school.
Aviation Cadet Meier is the son
tMr. and Mrs. Flavius Meier,
1 3ft Silverton road, Salem. He is a
graduate of Sacred Heart acade-
my in. me uass oi ism. r our oro
thers are also serving with the
armed forces..
TSgt Tom Meier, in the South
Pacific, has recently been ill with
typhoid complicated by a tropical
disease. FFC. Jahn Meter is in
France, while. PHM 2e Phillip
Meier, after special training as a
psychiatric technician, is serving
in a naval hospital in Jackson
ville, Fla. - " a
MT. ANGEL The name of
Pfe. Samuel L. Fennlaaore, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fennimore, Mt
Angel, Is on the war department's
current list of men wounded in
action in the European area.
CANBY Sgt George E. Hard
ing, whose wife, Johana Harding,
resides on route one, 'Canby, has-
been listed by the war depart
ment among men wounded id ac
tion In the European theatre of
operations. . ' '
Special to Th Statesman
U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION,
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 25. -
Richard Niei Zahradnlk, Rt 3,
j Salem, Ore., recently, was gradu
ated from the aviation electrician's
mate school here and was pro
moted to seaman first class (AEM)
in the U. S. ..navy. Entering the
navy jtutrcn zo, ne recetvea
his recruit training at Farragut,
Ida, before being transferred to
the Naval Air Technical Training
center here. Zahradnik Is now
qualified aviation, electrician's
mate and will probably see service
with a naval air unit .
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LAST TEIES TONIGHT
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Three service sens of Mr, and
Mrs. Glenn Adams, Glen Creek
read, are: top, MajJ Hugh Ad
anu attached te state selective
service Iheadquarters nere; cen
ter, Lt (k) D wight Adams,
now stationed at Klamath Falls,
and Maj. Howard Adams,
youngest of the tele, who Is
serving on the western front.
Lt. Townsend
Leads Crew
ARMY AIR FIELD, Casper,
Wyo.-( Special to The Statesman)
Second Lt Donald M. Townsend,
son of Ben F. Townsend, Salem,
Ore, is an airplane commander
on a . B-24 heavy bombardment
crew now in its final stage of'
training at the army air field,
Casper, Wyo. He' and his crew
will be sent overseas to a combat
area where they will help take
up the fight against the enemy.
HEADQUARTERS, 13TH AAF,
Southwest Pacific Tech. Sgt Al-
van Z. Frey has recently com
pleted 15 months overseas service.
Sgt Frey is a crew chief in a
heavy bombardment unit of the
13th AAF's . Bomber Barons.
Through his unceasing efforts, re
lentless determination, and me
chanical ability, he has crewed
B-24 Liberators that are daily
driving home smashing blows at
the fast crumbling! Japanese em
pire. Son of Mrf. Elsa B. Frey,
route seven, Salem, Ore, Sergeant
Frey attended airplane mechanics
school at Sheppard Field, Texas
and specialist school at Willow
Run, Mich. He wears the good
conduct medal and the' Asiatic
Pacific theater ribbon with three
bronze battle stars.
Dorothy Laxnoux
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Lt. Joe Meier With Yank
Infantrymen Pile Up Heavy
Score Against Nips in Isles
(Special to The Statesman)
WITH THE-32D INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE PHILIPPINES
Sixty-three to nothing was the topheavy score tallied by Lt Joe Meier
of Salem, Ore, and 20 Yank infantrymen, in a one-hour battle with
the Japs on Leyte island in the Philippines. .
The enemy were dug in at the
fantry. With heavy and light machine guns, knee mortars, and rifles
they harassed the Yanks, serious
ly threatening to stop the ad
vance. Lieutenant Meier and his men
started down the hill to break up
the Jap strongpoint Abut 30
yards from their perimeter, Sgt
James Woodbridge of . Marquette,
Mich, started the battle by kill
ing two Nip snipers. t
The battle increased in fury aa
the main enemy party was con
tacted. The Japs ' took cover in
tunnels, and had to be smoked
out one by one. Yank doughboys
kept the Japs in their holes with
a hall of small arms fire, while
one of their number crawled to
the entrance and tossed in hand
grenades. . r
- When the holed up Japs had
been eliminated in one area, one
Uheavy machine gun continued to
fire. A squad sent to flank the
position mopped np the rest of the
gun crew with .several more gre
nades.
More tunneied-ln Japs were
found beyond ; the gun position,
but the infantry , moved ahead,
killing all of the remaining Japs.
On the return trip, a patrol led
around the left flank, added four
more Nips to the toll. .
The operation covered 600
yards, and took a little over an
hour. The patrol captured 3 heavy
machine guns, 10 light machine
guns, 28 knee mortars, dozens of
rifles and a pile of ammunition.,
The final, score: 63 dead Japs
for 'the Yanks to a goose egg for
the Nips, i
CpL Robert D. Morrow was
wounded in Belgium, December 7,
though not seriously, his wife,
who lives at 165 Fisher road,- has
been notified. He has been over
seas since August of this year,
and served with the First
England, France and Bel
SILVERTON Barry Bo wen,
pharmacists mate2c, popular Silverton-
highaChool athlete was
wounded inaction on Saipan and
receivedjhe Purple. Heart award,
his mother Mrs. Delbert Bowen,
s learned. She is now teaching
in Seattle where she went after
her husband's death.
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Pfc Robert G. Patterson has re
turned to the marine base at
San Pedro, Calif, alter spending
a 30-day furlough in Salem with
his mother, Mrs. Bertha Hons-
. ton of 133 Center st He left
Salem a week ago Monday and
expected ' te spend Christmas
day with relatives In Los An-
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Lt Joe Meier, sen of Mr. and Mrs.
Flavins Meier, 136 Silverton
road, is one of five brothers In
the service.
Sergeant Fenner
Helped With Real
Yuletide Dinner
AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND
DEPOT IN ENGLAND SSft
Louis K. Fenner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. CP. Fenner, Seventh and B
streets, Lebanon, Ore, and hus
band of Helen M. Fenner, 1136
Fairmont street, Salem, helped his
buddies celebrate Christmas with
a wing, a drumstick, and a Yule-
tide prayer.
He Is a member of the mess hall
staff at an air service command
depot in Britain which planned
a Christmas dinner to compete
with Mom's.
He helped prepare thousands of
pounds of gobblers, dressing,
mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce.
celery,! plum pudding, coffee and
hard candy. Huge shipments of the
finest Christmas foodstuffs ob
tainable are on their way from
theUJS.-
- fThese I soldier-mechanics - and
technicians here," he said, "have
really: done a Job keeping the
fighters and bombers in the air
over Germany, Well try to give
tfaem the. best Christmas they ever
had in the army."1
. Before entering the air forces
Oct 12, 1942 he was employed as
cuttermans helper by the Oregon
Pulp & Paper Co, Salem.
NORTH SANTIAM Louis E.
Fowler, carpenters mate third
class, is home on a 20 day leave.
Mrs. Fowler visited him in Cali
fornia and he returned with her
later.
James Betnell, boatswain mate
second-class, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. BethelL is home on a 30 day
leave before transfer to Norfolk,
Va.
SCIO PFC. Leo V. Spragmer.
son of Mrs. Sam Bass, route two,
Scio. Ore, has been transferred
from the Carlsbad army air field,
Carlsbad, N. M, to Sioux Falls,
S. D.
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TS Forest M. Andrews,-son of
Mrs. Nettle Andrews, 1311
North Winterstreet, is ene ef
three brothers In the service.
Thomas Andrews is in the navy
and Charles Andrews is in the
army air corps.
T-5 Andrews
Wins Coveted
Silver Star
(Special to The Statesman) '
HQ, 41ST DIVISION, South
west Pacific Tech. S Forest M.
Andrews, of Salem, Ore., has been
awarded the coveted Silver Star
for exemplary personal valor and
a deep-seated devotion to duty on
the field of battle.
The decoration was bestowed
upon the medical aidman by Ma
jor Gen. Jens A. Doe, commander
of the famed 41st Infantry Divi
sion,, at a ceremony held here.
During a phase of most recent
operations against7 the Japs, An
drews was attached to an infan
try . company as a medician.
Learning that one of the soldiers
had been seriously' wounded by
enemy tire, the Oregonian moved
forward to rescue him.
The area was being swept by
Jap mortar and rifle fire, and An
drews was specifically warned of
the danger. Nevertheless, he went,
crawling more than 100 yards
across the zone with no cover to
protect him. . He reached the man,
and dragged him to safety, there
attending his wounds. . :
L The mother of the bemedaled
41st jungleer, Mrs.- Nettie- An
drews, resides at 1310 N. Winter st
Clyde Keen, chief carpenters
mate - of ' the seabees is home . on
leave to see his wife and four
months old son he had not seen
before. Keen has been in France
since June 6, going, in with the
first convoy.
Mrs. ' Clyde Keen lives at 2465
North Church street and his moth
er, Mrs. Edith; Keen, is at 1210
Tile road. He , will report later
to Camp Clark, Calif.
DALLAS Ernest H. Cooper,
mm 2c in the navy, is spending a
30-day leave with his gradmother,
Mrs. Rose L. Cooper. Cooper was
graduated ' with; the high; school
class ( of 1940 arid has been sta
tioned in Panama. This Is his first
leave in 23 months, and at its con
clusion he will return to the east
coast for reassignment
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AN AIH SERVICE COMMAND
DEPOT, England- Special to The
Statesman)-Recently commended
by Lt. Gen. Carl G. Spaatz, com
manding general, US strategic air
forces in Europe, for pre-invasion
production efforts, TSgt Robert
B. Crawford of Salem, Ore and
fellow soldier-technicians at an
six service command d e p o t in
England are now basking in
praise-from the British press.
The widely-read "Sunday Ex
press," in a featured article, point'
ed out that the base's output fig
ures are "among world records,"
and lauded the soldiers, for their
part in keeping America's planes
in control of the skies over west
ern Europe.
"It's good to know that other
people think we're doing a good
job," commented Sgt Crawford.
'And just to prove that praise
hasn't gone to our heads, we're
going to keep .those production
figures high."
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Crawford, 1759 Court
street, Salem.
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LEBANON Patricia Tweed,
daughter of Mayor and Mrs,
Peter Tweed, has received her
commission as a second nonten
ant in the army norsing corns.
She reported for daty at Mad
igam General hespttaL Ft Lew
is, Dee. f. After fonr weeks of
baste training she expects te he
sent te Palm Springs, Calif for
farther training before asslrn
ment te active daty. Lt Tweed
received her bachelor of nars
lng degree from Portland sod'
verstty and St Vincent's hos
pital in May. During World
war I her father was tn the
army and an aant was- on the
staff, ef base hospital 4f ever
. EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, Md.,
(Special to The Statesman) Abe
L. Steinbock of 398 Jerris avenue.
Salem, - Ore, , became a ' second
lieutenant at the graduation ex
ercises of the chemical warfare
service orucer candidate - scnooi
here Saturday, December 23. He
was chosen from the ranks for
this training by his superior of
ficers because of excel ene in mil
itary record, education and char
acter. He attended Willamette
university where he was ' active
in basketball.
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HEADQUARTERS. 13TH AAF. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC First Lt
1 Joseph A. LeDoux of Mount Angel,
ning pilots who recently flew continuously xor eleven nours ana nve
minutes to shatter what was i believed to be all previous records for
fighter combat missions.
Kngmf sso miles from' his Dutch New Guinea base, lieutenant
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Lt Joseph A. LeDoox ef Mt An
gel, sen of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
A. LeDoux, who Is flying to the
southwest Pacific, has a broth
er, Lt ' Raymond J. ,Lelioux,
bombardier with an army air
corps squadron la the Europe
an theatre of operations, i , '
15TH AAF IN ITALY H Sgt
Gene Martin, 22, son of Mr. F. M.
Martin, of 144 Lansing avenue.
Salem. Ore- is a member of a
B-24 Liberator bomber
group
which- recently celebrated
pletlon of one year in Italy.
com-
Ser-
geant Martin enlisted in the
AAF
September 21, UM2: He- arrived
overseas four months agoj and
since that time has been perform
ing the duties of power turret spe
cialist in an outstanding manner.
and has been awarded the EAME
theatre ribbon with
participation star.
one
battle
A FIFTEENTH AIR. FORCE
SERVICE COMMAND SERVICE
GROUP, Italy Paul B. Todd, "son
of George H. Todd of Toledo, Ore.
has been promoted to the rank
of first lieutenant He is a gradu
ate of Salem high; school and at
tended Willamette university. A
salesman in civilian life, he is
now group personnel officer in a
15th air force service command
headquarters squadron. He (enter
ed the army in February of 1938
and came overseas to Africa in
July,n942.
' Alan D, Cannon, ARM 3, ar
rived home " this weekend j from
the Aleutians fpr a leave which
will allow him . tot remain! here
with his parents, Mr. -and Mrs. J.
E. Cannon and his sister. La Von,
until January 20. ,
DALLAS Pvt Richard Al Den
mis has returned to Chanute Field,
111., after spending a short fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs, L. P. Dennis. Dennis recent
ly was graduated! as a radio op
erator at Scott Field, I1L He has
been in the ; service about - one
year. ' r " ' I "
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Pacific Rescue
Ore, was one of four P-SS Light
jDoux nemea cover we oramaue :
rescue of another 13th AAF fight
er pilot who had: been floating for. '
24 hours in a harborful of Japa
nese shipping. '
Floating In a partially deflated
raft, huddled most of the time un
der a blue-cloth saiL the downed
flyer somehow escaped the notice
of a small fleet of Nipponese craft
which combed the harbor "and of
ten nosed within few feet of his
rubber boat -
Kesene Spectacular '
In a story-book' finish to his
harrowing experience, he was res
cued the following day by an Ar
my Ca talma flying the longest
rescue mission of the ; war 18
hour, 1800-plus-mfle round trip.
The pick-up in Macassar har
bor was covered by 12 long-range
Lightnings of Brig. Gen. Earl W,
Barnes 13th AAF Fighter Com
mand. Tremendously - loaded . with - gas
for the unprecedented mission, all
of the P-38's were in the air for
over nine and a half hours. One
flight that of Lieutenant LeDoux .
was airborne a record eleven
hours and five minutes.
Longest Flight Recorded, j
It was estimated that the P-38's
covered at least 2200 miles on this
mission, counting the flying done
over1! Macassar strait during the
rescue operation. The Nips sent
no aerial opposition aloft
Lieutenant LeDoux is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. LeDoux
of Mt AngeL His brother, Lt
Raymond J. LeDoux, i is an AAF
bombardier.
UL Joseph LeDoux flies with
the 13th AAF fighter unit known
as the Fighting Cocks.
FORT DOUGLAS, Utah, Dec. 23
-(Special-Due to arrive in the
United ' States soon ; on furlough
from the Central Pacific theater
of operations are the following
Salem, ' Ore., servicemen:
Sgt Theodore D. Cetner, son of
Mrs. -Myrtle H. Soutenberg, Rt.
1, Box 234, who served 58 months
with the army air forces.
Sgt Francis E. Kessel, son of
Mr. and; Mrs. J. W. Kessel. 1330
8th St, who served 44 months ,
with the quartermaster corps of I
the army air forces. '
FORT DES MOINES, Lk, Dee.
23-(Spcial)-Pvt Beulah L. Win
ger,' 1348 waller street, Salem,
Ore, a member of the Women's
Army corps, recently - left the
WAC ' training " center, -here for
duty with" the army! at Wilming
ton, Calif.
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