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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1945)
pace cue n Tho OnSGOII STATESMAN, Coloa. Orooon, Sunday Morning, February It. 194S 39th Engineer Unit Includes 6 Valley Men WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, Italy Six Willamette valley men are members of the 39th en gineer combat regiment, the unit : currently holding open route 63, main supply route to the Fifth trmy front in Italy. Besides building- bridges and repairing roads, the 9th has three amphibious operations to its credit and has often functioned as infantry. In Italy alene It has 1 M. tmm 1 T J mm i wuu mw viiuc.. my YLoaf 123 culverts, 24 major roadblocks, " vmi alrrtrin and a floating fnnt- bridge. The engineers built 97 by passes and shoveled- rubble in seven cities during 1 the 38-day Sicilian campaign. ; i Men of the 39th piloted assault boats across the Volturno river in Italy as the 3rd "Marne" infantry division established bridgeheads over the river and built one of tha first treadway bridges to span the Volturno. They strung 90 miles of concertina wire and planted 40,000 mines on the Aazio beach head under German shellfire. . The 39th was set ashore in Jan vary, 1943, at Oran, northern Al geria, and assigned tasks in French Morocco and northern Algeria. j Col. Thomas E. Green, Austin. Texas, commands the regiment i Willamette valley men include: Maj. Ellis Earl Pickering, com manding officer, route two, Cor vail is. Pvt. Lorin L. Yoder, tractor ope rator, route one, Hubbard. ; Pvt. Maurice D. Craves, . m chanic, 212 N. Main St., Indepen- denee. ' f Pfc. Robert E. Lindgren, rigger, T27 10th St, McMinnviUe. vie. Alfred t. Dean, engineer work, Molalla. 1st Sgt Doyle D. Bell,. 508 Royal Court apartments, Salem. . .II FI T?Z1 - V - ,A 1 Salem Soldier Saves Buddy From Jap Salem Man With Ambulance Unit Lauded for Work 8TH' ARMY GROUP, France Driving through blackout over slippery, shell-era tered mountain roads, ambulance drivers of the 582nd ambulance company speed wounded American 7th army doughboys from - forward collect ing points to evacuation hospitals a few miles to the rear. " In three months these drivers have evacuated 24,430 patients over a distance of 767,098 patient miles while supporting various in fantry divisions of Lt Gen. Jacob L. Devers 8th army group. Ambulance crews work around the dock, staying on duty at col lecting stations ready for immed iate evacuation as, the wounded arrive. Drivers maneuver their trucks carefully to give patients as smooth a ride as possible, ex plains Capt Winston Churchill of Jacksonville, Tex., company com' mander. "All men are eager and anxious to do an exceptional job and they have always done just that All departments, from ambulance pla toons to mess and maintenance sections, are the finest anywhere.' Members of the ambulance com pany include Sgt. Harold D. Reust, route four, Salem, Ore. - ' V .i t ' n tt m y flv m i 7 7 Sgt. King Winner Of Bronze Star WITH TOT ITJTH ARMY, It- aly Sgt. James R. King, 24, hus band of Bertha D. King, route t. Salem, pre, recently was awarded the bronze star for heroic achieve ment in action. He is a communications sergeant) with one bullet In the 361st Infantry regiment, 91st I Powder River division, fighting on the Fifth army front in Italy. Ralph Lerey Keerner, sea ef Mr. and Mrs. J. ,W. Koerner, of 968 North 20th street, has been promoted to the grade or private first class, It was announced re cently by CoL A. J. Kerwin Ma- one, commanding officer of Maria (Texas jt Army Air Field. Born In Mill . City,' the 33-year-old sol- em and was employed by the m uie Bremerton Navy yard before en trance into the service on Novem ber 14,1 1942. ; He is an aviation mechanic ' - - if A. C. Frleaee Salem Recruiter Transferred to Klamath Falls Transfer of A. C. Frte-ten, chief specialist, recruiter In charge of the Salem navy recruiting station for the last year, was announced Saturday by Lt. Cmdr. John T. 'Biehler, officer In charge of the Oregon recruiting district. Frlesen will assume new dutes a recruiter In charge of the Klamath Falls navy station Tuesday. ' Subsequent to a tour of duty at the Portland main station after en- listing in 1942, Friesen was detail ed to the Bend sub-station, where he won the Oregon area "E" pen rant five times in six months. Last February he was shifted to Salem, where he won the substa tion flag twice, and finished near the top in succeeding months. Highlights of Friesen's recruit Ing activities . while stationed in Salem were the recruiting, of the now famous Company 88, compria ed of local 17-year-olds who were shipped to Farragut training cen ter on D-day, and the assembly of two full WAVE platoons, all of whom are on active duty at shore er advanced base stations. For WAVE recruiting accomp llshments, he was commended by Xt. Webb Jones, Oregon state WAVE procurement j officer, and identified as top WAVE recruiter for the 9th JSAI aresi. Mrs. Frie sen temporarily will continue res- . Idence in Salem. j n ROBERTS Stt.'aad Mrs. C. . O.-Austin visited Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bid wood for 119 days while on furlough. Sergeant Austin is stationed at the Presidio near San Francisco and Mrs. Austin teaches in the bay city. Bronze Star Goes to Mill Gty Native For Heroic Action MILL CITY Lt. (Jg) Harry E. Morgan, USNR, 23, native of Mill City, was presented the Bronze Star Medal by H. Struve Hensel, assistant secretary of the navy, in ceremonies a week ago in Washington, D. C. Morgan and his wife are living at 1706 C St., Northeast, in Wash ington, D. C. The citation accompanying the medal: ' "For .heroic achievement while serving' as a bomb disposal officer during operations off the coast of the Franco-Italian Riviera in Oc tober, 1944. Gallantly participat ing in a mission to render safe a captured enemy vessel, Lt (jg) (then Ensign) Morgan unhesitat ingly boarded the vessel and,, with exceptional skill and Ingenuity, removed explosives charges de spite constant hazard of possible enemy booby traps." - -"--:.vr- AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER STATION, England As one of the officers at this B-17 Flying Fortress station in charge of the maintenance of equipment used by the bomber crews to hit targets hidden by clouds, 2nd Lt Marvin L. Amundson, 27, is play ing an important part in one of the latest developments of aerial warfare. The lieutenant was ex tensively trained in the states for this highly specialized work, and came to England several months ago. The son of Mr. and Mrs. O E. Amundson, route S, of Salem. Ore., the lieutenant entered the army in September, 1942 and has seen two years service in Hawaii, When one Is up, the ether s down. Two Oregon fliers, Capt Frederick ' D. Ellis, son of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Ellis, route seven, box 52. Salem, alternates on bombing the irelch and directinx a squadron's operations with Capt Jerreld L. Newqulst of Portland and Pendleton. They are with the pioneer 91st bombardment group combat home ef the "Memphis Belle", in England with the Eighth air force. Ellis, as sistant operations officer; here tells Newqulst how German fighters attacked his flying fortress ever Merseborgj recently. Capt Ellis, veteran of 24 missions, was attending Willamette university when he Joined the AAF In May 1942. U. S. AAF Photo. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Hendiick son, ast State st., have received letters from their son, Pfo. Emery Hendrickson, telling them he is now is Belgium after almost year's overseas service. He went first to England, in July to France, and then into Germany. Weather in Belgium, 'he writes, has been very cold, with considerable snow. He operates a 90mm. gun with anti-aircraft artillery. Another son, Pvt Red Hend nckson, is with a specialists' unit at Camp Roberts, Calif. He went into the service in November, 1944, and expects to be home shortly on furlough. ELD WEDGE Donald Nosom, .pwrwBissrw. e second i ;S is ,r ) class, has recent J ly been yisiting r ; his parents,, Mr. V and MrstiAllyn J Nusom while on leave. Members of the family ac tum fol 1 companled ."to Seattle j ' of , i u) oeaiue s ioi- '"vV I lowing his leave. M iVv J - ill , Eugene; R. Chase, store: keeper second class, has3t: recently been after 23 months if - the South Pa4;? - cifio on an lr-r craft carrier. He . has been visiting I his mother, Mrs. C 'J Carrie M. Chase, 639 Center St.; his brothar, Charles R. Chase and his sister, Mrs. Gibson Follis. ; Stuart McAllister Promoted; Assigned To High-Rating Unit 1 - ! -? . .. FIFTEENTH; AAF IN ITALY Sgt Stuart McAllister, 23, of 1878 Fir st., Salem, has been assigned o tna oldest heavy bombardment group in the Mediterranean thea ter and has been promoted to his present rank. Former student at the Univer sity of Oregon, the radio operator- gunner on a 15th air force Flying Fortress enlisted in the army Aug ust IB, 1942, and was graduated from the radio Operator's school at Sioux Falls, SD, and the aerial gunnery school at Yuma, Ariz. HIS: new organization has flown more : than !- 400 combat missions and has been awarded the distin guished unit citation. Sergeant Saunders ill With Unit Praised For Service Record 11 ; f urn A FIFTEENTH AIR FORCE SERVICE COMMAND SERVICE SQUADRON, Italy (Special) T Sgt Reginald E., Saunders 'of 1175 "E" St:, Salem, Ore., is a mobile repair chief with a fifteenth air force service command air squad ron that received a commendation from Col. Arthur C. Agan, of Cor pus Christ!, Texas, commanding officer of the oldest fighter group in the AAF, which the squadron has served since October 13, 1943 "The excellent maintenance rec ord of the group has been made possible by the exceptionally high standard of work done by it! ser vice squadron'!, the commendation said. i f ; !!. The squadron's engineers have repaired ,128 fighter planes and one heavy bomber' since it started serving the group. "Sergeant Saunders Is the son of Mr. and MrsJD. A. Saunders of Salem. ; J Sl MADISON, Wis, Feb. 17 (Spe- eIal)--Pvt. Byron F. Mische, 19 son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mische, 18051 Fairgrounds road, Salem, has been graduated from the AAF training command's aircraft radio mechanics school at Truax Field, whara he studied the servicing of radio equipment used on U. bombers and fighter planes. Ha may be assigned to an advanced school or to another center as an instructor in radio mechanics. LEYTE, Philippine Islands (De layed) FFC Robert Porter, son of Mrl and Ma Ernest R. Porter, route two, Salem, is a handy man to have around when things get tough. . - During a recent patrol mission the mountainous jungles of this island; Porter, an 11th airborne division ; paratrooper, killed his first Jap and saved a buddy -we were advancing along a very buddy, steep trail," porter said, f and I was following PFC Ray Shadden. Suddenly two crazed Nips plunged out of the thick jungle flanking the trail and charged Shadden. He shot one, but the other grabbed him and both fell in the mud struggling. When : I came up they were slug ging it out furiously. Porter waited for a dear shot and killed the enemy with a bul- Kenneth Lee Lucas, 17, enlisted In the U. S. coast guard Wednes day at Portland and departed Wed nesday for the coast guard train- j ing station at Alameda, Calif. Af ter eight weeks' basic; training, he will go either on to a special trade school to qualify for a rating, or ; report to a coast guard unit for active duty. Young Lucas attend ed Salem high school, where he was active in sports. "Naturally, I had to be careful because .1 might have hit Shad den," ha said, adding that he was too excited to think about the fact that he had killed his first Nip. ,- orter, wno entered the army Feb. 18, 1943, at Fort Lewis, Washj became a qualified para trooper in July of the following year in New Guinea. He has two brothers, also In the army, CpL Albert Porter, with the medical corps fin Bougainville, and Pvt. Ernest J. Porter, Camp Roberts, Calif. SILVERTON Harry Hagedorn, flrecontrolman Se, has arrived home from a year and a half in the South Pacific. Ha will spend the 28-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hagedorn. The Hagedorns also received word this week from another son, Ensign Don Hagedorn, of his ar rival overseas. A former Salem resident, Pvt. Melvin J. Langley, 18, was recent ly graduated from the marine av iation clerical school at San Di ego. Prior to enlisting in March, 1944, Langley was employed by the Southern Pacific Railway company. He formerly lived at 1163 South Liberty street i 1 . GATES Lt and Mrs. Virgil Heath spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Heath.5 Lieutenant Heath has been attending Princeton university in New Jersey but has been sent to Fort Ord. He is taking up inter national law. CpL! Carl Ball left for Santa Barbara, Calif., Thursday after 15-day furlough. Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Knutson that their son, Orville, who was recently in ducted into the army, is stationed at Camp Roberts, Calif. Pfe.! Elton Brown has been en a ten-day furlough at home and left for El Centro, Calif. Scout Family Night Held for Gervais Boys GERVAIS Tht Annual family night for the Boy Scout troop No. 54 of I Gervais was held Friday night at their rooms in the grade school building. All members of the troop were present and most of the parents.' , Honor guests were Mr. ana juts. Lyle Leigh ton and son, Larry. Leighton spoke on the history of scouting and how it is adapted to the boy. Gervais troop has 16 members, with D. L. St John, scout leader. '.. SAN i ANTONIO AVIATION CADET CENTER Tex. At the San Antonio aviation cadet cen ter, 2nd Lt Leonard Reimann of 1273 Fairmount street, Salem, Ore., is taking a three-week course! of study in the duties of an army air forces civilian per sonnel officer. -I While at the cadet centre, a unit of the AAF training com mand, l civilian personnel officers study air force perspectives,4 job placements, employe recruitment and relations, job evaluations and procedures at the AAF. civilian personnel officers training course. Bridgeport Women Hold Club Meeting ; FALLS CITY The Bridgeport Woman's club met with Mrs. NeU lie Lee? Tuesday afternoon. ; Mra. Carl ' Barnard, i president, : had charge Of the meeting. Membera present: were Mrs. Lucy Breeden, Mrs. .Elizabeth Hart, Judy and jimmied Mrs. Rose Murphy and Marjoria, Mrs. Anna Palmer and Kay Shatt, Mrs Leona Nelson and three children. Grandma Nelson, Mrs. A P. Embree, Mrs. Glen Gaga, Mrs. Emma Stout, Miss Jean Campbell, Mrs. ; Otto TeaL Mrs. Esther Wiens, Mrs Van Cleave, Mrs. Pearl Embree, Mrs. Marie Harvey, Mrs. Nellie Camp belL Mrs. Mable Sleighter, Miss Dora Hart, Mrs. Velnia Gflmore. Lt James J. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Wilson, is at home on leave from his duties at statistical officer at Harvard, Neb. After overseas service, he came back to this country for his of ficer's training. , He is the brother of: Richard W. Wilson, reading clerk in the Oregon house of rep resentatives, and Susanne LaVatta, page in the senate. i "Holly" Jackson I Says: - , - i I Special mountings for diamond earrings. This has become one of our largest and moat important departments and Judging from the response to our personalized serv ice the women appreciate this ex tra effort j We have secured hundreds of beautiful earring mountings in which we can set any sized dia mond one may wish. 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