TU OREGON STATESMAN. Salsa, Oregon. Thursday Morning, March 8. 184S
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Alvin Potter
Member of
Enemy Mortar
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WITH THE 103rd DIVISION OF
THE SEVENTH ARMY, France
These 103rd division infantrymen
of the 410th regiment crept so
dose to an enemj mortar position
they could hear the fire orders.
The soldiers were Sgt. Alvin C
Poster, of Salem, Ore.; Pfc. Har
. old Williams, of Goodman, Mo.;
vt Albert Frick, of Johnstown,
4Pa, and Lt. Curtis Smith, of Peor
la, HL
The mortar was unplaced on the
shoulder of a road near the com
pany's flank and was harassing
- the Americans each time the en
emy observer could spot an auto
matic weapon.
While Lt Smith, Trick, and
Williams posted themselves
flank guards for the five man as
sault team, Potter and another sol
dier moved up to 'within 30 yards
of the heinie position, opened fire.
killed four ol the crew, and si
lenced the mortar.
Maurice Macy
With Skilled
Unit Overseas
Special to The Statesman
WITH U. S, FORCES IN
FRANCE Faced by the neces
sity of immediate operation with
out field equipment shipped from
the United States, the X-ray sec
tion of the 179th general hospital
swiftly adapted German machines
for use until the U. S. equipment
arrived. CpL Maurice Macy, 2163
North Church st- Salem, is the
Oregonian of the outfit
Most of the technicians in the
section were trained at UJS. army
X-ray technical schools in the
United States. Maj. William M.
Loehr, Indianapolis, InL, chief of
the section, an X-ray specialist
in civilian life, directed the train
ing of nearly 1200 enlisted tech
nicians during the Z3 months o:
duty at Billings general hospital
in Indianapolis before he was as
signed to the 179th for overseas
service. '. ?
,tm wore of these men re
quires skill, resourcefulness and
great reliability," said Major
Loehr. "They 4iave to have more
knowledge of superficial bone
anatomy than any other medica!
department soldiers. Right now
they are taking care of 100 pa
tients a day. ana doing an ex
eellent job."
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AS EIGHTH ALE FORCK FIGHTER STATION, England Att the
main gate of the Eighth air force 357th fighter group station la Eng
land PFC Gale B. MllUgan, gflvcrton. Ore, has his pass checked by
Military relleeman JPFC Dominick B. Iabont, Tnckahee, NY, before
retarning te his vital Jeep driving routine. Groundmen here were
commended by Eighth Air Force Chief Lt Gen, James XL "Dootittle
for teamwork with the 357th P-51 1 Mustang pilots 'who smashed
fighter records by blasting SH Luftwaffe Interceptors eat of the
sky and one ea the ground in an afternoon near Berlin. A farmer
in civilian life. Private First Class MflHgan. who averages more than
3000 miles a week in hk Jeep, entered service Dec 4, 194Z. Before
overseas assignment he served In California, Oklahoma, mfnoia,
Louisiana. Tennessee and Georgia. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Four Epping
Boys in Navy;
Wilfred Epping, youngest of
four navy sons of Mr. and Mrs. H.
C Epping, 1925 Maple avenue, is
home on a five-day leave after
i finishing; boot. training at San Di
ego. All of the boys attended Mt
Angel prep school and Mt Angel
college. i i :. !!';
u Ok; uiwrence iqppmg is a
graduate of Mt Angel college and
is stationed now at : Bremerton
navy yard after taking part in the
second battle of the Philippines,
his sixth navy battle. J
rrancis Epping, aviation ma
chinist mate 1c, is now at the na
val air base, Shawnee, jOkla and
he hail been three years in the
navy. Jerome Epping,; specialist
1c, is at San Diego and has been
a year and a half in the navy.
- Charles Epping, the oldest son;
is in the naval reserve and now
employed at Boeing aircraft in
Seattle. ! r : j
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To Be Reassigned
SILVERTON Staff Sgt Ed
ward' Erickson left Tuesday for
Columbia airbase " at Columbia,
SC. He spent a month's. furlough
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Erickscn, who are not wefl. J
Sergeant Erickson said he' hop
ed the next time he came home
the war would be over. He saw
more than two years; Service in
North Africa, Sicily and Italy be
fore coming home lor , reassign
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Jack Knedler, store keeper I ft.
is somewhere in the south Fa-
eiflt but his mother, Mrs. Geec-
L gU Knedler, 571 South 17th. is
net sure where. He was trad
vated from Salem high school
in 1142. -:;y:':':-;':'
AMITY Mr. and Mrs. L O.
Emerson received a letter recent
ly from their son, CpL Alfred Em
erson, who is now in the Philip
pines. ; . ; - j
Bert Mllligan, Silverton.
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PFC Don Lang, 1991 Berry st, Salem, Ore left, inspects the cleaning
f a baaoaka by Fvt James A. Ludwig, Alpena, Mich, a newcomer
te company D, parachnte regiment, t2nd airborne division, en
the front hues. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo.
LIBERTY Cpl. John D. Storm,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Storm,
ii with the 41st division taking
part in the lnva- f
sion of the Phil
ippines, his par-.
ents have been'
notmed. lie re-
- Lett uj enik uuuic. .
a hari-kari knife '
ito be added to
- the curios he has
.4 U.lt.. JI.
If
Biak and other
points in the
South Pacific. Storm, who grad
uated from Independence high
school, went into the army two
years ago and has been 20 months
verseas.
ALBANY Erie Herlla, former
owner of the Valley Bottling
Works, was a recent visitor in Al
bany, following graduation exer
cises last week at the U. S. man
time .service officer's school at
Alameda. Calif. Horlin was one
of 10 Oregon men commissioned
as ensign in U. S. M, S. These
men successfully 'completed a
four months' course and passed
the final examination for licenses.
It was necessary for the men to
stave at least 14 months sea ex
perience: in order to Qualify for
entrance to the "school . , Ensign
Horlin, as well as the others, will
, ship out as third assistant engi
neers or third mates on merchant
-vessels. 1 - " l "v: --'; 7-v-.
VaUey M en
Fire Tirst'
Across Rhine
Ipecial to Tho Statesman
WITH THE THIRD DIVISION
OF" THE SEVENTH ARMY, France
"A" battery of the Third divi
sion's 39th F. A. battalion,' doesn't
talk much; but when "firsts" are
mentioned they speak right up
and count theirs in round num
bers. The latest and one that will
go down in battalion history, hap
pened a few weeks ago after two
years of, patient waiting and plan
ning. .; ' I - !
Sgt Daniel J. Stewart; chief of
section, Lakeland, Fla., vouches
for it. !We were the first battery
in position,' the sergeant says,
and fire data was immediately fig
ured by First Lt. Jack! D. Grif
fiths, San Diego, Calif., and First
Sgt Walter P. Aleln, Kirkwood,
Mo. With Corporal Englehardt,
route 1, Gervais, Ore., loading, we
fired the first shell of the battalion
across the Rhine in World War H.
"It was a long wait," Allen re
calls, "but I "believe that every
man in the battery firmly believed
all' the way through Africa and
Italy that when the time came
we'd be in position to throw the
first one over." j
"I don't guess it was the first
shell, says PFC. Raymond H. Diem,
route 2, Salem, Ore., "I know, i I
pulled the lanyard!" --
Gorvallis Navy f .
Hospital Doctor!
Gets Citation
Lt Arthur N. Russeth (M) US
NR. has recently been awarded a
Presidential Unit citation "for out
standing service while serving
with! the second marine division,
reinforced", according to word re- j
ceiver, from the Thirteenth laaval
district headquarters.
His service entitles him la wear
the ribbon bar with the bronze
star.;
Lieutenant Russeth graduated
from the Universtiy of Minnesota
medical school and practiced in
Minneapolis, Minn, before enlist
ing in the navy in 1942. He is
now on duty at the US naval hos
pital, Corvallis, Ore. f
(ADDITIONAL SERVICE MEN'S
NEWS FAGS 11)
Vencel Hmdka, paratrooper, has i
written his par- r--
ents, Mr. and
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Mrs. J. A.' Hrud
ka, r 652 North
Front street of
his arrival in
France, February
12. He wftl bet
in the army three
years in July and
was: in the tank
corps - first and
stationed at FtLewis
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CARLSBAD ARMY AIR FIELD,
Carlsbad, NM. Pvt. James N.
Botten, son of: Mr. John Botten,
Silverton; Ore., has been promoted
to the rank of private first class at
the Carlsbad army "air field, Carls
bad, NM, site of the largest bom
bardier school in the worldjf
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You Givo to ithoi Worthiest of
Causes When You Givo to i
Your Red Cross
Without Yur generous contributions the Red Cross -could
not jccory on lis magnificent and humanliar
ian work. Your son. husband, brother or sweetheart
would bo without the plasma needed to save his
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bring a semblance of homo into the horrors of bat
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Sponsored by.
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Alexander on Leave
v ALBANY L a r r y Alexander,
aviation machinist mate 1c ar
rived recently for lonf leave
after almost two years, at the Ber
muda naval base. He is visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
D. Alexander ol route 3, near M2
lersburg. While at Bermuda he
served as flight engineer with the
anti-submarine patrol. When his
leave is up he will report at Nor
folk, Va, for reassignment - .
Special te the Statesman
CHANUTE FEELD, El TfL
Jarold W. BilesJ son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson A. Bfles, route seven,
boz .4eS, Salemj Ore, has com
pleted training and has been grad
uated from this school of the army
air forces training command.'
. While attending school here he
received instruction in the elec
tronics course ana in various tech
nical operations Vital to the main
tenance of the country's fighting
planes. " j
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