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Th OREGON STATESMAN. 5 Salem, Oregon. Thursday Morning. Jun 29. 1345 PAGE THREE Harvey Williams Gets New Rank of Staff Sergeant : 15TH AAF IN ITALY Harvey E. Williams, 29, whose brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ringer, reside in Park dale, Ore., has recently been pro--moted to s t a f f sergeant. He is serving as the chief clerk in the statistical section of "the head quarters detachment in the 14th fighter group, second oldest P-38 Lightning fighter croup in the J5th AAF. Graduating from the Parkdale high school in -1935, Williams at tended the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth, gradu ating in 1940. He was elected president of the Associated Stu dent body bis senior year and was a member of the Crimson "O" and Dramatics club. Prior to enlisting in the AAF, Jan., 1942; Sgt: Williams taught school' at Detroit, Ore. During the fire sea son he was employed by the Unit ed States forest - service. He is a veteran, of "34 months of overseas duty. ' . . . SilvertOn Man ' Army: Teacher, SILRTON "Just like home almost" was the expression of PFC Walter Goplerud when re wrote home this week to tell that "believe it or not, I am going to teach in Europe." V Goplerud, a graduate of Silver ton schools - and later of Pacific Lutheran college at Parkland, Wash., was teaching in Washing . ton state schools when called into -v the service. During the past year , ha has been with the fighting forces in Germany. Teaching mathematics and his tory even in occupation camps in Germany is a "big improvement," in Goplerud's viewpoint, "over , swashing around in foxholes' and other fighting conditions." , Goplerud is the son of Mrs. John C. Goplerud, Silverton. His two sisters, Inga Goplerud, Puyal lup teacher, and Mrs. Haaken Larson, a Tacoma teacher, are .- here with their mother. Lt. Albert R. Kemp, U.S.N.R.. of 245 E. Washington st., Salem, Ore., has returned from the Pa cific -where he flew as a fighter pilot from the flight deck of an escort carrier in opetations against ; the enemy at Okinawa and other islands in the Ryuku group. He flew night aerial pa trols protecting our forces from attack by, enemy ah-craft and made night attacks against enemy airfields, . neutralizing them so that enemy aircraft could not use them in staging attacks. He has a probable large, enemy freighter to his credit GI7LFPOKT ARMY AIR FIELD, Miss. Second Lt. John Ralph Hagan has reported to this station for combat crew duty aboard the new large B-29 Sup erfortress. ! Before entering the army Lieutenant Hagan attended school, at Salem high and was lat er employed by the state highr ; way department He has been in the army since June, 1943, and is -" now serving as a pilot. His next . t kin reside at -1315 N. Cottage st.f Salem. r MeKDffNET, Texas. PFC Car roll Is. Fletcher, 889 Bellevue ave., Salem, has arrived at the army's -Ashburn General hospital, McKin hey, Tex., from overseas. Before being returned to this country, PFC Fletcher served in France, .Belgium and Germany. He is now convalescing as Ashburn general .hospital. His wife, Mrsv1 C. L. Fletcher, resides at 889 Bellevue ; ave., Salem, , I PIONEER Pvt Alke Brevn f Fort Monmouth, N. J., who is on a "30" day furlough visited -at the Archie" Brown, home". Mrs. Brown has been in the service for about "a year and a half and this is the 'first time, she 'has been to her heme in Portland. She is a sister--in-law of the Browns here. .vJC;--. f . A . . .' V : m 7 - L DEPENDENCE PFC James W. Acalzoff, anti-tank gunner with the 151st infantry In the Philip pines, who was killed in action May 29 on Luzon. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Agalcoff, live here and hb wife Is now in Portland. Dallas Service Man Home on Leave After 19 Missions DALLAS First Lieut Jack Stiles, son. of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stiles, has arrived home from Eng land on a 30-day leave.' He has been on active duty since Febru ary 1, with the 8th air force, par ticipating in 19 missions as a lead bombardier on a heavy bomber operating from England over Germany. Stiles was awarded the air med al with two oak clusters and has other decorations coming up for his service. He will report to an air base in Florida following his leave. Pfc. Phil Stiles, a brother, is also home on a 15-day furlough from Ft Lewis, where he is em ployed in the post office. He was the first Company L member to return home last fall on rotation- leave. Bridgeport Man Is Commissioned From Army Ranks DALLAS Mrs. Vintie Holt of the Bridgeport district has re ceived word from her son, SSgt Charles H. Holt that he was com missioned as a second lieutenant from the ranks at Geislihgen, Germany May 24. A member of General Patch's Seventh army, he participated in the battle of Germany from No vember 1, 1944, to May 8, in the Alsace-Lorraine sector and in Germany. Awarded the silver star for gallantry, the purple heart with bronze oak leaf cluster for two wounds, he has been discharged. McCoy Sergeant : Wins Air Medal DALLAS Mrs. Loel Vincent of McCoy has received word that ber husband Sgt. Loel Vincent has been awarded the air medal and the oak leaf cluster for mer itorious achievement while par ticipating in aerial combat over Japan. Sergeant Vincent comple ted 27 missions as a waist gun ner on a B-29 based in the Mari anas. : He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Vincent of McCoy. DALLAS Joe Vine, pharma cist mate- 1c, is spending a 30-day leave with his wife, chief clerk of the local ration board. She is taking a 30-day leave of absence and together they will visit rela tives in Idaho and Oregon. Vine spent 21 months at the naval hos pital at Attu and will report to Seattle July 17 for reassignment F - -1 i ( - 'V -v' TV . r ' 1 . ' , - - i 6 Consult Dr, E. E. Boring This consultation and examination will provide the correct information regarding your eyes. -If correction is needed, Boring's skilled technicians will prepare the right correct ive lens... GET GLASSES IF YOU NEED THEM . DOmilG OPTICAL Deadline July lS Under postal' orders. V The Oregon Statesman and all other newspapers . .after July 1 will be unable to accept new or renewal subscriptions for service men with fleet postoffice (FPO) addresses, unless they are accompanied by written requests originat ing from the person to whom the copies are ,to be: addressed. Until July -1, however, new and re-! newal subscriptions "(for; , which addresses can be " changed at any time) can be accepted without any such showing of specific request. Again please be reminded that July 1 is the deadline. i - : i . .: ' --NO fx ' r'-'A r . 7 CpL Keith' A. Brown la soendlnr his furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. . Brown, in West Salem.'' and with his wife atnd smallydaughter. Corporal Brown .: is stationed "at Keesler Field, Miss, with the air corps. Mrs. Brown returned f to Salem . with -: her husbancL after, spending the past month in Bil oxi, Miss. , DALLAS Sgt. Warren Bennett is visiting at' the home of his par enta, 'Mr. and Mrs. " Albert Ben nett Sergeant Bennett was ' re cently graduated :trom theThird US marine corps special services course inducted at the army'sH school . for personnel services : at Lexington,-' Va." He entered the school after returning from the Tarawa and Saipan campaigns. . DALLAS Dick Osuna, S 1e is spending a 30-day leave with his mother, Mrs. Jerome. Pratt Osuna has been oyerseas- for 20 months and saw service in Italy, Corsica,' the Mediterranean area, and the invasion of southern France." He will report for reas signment at the conclusion of his leave. ' " Wliuer Aeteo, son ef Mr. aa Mrs. Paul Acton," telephoned hi parents this week to tell them h had been commissioned as, an en sign in the navy and would come home by plane for a 2 Way leave. Acton: was a member of a V-13 unit at Willamette university be fore going to New York for ad vanced . training. Fvt Charles E. Brown mt Inde pendence, who was killed on Okinawa en May 19. (Story on Pare 1). E. D. Roseman Gets Honorable Navy Discharge E. D. Roseman, former Salem high' school instructor, radio tech nician first class, who was sta tioned at the naval repair base in New Orleans for the past two years, has received his honorable discharge from - the navy. After a brief visit with relatives at Long Beach, Calif., he and. Mrs. Rose man returned to Salem .and ex pect to be in their home on the Wallace road soon. ' ; Their son, Edward Roseman, tor pedoman second class in the navy, has just been home on a 30-day lease: With his bride he will live in San Diego while he takes a special course before being reas signed. He returned to the United States after serving for 20 months on a destroyer in the South Pa cific. Roseman has been through 11 campaigns. ' ' ; Parents Receive Medal Awarded Posthumously To Kendall Helgerson DALLAS Mr! and Mrs. C. P. Helgerson have received the purple heart medal awarded posthumously to their son, Ken dall Helgerson, who died April 30 in England, from wounds received in Germany on April 8., He was a member of the military police de tachment of the 89th infantry di visiorvand was serving as a truck driver."' . Richard VV." Maude, aviation radio man, 3e, who was killed In ac tion May 11 In the Pacific.- His mother is Mrs. Lillle Maude, 872 North 20th st. " I Patrol of Salem Man Accounts For 25 of Enemy WITH THE SIXTH ARMY ON LUZON Searching out and blowing up Japanese cave hide puts, a 38th "Cyclone" division patrol, including PFC John L. Clark of Salem, Ore., accounted for at least 23 Japs in a two-day patrol through the Sierra Madre mountains. . . Leaving base in the afternoon, the party surprised and elimi nated four Nips in a dug out po sition shortly before nightfall. The next morning they crossed a deep ravine into a bamboo thick et filled with hostile fortifica tions. Using riflemen to spot snipers and caves, automatic weapons to deliver protective fire, and demolitions men to throw in the charges, they destroyed seven large caves and 19 more of the enemy. Private Clark is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L." Clark and husband of Mrs. Gwendolyn M. Clark, 137 North High st, Salem. FORT GEORGE WRIGHT, Wash,-TSgt Robert B. Crawford has reported to the AAF conval escent hospital here after 19 months in the European theatre where he served as aircraft me chanic1 on both fighter and bomb er planes with the air service command. He wears the ETO rib bon. Sergeant Crawford is the hus band of Ethel Crawford, 364 So. McCarty Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif., and the . son . of Robert Crawford, 1759 Court st, Salem. AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND DEPOT, England Working at the air service command's largest source of aircraft supplies in Eu rope, PFC Woodrow Andersen, of 1170 Market st, Salem, Ore., has been commended by Brig. Gen. Morris Berman of San An tonio, Texas, commanding gen eral of base air depot area, for his "close and conscientious co operation" in sustaining the aerial knockout blows at Germany. 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