Captain Bilsland
Arrives Home on
SO-Day Leave
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MONMOUTH CanL TnnrH
M. Bilsland of the army air force Russell Decker on
l . - a , a - . I
iiaa icwuiicu lrura man ana UlfTCC TVT 1 tt
on a 30-day leave with his -wife. IMevada ROW in
?JS.J5" f "Ployed Pacific Theatre'
for the past two years. Captain
Bilsland and Mrs. Bilsland are
visiting with his parents,. Mr; and
V. I. Bilsland of Monmouth'
and with other relatives and
friends, j
The captain has been with the
squadrons, .in the European and
India-Burma theatres of opera
tions, and has' the DFCV the air
medal with two dusters, the
presidential unit citation ribbon
and four battle- stars. Be thinks
the United States "the most won
derful country in the world."
captain Kiisiana later wui re
port to Santa Ana for re-assign
tnent and his wife will accompany
him to his new post in the states.
Discharged
At Bremerton from the navy:
Theodora Oi Tanner. carpenter's
mate, ic. uK,Hlt iiazei ave.
lem. . . li , !
ABOARD THE USS NEVADA
IN, THE PACIFIC Bussell W.
Decker, seaman, 2cXJSNR, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd F. Decker,
14th and Jefferson, Albany, Ore.
celebrated the surrender of, Japan
aboard this famous American bat
tleship as she rested at anchor in I At Fort Lewis from the army:
Leyte gulf after a 32-day mission I s- ,at- Jni ; ifwtarti.
m x . m . . - , loan mww.. owcm: -: ' .
UW kilC Ul WU COS.
The announcement by the com
manding . officer, Capt. ' Homer
Louis -Grosskopf. USN, of Minne
apolis, Minn., that the Japanese
had quit touched off a demonstra
tion unlike any this veteran ship
had ever seen. Sailors tossed their
hats in the air and began jitter-
T. Sgt Eoy pJfcrlsW, route!,
Cook. 1080 N.
lem. - 'li Si
PrC wuliairi!
at.. Salem, r ii
S. Sgt. jHlleen A. McCarthy.
N. lfttb St.. Salem.
S. Srt. Hanrer Moore. Satan.
Pvt. EUwrn B. Lambert. 1J73 trim.
In it.. Wtt Stlcm. . i VI-
-Pi. rrmnciM yt. .snarpe. 1033 sawf at.
Sgt. Steve Si Slwiki Amity.
qku tucnara
Five Oregon Navy Men
Promoted Following t
Action In Pacific
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ABOARD A BATTLESHIP IN
THE PACIFIC Five Oregon
navy men who have seen consid
erable action against the enemy in
the Pacific, the most recent at
Okinawa, have been advanced in
rate. - . : - v-'-''
They are Stuart ; H. Compton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry V.
Compton, 1010 North Summer st,
Salem, to fire controlman, 3c,
USNR; Jack H. Brazie, 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs, Donald Brazie, 332
North 24th st., Salem, to seaman,
1e, USNR; Harold J. Davis, 23,
whose wife is living at 33 Juniper
st, Lawrence, Mass., and parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Davis, at route
1, Newberg, to seaman, 1c, US
NR; Donald H. Abraham, 19, son
"Of Mr. and Mrs. John Abraham,
of Elkton, to seaman, 1c, USNR;
and James A. Poston, Jr., 22, whose
wife lives at 2209 Court sL, Baker,
and parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. A.
Poston, sr., 1910 East st, Baker,
buglemaster, 1c,; USNR.
si
13th
Portal, routa
bagging to the strains of the ship's '5IS:- J ' J I ; .
band. It M fTnlM PrnHna" "w " -f-' "T- ""
for all hands.
The "Old Imperishable" of the
fleet began this war at Pearl Har
bor, went through the Aleutians
campaign, fougnt at Norm any and
Southern France, and then joined
in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa
battles.
to
St j Donald O. Wells.? route J. Inde
pendence. ,- f, a -. j. .. J
IT. 5th Gr. Jsck A Sorahaa. 238 Park
st. ueoanon. - ii i . i
T. Sgt Alviai m tuhr. Mm CHW.
T. 4th. Gr. fiLaveUe iS. , Burahflrdt.
route 3. Molalla. P 1 - I ;
CbL Raymond J.' CTr. loss V
rront n.. wooa&orn. i
Pre Wayne ,W.iWehrU. route 4. At
E Lovett, SOS W. 5th
! h 7 -
Sgt. Paul E. Linnell
In Santa Barbara
bany.
PTC Forest i J.
at, Albany.
S b a 1
ON THE t?S3 TICONDEROGA.
IN TOKYO! BAY Three Salem.
Ore- navy men are serving aboard
SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Sept tW carrier, :which is part of jthe
Bit. Angel Man. Was
BuildHg Staging
Area for Invasion
WITH A SEABEE DETACH
MENT, IN THE PHmiPPINES
Joseph Edmond, Walker, MM 2c,
(seaoeesj, ml Angel, Ore,, is a
member of . this, naval construe-
on battalion attached to service
force. Pacific fleet! which was
Eared in buildinff a.hupe atavin
Iffea for VS. military forces here
When ! news of Japan's surrender
was received. ' i I. -
TJUs battalion landed with in
Vasion , forces and fought its way
through Jap snipers .and. mortar
fire for its share In the success
ful Philippine conquest
The unit was on its second Pa
cLtic totir of duty When hostilities
ceased. During the first 21 months
overseas, the battalion personnel
.built a large supply and repair
base on Midway island and an air
field and base in I Hawaii, which
remains one of the world's largest
and most widely used air term!
nals- 1' .: . 1 ) .
j The second oldest ; organized
construction battaliorrln the navy.
this unit s in its (fourth year of
service.
8 Sgt Paul E. Linnell, of Sa
lem, Ore., has -reported to the
army ground and service forces
redistribution station here for two
weeks of rest and relaxation at
this southern California city's
famed resort-hotels, now under
army management The veteran
recently returned - from seven
months overseas duty in France.
powerful Pacific fleet engaged in
occupying Japan. M The Salem men
are: Marvin :M2 Marsh, 24, avia
tion- ordnaneeman. 12c. USNR.
2290 North Fourth st: Orris Mil
ford Berg, 33' seaman, 1c, USNR.
husband of 1 Margaret Berg, and
William Harold Burright, 25, sea
man 1c, USN, route. 6.
OH THX USS TICONDEKOOA
IN TOKYO BAY Gene Mosher,
II, aviation radioman, second
class, USSNR, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Moaher, route Z, Lebanon,
Ore., is- serving aboard this car
rier, whisk is part of the power
ful Pacific fleet engaged in occu
pying, Japan. Under the opera
tional control of Admiral William
F. Halsey, USN, the TICONDER
OGA, with 16 other aircraft car
riers, 12 battleships, . six . escort
carriers, 20 cruisers and more
than 290 other U.S. ships, is help
ing take over control of the Japs'
. big naval bases.
To Farragut
Mr. anw Mrs. Robert R. Board-
. 1 . . a m . a
man nave gone xo x arragui, xoano.
to visit their son, CpL Robert R.
Boardman, jr hospitalized there.
Young Boardman, member of the
marine corps, was wounded at
Okinawa, and is now to be moved
to the naval hospital in Philadel
phia for specialized care. ;
s : i, i t.
Nearly tw6 of. every three acres
this ' year have been
of corn crop'
j planted with hybrid torn;
filiU Oty Soldier
Now Hospitalized ;.
At Walla Walla
WALLA WALLA (Special)
Corporal Leo H. Farmen, son of
Mrs. Golda Sorensen of Mill City,
Ore, Is now a patient at McCaw
General hospital here, recovering
from wounds received in Ger
many, f He was a member of the
324th fighter group ground forces;
landed! in . Africa in February,
1943; participated in. the battte of
Tunisia, invasion of Sicily, the
battle for Anzio and the push for
Rome.!!, He was wounded once.
TpHtng at Saint Raphael on D-
day, his group moved in the In
tense drive through France into
Germany. ' ' . ..CC ' . ' 1
Stationed at Stuttgart until July
19, Farmen went to the hospital
with sciatic rheumatism. He ar
rived at McCaw August SO.
The purple heart was awarded
IIovTJrying
Proncs ai ,
Shaw Dryer
Can take on i limited
Additional Tonnage
H. R. JOKES '
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Farmen in Germany.'. -, He I also
wears the Presidential Unit Cita
tion with cluster for the Rhone
valley advance and the push from
Anzio to Rome, the good conduct
medal, ; and the European theatre
ribbon t with seven stars.
1
Eldon Arthur LaDnln. seaman
aboard the West Virginia
in J Tokyo harbor, he has written
his wife. Who lives with her par
ents, Mr , and Mrs. O. W. Gra
ham. 203S University ave. .
Lappin has been two years Jn
the navy and was home on leave
a year ago. He wears battle stars
for Leyte, Surigai straits, oun
awa and Iwo Juna. .
Thompson Coining Soon
- i GERVAIS Orville Thomas
Thompson, storekeeper 27c, USN,
has notified his wife, the former
Elinor Brown of route 1, Gervais,
that he started for the states Aug
ust 27, and is being transferred
from the south Pacific, where he
has been the past 18 months, to
San Francisco. .. ' v . - 7
Thompson received the Purple
Heart for a hand wound he got
April 22 when a Japanese suicide
plane attempted to hit his ship,
the USS Gladiator, a minesweep
er. I He was then put aboard the
hospital ship.'USS Pmkney, which
was struck April 28 by a suidde
plane. " He sustained no injuries
from that'
' Mrs. Thompson and infant
daughter, SherrilL expect to. join
him when he reaches the west
coast and are planning a trip to
Missouri to meet his family, i
. IN THE PACIFIC The call to
load and. reload supplies for a 1,-OOO-mile
run in four days is almost
a routine order for Melvin Myers
Ferguson, fireman, first class,
route 2, Dallas, Ore., and crewman
of the- cargo clipper USS Megrez.
His ship, an attack supply ship of
the fleet service force, has been
fining such demands since Novem
ber, 1943, when she began oper
afcfcqff with invasion forces in the
Pacific. The Gegrez ; motto is
"pour it on." : I" i i-
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: GEKVAIS A , representative of
the commanding general of the
Ninth service command at Fort
Douglas, Utah, called on Mrs. Vi
ola Sief er - last Saturday and pre
sented her a Bronze Star medal
for her son, SSgt Mayne J. Sel
ler, killed in action in Germany
last December 13 while endeavor
lng to save the life -of a comrade.
Mrs. Seifer also has received the
Purple Heart medal awarded to
, her son.
Dale Seifer,
Paris.
rKAtX HARBOR, T. H. Wal
lace Carl Yolk,-seaman, second
class, USNR, Toledo1, Ore., serves
at the naval service force organi
zation here that trained and pro
vided men .to operate and hold
forward bases during the Pacific
war.
WITH THE vSEABSXS' ON
OKINAWA It will be sometime
before Okinawa will recognize
itself after the face-lifting given
this battle scar of the Pacific by
Wanden G. Lindroff, machinist's
mate, third class, Amity, Ore and
his naval construction battalion
operating there. Two new hospi
tals rising from rice paddies and
jungle undergrowth are the latest
additions to the island by these
Seabees. The .battalion is ' also
credited with laying the first air
strips and landing fields here.
- -., j ,, - -
. GERVAIS -Mrs. Kate Helmlg
has received word from her ion,
Cpl. George Helmig, that he and
his brother-in-law, CpL Joe Fet
ter, were privileged to spend sev
eral days together in Manila re
cently. , '
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i Salem, Oregon -: Phone 22038 .
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Canners Committee.
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