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page twenty The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morning. October; 284945 - .:.-?'' - I' ft Silver Star is Presented to Albany Mother -CAMP ADAIR, 6re, Of 27 Posthumously awarded to T. Sgt. Earl L. Reynolds, by direction of the president, the Silver Star dec oration was -presented to his mother, Mrs. Stella Wilt, route 2, Albany, Thursday,! October 25. ' The citation read: "For gallan try in action on jon 27 April '1943. During an assault on a strong enemy position Sergeant Reynolds, platoon sergeant, observed that Japanese automatic weapons were Tiring with telling . effect upon a flank of a squad which was ad vancing up a hill. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Ser geant Reynolds immediately moved one element of his platoon to a vantage point on a ridge and attempted to neutralize the ene my fire. Upon noticing that this group was immediately subjected to withering enemy ma chin eg un and mortar fire, Sergeant Reyn olds ordered his men to take cov er. Then he j with utter disregard for his own safety, remained in an exposed position and laid accurate and sustained automatic rifle fire upon the enemy position. During this action Sergeant Reynolds was killed by an enemy mortar shell, but his gallant, single-handed at tack was responsible for silencing the Japanese automatic weapons and a material factor in the suc cess of the local action." The Silver Star decoration was presented to Mrs. Wilt by an'of ficer on the staff of Col. Lewis S. Norman, commanding officer, Camp Adair, in a private cere mony witnessed only by relatives and friends of the family. LT. COMDB SFKAGUE IN U. S. Lt Comdr. Wallace A. Sprague, USNR, who has been attached to navy headquarters in London for 18 months, 'arrived in New York Saturday, having crossed the At lantic on the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain. He .will report to Washington for further duty. Donald Eshelman Home From Jap Prison Camp Sgt Donald Eshleman, U.S. mal rine corps, is spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs! S. B. Eshleman, 494 South Win ter st., following his return after three years in a Japanese prison camp. . i He arrived in San Francisco ori the VS. Catron and after the brief time at home will be at the Corvallis naval hospital. He was taken prisoner following the fall of the Philippines where' he was with the Fourth marines. He en listed in the corps in 1939 and went to the Islands; from China? just before the outbreak of war. Another son of the Salem cou ple is Samuel Eshleman, who has just been discharged from? the U.S. navy and is now driving west from the east -coast. t Lynch Due to Go X o Bremerton for Separation . II ' M i - . pf o-r completing his last cruise in the Pacific aboard the 17SS Bingham, Archie; K. Lynch, Brooks, Ore., will soon be trans frred to ; the personnel separa tion center, Bremerton, Wash.' Lynch, who is a coxswain, has te required number of points for discharge, j . ; ' . : i . : , fAs a member of the crew of the Bingham for the! last seven months, Lynch has been on trans port duty ; and took par in the list days of the campaign to se cure Okinawa for; the allies. For this action he received a bronze star for his Pacific-Asiatic cam paign ribbon. The 115,000 ton transport, commissioned in late December of 1944, has carried American navy, army and marine personnel to forward areas. !'As a member of s the crew of the USS Portland, a heavy cruis er1; Lynch was in f the Guadal canal invasion and " others fight ing in the Marshalls and Gilberts. His ship took an enemy torpedo Francis Twins Back At Work and College " From Overseas ;Duly The Francis twins, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Francis, route 3, Salem, are at home after a com-. birJW overseas army service of 33 months. Approximately 30 friends and relatives gathered at the family home last Sunday aft ernoon to welcome them. , Ray D. Francis has returned to his post as guard at the state penitentiary here following four years la the army, 24 months 7 WiVUftlik WIUI HUH ML Presidential ,Unit citation with Oak Leaf Cluster, South Pacific ribbon with one battle star, Medi terranean theatre ribbon with nine battle stars, pre-Pearl Har bor, and Good Conduct ribbons. " Roy G. ! Francis is attending Iinfield college after three years and six months in the. army, 19 months overseas. He came .home with a Presidential Unit citation with Oak Leaf Cluster, Mediter ranean theatre ribbon with nine battle stars and Good Conduct ribbon. Hew Shipment of sirs 300 Pairs Heavy cord fabric Exceptionally well made Sizes 6 to 14 Salt & Pepper pattern Blues, greens browns and grays SOW i '! '-Ji ' MAIN FLOOR Armpriest Brothers Get Discharges SSgt. Robert. Armpriest, vet eran, of four years in the army And 30 months in Alaska and the Aleutians, and his brother, CpL James Armpriest, who spent three years in the army and 27 months in the African, Italian and middle-east theatres, have received their discharges and have re turned to. Salem. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Armpriest of route A oer c-i a ii t, uu oov, oaiciiu suu uitr son, Donald, is stationed at Jefferson barracks, Mo. Robert Armpriest now is In government work, with headquarters here, and .James Armpriest is associated with his father In the sheet metal business. Milton Crimmlns, 33, motor machinist's mate, first class, of route 2, McMinnville, now at the amphibious base, Little! Creek, ,Vk, la being discharged from the navy after 39 months of duty. WE COOPERATE WITH YOUR DOCTOR! Correct diagnosis of your ill ness la coly the first step in Its treatment and cure. For without' tlie 'correct com pounding of the i doctor's . prescription, bis . diagnosis - will be of no benefit to you. Make sure that your doc-, tor's prescription w i 1 1 be scientifically, precisely, and speedily compounded by taking them to SCHAE FXR'S Drug Store, i -1145 S Dreg Slsre Hioni 5197 or 9723 135 North Commercial Story of Ledo Road Journey Told in Letter Sunning out of gasoline on the Ledo road at night in a rainstorm in fche heart of the jungle was the experience which . Sgt , Norman McDonald wrote to his parents about -recently. The letter, writ ten to Mr. and Mrs. V! C. Mc Donald of Independence, .tells of other experiences which - their so has had in Burma and China. Hej has been in the service for twt years as a medical technician. He-1 attended Livingston school in Salem and Laurelwood cademy before entering the army. ' young McDonald was in a car avan of two and one-haf ton trucks "which started from Ledo, Assam, at the beginning of the Stillwell road during the mon soqjjr season. His letter describes then road as muddy; and steep, in the;; heart of high mountains which offjjthe Salvo islands on the morn ing;5 of November 13 1944. Aboard the; Cassir Young he took part In the; invasions of the Marianas, Salpan, Tiriian and Guam. His ship participated inj the bombard ment of the Palais islands and Tnjk. Lynch collected nlne,.battle stars in the course of these ope rations, i- Sgt. Norman McDonald necessitated traveling In low gear. At times, the letter says, he looked down through the cliouds to the last of the convoy, in the place his own truck had passed hours before. Si- He ran out of gasoline and waited hours for a gasoline truck. Later on the trip, McDonald's truck developed battery . trouble and he had to travel on the dan gerous road without lights. Armed guards came along to protect him against : guerrillas. IT i A carton of cigarettes, ! McDon ald stated, Is worth seven dollars and an atabrine tablet sells for one dollar in the black market. Former Marion , MI Club Agent Home on Fillmore A B OARD THE ATTACK TRANSPORT USS FILLMORE IN THE PACDTIC (Delayed) Amos - Wilbur Bierly, Rdm Sc, USNR, 280 Vista ave Salem, Ore,, was- home - for Navy ' day, yesterday, with the crew of this ship, .which has lately, been en gaged in transporting personnel from the Pacific to the state for discharge from the naval service. He came In on the Fillmore to San Francisco with ,45 officers and 1008 - enlisted personnel as passengers, all slated for release from the service. During the seven months she has been in action she has cover ed 26,000 miles, taking part in the campaigns for the New' Hebrides, the Philippines New Guinea, the Carolines and Marshalls. At north ern Honshu she helped put troops ashore for the occupation. Ore., serving , on this destroyer escort, , helped open : strategic harbor in the Philippines to allied shipping and seaplanes ' shortly before the end 'Of " the war. The vessel ' picked her way', thfough: the thick minefield as her crew, veterans of campaigns In the Palaus, the Philippines, Xwo Jims and Okinawa, destroyed 48 mines by rifle and machine gun fire. A Tmrcr7TT T T ?tan1nr Hurt Weitman, wha has just received an .honoxable- discharge, is- nor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weitman. He was serving on the 23-year-old light cruiser USS Detroit a lt stood by the USS Missouri wnue ui -.m. ... nxn lined In To , ON THE . USS HAIXORAN Ens. James Orville Sparrow, USNR, 17 Sunset ave Salem, Is Yoar.Dwellicj.lBSBrca hi lis 1945 Value? 7 " -Building CMts tave mcreased about -30i since 1 940 amd if you haven't increased your insurance accordingly you would take a terrific "bumping" if you have a fire loss now. Just ' phone our office. 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