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Eugene Begister -
OUR CITIZENS IN
British King
Gives Awards
U.S. Officers
Captain Delmar Newman of
Eugene and other officer! of the
41st division, which won fame
for Its heroism and that of its
leaders In the Australian and
New Guinea campaigns, have been
awarded British military decora
tion by King George VI, accord
ing to word received here by
local friends.
A clipping from the Sydney,
Australia, Morning Herald, car
ried the following announcement:
"Canberra, The King has con
ferred appointments and awards
on 13 members of the United
States army for service in the
southwest Pacific. The awards
and citations are:
Officer, Order of the British
Empire, (military division), Lt.
Col. G. P. Cochran; Lt Col. H. O.
Malson; Lt. Col. H. A. Taylor.
Commander, Order of the Brit
ish Empire, (military division),
Colonel B. R. Peyton.
Member of the Order of the
British Empire, (military divi
sion), Capt. M. M. Casper; Ma
jor (then captain) W. W. Hill;
Major (then captain) G. Munkres;
Capt Delmar J. Newman.
Distinguished Service Order
Col. D. W. Hutchinson, air corps;
Lt Col. E. D. Brockett.
Air Force Cross Lt. J .L. Her
bert; Lt. Q. E. Ralzer.
Distinguished Flying Medal
Staff Sgt'. R. A .Parrott
Springfield Brothers
Both Home Same Time
Bob and Byron Eastman, broth
ers who were wounded in differ
ent war zones, arrived home in
Springfield within 24 hours last
week.
Sgt. Bob Eastman, 23, "walked
In" on his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Eastman, of route 1, Spring
field, last Thursday. He has been
in the army for five and a half
years and recently returned from
the Philippines area where he
fought as an artillery man under
Gen. Douglas MacArthur. He is
to return to Barnes General hos
pital at Vancouver, Wash., this
week.
His brother, PFC Byron East
man, 25. who came home the fol
lowing day, was with the filth ar
my in Italy. He also served In
Africa and England and as a re
placement for a time In France,
following a 45-day furlough, Pri
vate Enstmnn will report back to
the hospital. If he Is discharged,
he soys he expects to become ac
tively connected with the Boy
Scouts.
Americans have a mania for
collecting souvenirs, the private
aays, and both boys have plenty
to prove It.
A third brother, Rex, 27, Is
with the army air corps in the
European theater of operations.
The Eastmans moved to Eugene
from Klamath Falls over a year
ago.
BLAIS IN STATES
First Lt. Lewis D. Blals, whose
parents live at 2615 Friendly
street, Eugene, has arrived In the
United States on leave from the
European theater of operations,
where he served eight months
wjth the army air forces. As
pilot of a B-24 Liberator, with
the 8tri air force, he completed
80 missions and 265 hours of
operational combat flying.
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Br ANN CONNEIX
SECOND LT. ALLEN A. KIRK
was commissioned January 4
upon successful completion of the
officer candidate infantry school
at Fort Bennlng, Ga. He enlisted
in the army In November, 1942,
and served with an engineer
company as a corporal before be
Inr commissioned. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Kirk, 81
Adams street. He attended the
University of Oregon, where he
waa a member of Phi Kappa Psl
fraternity.
CAPT. TED E. REED, former
manager of the Standard station
: at Sixth and Blair streets, re
! cently received his advancement
! In rank from first lieutenant, In
, France. He is serving In a tank
! division, and has been in several
engagements in the combat area.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. VI.
' F. Renl of the C'liula Vista dairy
I farm, Ills wife and two children
! now are living In Salem.
Corporal Adams Trains
At Sioux Falls School
Cpl. Bruce G. Adams, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George O. Adams,
351 Tenth Avenue west, has been
assigned to the AAF training com
mand radio school at the Sioux
Falls (S.D.) army air field, for
training as a sadlo operator-mechanic.
Upon completion of a 26
week course, he will be fully
trained to take his place as a
member of a highly skilled bomb
er crew of the army air forces.
Corporal Adams has been sta
tioned at Fort Lewis, Wash., Mln
ter field, Calif., Pecos, Tex., and
Ft. Logan, Colo., since he enlist
ed in the army In October, 1942.
At the University of Oregon he
had three months of ROTC train
ing. Adams was graduated from Eu
gene high school In 1940, and
was employed by the Southern
Pnciflc railroad company as a
clerk before entering the service.
Local Man In London
With Military Police
Pvt. Clay Baxter, who wears
! the purple heart, Is back In ac
I tlon with the military police in
j London.
The former well-known Eu-
gene clothier suffered wounds in
the Icrs while in action with the
Infantry in France some months
ago. Ho reported to the replace
ment center Christmas day and
: was assigned to the M. P. divi
sion covering London. He is liv
ing in a hotel three blocks from
Buckingham Pulnoe and already
has met a Eugeno acquaintance
Sgt. Wayne llarbert.
1 Pvt. Baxter, whose address Is
Co. C. 7.15 Military Branch, APO
413. NYC. has been overseas since
Inst summer. His wife. Mrs. Vir-
j glnln Baxter, and their young son,
Hve in Eugene.
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Eugene Major Now
Commands Squadron
It has been announced from his
overseas headquarters that Major
Oral W. Lee of Eugene, has been
appointed commanding officer of
a squadron of the famous 314th
troop carrier group of the U. S.
troop carrier forces. His squad
ron has been awarded the Pres
idential citation for the great part
that lt played over France In op
erations during and since D-Day.
Major Lee Is a veteran with the
troop carrier forces having flown
during the operations in Africa,
invasion of Sicily and the Italian
campaign before coming to Eng
land to take part in the para
troop drops on France and lately
participating In the most massive
drop of all times on the fields of
Holland near Arnhem. He Is the
recipient of the air medal with
two oak leaf clusters, awarded
for "outstanding achievement"
during aerial flights against the
enemy, and also recently was
awarded the distinguished flying
cross.
Major Lee attended Fresno
State College, Fresno, Calif., be
fore he entered the army in Jan
uary 1942. He won his wings aft
er graduating from flying school
at Stockton, Calif. His parents,
are Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lee
of Crow Stage route.
What Does Boy At Sea
Think? Here Are His
Own Words In Letter
On a patrol ship at sea off
San Diego harbor, Lawton A.
Hull, seaman 2-c, spent his first
New Year's eve outside the Unit
ed States, and wrote home his
thoughts as he reviewed the
year.
"Well, here It Is," his letter
said, "the last day of the most
momentous year of my life. Dur
ing that year I became no long
er a Juvenile; I graduated from
the public schools: I heard of
MacArthurs invasion of the
Philippines; I Joined the armed
forces; I first heard of B-29s,
which could fly over Japan,
dropping tons of bombs, and re
turn to their bases; I read of
. the German V-2 rockets, that
travel many times the speed of
sound (perhaps those comic
strip drtists weren't being so
fantastic after all); I saw all
sorts of traditions and records
broken when Franklin Delano
Roosevelt was elected for a
fourth term as president.
Thus his thoughts ran on; he
thought of the parting of friends
some to the services, some
continuing their educations,
some paying the supreme sacri
fice, some marrying, some earn
ing a living in civilian life.
"Yet all of them are interest
ed In reaching the same imme
diate objective to bring peace
and order Into this world of
strife and turmoil as soon and
efficiently, and justly as possi-
ble; so that they can be free to
live their own lives as they see
I fit, and to gain what happiness
j they can, out of the short per
iod of time which they are al
j lotted on earth in this life.'
! "Perhaps all of us don't al
! ways know just exactly how
that happiness is to be had, but
we want the chance of seeking
lt."
I So mused a U. S. sailor on
1 New Years eve.
Fourth Cluster To Medal
Goes To Lt. J. Andrews
First Lt. Joseph V. Andrews,
23, Eugene, pilot of "Lucky Lady
III," a B-17 Flying Fortress of
the 452nd bombardment group,
has been awarded a fourth oak
leaf cluster to the air medal for
"meritorious achievement while
taking part In 8th air force bomb
ing attacks on vital German in
dustrial targets, and on nail mili
tary strong points, in support of
advances of allied ground forces.
Andrews, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Andrews of Eugene,
was a material expediter for the
Vega Aircraft corporation In Bur
bank. Calif., before enterini the
I AAV in (Vtnhrr 1Q49
He is a member of the 3rd
bombardment division, which was
cited by the president for its his
toric England-to-Afrlca shuttle
bombing of Messerschmltt aircraft
factories at Regensburg, Ger
many. SEAMAN RETURNS
Buddie Delmar Saxon, fireman
2-c, has returned to the naval
base at Farragut, Idaho, after
spending a five-day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Saxon, route 4, Glenwood. He
finished his course at Farragut
on January 6. Saxon, who is 18,
attended Springfield high school.
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DECORATED SSgt. W. M. Brown, 25, formerly of Creswell, is
shown above receiving the air medal from Lt Col H. V. Maull, acting
eommanding officer of Myrtle Beach army air field, 8. C. The air
medal waa presented to Sergeant Brown for "meritorious achievement
while participating in an aerial flight over Rapope airdrome, New
Britain, October II, 1043." Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Brown, route 1,
Creswell, he attended Eugene vocation school for two years.
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STAFF SGT. ELMO L. MC
DOWELL, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.
A. McDowell of Eugene, received
his promotion to this rating in the
field in Italy, for excellence of his
work as aircraft electrician for his
service squadron. He entered the
army In August, in 1942.
Captain Shaw Reaches
Miami En Route From
CBI Theater Of War
The big air transport com
mand plane, bringing men home
from overseas duty, settled on
the runway at Miami army air
field &nd a dream came true
for a Eugene captain. He was
on home soil and soon he would
be home again. '
Capt. William B. Shaw, 44,
2169 Onyx street, Eugene, has
served 13 months in the China-Burma-India
theater with the
705th railway grand division as
aid to the railways of China.
Before entering the service,
Captain Shaw was a railway su
pervisor. He is the son of Mrs.
K. B. Shaw, of Montgomery,
Ala.
Major George Pratt Has
Infantry Badge Award
Major George Pratt, former Eu
gene insurance man, and a grad
uate of the University of Oregon,
recently was awarded the combat
infantryman's badge for exem
plary conduct and meritorious
service during operations against
the Japanese on the island of
Guam. He also was engaged In
the insurance business In Port
land, where his wife and son now
make their home.
Major Pratt la an Intelligence
officer In the army regiment of
the 77th division which was first
to go over the reefs in the assault.
Wading through 500 yards of
water on D-Day, the major Im
mediately set to work upon reach
ing shore. Most of the troops came
ashore under cover of darkness,
and were subjected to a Jap
counterattack before they were
fully entrenched. During the ma
lee that followed, Major Pratt
rendered valuable service rally
ing the men, and personally ac
counted for one Jap at point
blank range with his pistol.
For the remainder of the three
week long operation, the regi
ment was continually on the line
against the Jap. This was the first
action In which the 77th division
participated, and they received
high commendations from the ma
rines with whom they operated.
Air Medal Awarded To
Lt. Shirey Of Eugene
First Lt. Clair L. Shirey. Eu
gene, navigator of a B-17 Flying
Fortress of the 95th bombardment
group, has been awarded the air
medal for "meritorious achieve
ment" while participating in 8th
air force bombing attacks on Ger
man targets. In support of ad
vances by allied ground forces on
the continent, they have bombed
industrial targets, airfields, sup
ply dumps, and gun replacements.
The AAF navigator, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Karl L. Shirey, 108
Washington streets. Is a graduate
of the University of Oregon, and
formerly was employed by the
Consolidated Freightways com
pany at Eugene.
Lieutenant Shlrey's Fortress
group led the first American
bombing attack on targets in Ber
lin, and was cited by the Presi
dent for its outstanding bombing
assault on railroad marshalling
yards at Munster, Germany, i n
October, 1943,
PFC LYLE A. WALTHROP,
19, formerly of Drain, is the son
of Mrs. Erwln Kneebone of Wald
port. He is with the U. S. marine
corps In the south Tacific, and
was on Saipan. He entered the
corps in the fall of 1942.
Sgt. Terry's Group In
Italy Builds Bridges
Sgt. Duane J. Terry, 970 Olive
street, Eugene, is a radio opera
tor for ihe 313th combat engineer
battalion, which has built roads
and bridges in the mud and moun
tains from Cassino, and the Garig
liano river to the Po valley since
Joining the Fifth army in Italy
early in 1944.
The 313th has turned mule
paths and trails into "main sup
ply routes" in supporting the
88th "Blue Devil" division's in
fantrymen in their drive through
the Gustav and Hitler lines, the
liberation of Rome, and into the
formidable Gothic line.
An example of their work oc
curred late in September, when
the rain-swollen Santerno river
washed out the sole road link to
the 88th on Mount Battaglia and
near Castel del Rio and two
companies of the 313th. In high
wind and rain and under enemy
shell-fire, they strung a line
across the gorge and sent vitally
needed food, medical supplies and
ammunition to the stranded fight
ers. The next day the engineers
put an assault boat ferry into
operation, making possible deliv
ery of a larger volume of supplies
and evacuation of seriously
wounded Infantrymen.
The battalion went overseas in
December, 1943.
M. Sgt. Shirley Wisdom
With Bombers In Italy
Master Sgt Shirley L. Wisdom
recently arrived at his destination
overseas and Joined a B-24 Liber
ator group In southern Italy,
where he now Is in the engineer
ing section of his squadron. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Omar L.
Wisdom, live at Cheshire, and his
wife and daughter, at Thief River
Falls, Minn.
A graduate of Sluslaw high
school. Florence, Sergeant Wis
dom was employed by the Yellow
Fir lumber company, Cheshire,
prior to his entry into the armed
forces. He received his technical
training at the Curtis - Wright i FAR ST AD IN GREENLAND
technical institute, Glendale, Cat PFC Floyd L. Farstad, 19, son
His veteran bomber group, one cf Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Farstad,
of the oldest In the Mediterranean 590 Twelfth Avenue west, is over
theater, initiated its combat oper- i seas with the army air corps in
ations on August 1. 1942, blasting Greenland. After his graduation
the port of Mersa Metruh, Egypt, from Sweet Home Union high
then used as a supply base for I school in 1943. the familv moved
Rommel's Afrika Korps. It then
'moved ahead with every major
allied advance,' participating in
the Egyptian-Libyan, Tunisian,
Sicilian and Italian campaigns. It
now takes part in the devastating
attacks on Hitler's Europe.
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WITH THE 82D AIRBORNE
DIVISION, HOLLAND A Eu
gene paratrooper who assumed
command of his infantry platoon
when its commanding officer be
came a battle casualty, and led
the unit in a successful defense
against a German attack, has been
officially commended by his com
manding officer.
The paratrooper is Staff Sgt
Herman R. Zeitner of route 2, an
assistant platoon leader in the
505th parachute Infantry regi
ment who won the commenda
tion for his courage and leader
ship during the airborne landings
in Holland. He is a veieran oi
landingi in Sicily, Italy and Nor
mandy also.
Sergeant Zeitner's platoon was
defending the right flank of a
company position against a Ger
man night attack when the pla
toon leader was wounded. After
assuming command, he moved
among the men making sure that MTaI dlstrlct battaUon corn
each was well dug In, though he Urxeat base of
was under enemy fire all the
time.
When the Germans attacked at
daybreak, he led his men in cap
turing a nazi captain, killing nine
men and wounding others and
forcing the enemy to 'withdraw.
Only one of his men was slightly
wounded during the battle.
Corporal Arthur Hill
Visits Home At Lowell
Cpl. Arthur R. Hill, 28, enjoyed
a short furlough at home recent
ly with his mother, Mrs. Isabelle
Hill, Lowell, and his two sons,
who live with their grandmother.
Hill, who farmed before he en
tered the service in December,
1942, is stationed with the avia
tion engineers at Geiger Field,
Wash.
After basic training at Camp
Kohler, Calif., Corporal Hill was
a motor instructor there for sev
eral months. Before his transfer
I to Washington, he was stationed
j for training at four other camps,
at Lcmpoc, Scnta Barbara, March
Field, and Fresno, Calif.
Shackelford Family May
Boast Of Three Sailors
Mr. nnd Mrs. S. W. Shackel
ford, Wondling, have three sailors
in their family. One son, Melvin
L. Spellmire, 29, a coxswain, now
is on a destroyer in ine souin fa-
cific. He entered the navy in
September. 1942. and has seen
service in the European theater
of operations.
Another son, William E. Shack
elford, 23, motor machinist 1-c,
attended machinist's school at San
Diego' and Mare Island in Call-
fornia. He is on duty on a repair
ship. The two brothers last saw
each other at a chance meeting
in Europe during May, 1943.
The third service man is George
J. Ehlers, 28, storekeeper 2-c, now
at an advanced Pacific base. Ehl
ers' wife is the Shackelford's
daughter, Martha, and she at pres
ent is making her home with
them. Ehlers enlisted in the Sea
bees In October, 1943, and took
his basic training at Camp Peary,
Va.
Spellmire, Shackelford, and
Ehlers all are graduates of Mo
hawk high school.
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AN 8TH AAF STATION, ENG
LAND. Staff Sgt. Wayne G.
Lewis of Eugene, 31-year-old ra
dio operator-gunner on the crew
of a B-17 Flying Fortress, recent
ly has been awarded an oak leaf
cluster to the air medaL He won
the decoration for "courage, cool
ness and skill" and his outstand
ing performance of duty during a
number of eighth air force attacks
on German war targets.
Before entering the army air
forces in June, 1941, he was em
ployed by the U. S. postoffice as
a mail carrier. He Js the son of
Mrs. Susan B. Lewis of Eugene.
Sergeant Lewis' wife, Mrs. Mar
garet C. Lewis, lives at Stock
ton, Calif.
The gunner won his wings at
Kingman gunnery school In April,
1944.
He Is now a member of the
486th bombardment group, a unit
of the third bombardment divi
sion, the division cited by the
President for its England-Africa
bombing of the Messerschmitt
plant at Regensburg, Germany.
: to Eugene. Farstad entered the
service in April, 1944, and took
his basic training at Buckley
j Field, Denver, Colo. After ad
vanced training at Chanute Field,
I 111., he was sent to Presque Isle,
Maine, prior to going overseas.
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BATTALION COMMANDER
Lieutenant James E. Towns nd,
USNR, son of Dr. H. 8. Tewnsend
of the Philosophy department at
the University of Oregon, now Is
antln. MnriMf In ilia fm.r, M n , k
NegTo tailors the U. S. navy baa
any place In the world. (Official
U. S. Navy Photograph.)
Son Sends Ashtray
Made From Bullets
To Mrs. Hjlliard
An Interesting war souvenir
has been received by Mrs. C. R.
Hilliard, 855 Washington street,
irom ner son, rrrst ia Charles . AAF mechanic in Kno
T.uverne Hllhard. Tt is nn omn-' . j .L
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mental ash trav. fnrmpri frnm ,,n , . ,lw
bullets and shells, The base of
the tray is from a 105 m.m. shell;
the .standard in the center is a
tracer shell from a machine gun,
and a small ornamental plane on
the standard, which may be spun
about at will, is fashioned from
other bullets of varied sizes.
Lleutsnant Hilliard, who Is 30,
is a graduate of Eugene high
school in the 30's. He formerly
worked for the Standard Oil com
pany, and entered the service in
September, 1942.
In a recent letter written from
the Philippines, where he was in
a rest camp since the fighting in
his sector was finished, Hilliard
told about "the bright aspect of j MM
,iv udu yet seen. Aiier a
rang ana rugged march cross
country, they found the natives
. willing to help them
and secure Bu'
rood to supplemei
I A lad'of 15 acted
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uuu io supplement ineir rations. 1
house boy1
for the lieutenant. The native did
all the cooking, water carrying, !
and bai gaining for foods such as '
sweet potatoes, suckling pigs,
chickens, bananas, and rice ta-
males. For a table cloth he gath-
j ered large banana leaves, 6 by 3
irci. ine meais mere were leasts.
Lieutenant Hilliard was enjoy
ing sleeping on a cot, instead of
in a foxhole, but said he expect
ed to be moving ahead.
COMBAT BADGE AWARDED
Mrs. Jeanne Cheesman has
word that her husband, Pvt Jack
Cheesman, has been warded the
combat infantryman's badge for
exemplary conduct and skill un
der enemy fire. Private Chees
man has served In two campaigns
on the Palau islands. Before en
tering the service in November,
1943, he was employed by the
Eugene Plywood company.' The
infantryman trained at Camp
Roberts, Calif., and went over
seas In June, 1944. He was sta
tioned on the Admiralty islands
before his combat duty.
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Pair Wear Unifor
Four sons of Jit w
M. Mallott of Cobuii,
armed forces, wd tin.
are serving ovenai tJ
1942, and has been J
Charles Floyd Uiltoi
entered the navy in jj
is serving as a lesun j
destroyer. Joshua J. "jj
ion, a, also a seanu
sea with the lubnisa
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fall of 1941. In July, Is
ivennein mallott, II, a
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