Edited by Margaret Magee
A Seventh AAF Base in the Marianas (Delayed) Second Lt.
James W. Cooper, 25, of Saiem, Oregon, helped deliver mail and
vitally needed supplies to marines fighting on I wo Jima shortlv
after the American invasion of the Jap-held base. As pilot of a
C-47 cargo plane of a Seventh AAF trnnp carrier squadron, he
flew within easy range of Jan-
I anese mortar and artillery fire
as the mail and supplies were
dropped by parachute from the
plane at altitudes of 100 feet
and less.
Marines attacking pillboxes
near the front lines were read
ilv visible from the C-47s and
the big twin-engined transports
were frequently bounced around
bv the shock of shells explod
ing below them. The first air
deliveries were made nine davs
after D-day for Iwo Jima.
The lieutenant, who is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Cooper
of 1020 Cross street. Salem, was
graduated from Salem high
school in 1937 and prior to en
tering the army in January,
1943, was a construction engi
neer for I. K. DuPont Incnruo
rated. His wife resides in Brady,
Texas.
I U AJ i ' i:
Col. Cecil W. Nist. of San Antonin. Texas, son of Mr. mid Mrs.
Charles W. Nist of Salem, greets his son, Pvt. Cecil W. Nist. Jr.,
as the two have a surpri.se reunion in the Philippines, where the
colonel is a member of Mai. Gen. John R. Hodges' XXIV corps
and the son is serving with the army. (Army photo.)
Lt. Benjamin A. Taylor, son
of James J. Taylor and Helen
B. Taylor, for whom memorial
services will be held at St. Vin
cent's de Paul church Thursday
morning at 8:15 o'clock with
recitation of the rosary at the
church Wednesday night.
At Hawaiian Base
U. S. Naval Air Station. Ka
neohe. T. H. Now serving at
this station in the assembly and
repair department, is John
Woodrow Heneghan, aviation
machinist's mate, second class,
of Salem, Oregon. The navy
man, whose wife makes her
home at 2040 North Capitol
street, in Salem, prior to enter
ing the service was an employe
of the Vultee Aircraft at Dow
ney, Calif. Before his trans
fer to the islands, Heneghan
was stationed at the U. S. naval
air station at Astoria, Oregon.
Nurse Is Promoted
Word has been received in
Salem of the promotion to lieu
tenant in the U.S. navy nurses
corps March 1, of Bernice M.
Lee, first nurse from the Salem
General hospital to enlist for
duty with the navy in this war
and one of the first nurses from
this area.
Lt. Lee. who while at the Sa
lem General hospital was assist
ant to Miss Lillian McDonald,
superintendent of the hospital,
and supervisor of obstetrics, is
now stationed at the navy hos
pital at Portsmouth, Va.
Clarence Wilson. SOM3C.
who recently had a 30-day leave
following over two years of ac
tive service in the Pacific, is
( now stationed at Dearborn.
, Mich., where he is taking radio
v repair at the naval training:
school. He is a son of A- Wilson j
of Jefferson. I
Staff Sgt. Joe Boyer. son of I
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boyer of I
Jefferson, is now with an infan-1
try division in France, going .
overseas the first part of Feb- j
ruary. In the service for three i
and a half years, serving as cook
and instructor, he was stationed 1
at Fort Knox, Ky.. for 15 months I
and was instructor at Camp
Campbell. Ky., for two years.
Boyer's mess hall at one time
was given a merit citation for
its efficiency and cleanliness.
His wife is with her parents at
Las Cruces. New Mexico.
Receives Gold Bars
Now wearing the gold bars
of a second lieutenant is Wil
liam M. Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Brown, whose par
ents recently received word of
his promotion to that rank from
master sergeant.
The lieutenant, on duty in the
vicinity of Belfort Gap. France,
enlisted in the service March
14. 1942. as a private with the
4fith General Hospital and with
in eight months had been pro
moted to master sergeant. From
the induction center at Fort
Lewis he was sent to Ft. Riley,
Kansas, where his unit was sta
tioned for about a year and in
the fall of 1943 the outfit left
for overseas duty, first seeing
action in the vicinity of Oran,
Algiers.
After being in Algiers for a
few days over a year Brown's
unit followed the invasion of
lower France to a beachhead on
the gulf of San Rafael and from
there went to their present sta
tion. Prior to entering the service.
Lt. Brown was connected with
the Portland branch of the Fed
eral Reserve bank.
Officer on Leave
Lt. and Mrs. Sheldon Berry
are visiting at the home of the
officer's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sherman Berry, while Lt. Berry
is on leave from his marine du
ties prior to reporting to Mira
mar, Calif., Friday for assign
ment to overseas duty. For the
past year the lieutenant has
been stationed at the marine
air station at Cherry Point. N.
C, as group quartermaster of a
marine air group.
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The army-navy casualty list
released by the office of war in
formation today contained the
names of nine men from the
Willamette valley wounded in
action, five in the European
area and four in the Pacific.
Men from the Eurowan area wer" P'.r
Huribert E H-.in:pr. son o! Mi. H-lrii
R Hunter nf .lpfrprnri. Tch 4 Ar!o T.
O.ton. hn.vbar.d of Mr Myrt'.e I- 0
.ifn ol Mcl:r,:u:!; TVeh Sz;. Jamr. H
S-s-fl!. brcrhrr of Mrv Martha Ciie:K if
341 Srtu:h Mreei. Sft;trr.: Sn'.: Set .It
S. Sm:i!i. srn of Mrs. Mary S Smith o!
313 Nor'h Ch-ircn str,'1t. Sa.em. and
Pv; Mfrp R Rabpr. f-on of Mrs. Nfiiie
A. Raber of Lebanon
Those from ihe Pacific area wore Pfc
Lro W Bf'.:. son of Hnjnre C. Bell ol 130
Carlton Way. Salem : Pvt. Eh' ard V
D'.iinan .von of Mrs. Mar:- A Duniin of
Ar:o; Torn. 4 Harry D. Martin, wn of
Mrs. Kathermp E. Mnr!:n of Lebanon:
and Capi Robert E. Phe.pt. husband of
Mr. Jufliiita Phelps of Corvai!.s.
Capt. Robert W. Norris. Jr.,
whose wife and two children re
side at 265 North 23rd street,
Salem, has been awarded the
Bronze Star medal for mcritori-
j ous service in connection with
I military operations, accord int?
! to word received by Mrs. Xorris
j this week. Capt. Norris is sta
! tioned with the army ordnance
department somewhere in
I Franco.
Spending his furlough with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Em
ery Hendrickson, is Pvt. r.-ui
Hendrickson, who Sunday arriv
ed from Camp Roberts. Calif.,
where he has coin plot ed his
training in communications. On
termination of his furlough on
April 1. Hendrickson reports to
Fort Ord. Calif. A brother of
the soldier. Pvt. Emery Hen
drickson is with an anti-aircraft
unit in Germany.
Turner Eleanor Alice Titus,
hospital apprentice 1 c who re
cently spent a 10-day emergen
cy leave from Treasure Island,
San Francisco, with her father
who has been ill for several
weeks, has returned to her base,
17-Year-0lds
Still Accepted
To clear up any confusion
j caused by the recent army-navy
announcement that men be
tween lhe ages of 18 and 20. in
clusive, would be earmarked
for infantry replacements by
their selective service boards
for the next three months, Lt.
Cmrir. John F. Biehler. navy
recruiting officer in Oregon,
stales that the navy still is ac
cepting 1 7 -year-old volunteers.
The statement is in response
to numerous telephone calls re
ceived at the main recruiting
station in Portland and at all
the substations from 1 7 -year-olds
and their parents who mis
understood the announcement
and were of the opinion that all
navy enlistments had been d is-1
continued. The joint service :
order, however, affects onlv I
those in the 18, in and 20-year
'groups, and therefore does not j
change the navy's policy of ac-1
i cepl ing 1 7 -year-olds and men
, over 'M for voluntary enlist
! meut.
It also was noted that men of
draft age qualifying for the
navy's technician (radar) train
ing program will continue to be
given directed letters of assign
ment to the joint induction
, board in Fort Lewis and will
: automat ically be inducted into
the navy. The same process
' applies to those of draft age who
' qualify for the air combat crew-
man and Seabee programs of the
: navv.
Muller Hits Japs
Army Air Forces. Pacific
Headquarters Hitting Japanee
shipping in the harbor at Chi
chi Jima is one of the things
that Tech. Sgt. Chris S. Mulirr.
Dallas Ore., engineer and top
turret gunner of the 7th AAF
Liberator bomber "Chute t he
Works." likes best to remember
of the 19 combat missions he
has flown against the enemy.
On their eighth mission while
helping neutralize Jap positions
before the Iwo Jima invasion
going in through the overcast,
his plane spotted six Jap cargo
ships in the harbor and dropped
the bombs and aerial pictures
revealed that two direct hits
were registered.
Sgt. Muller now is resting at
a real base camp in Hawaii lie
fore returning to action. He ar
rived in the Central Pacific last ,
July and has helped hit enemy j
strongholds at Iwo Jima, Chichi
Jima, Haha Jima. Truk and
Woleai. On their 13th mission
Sgt. Muller's crew teamed with
a grouo of P-38 fighter planes
I CapitaKTournal, Salom. Ore., Wednesday, Mar. 21, 1945 S
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