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Edited by Margaret Magee
Back in the States on terminal leave after 20 months spent
overseas caring (or wounded GIs is First Lt. Rufina C. Parrish
o the army nurses corps, who has, in her work on general duty
in surgical wards dealing mostly with orthopedic cases, seen
men with an arm or leg missing and sometimes two legs or an
arm and a leg. The nurse after
serving in three theaters and
coming in contact with many
of our wounded is high in her
praise of the GIs that she had as
patients and commended them
for their fine morale. In the
service for 2D months she spent
15 months in the European thea
ter on the staff of the 185th
general hospital, located in
England until late in the spring
of 1945 when it was transferred
to France.
While in the ETO many of Lt.
Parrish's patients during the
summer months were men
brought to the hospital by
plane and had been wounded
from eight to 24 hours prior to
reaching the hospital. In bad
weather they came by train
and boat and had received pre
vious care. ,
Leaving France July 28, 1945.
the lieutenant was transferred
to the 231st general hospital,
with which she was sent to the
Philippines arriving there Sep
tember 9, 1945. En route to
the Pacific from France she
served as a nurse on a ship
T bringing patients back to the
States, thus giving her duty in
the American theater.
B The ship taking Lt. Parrish
to the Philippines crossed the
equator on its trip to those
islands, going as far south as
Hollandia. On arriving at Lu
Vzon the 231st general hospital
was set up at San Fernando.
It was from there that the of
ficer went to Manila to be trans
ported back to the States No
vember 6.
The nurse received her train
ing at St. Joseph's hospital at
Vancouver, Wash., and before
being called to duty with the
army was on the staff of the
Salem General hospital for six
weeks and on that of the Provi
dence hospital in Portland for
six weeks. On the Red Cross
student reserve list for a year
prior to completion of her
nurse's training, Lt. Parrish
signed for duty with the nurses'
corps just before her graduation
and took her oath of office fol
lowing her graduation.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Parrish of Ebens-
Sburg, Pa., the nurse has been
making her home in Oregon
with her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Kirsch of Stay-
ton since 1938. She is a cousin
I of Miss Agnes Kirsch, on the
staff of the Marion county Red
Cross office.
Two brothers of Lt. Parrish
s also saw duty in this war. Wal-
s ter Parrish, discharged after
.serving as a private in the army
I pair corps ground forces. The
other brother, AMM 2c Paul
Parrish, has been In the navy
i for two and a half years and is
now stationed near Santa Bar-
bara, Calif.
! Returned home after spending
; three years in the Southwest
Pacific is Sgt. James J. Morey,
' who is at the home of his moth-
er at 310 Water street.
W I T N E S SGen. of Army
George C. Marshall, retiring
Army chief of staff, testifies be-
fYore the special congressional
committee Inquiring into the
Pearl Harbor disaster. Other
witnesses included Cordell Hull
and Joseph C. Grew.
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Wilsons in Pacific
Former Salem man now in
Tokyo with the military gov
ernment setup of the army is
Capt. Julius R. Wilson, who
left for overseas duty about
two months ago.
In the service since shortly
after the attack on Pearl Har
bor, the captain, a graduate of
Oregon State college and an
auditor with the government
engineers in Newfoundland be
fore reporting for duty with the
armed forces, prior to being as
signed to duty with the military
government was a member of
the army air force ground for
ces, and was stationed in the
States.
Wilson is the son of Mrs.
Ella Schultz Wilson and the
nephew of Mrs. Mary Schultz
Duncan. His wife makes her
home in Portland.
Now stationed in the Philip
pines on the Bataan peninsula,
but expecting to be returned to
this country before many
months, is a brother of the
captain, Capt. Richard H. Wil
son, who also has been a mem
ber of the U. S. armed forces
since shortly after the attack
on Pearl Harbor.
Richard, a graduate of the
University of Oregon and a
salesman with a chemical com
pany in Portland prior to enter
ing the service, before going
to the Philippines was with
a chemical warfare division in
Luxembourg, spending over a
year in the European theater
of operations. When the war
with Japan was terminated the
officer was in the Caribbean sea
en route to the Pacific.
The wife and son of Capt.
Richard Wilson make their
home in La Grande.
Lt. Col. Wade Home
In the service for almost
four years and stationed at Fort
Douglas. Utah, ever since he
reported for duty, Lt. Col.
Francis T. Wade arrived in
Salem Thursday on 90-day
terminal leave, at the end of
which he will receive his dis
charge from the army at Fort
Lewis.
The colonel, who prior to be
ing granted his leave was judge
advocate general for the Ninth
Service command, before en
tering the service was assistant
attorney general under the late
I. H. Van Winkle.
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Two men from this section of
Oregon. Pvt. Jack L. Ray of
Sweet Home and Lt. Col. Ron
ald M. Hubbs of Silverton were
listed by the Associated Press
as arriving in the States Wed
nesday. Ray docked in Seattle aboard
the USS Hansford and the Sil
verton officer arrived in New
York aboard the Richard Rush.
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Col John Finn Gets
Legion of Merit
Seoul, Korea, Dec. 21 HP)
With top-ranking officers in at
tendance, Lt. Gen. John R.
Hodge yesterday decorated the
seventh infantry division's Col.
Robert H. Booth, former chief
of staff North Arlington, N.J.,
and Col. John (Mickey) Finn,
Salem, Ore., both awarded the
Legion of Merit.
They are veterans of combat
in Okinawa and the Philippines.
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Lindbeck at 'Corvallis
Arriving at the Corvallis
naval hospital Wednesday night
was Lt. Cmdr. John Lindbeck,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lind
beck, who earlier in the month
docked in San Francisco, and
has since been hospitalized
there.
The naval officer became
seriously ill while his ship was
in Japanese waters and was
taken to a hospital ship. He
was returned to the States
aboard a hospital ship and came
to the Corvallis hospital on a
hospital train.
The commander, who plans
to spend Christmas in Salem
with his parents, has been on
sea duty with the navy since
January 3, 1942, seeing duty in
both the Atlantic and the Paci
fic. He was graduated from
Annapolis in December, 1941.
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ren W. Winstead, son of Murray
Winstead, was among those re
turned to the States aboard the
USS Cowpens.
Home after two years of duty
with the army air corps in In
dia is First Lt. Johnnie Foster,
son of Mrs. A. W. Foster of Sa
lem, formerly of Independence.
Expected home this week-end
from Miami Beach, Fla., is Lt.
(j.g.) Mack Maison, who will
spend the holidays with his
parents, Col. and Mrs. H. G.
Maison.
S lc Lawrence A. Webb, who
recently received his discharge
from the navy at Shoemaker,
Calif., after being in the serv
ice for over three years. The
sailor, son of Mrs. Zula Webb of
1265 North 17th street as a
member of the armed guard
made two trips around the
globe and several trips to South
Pacific ports. Prior to enlist
ing in the navy he was an em
ployel of the Valley Packing
company.
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Bacon Is Promoted
From Guam, where he is sta
tioned with Marine Air group
21, has come word of the pro
motion to technical sergeant of
James N. Bacon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. N. Bacon. The sergeant
has been overseas for 10 months.
Maj. Utter Visits
Visiting briefly in Salem
Wednesday was Maj. Robert
Utter, who was at the home of
his parents and at the Salem
Deaconess hospital where his
brother, Cpl. Kenneth Utter, is
a patient, following an automo
bile accident in Ashland Sunday
night.
The major was en route back
to New Orleans, where he is
stationed. He had been in com
mand of a troop train that had
gone to San Francisco. This
was Utter's first visit home in
two and a half years. Prior to
entering the service he was per
sonnel officer with the unem
ployment compensation commis
sion. Lehman Discharged
In tlie army for four years,
Sgt. H. W. Lehman recently re
ceived his discharge from the
army at Greensboro, North Car
olina, and with his wife has ar
rived in Salem coming from the
East by auto.
The couplenow visiting at
the home of the sergeant's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Leh
man of 1099 Mill street, stop
ped at Compton, Calif., to visit
Lehman's brother, Marion,
while en route to Oregon and
also visited other relatives along
their route of travel.
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Buren Leaving Army
On terminal leave until April,
1946, Lt. Col. Wolcott Buren
has returned to Salem after
four and a half years of ser
vice in the army medical corps
and 31 months spent overseas.
The officer, stationed in the
States on first entering the ar
my, was sent overseas with the
40th division and given duty
in the Hawaiian islands with
mat division. He spent six
months with that outfit before
being transferred to Tripler
General hospital in Hawaii.
On being returned to tile
United States he was stationed
at Fort Lewis, where he has
since September of this year.
been in charge of the medical
department at the separation
center.
Prior to entering the service
Col. Buren was a physician and
surgeon in the Buren, Power,
King, Lancefield and Miller
clinic. All of the five doctors
have been in service in this
war, with Power, King and Mil
ler returning to Salem before
Buren. Wednesday night the
quintet was together for the
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first time since the beginning
of the war. when Dr. and Mrs.
Power invited the group to their
home. Lt. Lancefield. still in
the navy and stationed at San
Dieco. was here for the occa
sion, stopping in Salem en route
to Denver, wnere he will spend
the holidays with his wife and
two children.
Mrs. Buren and Ihe ronnlp's
two children, Nancy and Dick,
have made their home in Salem
while the colonel was in the
armed forces.
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Ensign Adams Here
Former Willamette university
student spending part of his
leave from his navy duties in
Salem is Ensign Richard Ad
ams, who with his wife, the for
mer Bonnie Jean Watson, and
his mother, Mrs. H. W. Adams
of Eureka. Calif., is visiting
his aunt, Miss Mildred Chris-
teiison.
Adams, in the navy since
1943, at the time of entering
Ihe service was a junior at
Willamette university, where
he was a member of Sigma Tau
fraternity. As a crew mem
ber of an APA he saw action
the battle for Okinawa.
The officer and his wife and
mother will this week-end leave
for Eureka, where he will spend
the holidays, after which he
reports to Seattle for reassign
ment. The navy man's father,
formerly superintendent of
schools al Silverton, has been
superintendent of schools at
Eureka for the past three years.
Also in the service is En
sign Adams' brother, Lt. (j.g.)
Harold Adams, presently aboard
a minesweeper on duty in the
waters around the southern part
of Japan. The lieutenant, a
graduate of Willamette univer
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