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TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Auguit 30. 1944 Jin AT PLASMA IT. DUI Men and women of a German hospital unit, which surrendered In a body to officers of the Unit ed States Third army in France, lnfermed staff members of an American evacuat-on hospital unit thai they had been with out plasma for blood transfu sions for some time and in some instances had been in such dire need that blood had been taken from the sligntly wounded for transfusions for the serious cases. This information was con tained In a censored letter which Mr: and Mrs. G. Q D'Albini of 45 Quince street received yes terday from their daughter, Lt. Corlnne D'Albini, army nurse. The nurse wrote that the Ger mans were literally amazed nt the sight of the supplies and equipment which the American hospital unit had and declared that the German units had had no nev equipment for long pe riods. ' The nurse described the unit's swift movement across France and said the hospital outfits were hard pressed to keep up with the Third army troops, commanded by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton. After moving for ward about 130 mile In one 24 hour period, the unit stopped momentarily only to be ordered ahead again at once, the nurse wrote. She stated that work for the unit was intermittent, "de pending upon whether the Jer ries are fighting or running," Casualties are much lighter than was anticipated, the nurse declared, and she said that three out of every four patients are either German soldiers or French civilians. While the unit Is ade quately staffed. Lt. D'Albini said, the captured German hos pital unit was put to work In stead of being sent back, the nurses and corpsmin being al lowed to care for minor cases. She told of caring for French children who had been Injured In explosions and fires and said the French generally were over joyed at the trend of the war and very grateful for the med ical care given them by the Americans. One grateful French father gave the nurses a puppy, she wrote, and commented that caring for the little dog had raised the morale of the out fit considerably. Lt. D'Albini has been In France since July 12. She re ceived her army nurse training at Camp White. The Army Ordnance Armory SILVER STAR BY SGT. OF at bpringdcld, Mass., Is con ducting a four-year course, lead-1 ing to an expert toolmaker cer tificate. Thirteen honorably dis-, taking courses In such subjects engineering drawing, shop mathematics, shop trigonomet ry, gun theory, metallurgy and heat treatment, thread grinding, jig borers, first aid, foreman-1 ship and management produc tion engineering, and shop the ory. Allied Force Advance Press Headquarters, Italy Sergeant George W. Simmons, husband of Mrs. Emma Simmons, ftt. 4, Medford, Ore., recently was awarded the Silver Star, third highest War Department decor ation for gallantry In action. Although wounded, he refused to be evacuated In the Fifth Army's fight for Velletrl and remained on guard anainst en emy patrols throughout an en tire night. While leading his platoon In attack against strong German positions Sgt. Simmons was hit In the face with a rifle grenade. It failed to explode and rico cheted Into the path of the man on his left, killing him. The sergeant's face was painfully cut but he remained in com mand pointing out enemy gun emplacements and firing Into counterattacking enemy groups. During the night Sgt. Sim mon's platoon was withdrawn. He remained after them, cov ering the withdrawal and hold-1 lng the position until morning when the enemy forces fled. He has fully recovered from his wounds and Is back in action with the 30th "Texas" Division. ent grade school and Phoenix high school until going Into the service. Mrs. Simmons, the for mer Emma Dorathean Moore, and the Simmons 13-month-old daughter, Sharon, are residing with Mrs. Simmons' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moore, Route 4. The sergeant's parents are Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Simmons of the Ft. Baker road. HIGH QUINT ACE Sgt. Simmons Is well known In the Talent and Phoenix dis tricts, having attended the Tal- Pvt. Lee Reynolds, former Medford high school basketball star, has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Reynolds of 36 North Peach street, of action against the Japs In the South west Pacific. "We have been In combat for quite some time and it was real ly a rugged life, but we were successful in accomplishing our mission and the boys did a swell job of bumping off the Nips," ho wrote. "We are now back at the cc- coanut grove taking life easy. This place Is almost like para dise compared to the jungles. If you could have only seen me when we first returned, really a rough looking individual with a month s beard. "We are now getting three squares of hot food a day and does it ever taste delicious after eating rations In the hot, rainy jungles. We now have six-man tents and cots to sleep on, a real improvement over the fox holes." OFT WEDDED BUflpEYERS ASSIGNED PRIVATE AWAITSJO WALLA WALLA MOVES BY WIVES Carlyle. III., Aug. 30. OJ.R) The multiple wives of James C. King, buck private from Wcn dover, Utah, whose Impersona tions of an officer revealed his tangled marital life, waited silently today to see which Mrs. King would make the first move. Wife No. 3, the former Reva Baty, Carlyle, opened the in quiry that showed King's marry ing habits when she told State's Attorney Joseph Schlarmann that her husband removed his lieutenant's uniform before re turning to the Wendover air base. King told her, she said, that he preferred a private's uni form because he didn't like to salute enlisted men. Further In vestigation revealed the addi tional wives. No formal charges have yet been filed against King. He is still married to Betty Ashworth, , Centralia, 111., wife No. 3; Tina! Mao Tanner, Jackson, Miss.; wife No. 4; and Reva Baty, No. I 5. He married Rosemary Talbot, I Denver Colo., In May, two months after his nuptials with Miss Batty. W. Richard Meyers, Jewish Welfare Board representative on the Riverside USO staff for the past two years, has been transferred to the Walla Walla, Wash., USO club. The oldest di rector at the local center in point of service when he left, Meyers and his family have made their home in Medford for the past two years. At first on temporary assign ment to the Walla Walla center, Meyers left here about six weeks ago and returned shortly after to act as head of the Riv erside club while Capt. Robert Angel was on vacation. 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