FOURTEEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. Mar. 8. 1945
Our Men and Women in the
Nation's Service
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SOLDIERS BATTLE
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With the 5th Army, Italy
Among southern Oregon sol
dlers flehtina In Italy's Apen
nines before the Po Valley with
the 362nd Infantry Regiment
are WOJG Clifton T. Clark,
Route 4; WOJG Malcom B.
Nicholson, 217 So. Front street
and TSgt. William C. Broum-
ley. 323 May street, all of Med
ford; Sgt. William E. Short,
Lake Creek; Pfc. John Rowden
and Pfe. Terry E. Roberts, both
of Murphy: Cpl. Charles A,
White and Sgt. Lemeul E. Mil
ler, both of Ashiand; Pfc. Gay
lord O. Bailey, Grants Pass arid
Sgt. Grant Montgomery, CWO
Rex W. Danner and Pfc. Har
old R. Lawrence, all of Jackson
ville. The 362nd is part of the
01st "Powder River" division
with the 5th army.
Their regiment broke across
the Sieve river in the strongly
defended Gothic line and at
tained the top of Mount Calvl,
2,225-foot-hlgh mountain in
which the Germans had em'
placed artillery in tunnels run
ning 50 feet underground in
rock.
The outfit captured 400 Ger
mans and killed and wounded
many others within 11 days dur
ing this part of the drive.
The regiment advanced on
the direct Florence-Bologna
route, Highway 65, through
bleak mountains whose peaks
often were hidden in rain clouds
and fought In rain, mud and icy
winds.
The regiment was activated
t Camp White, Oregon, August
15, 1942 with a cadre from the
1st Cavalry division. The men
trained extensively for a month
at their first overseas station,
Oran, Algeria, and joined the
Bth army in Italy with other
regiments of the 91st during
last June.
FO WILLIAM FREDERICK
Keesler Field, Blloxl, Miss.,
Feb. 27 FO William H. Fred
erick who recently received his
commission and Army Air
'!cns Say When
,illiam:
Gem of
the: Blends
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Forces wings, has been enrolled
in the AAF Training Com'
mand's B-24 Liberator co-pilot
school at Keesler Field. He is
the son of Mrs. Madge E. Fred
erick, 809 Peach St., Medford,
ure.
The special training he will
receive at Keesler Field will ex
tend over a period of approxi
mately five weeks. He will get
more than 30 houre of flying
training under the expert guid
ance of seasoned Liberator
pilots, and will spend BDDroxl.
mately the same amount of time
in technical and. ground course
training,
Sum fii
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LT. MARK MILLER
Big Springs. Texas. 1st T.t
Mark K. Miller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Miller of 917 Yaki.
ma Place, Seattle, Wash., re
cently arrived at the Big Spring
Bombardier School and has
Deen assigned to duty, Colonel
naipn u, ttockwood, command
ing officer, has announced.
A former student of Oregon
State College, ' the lieutenant
was commissioned at Carlsbad,
N. M., in February 1944 and
has seen combat action as a
bombardier in in the European
ineaire.
The Millers are former resi
dents ot Medford, Ore.
FAYETTE SHELLEDY
An Eight Air Force Bomber
station, England Fayette Shel
lcdy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Shelledy, Canal Addition. Rich-
mon, Calif.,1' has been promoted
from corporal to sergeant, it
was announced by Colonel H.
H. Upham, commanding officer
of this base.
A waist gunner, Sgt. Shelledy
is on the crew of a B-24 Liber
ator operating from this base
to strike the German war machine.
Sgt. Shelledey's wife. Mrs.
Martha Shelledy. lives at 27
Newtown St., Medford, Ore. He
entered the army in December,
SGT. R. H. ARCHER
Declaring that he was "back
in India on a water buffalo diet,
with delicious dehydrated po
tatoes for a chaser" Staff. Sgt.
R. H. Archer of Medford re
cently wrote to friends here
Sgt. Archer had returned to
India from China, where he said
he gained 19 pounds which he
was afraid he would lose.
Sgt. Archer told of the
Christmas celebration at his
camp and commented on the ex
treme inflationary exchange
rates on money, stating that at
one time one American dollar
was worth 520 Chinese dollars.
The sergeant's wife and
daughter live with Mrs. Archer's
mother, Mrs. Wm. Grenbemer,
23 Rose avenue, and a brother,
naroia Arcner, resides on
Spring street.
BIBLE HISTORY
TEACHING PLAN
BE
' Miss Loda Noell who teaches
Bible history in the grade schools
of Grants Pass has been invited
to put on a public demonstration
of her methods here Friday eve
ning at the Church of the Naza
rene, Holly and First Streets.
The program will begin at 7:30
p. m.
Rev. Fred M. Weatherford,
president of the Medford Minis
terial Association stated today
that the purpose of the demon
stration is to acquaint the pub
lic with tills type of work in
public schools.
He hopes that representatives
from the various schools of Med
ford will be present as well as
representatives from the various
churches of Medford and adja
cent communities.
The Rev. Edward Ashenbre-
ner, pastor of the Methodist;
church of Grants Pass, will be!
present to explain the mechanics j
of coordinating this new feature
in the public school set up at
Grants Pass. I
All interested are Invited to j
see the demonstration presented
by Miss Noell.
The Ministerial Association 1
Committee that has been work I
Ing in the interest of develop- j
ing the teaching of Bible history I
in me nicdrord public schools
includes Dr. Louis Kirby, Rev
Harry Hansen and Rev. Milo
Rocs. These men have -been
working with Superintendent of !
City Schools, E. H. Hcdrlck and
other public school authorities.
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