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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1944)
30, 1944 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON fit n4 Hjr, mid Mr. Frank Yinitv i.lV0 licurn i 1 o in incir hc vnslon force em lid U 0 l1rT" e wlth tlio "y- D a r e n t a, ho wrola thut ha wM now In Knit- lOUHU ll0 niomhur of the crew of 111 i.ia in n iiuu w w bttn " NEW PINE CRKKK Cil. Ed- wird Duruoyne, who him pcnt 30 nionlli in (ho U, S. miiii'Iiich In the sxnun ruciuc, m ni'ru cm I audiiy furlouiih vUltliiu with 011 lipid ""' uitn iiiiii olhcr rvlutlvcg, Cpl. Htiriioyni! wu In at luuat two iiiujor but ni His lint bulnu Iho hullli. tit Tarawa which Inland thu Jnw hud ciuuo wen iiiniiicu witn n niachlni'UUii lU'St about every IS (rut, It ncemotl clear around the lilnml wltll nciitlorlnu heavy ur tillcry. So well wai) It defended Hint out of the flmt wuvo of ma rine ent UKiiinnl It one officer ind ono privaio survived. Heavy flrinu from the nuvul vennel. however, did offectlvo noftenlnit of Ilia defeime iind the next wuvo lent uiliiliml It (urcd much better until finally it wu tuken over by tho miirlni'n. Out of the 4000 Jupi ncemlnu to bo on the Ulmiti 4U pritoncr were taken. The corporal explained the reuoii they didn't take prison er wa becauiio the Jup could not bo trusted tinder any cir cumstance. They are so full of treachery. Quo iniitancu he cited wu when thrco Jiiu wero taken by two marines. Tncy came mnrchlntf up with their arms halt raucd. When they came up to tile murine, who proceeded to teurclt them, they let full six hind ureniidc which they were carryluii concealed In their arm fill and blow themselves and wo murine Into bit, Another trick they had was when a detachment of marines would capturo u murhineKuii nest of three Jup. The three Japs would advance u told to ward tho iiroup of murines. When they not fairly close the mlddia Jap would suddenly drop flat on hi stomach and the two on each side of him would fall on him and start firing a small machlncgun strapped to the mid dle Jap' buck. The group of marine would thus be mowed down to tho lost man, Conelu ilon no Japs were to be trusted to they were shot. Another trick or typo of fight ing was after tho thrco came marching out of tho foxhole to pull tho mochincgun trick they were henceforth shot. The ma rine then would take a hurried look at the foxhole. Apparently it wu empty so they would go on. Subsequent marines follow ing up supposed everything was clear but to their amazement a machlno commenced belching hot lead at them from tho same foxhole, catching the soldier off guard and killing large numbers of them quickly. After tho fox hole was again silenced a more thorough examination wos mudc. It would then bo discovered that another foxhole wu built be neath tho ono on top with a mil chlncgun crew In it ready to take the placo of the top hole crew if necessary. Sometimes even a third nolo would bo found witli a crew In It, constructed verti cally below tho top foxhola. The answer to this menace was auiek- ly solved by tho fast-thinking and practical marines, they simply advanced to tho foxhole with a largo bulldozer 'and Just buried tho foxhole with tons of mud and dirt. Then over the hole proceeded the American army, with their trucks and heavy equipment. Classified Ad Bring Results OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE i j & fe PACE THREE n rWARP?P MEAL James I hdwaril Mcllumy, aviation ma chinists mule ,')e, U. S. naval reserve, was recently awarded the all' medal for "nu.riii.i achievement while participating n uerlul flight In the hue of us profession us u crew mem ber of a plane of u torpedo squadron." Mcllenry, ucrording to the citation given with the Air Medal, participated In car rier based raids ugulnst the enemy-held Inlands of Turnwu, Wake, M 1 1 1 o and Kwujaleln atoll from September 1H to De cembers, 1IMM. Said llm cita tion: Ills coolness and cnurugc wero In keeping with the high est traditions of the nuvul serv ice. " James Is also a member of thu Caterpillar club which membership hi) attained throuKh making un emergency parachute Jump on August 20, i 1)411. The letter to Mcllenry from the Pio neer Purucliute company tell ing him of his membership to the Caterpillar club und the Air Medal citation wore re ceived hero recently by Mrs, Hazel Mcllenry, box 4114, Klum ath Knlls, from James. IN NEW GUINEA Word has been received here that Pvt. James Comer, son of Mrs. George B o 1 1 c n b uugli now of liurns, Is In New Gui nea. Before en tering the armed forces, J a m e s miioe ms nonic .- i. with his sister, A'Jh ? V Mrs. John I LVS,I h Huwklns of 3152 Xl-f ,rA ,3 Lod I street. llePi." s'-'l also has unother t'i VVv 1 sister, Mrs. Wmii,MiJmuM Charles Ropp of this city. Pvt. Comer Is in the medical corps, lie entered the service Just a ycur ngo. He received his train ing at Camp Oakeley, Tex. and at Camp Ueulc, Culif. I A li ! OVERSEAS Second U. D. O s I n n dcr.WWejSJJ son of Mr. aiuir Mrs. Michael A. O s i a n d c r ol I 1510 Wordenl street, Klamath! Fulls, is now overseas wit hi tho army in? England. Ueforo enter ing tho army he wa employee i by the SoulhcrnI Pacific railroad I as nn engineer. Jay t . 1 1 HOME Second Lieutenant Den r.mldnrd eft buturciay, June for Lincoln, Nebr., . after visiting here for a week with his mother, Mrs. Dora Goddard of 424 Mt. Whit ney. lie Is a recent graduato of the n a v i g n 1 1 o n school at Sun Marcos army air field In Texas. Ho grad ua ted from viiuc; in in:tn and also attended grade school herc- ... SAN ANTONIO, AVIA T I O N CADET CENTER, Tcxns. At the San Antonio Avlutlon Cadet center, the present class consists of 20 men from Oregon. Among them is Delbert L. Ynn tls of route 3, box 830, Klamath Falls. IN ITALY Shown above In Italy, standing between two Italian soldiers, is Sgt. Ray Har bour of the U. S. air forces. Sgt, Harbour has been overseas one ycur und fivo months. Hc spent several months in North Africa before being transferred to Italy. Ray, in his letters to friends in Klamath Falls, says thut in nil his travels he has never found any place that can compare with any part of the United States, and that ho is anxious to net back to "good old Klumath Fulls." Harbour has been in the service for over two years. Prior to entering the armed forces he was an Ewaunu Box company employe here His purents live in icxos DOUGLAS ARMY AIR riKLn. Ariz A sruduate of ndvunccd Dllot training class 44-F, Robert F. f,- Brown, of; Klamath Falls, Ore., on June a 27 received hi i wings and com- ' mission a a second lleutcn- t oni in me army .: air forces. r-fy Lieut. Brown, WT A llm snn nl Mr and Mrs. Wil liam E. Brown, 4(108 Boardman, graduated from Klamath Union high school, where hc received awards in basketball, track and football. Before entering military serv ice, hc was employed in the yard office of the Southern Pa cific railroad. ... FORT KLAMATH After on interval of six weeks during which they did not hear from their son, Lt. Alfred B. Castel Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Alfred B. Cas te! Sr., of Fort Klamath have received letters from him from somewhere in England, where he is stationed as pilot with the U. S. army air corps, tell ing them that to date he had completed seven air missions. Hc told his parents also that he participated In. the D-Day invasion of France, and has seen many sights which he( would like to tell them .about, but would have to wait until his return home. . 'Although a little panicky on his first mission. Lt. Castel soon got over the initial fear, and stated that It wa "fun" from then on. Several other Fort Klamath men arc also in England at this time. Mrs. Fred Zumbrun has received word from her son, Pvt. William Bell of an army signal corps division, stating that he did not take part in the Invasion. Captain Robert R. Gorden has also been heard from by his parents, and said that hc had not been sent out of England as yet. Pvt. Wilbur Ferguson of an army ambulance corps division, has been heard from by friends, and he also has not been .sent out of England yet. . IN ENGLAND T3 Warren Burthmun. son of Mr. and Mrs. ocorgo Barthmun of this citv nus peen inMrv England for thel I. months, accord ing to word re ceived b y his parents. Me received his basic train ing at Camp Wallace, Texas, in the anti-aircraft division. Later hc was transferred t o the signal corps at Camp Shel by, Miss., before being sent overseas. Hc is a sharpshooter, having a perfect score with the carbine rule. He was employed by the Lost River dairy in the summer of 1942 before going into the serv ice. ... AT MARCH FIELD A co pilot on a B-Z4, sec ond Lt. Clyde Horsley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Horsley of Bonanza, is sta tioned at March Field in Califor nia. Lt. Horsley Is a graduate of the Bonanza schools and took hi cadet training at Chico. He re ceived his wings at Doug las, Arizona in March. a mi I B of Classified Ads Bring Results. MEXSANA lOOTHIN MIOICATED fOWDtR !(. Jo cite Yea gcard on "Tho King of the Blue Trombone" AND HIS it c h e s i r. a WED., JULY 5 DANCING 9 TILL I DOORS OPEN 8:30 Featuring Phillis Lane Harry Storum "Charming Vocalist" "Drummer i !:'''";';' ''X-y'rt and tho - ' : ' Jack Teagarden Trombone Choir i i Francis S. Landrum vi Uih Fails. Ore., has com- r,iMeri the army air forces train- fng command's four-engine : pi im transition course at Hobps army air field, Hobbs, N. M-, according to the a"n2uncneam,c" of Colonel Joseph P. Bailey, -mmnnrilni? off cer at Hobbs Completion of his transition training at Hobbs army air field qualifies Lt. Landrum as a Flying Fortress commander, the announcement said. Lt. Landrum was commis sioned as second lieutenant and rcceWed hi. pUott wings at Douglas, Ariz., March 12, IBM He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Hasten D. Landrum of 2734 Derby, Klamath Falls. AN EIGHTH AAF LIBERA cTATinN, ENGLAND The award of the air medal to Second Lt. Everett R- Ball of 2024 Reclamation streetlam ath Falls, Ore., pilot on a B-24 Liberator, was r e c c u n j nnr,nH hv Brieadier General James P. Hodges, commanding general of a bomber division, in Fnelnnri. . Before entering the army air forces, Lieutenant Ban was a .aipsman of auto and radio parts. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. He ber R. Ball, reside at Portland, Ore., and his wife, Mrs. Bettie Leone Ball and daughter Caro lyn Lee, live at 2024 Reclamation street, Klamath Falls, Ore. The citation reads in part: For exceptionally meritorius achievement while participating in bomber combat missions over enemy occupied continental Eu rope, rno courage, coolness and skill displayed by this man upon meic occasions reflect great cred it upon himself and the armed lorces of the United States. ... A heart-warming letter for Mrs. J. P. Roper from her son Jack, from somewhere in the Po ntic, was re- u v i v e u a lew days ago. It was a Mother's Day missive. The letter, In port: "Dear Mom: Guys are awful ly bashful when It comes to tell lng their moms how much they love 'cm, Just laxc It lor grant ed that mom knows these things without being told. To night, all over the world, boys like myself are scratching away trying to tell their mothers how much they miss them and want to put their arms around them. but somehow you can't find the words to say what you want to. 1 m one ot the lucky ones for though I'm a long ways from home, at least 1 m llvine com. fortably. I have a good tent, good rood, snowcrs, ana now our is land Is secure from the enemv "Knowing that vou are anxinii. to have me come home is one of tho nice thoughts I have while on the other side of the world. I nave gooa neaiih and my work is not so bad. Once in a whiln T ant homesick for Oregon and Klam ath Falls, but I get out some of my letters and ead them over again and it helps put my blues at.iue ana minK ot the future. II it wasn't for our letters from home, this war would be so iiiukii naraer lo enaure, for mail van a me soiaier s greatest joy I make you a solemn promise that I will stay close to you forever when I become Jack Roper, citi zen, and I also promise I'll eat up all the food in your kitchen your chickens and eggs when I Bet haoV ' Flashes of Life BIRTHDAY WISH tit Awrt m sf.- t ; - rnn runnu. tit. mm, uuuib uvaii observed her 101st birthday to day and said that she has only one birthday wish the same she made when she celebrated her 100th anniversary. She hopes that she may live long enough to see American soldiers return victorious from overseas. HONOR CHICAGO Mrs. Morris Pro- ger, who has been sharing her nome witn neglected and de pendent children for 22 years, is Chicago's "ideal foster mother." Dunne that neriod. Mrs. Proger has raised 13 children- five boys and eight girls. Two of the boys are in service. The title was conferred nnnn her by the united home finding service, wnicn places some 4000 children in foster homes annually. ... MISS SHARK MAZATLAN, Mexico De mand for shark iiver vitamins has revitalized the shark fishing industry in the Gulf of Cali fornia. : So much so that a shark fair with a shark queen has been planned. So far there have been no candidates for the title "Miss Shark." . LEAKY ADVICE GREAT FALLS. Mont. Plumber Edwin Johnson said he couldn't attend the luncheon. A woman had called and asked him to fix a leak. "Oh, let lt go until after I lunch," said club member Carl j Lehman. "Some women expect yoij to jump at the drop of a nai. i When he returned to his office, he had a telephone call from Mrs. Lehman. "Where have you been?" she demanded. "I called the plumber but he didn't show up. Our water pipes have brok en, and the basement's flooded." WOUND FATALITIES CUT, Florence Nightingale, by prompt and hygienic methods, reduced the death rate of wound ed soldiers in the Crimean War from 40 per cent to 2 per cent. Refrigeration Equipment Co. Karl Urquhart 611 Klamath Phone MM For'; : ; Commercial Refrigeration SALES and SERVICE wvite the Victory Volunteer to step in and tell him you'll step up your bond buying! The 5 th War Loan is on now. It will be over July 8. Between now and then, put every dollar you can into War Bonds! HERMITAGE Hermitage BRAND 86 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey National Distillers Products Corp., N. Y. wt?ll!llliltll get back. ... IN OUTSTANDING CREW Lt Lowell Kcnyon. son of. Mr. and' Mrs. Charles Kenyon of 2425 Hope, was a member of a B-24 crew chosen "crew of the week" at March field recently. His was the second "crew of the week" to be selected. 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