HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON
PACE SEVEN
MEN AND WOMEN
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of Crescent City.
'Cnilf.. formerly
of K I a m 11 1 h
Kails, left waist
, gunner In an
AAF BI7 Fly
1 11 it Fortress,
flew hid 80th
'successful com
n I ' lnt bomblni
ltyrV. mission over
'Jfjvte? Uudnnwt, Hun-
On thlK mill
iilon large 1 for
nations of the
l( riylnB Forlret.te of tho Holy
iJ ljth Air Korea blasted lm
Irani German-controlled rail
Idnrgj sorely needed to sup
It the fading Wchrmacht In
snuu' fuk wat ncavy ana
nil concentrated over ttio tnr
ii. Sergeant Newman reported,
i hb crew feared they would
Lvi to ball out of their ship
pr wo icu wing received a
trect bit from on anti-aircraft
(U.
The hcll ripped 11 lorge hole
the Winn causing It to vibrate
;Anlly , and threatening to
lkle in flight' Duo to tho out-
ludlni skill of tho pilot and
fcdlent teamwork of the crew.
frtever, the piano landed anfely
me noma uosc,
Serjeant Newman recalled as
u toughest mission U10 bomb-
' 01 German operated rail
Md yirdt at Trcvlso. northern
ulr. on April 7, 1D44. The Jer-
a urew up a "wall" of flak,
will quick succession the num.
f n one and two engines failed
Uttr DOlnif hit hu nvnlnrllnu
Nil ill addition 11 cvllnH er nr
l ol the two remaining Rood
ma auo was lilt and failed.
Thl forCA nf thru Avntnclnna
My turned tho big ahlp over
aiuu anu 11 aorupny piling-
t thOlUnrifl f.u.l Tim ni.,l
"i co-pllot brOiiKht tho -piano
into control, and the crow
iilMencd hln" hv thrnwlnu
nothing movable overboard.
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eedina on tniiia un u..Mu.
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My landed at a nearby allied
77 w" a nm Bomb load
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" lac tanks.
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led from ni ..Y.5f
Recent City, Calif., i 1940.
Jrii ! lcl,lcr mun high
H i f.pW d In fool
. right field for the baseball
Jle trnrlf
0 alfmlioon
ti. ii. "i"""' "eiore enior-
Imu ".rmcd forces 1,0 w
tS.lw'ntcr employed by tho
Tiiiudla Conntrurtlon company of
Kluinutli Kalla, Ore.
Nnwmun vnlltted In. llio AAF
on July IS. 1040. After work
Inil un an airplane mcchunlc for
tliroo yonra, he w aent to tm
AAF airplane mechanic techni
cal bcIkioI at Amiirlllo, Tcxua,
UroduiitlnK in June, IU43. lie
won hla nunnery wing upon
Hmuuiiumi iroin flexible nun
nery achool at Kingman, Ariz.,
Ill Augunt, 10411.
'Tho California flying aergeiint
haa been overneaa five montha
ond ia a member of the ISth
air force commanded by Major
General Nathan F. Twining.
Harold E. Frederlcknon, ahlpi
cook 1c with the Seubeea, haa
acnt 11 cltiillon to liln wife whlcli
111a . 11 n 1 1 re
ceived recently.
Ho la with the
40th Sea bee
battalion, H I a
wife Uvea ot
202B Keclamu
tlon and la (ho
fnrnii.r n w i n t.
01 1 11 e T-Bonc f ' ;;
earn Mere. ' . '
Kollnwintf in . , '
the Prealdcntlnl c
cllotlon:
"The 4 0th--
c 0 n a t r uction ft
m
battalion, United Stntcj navv. la
cited for outatiindlng perform
ance of duty In action against
inu enemy on Los N euros Is
land, Adiulraltv group, on
March !!, 1044. This unit landed
during a critical situation when
the holding on the harbor und
airstrip ugalnst overwhelming
enemy forces was precarious.
"Notwithstanding the fact that
the area was still under enemy
fire, the battalion Immediately
on landing assumed Ita assigned
work In clearing and repairing
tho airstrip. During the prog
ress of their work, It became
commonplace .for the operators
to be fired upon by snipers, and
for tho operators to return the
fire whllo continuing their
work."
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Pvt. Wilbur, Ferguson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Ferguson
of Chlloquln la now with the
ombulanco corps. in France, ac
cording to word
received by his
sister - In-law,
Mra. Helen Fer
guson, Klamath
Falls.
"For the first
fStlmo I'm al
lowed to tell
that I'm In
a France. You've
probably f I g -
urcd that. The
last few days
have been pret
ty busy ones. We've been up
most of tho- night for three
nights. Today was quiet, so I'm
all caught up on my sleep now.
"Some of the time here we've
been right up In the front lines.
A few days ago we watched
some tanka and soldiers round
up some. Germans about 100
yards from tho ambulance.
"About ' 80 . per cent of the
wounded hero that we take
care of are Germans. That
means that they are taking
most ot the beating.
"We have very few air at
tacks hero from tho Germans.
Most of those come at night.
I've seen several German pianos
shot down by anti-aircraft fire
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REOPENING
of tha
St. Francis
Beauty Shop
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Verla Coddlngton
Formar Owmr
'Opening Data
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22
but I haven't hud a chonco yet
to see a dogfight.
"Coming over on tha boat
from Kngliind was quint except
for one night when there were
three bombs dropped almost on
tho bout. Two of the bombs
landed on one aide and the
cither one on the other side.
Sure tossed tho bout around,
but didn't hurt anything.
"It didn't seoro me at all and
I was somewhat surprised at
that, because it was my first
close bombing attack. I didn't
even get out of my bunk Just
turned over ond went back to
sleep.
"Tho first time, and only
time ao far, I wua seared was.
when the first Gcrmun planes
I saw dived right at us, Boy,
that's some feeling to look at
the noso of an enemy plane.
"We've all learned to dig in
now. ' After one close air at
tack overyono knows enough to
dig In.
"As long as the Germans can
sco tho Rud Cross, they respect
it, so you . don't have, to worry
about me. Just a few days ago,
a couple of our ambulunccs got
lost and drove right through
tho lines Into German territory.
They didn't realize it until they
got tangled up In a German
convoy. T h c n they turned
around and beat It back. The
Germans didn't stop them, in
fuel they even hud to move a
vchiclo for them to gel through
"So far I haven't pulled any
thing like that, although I've
been lost several times. These
strange rouds are hard to fol
low without lights of any kind,
We havo to turn them all out.
These fellows that ran into the
German lines did it in the day
time. -.- 1 ,
"The French people arc sure
giad to see us, loo. They wave
to you, shake your hand, and
even kiss you. Wo were among
the first troops through somo of
theso towns and the . people
woum grao your hand as you
rodo through and ever, get in
the' way of the vehicles In their
enthusiasm, Some of these peo
ple even cried to sec us. Mokes
a person foel real good Inside
to be able to free these people.
They line the roads when you
drive through and give you
flowers, apples, pears, cider, or
anything they have.
This country here la even
more like the Willumetto valley
lhan England. Also we've had
all nice weather since we've
been . here.
'Quito a few of tho French
speak somo English, so I've had
a chance to speak to several of
them.
"One man last night that I
was talking to had been a pris
oner of the Germans for three
years. He was taken prisoner
ot Dunkirk. He, as are tho rest
of the French, was very bitter
ognlnst the Germans. He was
always talking of killing them.
. "A couple of days ago one ot
our ambulances brought In two
nuns that the German SS troops
had shot because they were
helping the U. S. wounded. .Al
so we had a German casualty
that said he was shot by his
own officer when he tried to
surrender. I don't think that
the Gorman soldiers want .to
fight any longer."
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PFC Hlchard O. Hoyt soon
will complete his training at
i h a pnmh'nt
crew training
school, Sioux
City, la., and be
ready to go
overseas to do
his part in de
feating the ene
my.
Hoyt, gunner
In a heavy
bomber crew, is
the son of Mrs.
D e 1 p h I a L .
i Hoyt, 2965 . BIs
v bee street,
Klamath Falls, Ore. i
He entered the service Febru
ary i4, 1944.
Prior to his entry Into the
service he was a shlpfitter at
Kaiser Vancouver shipyards.
WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY
DIVISION IN THE SOUTH PA
CIFIC Leo M. Cose, of 410
S. Blh, machine gun squad leader
with the 25th Infantry Division
in the South Pacific and son of
Mrs. Ethel M. Case, Merrill, has
been promoted from corporal to
sergeant.
- A graduate of Salem high
school, Sgt. Case was in the auto
parts department of the Dick B.
Miller company at the time of
his induction .In March, 1942.
Overseas for more than two
years, he is a veteran of Guadul
ciinal and New Georgia cam
paigns in which the 2illi In
antry division was instrumental
in smashing Japanese resistance.
Two Klamath Falls marines
have been graduated from the
Infantry school ut Camp Pcndlc
lon, OccanHide, Calif., and are
now scheduled to join combal
units.
They arc: Private Paul J.
Saucr, 18-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvln Saucr, 4413
Frieda avenue, and former Klam
ath Union high school football
player, and Private Ray- K.
Cooper, 18. son of Mrs. Eva
Hooper, 3535 Alva avenue.
.
Latest word received from
the adjutant general is that
Flight Officer Earl W. Green,
recently reported safe after be
ing missing for some time, is
"hospitalized in the European
area."
The telegram,' received Wed
nesday by his father, Marlon
M. Green of 137 Mill, stated
that FO Green was making nor
mal Improvement.
An earlier letter to his father
slated that he had been burned
in the leg but he could hobble
around the hospital.
His address is FO Earl W.
Green, T-123198. APO 209, U.
S. A. Hospital Plant, care Post
master, New York, N. Y. '
Mrs. C. E. Robinson of 1433
Derby recently received a pack
age from Italy from her son.
Mclvin J, Robinson, on her
oirtnuay. , .
He sent her an Italian lunch
cloth set, a cameo pin and a
large number of postcards
showing scenes in Italy that he
had seen. He Is a graduate of
KUHS with the class of 1943.
SAN ANTONIO AVIATION
CADET CENTER, Tex The
present class of potential pilots,
bombardiers and navigators re
ceiving preflight training in
cludes 26 men from Oregon, two
of them from Klamath Falls.
They are William Steele Bur
ness, Lakeshore Drive, and Hal
ford Rex Young, 1513 Avalon.
.
BLY Jody Owens has on dis
play at Protsman's store a sad
dle formerly owned by a German
officer. This saddle was sent by
special permit to Owens by Sgt.
George W. Fullerton of the 81st
medical air borne division, who
was in the Normandy invasion.
Sgt. Fullerton is again at. his
home base in England. He has
many friends here as he worked .
several years at Protsman's and I
spent much of his time at the '
Owens ranch.
"
BLY George Eastwood, radio
gunner with the navy at Jackson
ville, Florida, spent two days
last week visiting at the homo
of his aunt, Mrs. Jody Owens.
He will report for duty at San
Diego, Calif.
England's huge 16-inch naval
guns cost $225,000 each.
Rummage Sale
Friday Afternoon
and Saturday
54 Main St.
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Smart style ond walking ease combine
to moke this America s number one
perfect fitting shoe. Now it comes
you with the new "railroad crossing
bow."
I $h750
BUSTER BROWN
SHOE STORE
633 Main .
The boys n the yards and on the loading
Piatiorms are talking about these bright,
orange-painted freight cars with the famous
Boat trademark., . .
They have seen the first of Great Northern's
"w plywood, steel and lumber freight cars
equipment which is lighter, faster, but with
out sacrifice of sturdiness and safety.
1 nnn erarly winter Great Northern will have
iUuo of these modern freight cars in operation,
augmenting its dependable service between the
wat Lakes and the Pacific Northwest.
.' H. I. WAYNE, General Agent
G. N. Station
Kliiiiinth Falls, Oregon
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' ' 'tjAiMt-Jil 1 4 H I m x fed j ? t
Uy ,.-,..,.i.-:nrl
From Great Northern's shops In' '
St. Cloud, Minn., rolls the first ot ,
the new plywood, steel and lum
ber freight cars. Outsido and
inside aheathings, including ceil
ings, are -lnch Douglas fir ply
wood.' Steel ends, .metal roofsj
high-speed trucks and wrought
ateel wheels are special equipment .
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H OO T CHO Si ETOM
Yes, each year at about this same time Dick
Reeder clears the racks of all broken sizes in
suits-and as usual, they are cut to almost half
price to insure prompt salei "
$40 Values
Now
$45-$50 Values
Now
VEvery suit 100 virgin wool
V Every suit from our regular stock
VEvery suit a well-known make
yf Every suit sold with the same courtesy and
V guarantee as if you were paying
regular price
VEvery suit altered free
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All styles, models colors . . . and every suit pf
a year 'round fabric and color. These are
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