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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1944)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Demb, OUR MEN AND WOMEN Ace Is High T 1 1N SERVICE ACE EIGHT a r in A tl - WILSON RECOVERING Struck by shrapnel from a German artillery shell near Tos sy la Vire, France, Sgt. Herbert H. Wilson, 36, 2242 Garden, Klamath Falls, Ore., is conval escing from wounds of the right arm and leg at a U. S. army gen eral hospital in England. He has been awarded the Purple Heart. "His condition is very satisfactory and he will be re leased soon," said his ward sur geon. A squad leader In an infantry unit. Sgt. Wilson said he was hit as his outfit started to resume an offensive early one morning. "I had gone to get my instruc tions from the platoon com mander and was returning to my outfit when an '88' shell hit a tree a few yards away," he ex plained. "Just a couple of min utes after I was hit some medics pulled up in a jeep with a litter rigged up on it. They dressed my wounds and took me to an aid station." Sgt. Wilson was formerly a sawmill operator. His brother, Otis Wilson, resides at the Gar den avenue address. WALTERS ON LEYTE Pvt. Ralph L. Walters of Xlamath Falls, member of a heavy mortar and machine com pany of the veteran 24th divi sion, sampled about everything the Japs had to offer in the line of fire power during the inva sion of Leyte island. ' Coming ashore his landing craft was shelled with artillery. On the beach and inside the beach he encountered machine gun bullets and flying mortar shell fragments. All the way across the island he faced rifle fire from the front and from numerous snipers operating be hind the lines. - A few Jap planes bombed and strafed near his company's posi tions. He saw some of them shot down in flames by anti-aircraft fire and American fighting planes. Walters was in action for the first five days without letup, and then returned to the fight after a short rest in defensive posi tions. He took part in the cap ture of towns, hills, roads and important bridges, in addition to the establishment of the initial beachhead. : His wife, Oleatha, lives at 1650 Manzanita, and his mother, Mrs. Cora Hagen, at 1721 Wall, Klamath Falls. REAL IN GERMANY Cpl. LeRoy H. Real, son of Mrs. Vera Real of Sheldon ave., is in Germany with the 104th ; infantry division, "Timber Wolves," which has now joined' the American first. Their commanding officer is "Terrible" Terry Allen, the gen eral who won fame in the Tuni sian campaigns. The 104th was organized and trained at Camp Adair, Ore. FAY AT HOSPITAL - First Lt. Lester H. Fay, 1841 Esplanade, and husband of Jes sica C. Fay of Phoenix, Ariz., has been assigned to the recent ly activated AAF convalescent hospital at Miami Beach. There are nine such hospitals In the U. S., and they assume care of the AAF battle casualties who have progressed to the "not seriously ill" stage. Lt. Fay entered the army on February 1, 1937, was dis charged and re-enlisted on De cember 19, 1941. He was com missioned a second lieutenant on June 24, 1942, and was assigned k uaie juaDry neia, r la. SUMMERS GETS MEDAL 15TH AAF IN ITALY 2nd Lt. Claude W. Summers, son of Mrs. fcva Hooper of 3335 Alva avenue, Klamath Falls, Oregon, was awarded the Air Medal "for meritorious achievement in aer lal flight against the enemy." He is a pilot with a 15th AAF B-24 Liberator bomber erouD onerat- ing from an advanced air base in Italy. Lt. Summers is a 'graduate of the Klamath Union high school and prior to his enlistment, in December of 1940, he was em ployed by the Connor radio service as a service man. He entered as a private and was selected in September of 1941 for instruction in the army air force technical radio school at Scott field, Illinois. In July of 1942 he was selected by the army examining board as a can didate for officer training and sent to Bainbridge, Georgia for flight training. He continued his studies at Turner field, Ga., and was commissioned in February, 1943. Shortly after ward, he was given a crew and sent to a combat theater, MOCABEE GRADUATED The army air forces training command has announced that Pvt. Daniel R. Mocabce of Klam ath Falls was graduated from the department of armament of Lowry field, Denver, Colo. Pvt. Mocabce is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mocabee, 435 High, and attended Klamath Un ion high school, He er.tercd the service on August 9, 1944, . at Monterey, Calif. VAN EMON FLIES 50TK 15TH AAF IN ITALY First Lieutenant Walter Van mon, 28, formerly ot Klamath Falls, hns successfully flown his 50th combat mission. Pilot of a 15th air force Flying Fortress, lie flew his "golden" mission Oc tober 23, when the Forts at tacked the Skoda works at Pilson, Czechoslovakia. Lt. Van Email attended the University of Oregon and the George Washington university, and was formerly employed by the war production board. He enlisted in the army May 19, 1942, and entered aviation cadet training October 21 of the same year. He received his commis sion at George Field, Illinois, October 1, 1943. Upon leaving the United States for flying duty overseas, he was assigned to the oldest heavy bombardment group in the Mediterranean theater of operations. This group has flown over 350 combat mis sions,' bombing enemy installa tions in almost every axis-dominated country in Europe from bases in England, North Africa, Russia and Italy. Lt. Van Em on's first high altitude bombing mission was the June 14 attack on the oil refineries at Buda pest, Hungary. "My closest call," Lt. Van Emon said, "was on the July 28 mission to the Ploesti oil re fineries in Romania Just after bombs away, an 88-millimeter shell exploded above and in front of my ship, so that a large fragment entered the pilot's side of the ship, striking the steel control column, ricochet ing off the bottom of the wheel and finally hitting me below the knee. "I thought my leg had been severed from the force of the blow, but I was relieved to dis cover that I was only bruised. When we landed we discovered the wings and engine nacelles had a great many 'flak' holes." Lt. Van Emon has been awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and wears the European - African - Middle East theater ribbon. FITZGERALD GRADUATED Recent graduate of the King man army air field flexible gun nery school, near Kingman, Ariz., was 18-year-old PFC. Audine E. Fitzgerald, Jr., son of Mrs. Annis Catherine Fitz gerald of 329 S. Roger street, Klamath Falls, Ore. PFC. Fitzgerald entered the army at Portland, Oregon on February 22, 1943. He attended Klamath Union high school. LENAERS IN FRANCE WITH U. S. ' ARMY SERV ICE FORCES IN FRANCE Tech. 5th Grade William E. Lenaers of 608 Roseway,Klam ath Falls, is a member of a U. S. army engineer general service regiment which despite lack of heavy equipment and time did a record job of clearing roads through a bombed-out port area to beaches and quays now used by landing craft, DUKW's and lighters. REUNION IN ENGLAND Aflother reunion of two Klam ath boys was staged recently when Alvin Anderson, son of Mrs. John Bonhorn, 3744 La Verne, walked into a control tower at an airfield in southern England where Elwood Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lewis, (Signal Corpi photo) High man ot American aces In ' the Mediterranean theatre is Copt. John J. Voll, Goshen, O., above, who raised score to 21 in recent battle with 12 Nazi fighters. Lured into Luftwatfe territory by a JU-88, he shot down four of the dozen which pounced on him. S. 6th., Is stationed as a radio man. Both enlisted in the navy in 1942, and this was their first meeting since before going over seas, Anderson a former Herald and News employe, is an engineer on a PT boat, and saw net ion in the initial landing on the Cherbourg peninsula on D-Day. and in sub sequent . engagements with the German fleet in the channel. ... DAUGHERITY GRADUATED KINGMAN, Ariz. Recent graduate of the Kingman army air field flexible gunnery school, situated a few miles outside of Kingman, was 18-year-old PFC. William D. Daugherity, son of Rufus Franklin Daugherity of Rt. 1, Box 1053, Klamath Falls, Ore. PFC. Daugherity entered the armv at Los Angeles on Decem ber '29, 1943. BREAKS BOTTLENECKS Pvt. Conwin F. Galbrcath, of 1934 Applcgate, is a bottleneck busting driver at an air service command depot in England. Crippled trucks waiting for re pairs mean bottlenecks in ship ments of vital parts for fighting planes, and it is the job of this group to keep every one of their trucks in top operating order. Galbreath is the son of Frank Galbrcath. TACOMA, Dee. 13 (A) A 16-year-old youth was held today by police who suid ho had mado a full written confession to rob bing tho Pugot Sound National bank of $5,050- yesterday while using a five-year-old child lis a shield, All but $50 ot the lot was re covered, officers said. Chief of Police Tom Ross and Police Capt. Albert Farrar iden tified the youth as Gerald Wayne Barnes. He was arrested by Officers Stitsworth u n d Seholtz as he was about to enter his home after dark last night. . The bunk was robbed during yesterday afternoon's rush hour by a man who walked up to Shannon Mitchell, bank teller, and handed her u note while ho clutched the arm of a child, later identified us "Sonny" Fisher. The note read: "Hand over the money or I'll shoot both you and the kid he doesn't belong to me." The boy was left unharmed outside the bank when the rob ber fled after the holdup. Classified Ads Hnne Result To an experienced Railroad Carina" in this area Your experience is something few men have . . . and some thing Southern Pacific needs. To be able to repair or rebuild railroad equipment is today a skill of greater importance than ever. Because S. P. muit keep the war trains rolling . , , the railroad must bring the Jeeps and tanks and guns and troops to the West Coast ports of em barkation. At S. P. there is a fine opening for you ... a vital job, a good-paying Job. You'll be working with folks you'll like . . . and with first-class equipment. Railroad pass priv ileges. Medical services. A fine pension plan. Join the Southern Pacific family , . . get back in to railroading where your skill and experience are really' ap preciated. You arc urgently needed, liberal age limits. 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