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UDLEY IN TRAINING
(KILL Seaman 1cMorlc
ry, U. S. novy, son oi Mr
s. S. R. Woodlcy, Merrill,
npicted nis basic training
r it the San Diego naval
and will take three more
of advanced training. Ho
itcd his bnslc with a grade
nd was one ot three in a
If 30 to finish with such a
lernuc. lit enlisted in the
1st August and was called
ly on October 3. He is a
lo of the Maun high
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SlLEY AWARDED
It THE 343RD- ENGI-
REGIMENT OP THE
ITH ARMY. France
Oliver E. Rlloy. a voter-
u months overseas ser
id husband of Mrs. Thcl
Icy, 303 Pine, Klamath
has just been awarded
Sdler's Medal for heroism
here in France. His c fa
ir the medal reads In
he early morning of Do-
, i44. Sgt, Riley, dls.
outstanding ond heroic
, calmly walked through
Of flamlnc dunlin and
She fuel valve on a pres-
"K which was n mm .
Pngcr of cxnlodlnn. His
lous actions enabled his
soiaiors to an cklv br ni
onlrot a rapidly spread-
ui serious proportions."
K,.n""cy has crved since
F, with the 343rd engl-
Bimont, a veteran organ
famed thrmiBhnnt Ih.
(n theater for its mill,
'aw construction. Ha
n extensive service In
Mens, the Tunisian, Si-
your, drinks get
Was this?
jn always
this it
dill an. Nuplos-Fogglu, Romo
Arno, southern France, und nt
present tho Gcrniun. Fur the
pusl 17 months, lie has served
as company mess siuguant,
bl. itllcy is a gruduiitn of
Kittitus high school. Klttltus.
Wash, and, prior to entering
the scrvlco in April. 104a, wus
employed by tho I'ellcun lliiv
L, u m o o r conipmiy. bSnt.
Riley s purents. Mr. and Mis.
Wlnflcld Scott Rllev. resido at
Redding Calif.
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MeQEE PROMOTED
Word has been received
of
the rocent promotion of Lt. (Ja)
Mciieo, accK oniccr
M. L.
the US
In
murltlme service. LI.
McGcc's wlfo Is tho former
f.HMH. -... i . t .LI- -If..' CI
,ueiiiij vamiuy ui ,111:1 wn. tsnc
lias been residing nt tho C. D.
Gnlloway home, 713 St. Francis
street.
Lt. Mcuce received his ap
pointment as cadet in me mer
chant murine cadet corns in
June, 1042, and was graduated
after the two-year course in
May, 1044, with a commission
of ensign. Ho now holds the
merchant marine combat bar
and campaign ribbons for the
Mediterranean, Middle East, Pa
cific and Atlantic areas. Ho Is
tho son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
McGee, Fort Worth, Tex.
Li
PROP8T ON FURLOUGH
Lt. Jack Propst is homo on
furlough from San Francisco
where he has been hospitalized,
since his return from the South
Pacific theater of operations, a
month ago.
Lt. Pronst is the grandson of
Mr. and Mra. F. C. Bambcr, for-
mor Klamath trails residents.
now living In Tlgurd.
Alter snend nil a few davi
here, the returned transport
pilot plans to visit in Portland
und Tlgurd the remainder of
his 30-diiy furlough. Ho will re
port to Hunta Monica for re us
slgnmenl when his furlough is
over.
Lt. Propst lived here with
his grundpurenU, attending
school here prior to entrance in
me scrvico. no joinca tno air
forces in 1U42, taking his train
ing nt Santa Aim, iilytho and
Mlntur Field, Cullf., and Doug
Ins, Ariz., where ho received
his wings and his commission
in October 1043.
Since his graduation, he has
served In the South Pacific, tak
ing part In tho Philippines,
Dutch East Indies and New
Guinea cuinnnlgns for which he
wears three bronze stars.
Lt. Propst also wears the pre
Pnorl Harbor ribbon, Asiatic
Pacific und Philippines ribbons,
as well us tho distinguished fly
ing cross und the air medal.
Wlillo overseas Lt. Propst was
In contact with several Klam
ath boys. Including Cant.
Gcorgo Kinney, Sgt. Max Hlb
burd nnd Lt. Dennis Peterson.
BLAKLEY PROMOTED
Carl E. Bluklcy, 24, of 4039
Shusta way In Klamath Falls,
has been promoted to the rank
of slgnulman 1c, USNIt. At
present, Bloklcy -,
is serving Zmi
aboard a mine- , 23
sweeper of tho -
Atlantic fleet. &
He is the son
of Mr. nnd Mrs.
C. E. Bluklcy of
tho above ad
dress. Prior to
ent e r i n g the
navy, Blukcly
was employed
by the Southern Pacific railway
in Klamath Fulls. He is a grad
uate of Klamath Union high
school with the class of 1037.
Bluklcy is pictured above at
work on the bridge of his sht p.
I ss
LINSE FLIES S0TH
Second Lt. Paul H. Linsc, 20,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul F.
Linsc of Bend, Oregon, recently
flew his 50th combat mission
with a veteran B-24 Liberator
group bused in southern Italy.
Lt. Llnse. 15th air force bom
bardier, arrived overseas in
Aucu.it of 1944. and was as
signed to a group that took part
In the invasion oi souinorn
France, as well as participating
in bombing attacks that ranged
from Lyons. France to saiomxa,
Grcoce. His first missions were
over the Balkans, where he
helped reduce tho vital Ploesti
oil fields. In later months, he
Home From Combat Duty
Two Orceon Bth alrforce pilots who helped wreck Hitler's
dreams of empire ure 2nd Lt. Royal W. Coolcy of Mcdford (left)
ana 1st Lt. Koocrt A. ixcnuci, zio t. main, mamum runs, nerc
they're talking it over at the Fort Lewis reception center prior
to receiving leuve to visit their respective homes.
First L.I. Kobert A. ncnaei
will celebrate his 22nd birthday
participated In long ranee mis
sions that hit important German
industrial installations in um,
Vienna, Munich, Brux and Salz
burg. A graduate of the Mulin high
school, Linsc entered the air
forces in February of 1043, later
winning his wings after inten
sive training In the air.
GREELEY GETS PASS
Tho soldierly qualities of Cpl.
James V. Greeley. 38-ycnr-old
assistant crew chief, production
line maintenance, earned him
n I s squnnron s
Soldier of the
Month award,
which carries
with lt a three
day pass. Gree
ley is the son of
Mrs. Charles W.
Green of 714
Main in Klam
ath Falls.
A former sta
tion manager of
Standard S t a-
tions, Inc., In southern Camor
nia. Cpl. Greeley entered mili
tary service in Fcbruory of
1043.
Greeley, a photography and
bowling, calls Santa Ana, Calif.,
his home. , He is a distant kins
man of Horace Greeley, famed
New York editor of "Go West
Young Man" fame.
Mccormick writes
Mm. Lyle C. Mills recently
received a letter from her nep
hew, PFC Claude McCormick,
telling of life in the Moluccas
islands where he is stationed
with a medical detachment, U.
S. army infantry. When McCor
mick arrived at his base he said
the army had one end of the
island and the Japs the other.
The men spent Christmas and
New Year's cleaning up the re
mainder of the island. Rats the
size of a "good muskrat at
home" and land crabs shared
fox holes with the men while
they were in the field,. McCor
mick wrote.
while on leave at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
L. Nendol, 216 E. Main. Pilot
of the Flying Fortress Incog
nito" which saw him through
33 raids without a scratch, Lt.
Ncndcl wears the Air Medal
with four clusters. He was grad
uated from KUHS and before
entering the AAF was em
ployed by the Union Oil com
pany. Serving as both bombardier
and navigator on B-17's in the
Hell's Angels group, 2nd Lt.
Royal D. Cooley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. Coolcy, 648
Palm, Medford, Ore., has com
pleted 35 flights over Germany.
He was attending Oregon State
college at Corvallis prior to be
ginning cadet training.
WALKER PROMOTED
Warren W. Walker, 21, hus
band of Mrs. W. W. Walker of
312 McKinley in Klamath Falls,
was recently promoted to the
grade of sergeant at a forward
base in India.
Sgt. Walker joined the 12th
bombardment group, "Earth-
quakers" 10th air force, four
months ago. A pnotogunner on
a B-25, he has had 22 missions
over enemy-held territory in
Burma.
Walker was employed by the
Goodyear Rubber company
prior to entering the army air
forces on August 26, 1943.
ECKERT GRADUATED
Pvt. Donald M. Eckcrt, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Eckert
of 3247 LaVerne in Klamath
Falls, has been graduated from
the AAF training command's
aircraft radio mechanics school
at Truax Field in Madison, Wis.,
where he studied the servicing
of radio equipment used on U. S.'
bomber and fighter planes.
Trained primarily as a tech
nician, Eckert also studied de
fense against chemical warfare,
aircraft identification, and re
lated AAF subjects to fit him
for combat.
WILSON QUALIFIES
Cpl. Charles V, Wilson, 30, of
Malm, recently attained the
qualification of expert with the
U. S. carbine Cal .30 m-1, shoot
ing over the rifle range at Lc
moore field, California. His
score was 173.
Cpl. Wilson is temporarily sta
tioned at Lemoore field for pro
cessing of records. In addition
to his new expert rifleman's
badge, he wears the Asiatic
Pacific ribbon with one battle
star. He is a graduate of an
army radio operator school and
an army radar maintenance
school. Ho spent 33 months in
tho Pacific theater of operations,
in aircraft warning work. He
is also a graduate of Malin high
school, in Malin, and has com
pleted two courses in electrical
engineering with the army in
stitute. Before entering the
army in October, 1941, he was
employed by the Ford Motor
company, at Richmond, Calif.
Cpl. Wilson's mother, Mrs.
Clyde Van Meter, lives at Malin.
GALLAGHER CITED
Lt. Laurence R. Gallagher,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gal
lagher of the Alameda Cash
grocery, has received the Air
Medal for meritorious achieve
ment in flights in the Southwest
Pacific area from October 24,
1944 to January 1, 1945.
Lt. Gallagher, a P-38 pilot
with the 5th air force, had
flown 75 missions on February
16, and had survived the crash
of his plane in the Philippines
area. He was rescued by Fili
pino guerrillas who picked him
up after he "took to the drink"
after being shot down. He has al
ready completed 200 hours of
combat during which he was
credited with one "kill" and
one "probable."
The airman's wife, Sally, and
3-year-old son Jack, live in Port
land. GOLDEN OVERSEAS
Cpl. Bill Golden, son of Allen
Golden, route 2 box 843, city,
has seen months of service over
seas. He serves as a radio tech
nician and landed in France in
early December. He took- part
in the battle of the Bulge, Saar.
and was one of the first to
cross the Rhine. He is now in
Germany and has been in the
front lines since his arrival with
the 7th army in Germany. His
address may be obtained from
his parents. .
AKIN IN ITALY
Sgt. Merle J. Akin, brother
of Mrs. Wilma J. McLing, 342
Martin, is serving with the
largest dry cleaning installation
ever shipped to the Italian
theater of operations. Akin was
employed by Pelican Bay Lum
ber company prior to entering
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the service in October, 1942.
He saw action with the 361st
infantry regiment of the 01st
division before joining his pres
ent outfit. Overseas since April,
itfn, no has served in worth
Africa and Italy, and Is entitled
lo wear the Mediterranean
theater ribbon with two battle
participation stars, the Combat
Infantryman's badge and the
Good Conduct medal.
NELSON BOMBARDIER
WITH A 12TH AAF B-25
GROUP IN THE MEDITER
RANEAN THEATER When
B-25 Mitchell bombers of this
group hit Brixlec, Austria, 45
miles southeast of Munich, far
ther north than any other me
dium Mediterranean -based
bombers have ever flown, one
of the combat crew members
was F. O. Robert R. Nelson. 20.
whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Nelson, live at 1536 Johnson
in Klamath Falls. He is now
flying as a bombardier with a
12th Air Force B-25 Mitchell
bombardment group.
He worked for the Copeland
Lumber yards, before his en
listment In the army in July,
1943. .
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