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THOMA RETUHNS
AX ALEUTIAN BASE T3
Walter u.
Tboma oi (Ru
1. Box 613)
Klamath Falls.
Oregon, was
among the first
eoidien from
the Aleutians
sent to a separa
tion center in
the U. S. for discharge-
He en
tered the army
i n November
1940. and had
spent 43 months -
His wife, Bessie Thoma, now re
sides in Klamath Falls, Ore.
MERRILL Sgt Harold D.
Jones, who for the last year has
been serving with the U. S.
armv 15th air corps as a radar
technician has returned here un
der the furlough plan. He has
served in Italy for about one
vear and will spend 30 days here
with his wife. Eulafaye Woodier
Jnnpt his valine son Larry, al
most two, and his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Jones, ail of
Merrill. . . .
He landed in the V. S. about
ten davs ago and arnvea in
Morrill "Thursdav nuiht. He will
report to Santa Ana for further
military service upon leaving
here.
STORET GETS BADGE
WITH THE 32XD INFANTRY
DIVISION IN NORTHERN LU
ZON, P. L Serving with a
medical unit of the veteran
32nd (Red Arrow) infantry divi
sion, PFC Owen R. Storey, hus
band of Mrs. Neva Storey, 901
Alameda, has been awarded the
Medical Badge for satisfactory
performance of duty under ac
tual combat conditions.
The division, commanded by
Maj. Gen. William H. Gill, and
in its fourth year of combat
against the enemy in the Pa
cific, is currently fighting in
the precipitous Cars hallo moun
tains of northern Luzon.
PFC Storey, who is serving
with the division's crack 128th
infantry regiment, entered the
army in July, 1944,- and left the
TJ. S. for overseas duty in De
cember of 1944.
TUTi.it TRAINS
Among those graduating re
cently from an intensive course
of gunner's mate training at serv
ice schools at Great Lakes, Il
linois was Rollin Virgil Tuter,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
L. Tuter of 4033 Washburn
way In Klamath Falls.
This bluejacket was selected
for his specialized training on
the basis of his recruit training
aptitude test scores. Graduates
from the twenty specialized
courses taught at this base are
sent to sea, to shore stations, or
U advanced schools for further
duty.
STEPHENS HOME
Sgt. William Stephens, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. La ton Stephens,
arrived home on a two week
leave Monday night from
Spokane.
He was transferred to Spo
kane from Texas a few weeks
ago. Stephens' wife is coming
up from San Francisco to be
win him on leave.
Stephens was with the TJ. S.
bureau of reclamation in Grants
Pass before he entered the serv
ice. One of the 53 merchant sea
men "miracle survivors" of a
Jap sunk Victory ship, Thomas
Charles Napier, Jr., able seaman,
is visiting friends in Klamath
Falls.
Napier is spending 10 of his
30 days' leave in the place he
lived five years ago. He and his
brothers attended T u 1 el a k e
schools. One brother, Nicholas,
lost his life when the USS Atlan
ta was sunk in the battle of Savo
island near Guadalcanal. Anoth
er brother, Joe, is at sea with
the merchant marines. Their
?srents now live in Chattanooga,
enn.
Because only one member of
the crew of 54 merchant seamen
lost his life in the Japanese aer
ial action April 26, in which
their ship was sunk off Okinawa,
the men call themselves the
"miracle survivors."
All but one lifeboat jammed
when the bomb struck. The boat
sank Just 20 minutes after being
blasted by the Jap attack. All
the- crew were forced to swim
through flaming waters to safe
ty. Navy patrol boats, ignoring
the overhead menace of enemy
fuMday. June 12. 1945 Eiffel tower three times. We
got so low we were lower than
the tower. The only thing that
was bombed in Paris was the
railroad yards and one engine
factory. There was hardly
building standing In the towns
in Germany anywhere that was
anywnere near manufacturing
district.
"We covered four countries
and the capital of three of them
in a lime over nine hours which
is really setting around in a
hurry, "e flew over in our
B-17's, they called it a victory
tour. I guess when Japan is
bombed the way Germany has
been, the war should be about
over with.
planes, came to aid within a few
minutes.
The name of the lost Victory
ship is being withheld by navy
authority.
This is the second "miracle"
for Napier, who survived a pre
vious merchant marine vessel
sinking. He started sailing with
the merchant marine, April 20,
1942.
GAIN WINS MEDAL
WITH THE 29TH INFANTRY
DIVISION, Germany PFC
Charles R. Gain, son of Mrs. L.
E. Kernan, Sprague River, has
won an Oak Leaf cluster to his
Bronze Star for heroic achieve
ment. Pvt. Gain is an aid-man
for second battalion headquar
ters of the 175th infantry.
The text of the citation reads:
"On February 23. 1945. prior
to the crossing "of the Roer riv
er, the machine guns of the
heavy weapons company were
subjected to heavy mortar fire.
One of the guns was knocked
out and two men were injured.
PFC Gain, regardless of his own
safety, and while the shells were
falling, treated and evacuated
to safety one man who was seri
ously wounded."
GAIN WINS CLUSTER
PFC Charles R. Gain, serving
with a medical detachment, U. , itorious achieve-
3. tVl ..... , m VJVl uwilt , Kill uic
Oak Leaf clus-
t er to the
SARGANT ASSIGNED
Pvt. Henry O. Sargant, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. Sargant, 5011
Harlan drive, is assigned in
charge of the paint shop at the
ordnance garage at John H.
Payne field in Cairo. Egypt in
the North African division of
the air transport command.
Payne field, hub of all traffic
of the North African division
to the Far East, is one of the
busiest fields in this theater,
transporting high priority cargo
and passengers to the war fronts
of the world.
Pvt. Sargant, prior to entering
the service in 1942, was em
ployed by the Mcttler brothers
company. His wife, Mrs. Alice
Sargant, lives with his parents.
R UTTER CITED
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE
BOMBER STATION, England
Sgt. Lester L. Rutter, 21, gun
ner from Klam
ath Falls, has
recently been
awarded the Air
Medal for "mer-
f 0 ,
Bronze Star
medal for hero
ic action in mil
itary operations
against the ene
my in Germany
on February 23,
1945. Gain, aid
man, distin
guished himself
in combat dur
ing the assault across and be
yond the Roer. Under heavy
artillery fire, he left his posi
tion of comparative safety to
reach a wounded soldier. Gain
administered first aid and evac
uated him to the rear, "display
ing exceptional courage and de
votion to duty that reflects
gieat credit upon himself and
the military service."
CHUTCHFIELD WRITES
MSgt Howard Crutchfield
writing to his father, H. H.
Crutchfield, 729 N. 11th. said,
'1 took a trip over Germany
last week and saw the places
that we have bombed, the place
is really torn up.
"We started from England and
flew over Brussels and Liege,
Belgium, then went on to Essen,
Frankfurt. Kassel. Hannover.
Aachen, Munster, Misburg,
.Brunswick and Wiesbaden in
Germany, then Luxembourg and
Trier and then went on to Rheims
and Pans.
"It took nine hours and a half
to make the trip but we came
back over London for a few min
utes then back to the base. We
flew so low over some of the
towns I could read some of the
signs.
We circled Pan thrpo or
four times and flew around the
ment" while
participating in
8th air force at
tacks on vital
industrial t a r
gets and enemy
held installa
tions in Germany. The official
citation accompanying the
award commented on the "cour
age, coolness and skill displayed
by Sgt. Rutter on all occasions,"
as reflecting "great credit upon
himself and the armed forces of
the United States." The pre
sentation was made by his
group commander, Lieut Col.
Louis G. Thorup of Salt Lake
City, Utah.
As a member of the 447th
bomb group, a unit of the third
air division, the division which
has been cited by the president
for the now historic England
Africa shuttle mission bombing
of Messerschmitt factories at
Regensburg. Germany, Sgt. Rut
ter flew combat missions in
what is considered to be the
toughest theater of aerial war
fare. The son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Rutter of 2007 Etna, Klamath
Falls. Rutter, before entering
the army air forces in Febru
ary, 1943, was employed by the
Bablen Brothers Construction
comoanv at Redmond. He re
ceived his gunner's wings in I
Rpntpmhpr 1044. at T.as Veffas I
Nev.
MISFELDT PROMOTED
W. C. Misfeldt has been pro
moted to the rank of first lieu
tenant, according to word re
ceived here by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Misfeldt, 3332
Boardman. Lt. Misfeldt has
served with the 315th troop
carrier group and has been en
gaged in dropping paratroops
and carrying supplies as well
as living Dacx the wounded.
He was stationed in France,
and later returned to England
where he had been since May,
1944. He received the Presiden
tial Unit Citation, the Air
Medal and the Purple Heart
since going overseas.
Latest word received in May
said he Is in Trinidad.
SINCLAIR AWARDED
1st Lt. Stanley R. Sinclair,
whose wife is the former Wini
fred Grady of Yakima, Wash-
now residing at 1105 Pacific
Terrace, Klamath Falls, was re
cently awarded five Oak-Leak
clusters to his Air Medal by
Maj. Gen. John K. Cannon, com
manding general of the 12th air
force, In a formal ceremony
held at his base in Italy. He is
the son of Mrs. Bessie Sinclair of
Selah, Wash.
Lt. Sinclair is a pilot of the
veteran 60th troop carrier group,
which staged the first allied air
borne invasion in the war at
Oran, Algeria, In 1942. These
awards and the Distinguished
Flying Cross, which has pre
viously been awarded him, were
presented in recognition of his
outstanding work in delivering
war supplies to allied partisan
forces behind enemy lines in
the Balkans. He has completed
75 such night combat flights In
transport type aircraft. The ma
jority of these missions have
been landings on short and
rough improvised fields in moun
tainous sections held by friendly
forces. On return from these
landing missions he has evacu
ated wounded guerrilla fighters
and other allied airmen who had
been forced down behind the
lines. His was also one of the
planes which dn'PPed Hritish
paratroops near Athens in Oc
tober, 1914, to drive the Ger
mans from Greece. During his
-Mr of overseas duty he ha:
been authoriicd to wear three
battle stars on htf theater rib
bon, covering t h e southern
France, northern Italy and Bal
kan air combat campaigns.
MITCHELL AT IWO JIMA
Gene Mitchell. EM 2 c. USNR.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wal-
drio of Tulelake. Calif., has
added a star to his Asiatic
Pacific ribbon for participating
in the bombardment ana in
vasion of Iwo Jtmn aboard a
heavy cruiser.
The new star symbolizes the
gruelling week when this war
ship hurled hundreds of tons of
shells against the enemy stronghold.
FREEMAN KILLS NIPS
PFC Clarence T. Freeman of
Grants Pass. Ore., whose wife
and son, Howard, live at 520 N.
12th in Klamath Falls, is cred
ited with killing at least five
Nips who had been
to American supply
munition trains in the Caraballo
mountains of northern Luzon.
Japs, in cavern-like foxholes,
had survived intense Yank gren
ade and rifle fire. They remain
ed low and allowed fast-moving
line companies to advance, then
began sniping at American car
rier trains, causing many cas
ualties and disrupting supply
lines. Freeman and a comrade.
trained in the operation of
flame-thrower, were called up
on to destroy the enemy por
tions. The Oregonian and his buddy
were given protection by rifle
men, who poured a hail of lend
into the Jnp caves, forcing the
enemy to stay low as the men
crawled forward. Suddenly, the
first cave became a mass of
flame. The flame-throwing team
inched their way towards the
second cave.
Freeman peered Into the hole
and observed that it was sub
divided into a scries o( small
"rooms." Realizing that it would
be Impossible to reach all parts
of the cave with Iris flame
thrower. Freeman decided to
blast the position with dynamite.
He parsed the word back, and
several blocks of TNT were
brought up.
His plan complete. Freemnn
put his flame-thrower Into ac
tion, and his comrado prepared
to toss the dynamite Into the
cave. A terrific explosion shook
the ground as tons of dirt and
rock came rolling down the MH.
burying the Jap Inmates U
Kstlmato revealed that at least
five Japs were killed during me
..Iu.r.ii.Mi More Important, vl-
...i rii., inii were able to
continue bringing supplies and
ammunition to front line troops.
In the service sluco Septem
ber of 143, Freeman is a vet
eran of three major campaign,
and holds the Combat lnfranlry
man Badge, as well as the Asiatic-Pacific
campaign ribbon. Ills
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W.
Freeman live in urm i
CONGRATULATED
Among the 185,000 men and
women of the 8lh air force con
gratulated by Lt, Gen. James H.
Uoolittle, who assumed com
mand of the 8th In January.
Ism. were several people from
Klamath Falls.
"I wish to extend my personal
congratulations and my heart
felt appreciation to every one of
you for the magnificent Job you
have done," Gen. Doolitlle said
in a message to all personnel.
Among personnel of the 8th
from Klamath Falls were 1st. Lt.
Glenn D. Llndley; TS Bernard
P. Motschenbacher, 72 walnut;
SSgt. Charles F. Rawlins, 121
s 2nd: S Stl. Onirics 11. Rogers.
menace U625 vird: SSgt. Richard N.
aim urn- Him-ard: S Siit. W lard U. Shu-
felt. 617 N. 0th: Sgt. Warner 11.
Fett. 1327 Sargent; Sgt. llolger
F. Nelson; Sgt. Curl It. Smoot,
mB Wantland; Cpt. Koniild U.
Brooks, 504 S. 5th; Cpl. Robert
11. Krederickson. 2024 Reclama
tion; Cpl. William N. Dnhlstrom,
20HI Kberlrlu, and PFC Klin V,
McCourry, route 2, box 693.
NOUD DECORATED
T5 John E. Noud, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Barney Noud of Klam
ath Falls, was recently decorated
with the Silver Star for gallan
try in action in Ccbu In tho
Philippines.
Noud was a member of a re
covery squad assigned the mis
sion of recovering two tanks dis
abled by enemy lund mines In
the vicinity of a certain hill. As
a result of Japanese mortar and
machinegun fire, tho squad was
ordered to leave their positions
on the hill until the area could
be neutralized. While withdraw,
ing, they heard a call for help
from two Infantrymen who lny
wounded on top of the hill.
Noud, with two other enlisted
men and nn officer, returned to
the summit and, while still under
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hi-ivv onemv fire. Hmli,i.i ,
first aid to the wounded men
ana turn i-nuim mem to safety
Receiving his education In
Klamath Falls, Noud entered the
t.rvlm Mt Portlmwl in
ary of 1B43, He has been active
m urunmn-o worn in wio ll:iwal
ian Islands, and In the Philip
pine campaign since its Inception
nisi unuwr, jus who, UoruUiy
lives in l'oiilund.
SMITH PROMOTED
Bernard M. Smith, 10, son of
Mr. and Mrs. U. M, Smith of
Alturas, Calif., has advanced to
fireman first clnsa, USNR.
Smith was aboard a U s
escort carrier In tho Pacific the!
aler of war when sho battled a
raging typhoon off (he Philip,
plno Island last December. Th
storm claimed three U. K
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