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GUISINQER BETS MEDAL
TUL-EL-AKE In n luller re
conlly ruculvcd by Mrs. II, O.
Tlioiupsmi of Tuluhiko from liur
brother, 8Sgt, Oru Gulslngur
(if Klitnmtli I'iiIIh, she won In
funned Unit ho hail boon award
I'd tho llron.u Htur luudul for
inorllorlus service on April 21
In Urn vicinity of Wolltliigcr,
Gurimiiiy.
Ordered on patrol behind en
emy lines near Wollllngoii, mem
bers of thin patrol , liicliidlnK
Gulslnger and five other men,
on lured the
town on their
own Initiative,
despite the .fact .
thiil they were -.
under ubsorvu-.
Hon, and uncer- '
tallied o n e m y
troop dlsposl
Hon and Instiil-K,
hillonii, Thoy
succeeded In clearing mi vera I
houses, burning enemy vehicles
and equipment, and capturing
two enemy off loom and one en
listed man, (Jut off by enemy
forces on their return, the patrol
fought through heavy muchlno
Kim fire, and returned to their
own linen with two members of
the patrol listed an missing In
netlon, Thcso two members
have since been returned to mili
tary control.
Sgt. Gulslnger Is the on of
Mr. and Mm. O. O. Gulslnger of
2(154 Applcgnte In Kliimnth
Falls,
AWARDED CLUSTER
For heroic achievement In ne
tlon on April 2:i, near Ostiglia,
Italy, Pvt. Jack D. Tavcnner
Iiiim fmf,tli4 11,.
ni,w i.. frnvrn
ter. the Bronzo
Star and cltn-l'-: "J
Hon from MnJ. L
ucn. row w.
Kendall, A com
bat force of 13
men and three
officers all
v o 1 u nteers
was ordered to
cross the Po
river and seize
the railroad bridge. Pvt. Taven
ncr, member of this patrol,
ran, crawled, and climbed for
000 yards across tha bridge, ex
posed to enemy lire. Ho reach
ed tho far bank of the river and
fought for threo hours against
entrenched German paratroop
ers. Tho patrol carried the at
tack forward and enabled addi
tional forces to cross tho river.
Tavenncr Is tho son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. K. Tavenncr of
703 N. Ninth. He enlisted In
February, 1044. This Is the sec
ond citation ho has been award
ed. ...
ROPER LANDS
WITH SIXTH ARMY ON LU
ZON When PFC Jack R.
Hoprr, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Roper. Klomath Falls, Ore.,
went ashoro at Lognspt with tho
1270 combat engineer battalion,
It marked his second D-Day land
ing In less than four months. He
was with tho Initial ansa 11 It wave
at Llngaycn gulf and ono of the
first men to enter Manila.
When Manila was secured, the
engineers were assigned to the
1,18th regimental combat team
which was moving south In pur
suit of remnants of the Japanese
army. Their landing at Legaspi
on April 1 won ono of tho best
ports In southern Luzon.
Roper entered tho army short
ly after ho graduated from
KUHS whero ho was acllvo in
Jtiornallsm and debating socie
ties. Ho has been in the nrmy
three years and overseas 18
months.
CONNER ON MIDWAY
MIDWAY ISLANDS Since
the battle of Midway, these Is
lands In the Pacific have been
transformed Into one of the most
impregnable bastions assisting
tho fleet in Its air and sea war
against the Japanese. Ono of
tho men stationed here Is Har
vey G. Conner, MM 3c, USNR,
of Hanford, Calif.
Conner entered the navy In
March, 1044, and has been over
seas for 12 months. His wife,
Lucille, resides at 313 Martin
here, and his parents, Mr, and
Mrs. Harvey O. Conner, make
their home at Pnlslcy.
r Before entering the naval
service, 'Conner was a machinist
employed by the McFar Machine
shop, Hanford. ,
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' FIFTH AIIl FORCE, Philip
pines Joseph M. Prltehurd,
A-20 pilot with 312th bombard
mont group of Bth air force In
the Philippines, has been pro
moted 10 t irsi Lieutenant. His
wife, Mrs. Frances Prltchard and
datiuhtcrs, Karen and Kay, live
in Fresno, Calif. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joo F. Prltchard,
02S California, Klamath Falls.
Overseas 12 months and
credited with 42 combat mis
sions, Lt. Prltchard Is a grad
uate of Klamath Union high
school and attended Sacramento
junior collego before enlisting
In tho air forco in August, 1040.
Ho received his wings and com
mission in August, 1043. -
CASSIDY HETURNS
SSgt. Dunne Cassldy, who
has been a prisoner of .war for
eight months in Germany, has
returned to the States and Is
now enjoying a 00-day furlough
hero and In Bly.
Sgt. Cassldy has been in the
service for threo and a half
years and was stationed in Eng
land for a year beforo being
taken a prisoner of the Germans.
He has completed 10 missions
with tha 8th air forco on a B-17.
His mother is Mrs. Florence
Cassldy of Gooding, Ida. Since
his return to the States, he was
married to the former Martha
Givan of Bly.
SCHARFENSTEIN TRAINS
For the first tjmo In tho his
tory of tho United States coast
guard, regular cadets from the
coast guard academy in New
London, Conn., will train on the
Great Lukes this summer.
Among those training will be
Cadet Stuart T. Scharfcnstcln,
formerly of Klamath Falls.
' Two crouns of aDnroxImatelv
110 cadets, equally, divided be
tween ursi ana tnird classmen,
will make 18-day cruises aboard
the new coast guard cutter
Mackinaw.
Cadet Scharfcnstcln now Is
aboard the Mackinaw. Ho will
complete his first cruise July 27,
and begin his second, August 21,
ending bcpicmocr a.
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Lt. (Jg) Isabel Ferguson,
Wave, USNR, reported to nuval
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air station, Klamath Fulls, Juno
28, for duty in the ground train
ing department as instructor of
aerial navigation,
Lt. Ferguson, who entered
tho waves In December, 1043. as
an ensign, was one of the first
80 Waves' to receive wings and
designated as a naval air ob
server, (navigation).
SI10 was a student at the
naval air navigation school,
Hollywood, Fla. and at tho
Link Coleatl.il navigational
trainer school, Quonset Point,
R. I. She taught aerial naviga
tion to cadets at Cabaniss field,
Corpus Chrlsti, .Tex. and at
naval air station, Lakchurst, N.
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WALKER AAF. VICTORIA,
Kos. Cpl. William L. St. John,
former resident of Klamath
Falls, will soon complete train
ing as a crew member of a B-20
Superfortress at this second air
force training station, and will
then bo reody to move with IiIb
organization overseas to contin
ue the war against Japan.
Cpl. St. John is the son of Mr.
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Fulls. Mo Is a graduate of
KUHS. Prior to entering the
service, ho was employed as lo
comotive fireman. Cpl. St. John
Is a radio operator.
JOHNS IN PHILIPPINES
Pvt. Richard L. Johns, a
Klumuth Indian from Chllouuln,
is now in a hospital In the Phil
ippines with miliaria, but wants
his family und many friends to
know thut he Is all right, accord
ing to a letter received from
him. .
Ho Joined the army In 1044
and Is now with the 31st Infan
try division in tho Philippines.
Ho attended Chlloquln high
school and participated in all
snorts, und wus a member of the
first squud on tho basketball
team.
PATTERSON AT MIDWAY
MIDWAY ISLANDS Though
only dots on the Pacific map.
theso strategically located is
lands have been developed Into
ono of the important - Island
buses being used by tho Pacific
fleet In carrying the war to the
jupuncso Homeland, une of the
men stationed here Is Harold L.
Patterson. F 1c. of Malln.
Patterson entered tho navy In
Fcbruury, 1044, und hns been
overseas for 10 months. His
wife, Mrs. Sadio Patterson, re
sides at RFD 1. Malin.
Prior to joining the navy, Pat
terson wus a farmer, .
MYERS AT PEARL HARBOR
PEARL HARBOR, T. H As
sisting in the important work of
caring for navy men's teeth is
r.ugcne A urea Myers, ph. m.
2c, USNR, of Klamath Falls,
Ore. Myers enlisted in the navy
in May, 1042. and has been
overseas for three months. His
wife, Mildred Myers, resides at
Bremerton, Wash. His parents
arc also residents 01 Bremerton.
Before entering the naval
service, he was employed by tho
Klamath Falls dental clinic.
HOME TOGETHER
Together for itho first time
since December 8, 1941, the
three sons of Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Zupan, 420 Commercial street,
were reunited at their, home
June 11. They are left to right.
Sgt. Thomas T. Zupan, army air
corps; y 3c peter u. zupan,
U. S. navy: MS 1c Michael J.
Zupan, U. S. navy. All have
oeen overseas. Thomas was in
New Guinea and Australia for
-4 years. Michael served on an
aircraft carrier in most of the
major battles in the South Pa
cific for 24 years, while Peter
served on a -transport at Iwo
Jima for eight months.
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PROMOTED
FORT RILEY, Kaa. . Pvt:
Claud L. Pearson, motor pool
detachment of the "cavalry
school, Fort Wiley, Kas son of
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, route 1,
box 1037, Klamath Falls, Ore.,
has been promoted to the rank
of technician grade S.
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SEATTLE, July 13 VP)
Climbing "like a homesick an
gel" In the words of the co
pilota B-17 Flying Fortress
rose 43,400 ' feet Into the sky
Wednesday and the Boeing Air
craft company claimed today the
mark was a new altitude record
for planes in the United States.
Another tvDe of Diane reach
ed 66.046 feet over Italy in 1038
but Boeing said the flight of
"The Shadow" this week was a
world record for four-engined
aircraft.
The plane got Its name be
cause half of its fuselage was
painted black for test purposes.
A number of tests, most of them
of a secret nature, were made
on the flight.
The plane was above 40,000
feet for two hours. 21 minutes,
and Co-Pilot Scott Osier, who
coined the "homesick angel
phrase, said the view from that
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Filday, July 13. 1943
altitude was "like three-dimensional
weather map,"
"We could almost forecast
weather by eye up there," he
said, telling of watching fog
roll in toward land from the Pa
cific. GOVERNOR RETURNS
SALEM, July 13 (P) Gover
nor and Mrs. Earl Snell returned
to Salem today after having at
tended tho National Governors
conference at Mackinac Island,
Mich.
KEGO ON HANCOCK
Thomas C. Kcgg, WT 3c,
USN, of Weed, Calif., shares the
Hancock's unequalled one-day
record of 71 enemy aircraft shot
down, 19 probably downed, eight
destroyed and 12 damaged on
the ground, during a raid over
the Tokyo area on February .15,
1945.
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