anaheim-gazette 1944-10-19

OUR BOYS WITH THE COLORS and THEIR SISTERS IN THE COUNTRY'S SERVICE (NOTE: If you have a son in any branch of the armed forces, or a daughter in any of the women's army services, The Anaheim Gazette would like to have news notes about them. If they are home on leave, if they write of interesting incidents of army life, or if they should be taken prisoner of war, etc, etc; please call The Gazette, phone 2206, and give an item for this column. Their friends will appreciate it too. Clip this column and enclose it with your letter when you write them.) Prominent Anaheim Girl Enlists In U. S. Navy Waves Joan Patricia Webb of 539 W. Broadway, Anaheim, has enlisted in the United States Navy WAVES, it was announced today by the Office of Rear Admiral I. C. Johnson in Los An- S/Sgt Bruce Cook Recuperating In English Hospital Staff Sergeant Francis Bruce Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook of 869 South Lemon Street, and the husband of Mrs. Bruce Cook of 211 West Chartres Street, Anaheim, has advised his parents that he is recuperating from wounds received in action over Holland during the latter part of September. In his letter to his wife and parents he very graphically describes the fierce fighting his company of paratroopers accomplished and the Gazette herewith publishes parts of that letter: "Just two weeks ago tomorrow, Sept. 13, we put on our fighting equipment and climbed aboard our old faithfuls, the C-47's, for our second jump on Hitler's Europe. . . "It was to be a daylight jump, which is all in Jerries' favor, not only for flak but for his air force and ground units too, but we'd try anything once. . . After about two hours our fighter planes came along-side and that made us feel pretty good. Then we were across the channel, through Belgium and heading into Holland. When we hit enemy territory we stood up and hooked up all ready to go because the flak was getting hot and we already had two holes in one of our wings. Then came the red light which meant we had about four minutes. Everyone checked their equipment and webbing for the last time and got ready to go. Then the green light flashed on and the number three man tripped the automatic release for the bundles on the bottom of the plane. . . Then we were in the air floating down on meet them. . . We half our mines out at the tanks spotted us have some bursts the right over us. One of two pieces through him some more got me legs. . . My trench knicken been on my right leg exactly in half and protruding my leg from being coiled off. . . "They took me to England." On October 4, Sgt. another letter to his stating: "I've been walking crutches the past two My left leg is healing they're going to have some skin over the right one. Doc says I be in here from two months guess the war is over f" TO RECEIVE GAZETTE AT OVERSEAS POST S/Sgt. Boyd D. Lak receive the Gazette for several months, his s Leon Biosseranc of Canyon, ordering the to him so that he might "hometown" news. His S/Sgt. Boyd D. Lakes 39700110, Section 2, B APO 635, c/o Postmaster RETURNS FROM FORCE Bill Salzman, seams spending a leave with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. S Buena Park. He has returned from active duty southwest Pacific, where attached to a special and had been overseas teen months. LT. GUY LANDRUM HOME FROM OVERSEAS Lt. Guy Landrum, Force bombardier, returned to his home Joan Patricia Webb geles. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Phillip Webb of Anaheim. She attended Anaheim Union high school in Anaheim and before enlisting in the WAVES she did office work. She will soon leave to begin her Navy indoctrination training at the U. S. Naval Training School (WR), New York City, which was formerly the beautiful Hunter College. After the completion of Navy Training, she will be assigned to duty in a large Naval shore station. At high school Miss Webb participated in dramatics and sports. She attended Occidental and U.S.C. Her father is past commander of the American Legion and past president of the Kiwanis club. Her mother is a leader in the Ebell club. She has a cousin and brother-in-law in the Navy. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr., and Mrs. Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son, Martin J. Gregor, F.C.1/c, who has been in active service and unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he and his ship had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion of the Marianas and of Gen. Mitscher's Task Force part in the invasion. Hit enemy territory we stood up and hooked up all ready to go because the flak was getting hot and we already had two holes in one of our wings. Then came the red light which meant we had about four minutes. Everyone checked their equipment and webbing for the last time and got ready to go. Then the green light flashed on and the number three man tripped the automatic release for the bundles on the bottom of the plane. . . . Then we were in the air, floating down on enemy soil. We hit the ground . . . everything was unbelievably quiet. North of us we could see the British bailing out. South of us were more Yanks, but not a Jerry to be seen. We assembled and moved off to take the bridges and road-nets, which we did in record time, killing a few Germans and taking some prisoners. . . . We were dug in near one of the bridges when we heard a truck coming toward us, going fast. Everyone held their fire until it was right in our midst. It was a large bus with a red cross painted on it and a flag tied on top. One man jumped out and hollered for them to stop and they nearly ran over him. Everyone let go at once and said bus ended up against a tree, almost cut in half by machine guns plus a couple of bazooka rounds. . . . The driver was very dead, as were all but four of those lying on the floor. . . “This town was fairly large. . . We entered and took it without firing more than fifty shots. “Six men and myself were on one of the main roads leading into town, so we got lots of bags full of grain and made a good fort out of them. The Dutch were going crazy with joy; bringing us dozens of apples, pears, all the milk we wanted and even bringing us sandwiches and coffee to our positions in front of their house. “That night the Germans came in droves. We let them get almost to us and then everyone let go at once. . . They backed up and waited until the next morning so they could see us. . . The next morning they hit the town from three different directions but left our positions strictly alone. . . The Dutch people were scared to death. . . The Germans would kill them all. “There were large concentrations of Germans and tanks in a little town about five miles west of us, so I went with three other demolition men plus a ten man patrol over near there and blew up the bridge before they could hit enemy territory we stood up and hooked up all ready to go because the flak was getting hot and we already had two holes in one of our wings. Then came the red light which meant we had about four minutes. Everyone checked their equipment and webbing for the last time and got ready to go. Then the green light flashed on and the number three man tripped the automatic release for the bundles on the bottom of the plane. . . . Then we were in the air, floating down on enemy soil. We hit the ground . . . everything was unbelievably quiet. North of us we could see the British bailing out. South of us were more Yanks, but not a Jerry to be seen. We assembled and moved off to take the bridges and road-nets, which we did in record time, killing a few Germans and taking some prisoners. . . . We were dug in near one of the bridges when we heard a truck coming toward us, going fast. Everyone held their fire until it was right in our midst. It was a large bus with a red cross painted on it and a flag tied on top. One man jumped out and hollered for them to stop and they nearly ran over him. Everyone let go at once and said bus ended up against a tree, almost cut in half by machine guns plus a couple of bazooka rounds. . . . The driver was very dead, as were all but four of those lying on the floor. . . “This town was fairly large. . . We entered and took it without firing more than fifty shots. “Six men and myself were on one of the main roads leading into town, so we got lots of bags full of grain and made a good fort out of them. The Dutch were going crazy with joy; bringing us dozens of apples, pears, all the milk we wanted and even bringing us sandwiches and coffee to our positions in front of their house. “That night the Germans came in droves. We let them get almost to us and then everyone let go at once. They backed up and waited until the next morning so they could see us. . . The next morning they hit the town from three different directions but left our positions strictly alone. . . The Dutch people were scared to death. . . The Germans would kill them all. “There were large concentrations of Germans and tanks in a little town about five miles west of us, so I went with three other demolition men plus a ten man patrol over near there and blew up the bridge before they could hit enemy territory we stood up and hooked up all ready to go because the flak was getting hot and we already had two holes in one of our wings. Then came the red light which meant we had about four minutes. Everyone checked their equipment and webbing for the last time and got ready to go. Then the green light flashed on and the number three man tripped the automatic release for the bundles on the bottom of the plane. . . . Then we were in the air, floating down on enemy soil. We hit the ground . . . everything was unbelievably quiet. North of us we could see the British bailing out. South of us were more Yanks, but not a Jerry to be seen. We assembled and moved off to take the bridges and road-nets, which we did in record time, killing a few Germans and taking some prisoners. . . . We were dug in near one of the bridges when we heard a truck coming toward us, going fast. Everyone held their fire until it was right in our midst. It was a large bus with a red cross painted on it and a flag tied on top. One man jumped out and hollered for them to stop and they nearly ran over him. Everyone let go at once and said bus ended up against a tree, almost cut in half by machine guns plus a couple of bazooka rounds. . . . The driver was very dead, as were all but four of those lying on the floor. . . “This town was fairly large. . . We entered and took it without firing more than fifty shots. “Six men and myself were on one of the main roads leading into town, so we got lots of bags full of grain and made a good fort out of them. The Dutch were going crazy with joy; bringing us dozens of apples, pears, all the milk we wanted and even bringing us sandwiches and coffee to our positions in front of their house. “That night the Germans came in droves. We let them get almost to us and then everyone let go at once. They backed up and waited until the next morning so they could see us. . . The next morning they hit the town from three different directions but left our positions strictly alone. . . The Dutch people were scared to death. . . The Germans would kill them all. “There were large concentrations of Germans and tanks in a little town about five miles west of us, so I went with three other demolition men plus a ten man patrol over near there and blew up the bridge before they could hit enemy territory we stood up and hooked up all ready to go because the flak was getting hot and we already had two holes in one of our wings. Then came the red light which meant we had about four minutes. Everyone checked their equipment and webbing for the last time and got ready to go. Then the green light flashed on and the number three man tripped the automatic release for the bundles on the bottom of the plane. . .. Then we were in the air, floating down on enemy soil. We hit the ground . .. Everything was unbelievably quiet. North of us we could see the British bailing out. South of us were more Yanks, but not a Jerry to be seen. We assembled and moved off to take the bridges and road-nets, which we did in record time, killing a few Germans and taking some prisoners. .. We were dug in near one of the bridges when we heard a truck coming toward us, going fast. Everyone held their fire until it was right in our midst. It was a large bus with a red cross painted on it and a flag tied on top. One man jumped out and hollered for them to stop and they nearly ran over him. Everyone let go at once and said bus ended up against a tree, almost cut in half by machine guns plus a couple of bazooka rounds. .. The driver was very dead, as were all but four of those lying on the floor... “This town was fairly large. .. We entered and took it without firing more than fifty shots. “Six men and myself were on one of the main roads leading into town, so we got lots of bags full of grain and made a good fort out of them. The Dutch were going crazy with joy; bringing us dozens of apples, pears, all the milk we wanted and even bringing us sandwiches和coffee to our positions in front of their house. “That night the Germans came in droves. We let them get almost to us and then everyone let go at once. They backed up and waited until the next morning so they could see us.. The next morning they hit the town from three different directions but left our positions strictly alone.. The Dutch people were scared to death.. The Germans would kill them all. “There were large concentrations of Germans和tanks in a little town about five miles west of us, so I went with three other demolition men plus a ten man patrol over near there和blew up the bridge before they could hit enemy territory we stood up和hooked up all ready to go because the flak was getting hot和we already had two holes in one of our wings.. Then came the red light which meant we had about four minutes.Everyone checked their equipment和webbing for the last timeand got ready to go.The green light flashed onandthe number three man trippedthe automatic releaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewereintheair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflashedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewereintheair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflashedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewereintheair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflashedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewereintheair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflashedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewereintheair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflashedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewereintheair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflashedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewereintheair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflushedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewereintheair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflushedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewereintheair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflushedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewerein.theair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.Thegreenlightflushedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforthe bundlesonthebottomoftheplane...Thenwewerein.theair,floatingdownontheenemysoilandwealreadyhadtwoholesinoneofourwindows!Wecouldseethenthimeandgotreadytogo.ThegreenlightflushedonandthenumberthreemantrippedtheautomaticreleaseforThe bundlesonThe bottom Of The Navy Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son, Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service and unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he and his ship had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion of the Marianas and of Gen.Mitscher's Task Force part in the invasion. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son, Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service and unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion of the Marianas和of Gen.Mitscher's Task Force part in the invasion. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son, Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion of the Marianas和of Gen.Mitscher's Task Force part in the invasion. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son, Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion of the Marianas和of Gen.Mitcher's Task Force part in the invasion. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son, Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion of the Marianas和of Gen.Mitcher's Task Force part in the invasion. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son, Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion of the Marianas和of Gen.Mitcher's Task Force part in the invasion. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son, Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion of Marianas和of Gen.Mitcher's Task Force part in the invasion. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son, Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion Marianas和of Gen.Mitcher's Task Force part in the invasion. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months, Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor of 524 West Chestnut Street, received a letter from their son，Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged but asked his folks to get the July 17 issue of Life magazine which contained a story of the invasion Marianas和of Gen.Mitcher's Task Force part in the invasion. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months，Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor OF 524 West Chestnut Street，received A letter from their son，Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged但 asked his folks to get THE July 17 issue OF LIFE magazine which contained A story OF THE INVASION OF THE MARIANAS AND OF GEN.MITCHER'S TASK FORCE part IN THE INVASION. Receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months，Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor OF 524 West Chestnut Street，received A letter from their son，Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged但 asked his folks TO GET THE July 17 issue OF LIFE magazine which contained A story OF THE INVASION OF THE MARIANAS AND OF GEN.MITCHER'S TASK FORCE part IN THE INVASION. Re receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months，Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor OF 524 West Chestnut Street，received A letter from their son，Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged但 asked his folks TO GET THE July 17 issue OF LIFE magazine which contained A story OF THE INVASION OF THE MARIANAS AND OF GEN.MITCHER'S TASK FORCE part IN THE INVASION. Re receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months，Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor OF 524 West Chestnut Street，received A letter from their son，Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged但 asked his folks TO GET THE July 17 issue OF LIFE magazine which contained A story OF THE INVASION OF THE MARIANAS AND OF GEN.MITCHER'S TASK FORCE part IN THE INVASION. Re receive Letter After Long Wait After an interval of three and a half months，Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor OF 524 West Chestnut Street，received A letter from their son，Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged但 asked his folks TO GET THE July 17 issue OF LIFE magazine which contained A story OF THE INVASION OF THE MARIANAS AND OF GEN.MITCHER'S TASK FORCE part IN THE INVASION. Re receive Letter After Long Wait After an intervalOf three And five months，Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor OF 524 West Chestnut Street，received A letter from their son，Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. He couldn't tell much about the actions in which he和his船 had engaged但 asked his folks TO GET THE July 17 issue OF LIFE magazine which contained A story OF THE INVASION OF THE MARIANAS AND OF GEN.MITCHER'S TASK FORCE part IN THE INVASION. Re receive Letter After Long Wait After an intervalOf three And five months，Mr.,and Mrs.Frank Gregor OF 524 West Chestnut Street，received A letter from their son，Martin J.Gregor,F.C.I.c/, who has been in active service和unable to write. 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Arnold "Blondie" Lund of the Naval Ferry Squadron, arrived here on Friday of last week and will take a much needed rest before going back into the paint business with his father, Lars Lund of Lund and Sons Company. He has been placed on the inactive list. "Blondie" graduated from the Naval school at Pensacola, Fla., later going to Dallas, Texas, from where he was sent to Floyd Bennett Field, New York. It was from the latter post that he was released from active duty. He has been in service for three years, flying for the Army for one and one-half years and the Navy the same length of time. He is a graduate of the local schools and the Citrus Junior college at Glendora, Calif. He was associated in the local business before entering service. He and his wife will continue to make their home in Anaheim. "The next morning they hit the town from three different directions but left our positions strictly alone." The Dutch people were scared to death. The Germans would kill them all. "There were large concentrations of Germans and tanks in a little town about five miles west of us, so I went with three other demolition men plus a ten man patrol over near there and blew up the bridge before they could cross it. We had to crawl some distance and place the explosives in a hurry because they were on their way. We had blown it sky-high and had been on our way back about fifteen minutes when the first scout car of the Jerry column reached the bridge, or where it had been, and from the looks of the tiger tanks right behind it, we were glad the bridge wasn't there." "We started for another town about six miles from there held by the Germans. It was a neat taffy pull, that place. We had a few Shermans but they had more tigers and those babies are strictly mass murder. Then they hauled up their heavy artillery and things really got interesting. "We had been fighting back and forth for this little town for three days and nights and both sides were taking a bad beating. We were killing a lot more of them than they were us, but we weren't very big to begin with and they were slowly whittling us down. Those guys opposite were fanatics. Our boys were dead tired but still fighting like mad men." "Sunday afternoon the report came in that the Jerry tanks were coming in along a new road so three of us picked up some anti-tank mines and started down to meet them. . . We had about half our mines out and set when the tanks spotted us and let us have some bursts that exploded right over us. One of the guys got two pieces through his chest and some more got me through the legs. . . My trench knife that had been on my right leg had been cut exactly in half and probably saved my leg from being completely cut off. . . "They took me to a hospital in England." On October 4, Sgt. Cook wrote another letter to his folks here stating: "I've been walking around on crutches the past two days. . . My left leg is healing good but they're going to have to graft some skin over the hole in the right one. Doc says I'll probably be in here from two months on, so guess the war is over for me. . ." TO RECEIVE GAZETTE AT OVERSEAS POST S/Sgt. Boyd D. Lakeman is to receive the Gazette for the next several months, his sister, Mrs. Leon Biosseranc of Santa Ana Canyon, ordering the paper sent to him so that he might get the "hometown" news. His address is: S/Sgt. Boyd D. Lakeman, ASN 39700110, Section 2, BAD No. 1, APO 635, c/o Postmaster, N.Y. RETURNS FROM FOREIGN SOIL Bill Salzman, seaman 1/c is spending a leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Salzman in Buena Park. He has recently returned from active duty in the southwest Pacific, where he was attached to a special battalion and had been overseas for nineteen months. LT. GUY LANDRUM IS HOME FROM OVERSEAS Lt. Guy Landrum, Army Air Force bombardier, has recently returned to his home in Buena LT. GUY LANDRUM IS HOME FROM OVERSEAS Lt. Guy Landrum, Army Air Force bombardier, has recently returned to his home in Buena Park for a visit before going to Santa Monica to enter a rest camp before being reassigned to further duty. He spent several months in the southwest Pacific where he took part in many missions. GRADUATES FROM ANTI-TANK SCHOOL Pvt. Ronald H. Robb, son of Loren T. Robb of West Chestnut street, has recently been graduated from the anti-tank school at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. This is a Marine camp. For further duty, he will be assigned to a regimental weapons company. His wife, Betty Robb and three children reside at 828 South Philadelphia street, this city. HOME FOR WEEK END Sgt. Victor Schmelzer was here to spend the week end with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. H. G. Schmelzer, on leave from the Birmingham Army hospital at Van Nuys. Sgt. Schmelzer was returned from the South Pacific several months ago to be treated for injuries sustained in action with the army air forces. ON FURLOUGH FROM SEABEES IN ALASKA After spending the past twenty months in the Seabees and stationed on the mainland in Alaska and on the Aleutians, Chief Petty Officer V. A. Chez is spending a thirty-day leave with his wife at 919 North Olive street. Anaheim Marine Graduates From Anti-Tank School Marine Private Ronald H. Robb, husband of Mrs. Betty Robb, 828 South Philadelphia Street, has been graduated from the Anti-Tank School at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Cal. Private Robb, who joined the Marine Corps last June, will be assigned to a regimental weapons combat company. He is the son of Loren T. Robb, 2104 North Chestnut Street, Anaheim. Anti-Tank School Marine Private Ronald H. Robb, husband of Mrs. Betty Robb, 828 South Philadelphia Street, has been graduated from the AntiTank School at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Cal. Private Robb, who joined the Marine Corps last June, will be assigned to a regimental weapons combat company. He is the son of Loren T. Robb, 2104 North Chestnut Street, Anaheim. Have you called The Gazette to give a news item about the company you had, or the visit you made? Please phone 2206. Handy with tools? This job may be up your alley This is a good job. And a bit unusual in many ways because it's got just a bit more excitement and real he-man's "stuff" to it than most jobs. The work: Helner in Southern Pacific's big R. R. shops or roundhouses ... working with skilled craftsmen on locomotives, rolling stock, other R. R. equipment. You don't need to be experienced—just willing. If you wish, you can learn railroading on the ground floor ... learn a fine craft from men who know their business. You'll be part of a fine outfit ... a company whose biggest job still lies ahead: carrying the war load for the huge Pacific offensive. Regular railroad wages. Fine pension plan. R. R. pass privileges. Medical services. Investigate today. Apply to local S. P. Agent, or S. P. 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