The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-11

Seventeen Ely sailors, air corps men,
and marines and at least five civilians
are definitely known or believed to be
in the Pacific war zone.
In addition there are seven serv-
icemen in Alaska and Is on the West
coast, which may become targets for
japanese raids at any time. An I'M
known number of Ely civilians are on
the West coast, many leaving here
during the summer and fall for de-
Tense employment.
Civilians in Honolulu are Mr.. and
Mrs. George Platten, and three
children, Beatrice, 10 years, Myron,
8, and Betsy, 6.
Mrs. Platten and her children left
here July 10 to join Mr.. Platten who
was employed on a defense project.
Gordon Browne, electrical technician,
is on Midway island, and was employed
on a defense project.
Three Ely young men are at Clark
field, in the Philippines. They are
Sergeant E. E. Folio, Corporal Louis
Tome, and Sergeant James Mondati,
all in the air corps.
Private RENO Tuomala is with the
marines at Cavite, the Philippines.
william Loushin is with the marine
corps in the Philippines, and was at
tached to a battleship marine unit.
In letter received by relatives here
just three days before war broke out,
Sergeant Folio declared that the Philip
pine armed forces were preparing for
something big He declared they were
not even given time off to attend the
movies. Corporal Tome, he said, is a
machine gunner on a bomber. Folio's
letter was four weeks in transit)
In a letter to The Miner published
Oct. %, Folio said that they were
kept on constant alert, and were pre-
pared for any eventuality. His con-
Guiding paragraph is now classic:
Ito everybody, soldiers and civil
ians alike because we are all soldiers
now we say, Keep EN- Flying
In Pearl Harbor, it is believed, when
the attacks began were George Mar
tinetti, and Anthony Markun, both in
the navy.
First Lieut. Teuro A. Ahola was
sent to Hawaii but a short time ago,
where he received his present COM
mission in the army air corps.
Private Joseph Pucel is stationed
with a pursuit squadron at Wheeler
Field, Hawaii.
It is probable that both Private
Stanley Zaverl, whose last address was
San Francisco, care of postmasters
and Private Paul Hanka, Seattle, care
Of postmaster, are among troops sent
to the Pacific or Alaskan bases
Vincent F. Skalar, veteran sailor, is
stationed with the Asiatic fleet on the
U. S. s. j. D. Ford, and may have been
in any one of the trouble zones when
hostilities started.
Wilfred K. Mclaughlin is a sailor
aboard the u. S. S. Saratoga, last
stationed at Long Beach, Calf. If
this ship is not already in the Asiatic
war zone it is undoubtedly on patrol
duty of the West Coast.
Frank Marolt is aboard the u. S.
S. Colorado, last stationed at Long
Beach; aboard the U. S. S. Mime
apolis is c. j. Burck, last stationed at
San Francisco, and James Leroy is
stationed on the U. S. S. Sturgeon,
last reported at San Francisco.
Ensign william NJ Rom was stationed
in Seattle with the naval reserves, and
it is not known what ship he is
assigned to. He is probably somewhere
on the Pacific.
1t is probable that additional local
servicemen were within the war zone
when the attacks began.
On Kodiak Island, are six local men,
They include Frank Lobe, Frank
Kozar. Tony Shober, John Banks,
Theodore w. Johnson, and Albert
Markovich, and at Dutch Harbor,
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