The Coolidge examiner., 1944-04-07

ice February 9, 1943, is now link
trainer instructor at Mariana basic
flying school.
SGT. PHILLIP N. BATES writes
from 'Selfridge Field, Michigan, TO
tell us Row much he appreciates
the Examiner, which he receives
regularly. 1T follows me wherever
I go. although, compared to some
of the fellows, | haven't done much
travelling. | was stationed in Colo
RADIO for 3S months, from there |
went to Savannah, Georgia, for
while. then to North Carolina, and
now here. But none of the other
states are like Arizona, where you
can really enjoy breathing" the
air, see the sun come up in the
mornings. and nowhere have | seen
sunsets that compare to Arizona's.
II NAV get hot there at times, but
I'll take it any OF day compared
to the swamps of Georgia and
North Carolina and the fog of
Michigan" Bates tells us that he
| is the proud father of baby girl
born September 9Th, .1943, and
named Sierra Susan. At present
| his wife and daughter are living in
Color ado, but he hopes to have
| them with his in the near future.
PVT. TROY o. LEWIS writes
from Camp Bowie. Texas, on the
eve of his departure for Camp Dana
Ana, New Mexico, for a short pc
riod of instruction in anita craft
gunnery training, 81 guess my fur.
, Tough is off for while. Vixen
we get back fIOm El Paso we are
scheduled to leave FOR couple of
months of manauTers somewhere.
We think 1t will be Louisiana, out
can't be sure" Lewis is the son
PVT. PAUL ROGERS, serving
with the United States Marine
Corps, has landed safely at an un-
disclosed South Pacific destination,
according to word receied ttis
week by his mother, Mrs. Edith
Rogers. Private Rogers enlisted
in October, 1943, and is serving in
the tank corps.
1T. WAYNE w. WUERTz, who
recently received the Air Medal
and Oak Leaf Cluster for merito-
rious achievement while partici.
pating in aerial flights of a haz
ardous nature, has taken part in
thirty South Pacific strike mis-
sions against the enemy, according
to word received through U. 5
Army press release this week.
STURGEON o'DONNELL, S &c
Bill Pierce and Joe Espinoza are
I still together and all well some
where in the South Pacific, acord
ing to letter received from tht
former this week "Bill and Joe
are in the machine shop and l worl
in the radio shack" he writes
From what we hear we may ge
to come home this year and ar,
hoping it will be in the summer
We SHOULD get about Is to 80 day
leave If they can spare us. 1t will
be our first since we joined il
August, 1912, so we have some
thing to look forward to in the fu
ture. / haven't seen Howard Bran
non since New Years Day. He il
hoping to get home about April
He is about the only one we hav,
seen from Coolidge" O'Donnel
is the son of Mrs. Liza O'DonnelI
! RALPH J. MARTIN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Martin, is now en-
rolled as an aviation cadet in pre-
flight school at Maxwell Field
Alabama, according to word re
ceived from there this week. A
this installation of the army ali
forces training command, cadets
are receiving nine weeks of inten
sive military, physical and acad
emic training.
PVT. JACK E. COOPER las re
Gently been sent oversees, accord
ing to word received this week by
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. c
E. Nichols.
PVT. EDGAR SHOEMAKER
JR., left Tuesday for Fort Bliss
Texas. after spending nine days
furlough with his parents, Mr.. and