The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-31


ter their landing. He received so
many letters that he stayed up
nearly all one night reading them,
finally dropped to sleep, and had to
finish them the next morning-"but
gosh, it sure was good to get them"
He asks to be remembered to all
his friends.
PFC. VIC DOSSEY, former cow
bov and rodeo rider, serving over
seas with the United States marine
corps, writes his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. L. Dossey. that he'll get
that COW outfit he wanted yet. He
has been driving a jeep for tie
army, but has recently been trans
ferred to another battalion where
his duties are different. "On the
Marshalls all | did was ground
fighting, as you call it. | had to
run messages from the CP to the
line companies-you have probably
seen guys do that in these war pic
lures. It's a shade rough l
got pretty tired in TIE Marshalls.
| guess | got "tireder" than | ever
was before We didn't get any
sleep the first night at all, because
they kept shooting flares and firm : :,
at us and kept us down all night"
Dossey says that where he is at
present they have picture show
every night. The men have to sit
on the ground, but it's swell just
tie same. Another thing for which
he is grateful, is that it has quit
raining so much where he is-a
fellow from Arizona just naturally
a former high school student, join
ed the marine corps in April, 1943.
CPL. WILLIAM o. MOORE has
been transferred from New River,
North Carolina, to a port of en-
barkation from which he will leave
in tie near future for overseas
duty, according to word received
3y bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Moore.
SGT. ALFRED w. DOVE has
been sent from Fort Lewis, Wash
ington, to a port of embarkation
rom which he will leave for ove"-
seas duty. according to word re-
ceived Sunday by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. E. Dove.
PVT. CARL p. WIETlNG, who
has been training for some time
with the U. S. army air forces at
Lowry Field, Denver, phoned his
mother, Mrs. c. A. Wieting, Tues
lay tEat he was leaving the same
day for Panama, where he will be
on submarine patrol duty.
ENSIGN LAWRENCE McCUl-
LoUGH arrived Sunday on two
weeks leave from Roanoke, Vr-
ginia, to visit his mother. Mrs.
Belle Mccullough and family. This
is the first time in fourteen months
that he has been home. Mccullough
enlisted in July, 1912, and began
his pre-flight training at Del Mon
te. California, in January, 1943. He
is a graduate of c. U. H. S. class
of Al and attended State Teachers
College, Tempe, for half term
before enlistment.
CRAIG BLACKWELL left We'd
nesday for Amarillo, Texas, to be-
gin training as an aviation cadet.
He has been a resident of Coolidge
since he was II years old, having
gone through local grammar school
and graduated from c. U. H. S.
with the class of go, before the
present school building was erected
and students attended classes at
the Womans Club and Legion Hall.
Blackwell was born in Texas, May
II, 1917, and enlisted in air corps
February II, 1943.
HOWARD BRANNoN, machinist
mate 1/C, serving on U. S. de-
stroyer, arrived here Tuesday on
80 day leave to visit his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Brannon. He
has been on overseas duty for
three years and seven months, hav
ing enlisted August Is, 1910. Bran
non has participated in four major
battles in the Asiatic Pacific, wears
an American defense bar, and bar
for sea service before Pearl Har-
Dor. Mr.. and Mrs. Brannon knew
their son was back in the United
States, but did not know when he
would arrive in Coolidge. He saw
his brother. Lloyd, S 2/C, IN Oak
land last week. Another brother,
Gordon, G. M. SIC, left for over
seas duty in January.
PFC. MARY e. MOUNT, serving
with the AirWacs, completed
course of special instruction at
Mariana Air Base Friday and began
her new duties as link trainer in
structor at tie base Monday. She
is the daughter of Mrs. Emmett