The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-11-01

vices of the United States, for
publication in this column, are
invited by the Journal. COntri-
buttons should be mailed to the
Service Editor of the JOuEnaI,
or telephone to Mrs. w. T.
Behrens. Phone 4-2671.
Hal Warrington arrived at his
home Sunday evening after two
years service with the U. S. Navy.
He received his discharge at Great
Lakes, Ill. His wife and daughters,
Nancy, Phyllis and Ann, reside an
N Maple st.
ABOARD THE DESTROYER
USS LANSDOWNE, Tokyo Har-
Dor, (DelayeO-Charles Floyd
Dixon, seaman, first class, Peoria,
Rt. /, helped write the final chap
ter of the war in the Pacific with
the crew of this ship as she
brought the Japanese surrender
emmissaries to the USS Missouri
IOI 1IiG
The assignment marked the end
of three and half years of fight
ing for the Lansdowne and her
crew, which had their beginning
in clashes with submarine wolf
packs in the Atlantic.
The destroyer has to her credit
three Jap merchant ships sunk and
three planes knocked down.
Mrs. Richard l.. Boerger, OF
Milford Center, has received word
from her husband after three
weeks silence. F 1/c Boerger said
he was in the typhoon at Okinawa,
but was safe.
AS of Nov. /, 1945, full RESPONSE
bility of all communications at his
base has been given by the U. s.
Navy, to 1t. (jg) Robert F. Allen,
U. S. N. R. 1t. (i.g) Allen, sta
toned on Mindoro, P. l. for the
last eight months, has been first
assistant to 1t. Louis Reynal
u. S. N. r., who was recently re-
leased on points and is now return
ing to the States.
Due to the fact that another
base has been recently decommis-
stoned, and all communications
and traffic go through 1t. Aliens
base, he now has q corps of 35
Communication officers under his
direct supervision.
1t. Allen now expects to stay at
his present base until all p T.
Nests, Ramming and Landing
squadrons, and large ships are
deactivated and the base is COM
petely closed, but has hope of be-
ing with his family, in Redwood
by Christmas.
S 1/c Ivan Earl SabinS was as
signed to the u. S. S. Lexington,
Oct 4th, at the Marshall Islands
His brother, S 1/c Fred 0. Sabins,
is on the same ship. The Lexington
is on its way back to Tokyo Bay.
His address is:
Ivan Earl Sabins, S 1/c, AOM,
USS LEXINGTON, CV-16, VS.,
co Fleet Postoffice, San Francis
co, Calf.
WITH u. S. ARMY FORCES,
New Caledonia Meritorious
Service Unit Plaque has been a.
warded to the 334Sth Quartermast-
er Truck Company of which Tech
nician Grade Four Billy Shearer
is a member. Sgt. Shearer is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Shearer, of near Broadway, and
the husband of Mrs. Evelyn Shear
er, of Marysville.
Cited for superior performance
of duty and the achievement and
maintance of high standard of
military and professional efficien-
cy," the organization received its
award from Major General Max
well Murray, South Pacific Base
Commander with headquarters
here.
The truck company was activat-
ed at Camp Berkely, Texas on
Aug. 21, 1912, underwent basic
training at that camp took adj
vanced training during the 1942-43
Louisiana maneuvers at Camp
Polk, La, and shipped out for New
Caledonia in June, 1943. Here, the
outfit took further training and be-
gan the two-year job of turn "a
round" cargo hauling, that fed sup
plies to combat troops.
Although this was the most i'm
portant job for the 3348th and
called for 10-hour work day sew
en- days in the week, it performed
other services such as training
truck drivers for new companies
and transporting all personnel who
embark or debark at this South
Pacific base. Men in the outfit are
also responsible for the mainten-
ance of their vehicles, and vehicles
of other units not possessing repair
facilities.
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