The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-08-30
News From Those
In The Armed Forces
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area for 80 months, having been
at Pearl. Harbor at the time it was
attacked.
Word has been received by Mr.
and Mrs George Baeth that their
son, S/Sgt Kenneth Baeth has re-
ceived his honorable discharge
from the Air Corps and is now Wis
iting in Seattle He expects to be
home the latter part of this week.
We are in receipt of letter from
Elyn G. Gaertner, now residing at
Portland, in which she says they
have received word from Gene, Jr.,
recently from Biak, New Guinea,
having arrived there from the Meth
erlands East Indies shortly before
v. j. Day. Aboard an L. S. T. he
saw his first action at Biak in
June 1914. From the New Guinea
area he participated in all of the
major landings in the Philippine
group. His last action was at Bal
iqpapan, Borneo. He said there
were plenty of fire works there to
commemorate the 4th of July. He
is well and very happy the war is
over and plans to be home by No
vember on his first leave after 10
months tout there"
Cpl Ethel J. Gass of the WACs,
who has been stationed at Des
MONIES, Ia, sends word to her ia
Their of this place, that she is now
enroute for overseas service in
Japanese waters.
IA Ed Mason stopped off Tues
day afternoon enroute to his home
at Troy. Mason, who is a son of
Mrs. Edith Mason of Troy, is a
veteran of % months overseas Dur
ing this time he saw active service
in North Africa and Italy. He is
now stationed at Salt Lake City,
and is home on 80 day furlough.
Mrs. Helen Fry of Libby received
a phone call Sunday night from
her husband, Capt A. E. Fry, bring
ing the news that he had landed in
Virginia and would leave there
Monday night for Fort Lewis, Wash.
Mrs. Fry will leave tomorrow to
drive to Spokane where she expects
to be met by Capt. Fry. After
months leave, he will join his reg
iment at camp in Alabama He
has served for over a year in the
army medical corps in Italy.
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Discharged
Official notice of the honorable
discharge of two more service men
was received by the local board.
They are Paul E. Pitcher, Libby,
Army, Aug. II; Bert A. Beasley,
Mill Valley. Calf, Navy, Aug. Is.
Pvt. and Mrs. Thomas GUNNER
arrived last Wednesday to visit
Mrs. Gummer's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Parks. They had previ-
ously visited Mr.. Gummer's parents
in Clifford.
Army Hdqs. POA, Fl. shafter, T.
H.-S/Sgt George H. Bolen, %, of
Eureka has been returned to the
Continental United States from the
Pacific Ocean areas under the Ar
my's readjustment program. His
mother, Mrs. Marie Bolen, lives at
Eureka.
He was processed for return at
personnel center in Pacific Ocean
areas.
Sergeant Bolen came into the
Army on March %, 1941, and has
been overseas AZ months. He has
been stationed on Oahu, Saipan..
Under the readjustment point sys-
tenn, his score is 88 points. In civil
ian life he was a farmer.
Sgt. S. Ludvikson is expected
home soon.
Camp Mccoy, Wis.-Arrival Of
Capt. Earl Lovick at Camp McCoys
personnel center for redeployment
was announced here today.
Capt. Lovick served with the
57th Fighter Group in the battles
in Africa and Italy. He won nine
battle stars. He is the son of Mrs
L. M. Flesberg, Wardner, B. c.,