The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-08-02

border. The food here is wonderful. !
1t couldn't be any better.
Il don't know how long / will
be here; maybe a month and may
be year. But I'm hoping it won't
be too long until / can come home.
That's all the news for this
time, SO tell Harry and the girls !
said Hello. Write to me often.
Your loving son,
Seymour"
Ph. NJ. 1/c Harold Parrott, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Parrott,
Marion rd., has been transferred
from Bremerton, Wash. to Ports
mouth, Va, for advanced schooling.
He had ben at Bremerton for three
years. His address is:
Ph. NJ. 1/c Harold Parrott, u. S.
Naval Hospital, Hosp. Corps
School, Portsmouth, Va.
Pfc. Willis c. Pack, Marysville
Rt. 5, and T/Sgt. Raymond V. Dut-
ton, 130 w. Ottawa ST., Redwood,
are members of the 18th Station
Hospital, recently presented the a.
ward Of excellent as the most eff
ficient hospital in Delta Base sec
tion in a ceremony held in Cannes,
France. The 18th Station Hospi-
tai won first in l3 of "a depart
mentS.
Accompanying the plaque was a
citation which read in part: Dur
ing the month Of April 1915, the
18th Station Hospital has been,
in the opinion of the Delta Base
Surgeon, the most efficiently oper-
ated hospital in this base section.
The superior appearance of the ms
tallation, the high degree of eff
cheney with which the officers and
men perform their duties, and the
excellency of results obtained are
sources of pride and deep salts
faction to the Delta Base Surgeon.
Standards such as these reflect
creditably upon your own organ
ization and upon the medical SER
vice of this Base as a whole
Set up in an old tuberculosis
sanatorium, the 18th has trans
formed the building which the
Germans left vacant, into a large
modern hospital. Overseas IS
months, the hospital has served in
North Africa, Italy and Southern
France.
ABOARD THE USS BIRMING-
HAM, in the Pacific-Russell Eu-
gene Michaelis, seaman, second
class, USN, Marysville, serves a.
board this ship which can look
back on 121,5OO miles of fighting
the Axis from the invasion of ST.
cily to the battle of Okinawa.
The Birmingham struck at o.
kinawa targets six months prior to
the landings and gave fire sup
port to minesweepers clearing the
approaches to the island. During
the campaign, she sank thousands
Of tons of shipping.
Operating with the famed 3rd
and 5th Fleets and Task Forces 3S
and So, she bOmbarded Wake Is
land, participated in air strikes on
Tarawa, took three hits at Bou-
granville, shelled Shorthand Island
and hurled her might into the as
saults on Saipan, Tinian and Gaum.
At Mindanao, she sank 1900 tons
of shipping and assisted in the
destruction of another 1900. At
Bougainville, she blasted four Jap
planes out of the sky and scored
hits on II others.
Following the battle for Leyte
gulf, the Birmingham was dam
aged for the second time. She had
gone alongside the USS Princeton
to battle fires resulting from a
direct hit. The ships lay in trough
of the rough waters separated by
about 50 feet when a terrific blast
from exploding bombs and torpe-
does in the Princeton rained death
on the decks of the Birmingham.
After three months for repair
the Birmingham steamed out again
to take part in the Two Jima oper-
alton and the battle for OkinaWa.
Pvt. Robert c, Davis, of Camp
Hood, Texas, is enjoying a fur
Tough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. David c. Davis, of near Rich
wood. Pvt. Davis will report to
Fort Riley, Kansas Aug. 5.
rEAD