The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-03

GEORGE TANG left last week
for Fort Macarthur, California. to
report for army duty He was born
in Akron. Ohio. and has made his
home for the past ten years in Cool
idge. where he and members OF
his family own and operate Cool
idge Grocery. Tang's sister, Miss
May Tang. has not yet received
word as TO which branch OF the
service he has been assigned.
1T. VIRGIL CHANDLER. who
has recently returned TO the States
from Africa, arrived here Sunday
en- route from Norfolk. Virginia,
TO Los Angeles. He spent several
days visiting his parents and left
Thursday for the coast accompan-
led by his mother. Mrs. +. ID.
Chandler. Mrs. Virgil Chandler
and their daughter are with her
sister in Hollywood. where they
will be joined by the lieutenant
and his mother. 1t Chandler VIII
report for duty at San Francisco
on August 18th.
PFC. WING ENT CAm9ElL
JACKSON, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Antoine Jackson of Coolidge. has
begun training as an aviation en-
gineer of the Air Forces at Geiger
Field. Spokane. Washington, ac-
cording TO word received today
from Colonel James w. Park. Com
manding Officer OF this base. Some
of the skilled subjects taught by
the AAF aviation engineering
school are repair and operations oil
automotive equipment such as
tractors and graders used In air
port construction. craftsmanship,
camouflage technique. carpentry.
operation of highway construction
equipment. which is used In the
building OF airport landing strips,
surveying and knowledge OF the
operation OF weapons. Upon COM
pletion OF his training. the new
aviation engineer soldier will be
assigned 10 an aviation engineer
unit. These units are an integral
part OF the Army Air Forces and
have as their mission the perform
ance of all engineer work needed
by the Air Forces in all theaters
OF operations. The unit must be
able to construct. maintain. CAM
outage and defend airdromes rang
4 ing from huge base airports behind
| our lines 10 hastily constructed
| fields at the front lines. Aviation
engineers have already taken part
in almost every operation OF the
/ Air Forces and at present are sta
toned all over the world from the
/ jungles of Burma to the Southwest
| Pacific.
SGT. JAMES e. HARVEY, the
husband OF Mrs. Delmarie Harvey
OF Valley Farms. recently returned
from a furlough TO Rome. according
TO word received from AMET head
quarters. Cairo. Egypt. this week.
AT present Sgt. Harvey Is assigned
/ 10 the 2762nd Provisional Container
| Manufacturing Company. Camp
/ Russell b. Huckstep. and is working
as an accountant. While In Rome
| Sgt. Harvey said that Is was ex-
citing 10 see all the things that he
had learned about in school. but
never expected TO see. The east
camp where he stayed was once a
training center for the Italian youth
under the Fascist regime. The
beauty OF the east camp itself was
something at which to marvel. new
and cleaning with white statuary
and the elaborateness of the COM
bination OF the modern and Renais-
sance Italian workmanship. Sgt
Harvey graduated from the Univer-
sity OF Dakota with a degree OF
Bachelor OF Arts In 1910. After
leaving college he was purchasing
and selling agent for the Farmers
Union Equity Cooperative Associa-
ton at Geraldine. Montana. He
was inducted into the army in Sep
tember 1912 at Butte. Montana.
PFC. CECIL o. GOODMAN,
son of Mr.. Lewis o. Goodman
of Coolidge. has been cited by the
33Sth Infantry Regiment OF the
Fifth Army's S5th Custer" Division
and awarded the Combat Infantry
man Badge for participation in
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