The Coolidge examiner., 1946-01-04
News Exchange Column for Coolidge
Men In The Armed Forces

meni Of lasting peace and secu-
rity. the communication stated.
BERNARD WILLIAMS, S &c,
writes from YOkouska. Japan. TO
wish the Examiner staff a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
He has seen some exciting things
since he left the States. Williams
says-and not the least of them In
Japan. These Japs can't talk our
language. but We just motion our
hands and they catch on what We
mean / was ashore the other day
looking around the Jap town. It
sure is nothing like good old Cool
idge. Williams is the son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Williams OF
Blackwater He Joined the navy
early in 1943.
KENNETH CHESlEY, PHm &C,
is here on 30-day cOnvalescent
leave from a California naval hos
pital. Chesley returned In time TO
spend Christmas with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Chesley. He
has recently returned 10 the states
from Is months overseas service.
Chesley has been awarded the
American Defense ribbon. the
Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with two
campaign satrs. and the Philippine
Liberation ribbon with one star.
EDGAR BoLLlN. &c sc. was
here on seven-day leave from san
Pedro. Calf. to spend the holidays
with his mother. Mrs. Virginia
Bollin. He returned TO the coast
Thursday.
PFC. GEORGE p. ENoS, with
the u. :. army in Europe. has re-
ceiyed the following awards In
fantryman's badge. Presidential
Unit Citation with clusters. aud the
Good Conduct medal. Enos Is the
son OF Mrs. Lola Enos OF Coolidge
He has participated in the Battle
OF the Bulge Battle OF Germany and
Battle OF the Rhineland.
ROBERT w. (JAck) STUR-
GEoN. S &c. serving on an air
craft carrier. reached the United
States in time 10 phone bis par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. +. a. Sturgeon.
for Christmas He landed at New
port News. Va. Sturgeon hopes TO
receive his discharge in the near
future. he said He entered the
service I'm April OF 1914.
CPL. HORACE }. cHESLEY
writes from Salisbury TO let his wife
know that he will be- sailing for
home soon. We have had rain
here every day for the past two
weeks. not steadily like France last
fall. but for an hour or two each
evening" Chesley has this to say
I'm comparing our weapons TO those
OF foreign countries: Il think We
have the best rifle in the world for
war. The German Mauser is al
most a direct copy. or vice versa.
Of our old Springfield which has
been replaced by the MI. Ma
chine guns seem about a tie. al
though our old Browning water
cooled 30 calibre is very de
pendable weapon. Their light ma
chine gun seemed easier 10 carry
and set up. The Browning auto
matte rifle is hard 10 beat. in fact
they didn't beat It. We had
nothing 10 compare with their Burp
gun or pistol machipe as far as
speed is concerned. The first
time | heard one | knew what il
was and how II got its name from
Americans. II fired so fast one
couldn't detect individual shots
Burpi think. without a
doubt, our hand grenade was the
best in the business. saw sew
eral German types and ours was
the only one that was safe &c
handle after the pins were pulled
although the handle on the po-
tato masher' might allow longer
throw I have used them all tC
kiln fish with and ours seemed
most powerful Also il threw more