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34 In The Nation‘s Ser ..Me was an overstbas vetéran, eviâ€" denatly home on furlough. His young face bore lines one hates to see ‘in the face of a boy his age. His hands were scarred and welted, as if from burns or shrapnel. He was telling his seatâ€"mate on the train of an experâ€" ience he‘d had since returning to the homeland.. His words floated disâ€" tinctly across the aisle.‘ : .‘"He was one of these‘ cocky guys," he said, in effect, "conscious of his type:" wistfully, "that‘ girls go for. Six officers studying advanced naviâ€" gation at Chanute Field have ‘fown 4750 hours, traveled 3,290,000 miles in participated in missions which dropped 684,000 pounds of bombs on ‘the>Japs and Géermans!. ~.. | $ CHANUTE FIELD, ARMY AIR FORCES TRAINING COMMAND, Feb. 18 â€", ; "This a variation of a story that has gone‘ the rounds so many times that one is apt to feel that it might be just w But we can vouch for its Take Capt. J. C. Beardsley, 28, who has 1,300 hours in Liberators and Forâ€" tresses. He wears the Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster and the DFC. He "Well, he was sounding off, and he flidn'tmtomiadwhohmdhh ‘I" don‘t ‘care how long this war lasts," he boasted. ‘I‘m safe and I‘m having one swell time.‘ _ s ... _ ‘ Wearing ribbons representing the Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, and campaign decâ€" orations from all theaters of combat, these officers have bombed France, Belgium, CGermany, New Guinea, and the Japs in the Alcutians. > combat missions. "We were short of: navigators. That‘s why I went on so many misâ€" sions," he says. Main bombing obâ€" ncfiuofclptnwdsley'nuqudro( wmuhin,admyimulhm Kiska harbor on the Aleutian i "Do you know," the young vet said, huskily, "that: burtâ€"it really cut. Then I just saw red. I felt like sockâ€" ::m..»ud,"be,addednivdy,"l The fight, it seems, was stopped by some M.P.‘s, and happily enough, ing the cause of the trouble they bore from altitudes of 50 feet, below fog, Capt. Beardsley said that one time the fog was so dense "We dropped bombs at a cruiser and sank a sub. In our log book we enâ€" tered, "Sighted cruiser, sank sub." We got the cruiser later." . "I can‘t say enough in praise for those ground crew men," he continued. "I was officer of the guard for a week and when I was doing my round of ‘night checking, I‘d see those ground crew fellows working at all hours in tbe.mn and. rain. They worked with ts. "One day we cracked up a ship on the runway. Our ground crew reâ€" placed the entire wing. They did this without specialized tools and I think with bailing wire and adhesive tape," he condluded. And then there‘s Capt. James W. the smug one away and the young vet was left to enjoy his. wellâ€"earned furlough. _ e Now the point of the story is this. However selfishly complacent the ofâ€" fender felt qver his soft berth, it is hard to understand how he. could have expressed ‘himself ‘so callously in the hearing of one who had gone through hell in the line of dutyâ€"or, indeed, in the hearing of anyoneâ€"else. Self reâ€" spect, alone, should have ‘prt a curb on his tongue. It might be well for him to understand the reaction of the Capt. Beardsley said he had a chance to talk to two Japs. One, a captured ackâ€"ack gunner, was asked if he was sorry he didn‘t hit more American planes. Another prisoner was questioned. Capt. Beardsley said this one hoped to live in the United States after the war. Or, if possible, on an American island ! i Ist Lt. Samuel Stainick, 29, who spent five and a‘half months in the islands flying the same kind of â€"miss ‘as E:lt- Beardsley, a Air Medal "for continuous mis under adverse conditions." "At first theflap pilots were good," Lt. Stainick said. "Then we knocked out their first string. Their second team was second rate. We got rid of them in a hurry. "No," replied the Jap, "I like to shoot guns." . THE ONEâ€"HUNDREDTH MAN C in four crashes and on 91 uty o\ mubmwmn@ Tribute to the Ground Crew 489 I‘M IN THE Cpl. Whitt N. Schults || sions in the who [has h in the air. Wbmtfi?fih DFC Silver Star, Capt, Knapp <|naviga Fortresses over enemy| ships, in tions." He tells of the Jim he was shot down: _ "In Bâ€"17‘s we were da; bombâ€" ing Rabaul. e made four passes over the target. | We after an, airdrome. ack shells puffed alf about us. e hit... We ran into 15 Zeros, and had a |rukged battle. We were pretty well shot hp but manâ€" aged to N;lfily. fl lnpmui badly damaged ‘we couldn‘t make i home. We landed in& ter near a tiny island. | For two days we stay there. ©Natives fed us until we we res world in genetral to Wis sentiments H¢ is, undoubtedly, thg) type of ‘Yanl the Japs had in mi iWhen th started to shove Unclike| Sam an Utzele Sam‘s nqlph'evn‘ ‘qupd:‘ +. f,l‘hisinnov*iyin, as a slut u the many thousinds ‘ of red: b d young servicenien who, mu *o) their disgust, are helf in this coun ;. . Of coursé no ong, |in his righ mi is ‘”“f to p into th jaws of deathâ€"â€"the iniftinct of self preservation is against| that. Never flzleis. ninetyâ€"ni ut| ‘of one A dred are qixiteylr':adyw nd willing t fate their share of the peril that i ngw the Jot of J,Amer‘ ‘s young men] This fellow is the ht 6.," F in the Southwest [Pacific are was! Ist Lt, James N. Freeman, a ennu%t | misgiong; 750 hour in the air,| and an [Air| Medal an Si Star winner. Lt. Freeman a navigator on a Liberator and was we‘ll just leave it at that. H¢ istt:e A'qi:-‘ILndr‘efl;H‘M." 51’001; fe ’ A : t ul Y f I $ <© In the recent conqubst of Kwaja: lein, where the 4th jcan Marine iyvision stormed as bthifdfi a roll ing barrage from battleship and airi craft, losing only 286 ffen to the of $,000 "Taps, severall North Short on of the first 1 tors operâ€" ating out of New Guin e Telling hc&v e won hisg Silver Star; Lt. Freeman said:;‘ || | $ crew attached a| convoy sin gleâ€"handed. We were |on dayligh rtcttnmisufice We went 400 mile out of our |wa f‘tog;p‘a toJaloto troywble. Si ros and pne Jap eme bot;‘be went after us. â€" W battled steadily for 25 thinutes. . W gleâ€"handed.| r nnisu*lce out of our |wa t le. â€"Si ci‘l ne bot?be battled steadi knogked bombers." | n took part. . Pvt. Philip J. z:& USMC, of wood, fepresented ott Ubatt or Highened: ieprevented on 13t Lt. R with the 8th before coming further traini Flying Fortre sions over Fr He': hl! fl* Heart. â€"‘*Â¥ep," he says, "those fellows the ground at really keep us wa up! there in the wild blue yonder." | R?hhmh 1st Lt. Rayrhond M. Cove was never in || combat,: hay been in each of the Allied thea ters: of operations, nayigating Ai Transport (Command| (ships. He i ;&ufiud |to |wear all |theater is â€" but he does &ébecan“sg; wasn‘t exactly in the |fight. I jn1f helping to delivericargo, persor nel, . and dii'p*nea to| the men â€"In all his 500 hours fin the air, L Caveney has never had an engine. a nical failure. |i| _ _ > :. It was back/in January: of 43 tha Lt.; Bercu wasâ€"wounded. In a rai over France, his group met hea ackâ€"ack fire piter ibing enem: submarine | s. Dropping behin the formation| to covéer a stragglin Fortress, It. |Bercu‘s [ship met u wm: eâ€"Wolfe 190s, A dogfigh f and [lasted @}) hour and half, â€" Twélve) enemy | planes wned. \And Lt. , Bercu _ foi el in his leg. < |; § in after a fight. ham its tail| was : away. ground cr ys had |that bom back in the air the npxt day," sai Lt. Bercu. | / P fensg m& tror high 3 t eglistment in (the arch, "41} i at C at M a\. Pacific | b Borls Fou ifi€ dols e »i%“ ts VX Mrx: ces Pot e w ip s A. |Béercu, £5, was ir Forcdé in Eng to Chantite Field 4 .â€" As ndqvigator on a‘ . he fiep in 12 mis ice, Relgium, Hollan ir Medal| and Purplé in Januaty: of ‘43 tha â€"wounded. In a rai his group met heav) ifter ibing enem; s. Dropping behin« to cover a straggling Bercu‘s |ship met | uj olfe 190s, A dogfigh asted | hour and : enemy | planes wer Lt. , Bercu _ foun leg. ) [;| «of okit Forts com has ;n;fâ€"med to ‘sister, Mrs. and th¢ tors oper< 2CE ‘43 that a raid) heavy | * enemy| 2 behind| D agglin [ met | up] 25 logfight | * and a|"s s were} O found| |Z C ; E ht A bom e 0 . Tok * Pvt. Lloyd Moon, 1416 Pleasant Ave., a recent inductee in.gthe service, is now stationed. at Camp, Grant, III., where he ‘will receive six months‘ training with the médical corps. Pyt. Moon is wellâ€"known in town, having| date 0 graduated from the local high school| HMe is and since that time, 1930, having|ton Râ€" served in‘ the local post office. He 3 has been active in Boy gcout work| ~Two for 18 years, both as scout and as| station« scoutmaster. His wife is the former| Wis., f¢ Ruth Benson of Ravinia,.and he has| Pfc. Lk one fourâ€"yearâ€"old child. Mr. and Mrs.| Mrs. ‘I Fred Moon, 598 Homewood Aye., his | Ave.,, parents, have three other sgons in the| of Mr. serviceâ€"Pvt. Melvin Moon, stationed | High at Camp Beal, Calif., 1st Lt. Robert| . at Granada, Miss., and A/C Verne,| â€" Pfe. who is only awaiting his 18th birth‘| anq M ‘day and graduation from ‘high school | Aye. to énter active service. en f I+/C- Stuart Smith, is now ‘stationed at New .,;l:'ven, Conn., where he‘is receiving training. in the Armyâ€" air forces training command . school at Yale + University, _ FHis parents are Major and Mrs. Raymond D. Smith, 233 Lautel Ave. | Ml?e pu%enu are Mr. and Mrs. Jo}\i, iJ. Zahnie, 703 Grandview Ave., and Danie!l Murphy, 17, sophomore stuâ€" dent at the lgcal high school, where he is a member of both the underâ€" graduate© basketball and ; football teams, is awaiting his orders from the the U.S. Navy. He is the son of MÂ¥y. Lyman Murphy, 447 Glencog Ave. > Nygle d 4 1 ~ Gpl. Cilbert Pantle, of! the U, S. Army infantry, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. His parents are Mr, and lku.‘Ch‘riv: Pantl¢, 828 Deerâ€" field Rd. | He is ‘stationed at Camp Howze, Texas. _ ui o En oo ;iiliu::le, itudent at the.,local high ischoo m}l member of the rifle club, .L‘?remi \P. Werhane, son of Mr. ‘znd| Mrs. Ray Werhane, 603 Onwentâ€" isia | Ave., whose brother, Ray, < Jr., is a memPer of: the Vâ€"12 program at Db:rlin .\College, â€" Ohio,! John : L. . Zahnie, 703 Grandview Ave., and C, Schlabowske, son of Mrs. , Schlabowske, 31% Clay Ave,, Highwood. . Roland‘s father, Fred, gunner‘s mate 3/c, USN, is stationed in Cuba, and: his brother, Jerome, c ain, petty officer 3/c, recently ho::e on leave is on sea duty. __Four more local 17â€"yearâ€"olds reâ€" ,u'n’ly qualified as Army Air Cadets, and will train as pilot, navigator or bombardier. ‘They are: > hy ratsoutt i5 FIRST NATION DONT _ ~FORGET _ Â¥abn a peed The last day for filing income: tax reports is March 15th. The local deputy colloch‘jfi' has an ofâ€" fice at 538 Central Ave. Phone OF ~HICGHLAND imi last week, at the | air b.q Pensacols, Fla. A am .of the }38 class at Highland Park High, he is a member of the Hjailmer Olsen Lake Co: flight squadron.. Set. "Bud" Vinyard, of the Coast ry, is now statior at Flushing, N.Y. After zrtdm%n:n the local high school, Sgt\ Vinyard attended North Central ;Zflc%e at Naperville, I!I.. He was in into the service in March, ‘42. ; parâ€" ents, Mr. and Mrs, E. L. Vinyard, 1311 J n, expect him home presâ€" ently, or furlough." ;( APAHY : Cpl. Robert "Bob" Gifford, of the amphibian engineers, has be+ proâ€" moted to the rank of serguu%uHome from Camp Gordon Johnston,"Â¥ia., on furlough, he boasts a loss of 25 pounds in weight, a 34â€"inch waistline, and is looking fine. "Giff" was graduated from the Jocal high school and atâ€" tended | Illinois University . until ‘the date of his induction, Feb. 2, 1943. He is son of Mr. . and Mrs. Carleâ€" ton R. Gifford, 825 No. St. John‘s Ave. Lawr}n‘c'e O‘Neill, m/m, petty ofâ€" ficer 1/¢, USN, nephew of Mr.: and Nrs. John Schwingel; 1048 No. Green Bay Road, is now on duty in an airâ€" craft 'cj:‘riér in the So. Pacific. Hil‘ wife, the former Hazel ‘Murry, and his fourâ€"yedrâ€"old son live on|, Roger Williams Ave., Ravinia ||} ~ _ ‘ A/c Raiph Higging, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Higgins, 693 Cen Ave,, has ‘been sworn into service and is awaiting his call to report fof trainâ€" ing. He is 18 years of age, * senior at the Highland Park high school, and a member of the student council there, (His father, Mr. Artch Higâ€" gins, is a World War I veterin, havâ€" ing served oversc¢as for t years with the AEF.® |.|â€" / " Pic. Louis J. Crovetti, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Crovetti, 329 Hi PWOod Ave.,, and_ Pvt, Joscph Morn li,' son of Mr.\ and Mrs. Chris M , 326 Highwogod Ave., Highwood. !L f Pic. Edgar Bortolotti, son |of| Mr. and Mis. James Bortolotti, 13& North Ave., Highwood, is now hom‘,h on a tenâ€"day| furlough "and, glad (to be here." |He is stationed with at Pnti- tank company at &':lp Livinflmla La., where he is a member 6f th’e‘“hd Inâ€" fantry |swing orchestra, playing either clarinet] or sax. He is 21, and&s.beeh in the service since Feb., 1943. ocal young men who are now d at Truax Field, Madison, r advanced radio. training are AL BANK Â¥8. PARK Jacobsen, : t Aatie s the 0n . 64 toul +9 ,prdblem that â€" sh be <re ‘their .careful atten is the ‘Hioh: of their government ingu few men frofi'tfl:bflaih-d P have returned f service, ~â€"There are three plans avai the veteran who to ki part of. his ins He | vert it to ordinary| life, 20° life or 30 payment life. .This ance policy offers 4n ‘easy, to save money, and | attention than the qverage likely to aceord it. |One in« its value is the fact that can Legion, which fmi:: worth through first hand e urges the returned |men to force. I un 4 d 4 For ordinaty life," the cos from $1.23 per $1,000 for a i years of age to $1.98 per the the veteran is 38. Thi 3 veteran 20 years ol ) 1 & month . for $10, mum could also be paid ih quarterly ments of $36;80, s¢miâ€"annual ments of $73.30 or annual insta of ($145.60. The policy :also cash surrender e rangin, $8.60 per $1,000 after the m ' to $230.50 per flfin after| increasing to $570.21 at 40 y : For 20â€"payment life, from $1.96 per $1 atdm to $2.70 per $1,000 at the ag This insurance a cash su value, ranging fr. 8\7.81 pe after : the first t to $504 $1,000 after 20 , and. int to $723.24 after 40 years. |Of no premiums fall «ue lftg 2 as ‘the policy is thrn complet up.) * <] | | For 30â€"year paid up life, pr efilums at‘the age 20 /are $1.54 per |$1,000 and $2.18 per thousand if the vc in is 38| The 'éin:f:u der valudifiinge from $12.30 per $1,000 after NB [first year,,tofl-‘:)..?af‘ 20 years} $AD9.92 after 30 years, when the pMMiy. is completely paid, and up to $7248 per $1,000 after Lo years. . â€"| i [ In â€" to the C * Complete information to _ vidual ~cases is ?aihble £ Legion officers of any Legion uE. #4%, #o P pays Im, at ia surance in force, no ma to now, little has &A un e th quarterly ¢miâ€"annual nual inst: e rwfm er the (fir after| Â¥ at 40 yea UUAL cCOxL > ut as! rse, ars, oo der per Tiâ€" its 1$ of ns the 10 It if ored by KIDDING....ARE YOU °© LLY DOING THE BEST Rights," a bill designed to aid ve ever, has been focused on the ¢ ‘for such by the case of San F veteran who was dig charged from the army less three months after being blinded the bloody crossing of the V River in Italy. His pay was fi months in arrears, he was not given proper discharge papers, which that he could not obtain help from the Veteran‘s Administration, and he was forced to buy a pair of glasses, which might: save the sight of one eve, from his own slender funds. â€"| neglect or inefficiency on their : part will be remedied by others . who are all they should be. / + However, the enactment 0(30 "OI Bill of: Rights" will plug the hole that now .exists in the wall that protects the rights of our men. F that ruoon.thebillduenuthe.t; port of every American. [ {esth" â€" #A 1 the mere fact, that it DID happen once, proves that it COULD hapâ€" pen again. Any organization the size of the United States Army ‘No fairâ€"minded American would . consider this case as average, but the law least of few officers and men who All musical! Your favorites, old and ne! "THE MUSICAL MILKWAGON® es‘ WGN 10:15â€"10:45 a. mt I ,&. BW 4 0 1t \ NEAR! MAEAR! «it e ioi %% %% M