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Show ARMY PAPER TELLS his fire, began to When to fall flame were Fuina Noy's STORY: (continued) the ramps were charge, he two pressed Jap throwers, nades'and out HEROIC officers Remaining firing,” down, his “9° and when finger the Japs trying to scorch fcll on their Japs ™ blew their bugles on the trigger Van and Noy faces cut loose, 2nd The first out of his position with continued throwing 2gre-~ and | A an at Aussie Bren gunners some yards behind bogen shouting to him to "cet the hell of therc,you bloody fool." Secing the grenades burst all about the pit, Set. yelled too, ordering-him.to get out of his exposed position, Private Van loader Corporal Popa, crewlced from the pit with a, shatterod log trailing behind him, He sergesnt trecers thought: Van Noy.would Fuina continued saw to Japs were frantically Then there Until fired »fter »37 and raked When the moved down to m0Ope up trying other clip down the water's to dig into flashes from Browning gunners barge and him, squercly in'the the and Van pit. edge, sand, Noy's sae gun Ven where the beached barges, their Owen and guns. and had had accountod Sergeant been Funia's disposed of in Papuan for ,37 at least did short half order time of the firing, Aussie Sergeant the rest, stream this ts ceased crecked around Bren Noy's by of gunners Fuina over every square foot of the beach and barges. sun rose out of the Bismarck sea a skirmish line the beach to mop up the remnants, ‘Thore weren't Junior's first rake dawn the firing clip Aussie were follow a grenadé-land loaded his ! of infantrymen any remnants to the The 20 by Australien 40 who landed, who swam from the Owen gunners and infantry p>trol. } | It was a’ sad lot of victorious soldiers who finally went over to Private Van Noy's weapon pit. Privete Van Noy was tho only allied soldier killed in the action, The first grenade in the pit had torn off his left lez, It took a rifle bullet between his cyes to stop him, Even then, the men wondered if. he hadn't continued to-fire after death, Every bullet in his gun hed been fired, .. All of his American buddies and the 20 Austreliens who fought with Junior Van Noy body agreed and with sergeant Fuine said; when he looked : down at the dead | "That kid had more guts than all the. rest That seems to about size it up, soldier's 3 of the ? dammed | army put together," : THAT'S THS SPIRIT! and sold ot LeRoy Hunt decorations, some ot of "Oh," magazine on ee the Marinc hé said subscriptions . 3 NOTARY PUBLIC t and 3 = Corps quickly, was askod about "I just worked they gave me his my impressive way through something for -~N,Y, Herald Tribune. : ; os school it," | ; i sonatuiitpiatady ty of SSRVICH AVAILABLE AT DEPOT eee Colonel row . There are two Noterics Public-on duty in- the Civilian Personnel this require service, the However, services 3:30 to 4:30 p.m, oe eee SS - nt renee ‘ SSS=. a — —— Oe eeae ES em : ew “=. deily. - _—_ Zee —- — — of SS ee - these on ——ee cog >meets difpee igineseaetnse ep ee it is requestcd two employces . | thet employces except during a oe ~ Aone — do not the eee hour a: a of -~/f form jt Division who will be gled to noterize state inc tax ome returns for em ployees'of the Depot. Mrs. Ada J, Griswold, on duty in the Employce Relations Branch, and Mrs. Beulah Matthews, Placement Branch will per- a mm — — = Re ene nee cee oe me fe ~ = eee LO Nea et tt Ne i a ee ep t —. at ete we pte O ~ |