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A Salute to World War II Veterans After Pearl Harbor A SALUTE TO WORLD WAR II VETERANS Charles ‘Chuck’ Glidden survived 110 combat missions despite an officer’s promise: ‘If I have my way you are not going home alive’ Irene Currin fell in love while treating wounded soldiers in France and North Africa INSIDE $4.95 Herald and News December 7, 2013 www.heraldandnews.com Dear Lord / Lest I continue / My complacent way / Help me to remember Somehow out there / A man died for me today. / As long as there be war I then must / Ask and answer / Am I worth dying for? Poem Eleanor Roosevelt kept in her wallet during World War II Home Health We bring the hospital home to you ° Skilled Nursing ° Home Care Aides ° Medical Social Workers ° Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy ° Private Duty Services Call today 541.274.6293 SkyLakes.org Thank you to our World War II Veterans and their families. the Greatest Generation Klamath Falls | Grants Pass | Ashland | Central Point www.grangecoop.com Pet Country | South Medford | White City The World War I and World War II Klamath Homesteaders. They earned it. The hard way. Thank you for your service. Merrill | Central Point | Madras | Bend | Fall River Mills 5 | Herald and News After Pearl Harbor A SALUTE TO WORLD WAR II VETERANS On the cover: The battleship USS Arizona belches ➤ DON CLEM, P-51 MUSTANG FIGHTER smoke as its superstructure topples over into the sea PILOT: A 12-inch piece of shrapnel — Dec. 7, 1941, during a Japanese surprise attack on now a souvenir — almost ended his life. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. AP Images photo p. 6 ➤ IRENE CURRIN, ARMY NURSE: Falling in love on the battlefield. p. 8 ➤ RALPH KESLING, B-17 BALL TURRET Take time to ask questions, GUNNER: After six months as a POW, he had open sores on his legs. “I became a bit depressed and began to think I may listen to veterans’ war stories not make it home,’ ” he wrote. p. 10 ➤ RAY DAFFER, USS WHITLEY: “Seeing lenn Lewis dropped out of high school at the innocent people who were hurt by the age 17 so he could join the Navy and fight war is one of the things that haunts me.” the Japanese. G p. 12 Ralph Kesling flew missions as a ball turret gun- ner until his plane was shot down and he was cap- ➤ NAVY SEAMAN DON ARNOLD: “I’ve tured by the Germans. always been lucky …” Missed boat saves Buster Newlun was paralyzed after he was shot his life. p. 14 during a battle in Okinawa. These World War II veterans are members of what ➤ CHARLES GLIDDEN, NAVIGATOR, B-24 is now known as the Greatest Generation, kids raised BOMBER: Staying alive against the odds. during the Great Depression who as teenagers and p. 16 young adults headed off to war. ➤ MEMORIES OF PEARL HARBOR: Of those who left from Klamath County, 187 died. ➤ TOM HILL, 13th ARMORED DIVISION: Residents recount the Dec. 7, 1941, at- Four of those died during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on After Tom Hill died in 1997, his family tack. p. 20-21 Pearl Harbor, according to Klamath County Museum found his World War II treasures. Among records. them: German money, an Army song- book, a knife made in occupied Japan Today, an estimated 550 World War II veterans ➤ IMAGES and a cloth emblem with a green eagle are living in Klamath County, according to the lat- OF WAR: An and black Nazi symbol. p. 18 unidentified est statistics from the U.S. Veterans Administration. young Ameri- About 60 are still living in Lake County. The average can soldier, age as of 2011 was 92. captured But we’re losing this generation — quickly. In by German 2011, the Department of Veterans Administration troops during estimated that 670 World War II veterans are dying their coun- every day. Statistically, they say there will be no more terattack in World War II veterans living by 2036. the Belgian We didn’t get a chance to hear all the stories and ➤ ROBERT PURKHISER, NAVY: A Ardennes AP photos hope there will be more opportunities in the future. two-beer liberty on Ulithi ended with a region, leads But the ones we heard — and share with you — reunion between the seaman and his a march of paint a picture of patriotism, bravery, optimism and older brother, Ross, a pharmacist mate prisoners hard work. They also are our last living memories of with the 51st Seabees. p. 22 in Decem- this particular time in history. ber 1944. There are many veterans who don’t talk about the ➤ WARD FRIEDMAN, ARMY AIR CORPS: The second war, but if you know one, ask. You might be surprised Radioman helped transport POWs to atomic bomb at the stories you’ll hear. safety. p. 24 explodes over Until recently, Don Clem, now 90, rarely told sto- the Japanese ries about strafing and skip bombing enemy airfields ➤ GLENN LEWIS, 96th SEABEES: He port town of in a P-51 Mustang fighter. Why? dropped out of high school his senior year so he could go to war. “I couldn’t Nagasaki, on “I haven’t talked about it at all,” he told us. “I wait.” Aug. 9, 1945. guess there’s no one to talk to.” p. 26 INSIDE — Marcia McGonigle ➤ BUSTER NEWLUN, ARMY: He was paralyzed from the waist down after being WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY MARCIA MCGONIGLE FOR THE HERALD AND NEWS shot during a battle in Okinawa. p. 28 6 | Herald and News AFTER PEARL HARBOR: A SALUTE TO WORLD WAR II VETERANS DON CLEM, P-15 fighter pilot, Air Force, 1941-45 A piece of shrapnel, a close call Now 90, the Klamath Falls fighter pilot recalls combat missions in Europe, northern China et’s strafe them,’ fighter pilot Don ‘L Clem ordered. The P-51 Mustang single-seat mer World War II fighter pilot keeps fighters were on a mission to dive the piece of shrapnel at his Klamath bomb a Japanese-held airfield. Clem Falls home as a reminder. was flight leader and after spying “That was a close call,” he said. Japanese planes parked by a hangar, Clem, 90, volunteered for the Air he changed strategy. Force in 1941, shortly after the war The World War II fighters dropped started. He flew between 80 and 90 bombs on the airfield and then combat missions. skipped-bombed the field (skip bombs He started out as a mechanic, but have delayed fuses). During the raid, later was trained as a fighter pilot a piece of shrapnel pierced the side and volunteered to head overseas. of Clem’s plane and disconnected his microphone near his throat. It landed He did combat training in Karachi, in his cockpit. India, and flew missions in Spain, Italy, North Africa and Burma. He Submitted photos “It was about this long,” Clem TOP: Don Clem, poses in front of his P-51D Mus- finally ended up in Xi’an in northern recalled, indicating about a 12-inch China. tang, also pictured above. span between his two hands. The for- See CLEM, page 7 WORLD WAR II: A TIMELINE A dramatic picture of the City of For Americans, World War II began in the morn- London skyline is lit up by a great ing hours of Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese blaze started by incendiary bombs Imperial Navy bombed the U.S. Pacific Fleet at earlP dropped by a lone Nazi raider, Aug. Harbor. 26, 1940. The Dome of St. Paul’s, The U.S. entry signaled the start of the war in right, some famous city churches the Pacific. Europeans, however, had been fighting and the statue of Justice on Old Bai- since September 1939 when Germany, led by Nazi ley, left, are clearly outlined against dictator Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland, causing England the glowing orange sky. A historic and France to declare war on Germany. church and a number of commercial World War II involved countries from all over the buildings were damaged by the flames. AP photo Continued on page 7 AFTER PEARL HARBOR: A SALUTE TO WORLD WAR II VETERANS 7 | Herald and News CLEM, continued from page 6 His job was to dive bomb air- fields, destroying enemy supplies and planes. The fighters also escort- ed bombers toward Japan. In addition to the shrapnel inci- dent, Clem experienced a couple of other close calls. “On one mission, we were straf- ing locomotives,” he said. “We came down and hit with our guns, saw steam coming up and decided to pull away. My plane dropped down and I thought I was going to hit that locomotive, but I just went through the steam.” Another story chronicles the tragic death of a pilot who had to bail out after his plane was crippled by the Japanese. In the one-seat fighters, the parachutes were the pilot’s seat cushion, which were attached by straps hooked onto their legs. “The pilot forgot to fasten his straps and when he bailed out, he went out of the harness and died,” Clem said. Clem made first lieutenant and was a captain by the time the war ended. He returned to Klamath Falls — where he had lived as a youth — after the war and worked at area mills. He met his wife, Velma at a logging camp. They married and raised two children. She died last January. He worked at mills along Upper Klamath Lake, did a stint as a log truck driver and finally went to work for Modoc Lumber Co. run- ning a log stacker and green chain.
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