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| Stewart Aids in Clearing Mine Fields for Aircraft "CAPE HOSKINS - A deadly foe is not always an enemy sniper perched in a cocoanut tree or a bearded stubby Japanese warrior flashing a steel bayonet. A land mine, in the opinion of Private First Class Lyle G. Stewart, son of Mrs. Clara W. Stewart, Hinckley, Utah, can be equally as dangerous." Pfc. Stewart admittedly knows whereof he speaks, as he helped to clear Cape Hopkins airstrip on New Britain in the Southwest Pacific of 177 buried aerial bombs and mines. . . . Although he hasn't engaged a single Jap face to face, Pfc. Stewart has been awarded the combat infantryman badge for his courage and devotion to duty during the clean-up job at Cape Hoskins. Pfc. Stewart, who also is a radio operator and a qualified anti-tank gunner, was inducted March 3, 1941, and underwent basic infantry training at Camp San Luis Obispo, California, and further training at Fort Lewis, Washington. Overseas since Aug. 23, 1942, he previously was stationed in Hawaii and the South Pacific, where he completed advanced training courses in ranger and hand to hand combat, jungle warfare and amphibious operations. Arriving on New Britain six months ago, he is also entitled to wear the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon. He was graduated in 1938 from Hinckley high school and later attended Branch Agricultural college, Cedar City, Utah, where he was a member of Chi Theta Iota fraternity. Before entering the army, he was engaged in farming. |
| Published 9 Nov 1944 in The Millard County Chronicle, Delta, Utah, USA. Ref. Source 1982 |
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