Lieutenant Atherton's work as a bombardier is concerned mostly with scheduling the bombardiers for their combat missions and to choose squad­ron leaders with the aim of continu­ally improving the efficiency and ac­curacy of his squadron's bombing. Lt. Atherton has been in North Africa since May, 1943.

Contributed by Delaine Donaldson
Pike County Democrat-Times(Pittsfield, Illinois) December 29, 1943

Pfc. Bartlett entered the WAC in February, 1944, and this is her first furlough since entering service. Her husband, S-Sgt. Wilbur Bartlett, is stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas.

Contributed by Delaine Donaldson
The Independent Press (Griggsville, Illinois), Feb. 13, 1944

Cpl. Bell was a gunner on a B-29 which was based on Saipan and is believed to have been in one of the planes which have been reported in the daily papersas having been in recent missions over Tokyo.

The family have had several letters from Ray since he left this country a few weeks ago, the last which was written on January 4 reached here January 14.

Ray's older brother, Charles Bell, Jr., is with the Seabees and is somewhere in the Pacific area. He has three sisters, Mrs. Flor­ence Murphy, Miss Doris Bell and Mrs. Earl Wilcoxson, who arrived here last week from the state of Washington as her husband, Lt. Wilcoxson, is leaving soon for overseas duty.

Contributed by Delaine Donaldson
The Independent Press (Griggsville, Illinois), January 17, 1945