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Former Yumcn, Now Marine, Credited With An Important* Role In Conquest of Swo JimaItv Public delations Sectionof I , S. Marine lt;orpsSomewhere in the Pacific i De-Inycd) A former Yu man, e bureau of reclamation engineer employed here on the All American email lot three year; he for* enlisting in the IT. S. marines, played an important role in I he mu-(piest o) Iwo .limalie is Kind Lieutenant LmmelWylie, .’IK, commanding officer ofan engineer company of the Third marine division. His wife and son 1‘etcr, who formerly lived here with 1.1 Wylie, now live in Moulder City, Nev.JP. Wylie brought to battlefieldengineering the same efficiency he demonstrated as an associateengineer III the building of Moulder dam.I mil lane WylieMilitated marines in his company speak with admiration u hciithey refer to him as Front Line Wylie, for the lieutenant was in the midst of the hottest fightingduring must ot the Iwo campaign.to leave when the t land was secured.The blasting of .lap infestedeaves ami the removal ol enemyland mines was the key job of his company, and Wylie worked 11gid alongside of infantry andI be engineers in carrying out this grim work,Wylie bad one ♦ eiiae moment when he was walking along side a 17-ton caterpillar The operator ol the eat shouted, Look out! There's a Jap behind you!”As t h e marine officer ran around the opposite side of thegiant eat” for cover, the operator of the machine shot and lulled the Jap with hIN rifle. The operator of the cat” had seen theenemy soldier emerge from a rave only 10 feet behind Lt Wylie.HI. Wylie's engineers blastedmore than 1000 Japanese eaves and removed more than 1000 landmines during the bitter fightingon Iwo.Many Japs were exterminatedHe landed on Iwo on D-pius-4, in the eaves blasted shut by these and was one of the last marines(Continued on Page 4;
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Mon, Jun 11, 1945
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