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able to use the power mowers and the
old campus is agai n Looking like itse1.f, altho there is stili much to
be done yet . Few gardens were plowed until a week ago, and thus a lat e
crop of garden stuff is expected. FLoods in the middle west inundated
sq uare miles and that will have its effect on foods al~o.
Well, anot her commencement has c..ome and gone at S.R.--the quietest _one that _ we
ever did see, and no Alumni Day for you know why. Inclosed i s a c.a.py
of the Program which will doubtless be of interest to you. The men of
the class who left college during the last semester were~ _due to a ruling by State Supt. Haas 9 , graduated in absentia.--their mothers or fa.th ers being there to receive the diploma., for the son• who w~ re in thia
mans Army, Navy or Marine Corps.
Present in the chapel was Tim, Ehlics
now u 1st Lieutenant, was home on leave for a. little while having b~cn
bowled over by the concussion of~ Ja.p shell exploding back of him in
Guadacana.1 --his back muscles were slightly injored-hospitnlizcd h i m
for three months --now cs good ns ever. Tim was hero also for C~asa
Duy exercises in the cha pel a. few days before graduation a.nd h.c made a.
nice appropriate response vhen called upon to receive the 1943 cAXI~ENA year book -which, was dedicated ~o YOU fell ows .:ind Gi:.~1s also with
the colors---a nd n hearty CONGRATULATim'r--it could not have been better dedicated t 111 It- is a.n interesting anq.. well .illustrated voluino
a.nd if you ha.vent seen it, I think you will some day .
And s.o the
r egular college year has ended , a short vac ation has come a nd gone for
most of us, as now the Pre-Session ha.s started and so we a.re once again t eQching coll ege class es. Of course the regul ~r Army Cadot progr am goes on indip6ndent of college classe s just the same, with the added pep and z.est tha t this body has added to tho campus. They now
have their own ba.nd. a nu their oc.hcstra plays for dunces.
Since the
lnst V.B. h a s gon~ out tho grG~t victory of Bi zerti and Cup Bon has
takGn place , .TThcn W ouonnds of the nsupermen" ( pardon the giggle) c.ame.
in surrendering and w,.,nde;.ring what it was all aboutl,.11 JUST NOW t ,he
world is momentarily watching where OUR next move will be--a nd wouidHitle.r like t o lcnow1 ~1
I um most keen that these letters r each you
fello\7s especial ly in combut--they mny be dnys renching you, and if a.nd
when you can find the t ·ime to o.nswer, plu:.se strotctl n point c.nd do s.o
for we will have you in mind ovary hour--from none would word be oor e
., W6 lcome, both t o us here o.t your old a.ollogs I o.ncl )a.
your folks ba,.ck
o.t home ••• an<l may the gre.o.t porteoting hand of Providence watch over
you every minuto. Be Strong--we know you a.re Brave I
And jus1;, a.
little word here that we mentioned awo.y e.o.rlier in one of the VBs ,that
~ came out months ngo-----Be sure you mo.ke a gre::i.t number of friends in
your outfits the so.me ns you did here at college-no telling when
t hGse friendships may ploy o. very decided po.rt in your servic e lif~.
An~ these friendships you m~ke with your outfit men are also LASTINa
fri e ndships ( just l~st week the Millers had dinner with G pa.l a.nd
his wife in Pittsburgh-a pal ma.tle in Wo rld War I- over 20 years aga)
a.nd you will be d-., ing the s o.me thing 20 yea.rs hence with friends y ou
arc making in your own outfit today.
To the oo.r.tpus_llave come quite
a list of visitors during the past three w~ek~: Walter Kiebler, !1]l.
Nocera , both of the Shenango Replacement Dopot nea~ Greenville, V
fill..Y
Ronie:to from C.nr.1p Wheeler,, Grayson McCunclleas f or a. little fu!louglh !Lt
his home here, Freddy Da.rlfn; tclling of his tough course a.t Notre
LJame , Mi dShipmans 5 ohool ,, 1st Lieut Bi 11 TGmplo here for Cor.1menc eme:nti
a.nd horn& for a. little rest before taking off ago.in f or the West,, L,t ~.c
ck Jonus who is now likely in Honolulu, and Ens Ca.rl Sincull.g. just ~ ere
l a.s t night , , home on furlougp-he wi ll return to Pensacola, instruct in
Dive BoQbing--antl I hope I h~vent miss~d any of the others--any h ow it
wcs u plcasur6 t o s e o a ll of you--come back again t o Slippery Roe~ a nd
be a bso lut ely sure your ALWAYS ':VELCOMJ-its grond t o see you chaps hero
a~ain.
And now Q.S ~pace !_W.- nllow f or EXCERPTS from n .fine
b1g assortment of letters, th& whole of cany of them we wish we c~uld
include----- From Pfc. George DARR(Recon Co665TDBnNCampHoodTex) " l ~aa
proud t o b& remembe r ed with n copy of V.B. even though I was c 2nd 5em<
ester Fr€shmun--I ha.ve moved 30 milf.s n orth from here ~nd wa a.re no111 a.t
North Cnmp Hoou". From Ca.pt F .I .PETUCHA " At presGnt I nm on o.n En£lish sp~~kin~ ~slanu in the So~thenst Pncifie.The f olks ure most cordial
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a.n d c.miable. I hnve ma.de many good friends which of course makBs., ov.r
work not quite so difficu~t. I have my own camp here w~ich hous e a_ncy
c o;np a.ny of of Marines quite confort c.bl.y. Fecdir:~p, training, ~l ot, h i n..g_,,
and discipling nigh to two hunclred1'Leo.thernealcs ke ep me_ busy-·c,he ? oys
0-0. l}. me "Czar" so you knm1 they ho.ve c sense o f hum or. Yo ur V .,B. is., cr.
gr e·q1.t Mornl Buildre•kEicp them a.oming"_"-Anc: Freu c\y come aeain w_~~h a.
letter-g.)o<l luckl From Lt Fra.nk J. Ladesia.(39th Bomb6li.s~tsq-Dav1s Montho.n FldTusconariz) "At present
stiiti : med here in Tuscon where Im •
taking my first of 2 or 3.phases o f combat ~raining . Ive bee.n a _s signed
c. crew tha t in some future day wi 11 g i vs a good ace ount of i ts e lfi. If
all g oes well Ill b e getting my own B24(IJ.bero.tor)in about 2 montha &
a ~efinite assignm e nt s ~on after-I hope I Tha t picture of o ur old
swimming tec.m brought back lovely memories and Im not k:idcl ing when ;
say I h o.cl a. lump in my throo.t" - From Cpl Harold Elliott(28MPCamp Pick
ett Va)-{J ake how y ou do g et arouncU) 11 I presume the gas b~n hinders. the
tr o ut fishing some this year--When the tim e comes a s it will there is
a. muS:.t that we must do Mr Miller-I kno w some swell streams in Potter &
Co.meron Co~a.nd when the wa r is won we 1 11 go f o r certain an<l b e at ~hosa
stre cms t o ue:ath 11 -For the first time in n long time Jn.ke -no lisenca
this y et,r-sure well gol l From Ens Roy VanHorn( Ath.Office USAir Filed
Mi n.mi Fl) Aft e r be ing a t Northwestern U a.nd Norf o lk in the. _Physical Fit
n e ss pro[;r.:i.m , I .:::,.m now he,re in Miami. I ho.ve seen Johnny Menoa.her o.nd
Eggs Mehn ff e y -the la.t.t e r an Ens, an u schec.ulel1 for sea duty. May we
a.11 l ook forward t o better tloys and a grant homecoming. l certainly hop e
to b e on your list for all future numbers" Your on Royl-Fronn S/Sgt
Walter R. Ra.msey( Blclg329.L.owryFlu.DenverCol) 0 I nm the non comissione •-~ • mfficer in charge of the- post gym n.t Lowry Field-I conduct. the o:ffice:r
& ~lasses. Our gym is the lurgest in the a.ir corps commru1u-it is like l
y the b e st equipped too.We h uv.e two massiva basket ball courts,; 3. h cm d~o.:!.
11,, l squc.sh.,, 2 boxing rings ,,2 b~dminton c o urts ,i 1 volleyball-, 2,d res s in
grooms, and all fine ly equipped. The men n &e ~ furnish n othing -all is
hand ~d out to them when they enter the gym-the gym covers o. bl ock-all
thc.t is missing is Lt 1'Ho.m' Wright-he wo.s my former sup6rior officer- here
bef.ore he went to Co.lifornia.I was with Bo.be Denbow whe n o.t~ h ome and
s _a.w :•him off t o the train-he is sti 11 o.t Catnp Men(.1e. His brother.-~ Ja~k:
is in Cc.lifornia. 11 Bob, please send me both their adclresses,-thanks f or
a swell letter.-FromSgt Ed d ie Fester.(422:rfAg roupFtSillOklo.)"This iii> an
old p ost do.ting bo.ck from Ind ian Fronti er D,ay'il:i.A few miles nwa.y is.. Di..
precipice o_v er which Geronimo lured a. who le cnvalry reg imen,_t.. Quar .t.ers
v a ry rr:om winterize d tents to bo.rro.cks_.we have 400 WAACS here-they work in offices, drive Jeeps&trucks-most of the~ a re hep-ca ts fro~ Broo~
kllY,11!1 -Ah Eclcie bewo.re of Hee_p Ca.ts from any where•nnt1 sta.y far o:i.w.ay
from th e precipic e -~if it comes to both prepipice anrt hep-cats cbo ose
the precipice.- From Ens Butch Beckert 11 When you leo.ve the states you
just commence to realize what VB has to offer-mine co.ma just yesterdny
•-I dont know whether you have me listed"as one o f the7 h e,re" or . no~.l
wpul u like to finG out where Kensley Miller is stati oned-I cant tell
you where I a.m l ocated though. So far Ive h a.cl little time or opp,ortunity 1;,o gGt much sun • but theres beginning to b e less of that so:rt of :• ·
prison pallor that we joks a bout. (Coul..lent be you were on a. Sub n ear
the coo.st_ of itfrico. coilld.d it Butch'l!) I miss o. morning paper, cof:fe a,
n n<l whut papers we ~o s et are mostly propogantla politics, antl such.Fro~
all in<l ica.tion the wo.r is now going OUR way and if thing~ c ontinue a.s I
h op e they do, I will likely get an apportuni ty to see some of thas~ mar_j[.e.lo us thing s we studied in your course 0 - - Wh~t a story YOU co.n te_ll
us at the big Homecoming tha.t we all want Butch--.K.en$le_y~7Fighter APO
-3.eOO·. ) And the WAR ~ goins our way-in t o nights pd.per Po.nt,,ellerta.. aurrendere.d· -this morning_-heisted the White Flag,--anc1 so fa.r as wa are taught
the suoma.r1ne menac.e is pretty well under controll-•the. 1~11ies, h n"-le ·
the bn l nn0£l of Air Power over the iviu 1iterra.nean--jittery is Ita.l.y 1 _ o.ncl
Hitl e r h,:ts the St Vite.s uruic._e. From S/Sgt Do.vid Frazien· (Gund acamal?)
I he ur c1. from Clair Glo.dd a. few d c:.ys c.go -be Is selected for officer.a tr
aining-h~ ousht to ma.ke a swell officer.I ha.ve never ho.d a lett6r fro~
Ens Wc.lter McGa.ry yet-keep those VBs n ring ing Mr Miller"-Glndcl j_S' n ::>w
Lt Gl a.t.l d,, end neither h c'.ve we hnr.: word from Ens McGary-on boa.re. h~ lik;;.
ely h o.s o. time mo.ilin& letters_ ns y o u ,will unc1erstand 11 From Cpl T~m. Joh
~son- 11 my new a.ddress- lCo C•665TDTB-N Ca.mp Ho od Tex") Tom -in a n other
issue s oon I hope I will give mo re r.1ldresses of men in the US. From . 2L:f.S~muel s. Ristic.h (ATCfoC npt Underwoocl, Boc._nRc.t on: Fll£t)'\Fanflt.re, sensible short speeches,, p res e ntc.ti ons-we Hot No.vi gat o rs c.re on tha:. ].oos.e l.ike
homing pi geons we a.re seelting o. permc..nent bu s e=-go ocl wishes" Snmbo. Wfli.
conGr ntulate you--BUT wh o e ver he o.r u of o. permnnent base on o. plane? tr
co.nt_ st ay up forever •. -From C.sp Leroy Brest(NASBox35n.No.vyNo ll5: Fla.et: Pm.·
NY) ' WelL--wo.s I ever suprisE.cl t o g e t th e VB~,::,.n d di <llreo.c.1 it oven:1 I
have b een in the Ca.ribbeo.n area. for 7 months-my duties to a rrange: .recre
nt _i onif oijoff ic~rs nncl enl iste tl me n of ,ow_- squ.:ldr on, v.nd wi ~i ting_ ~U£'. c1
ronR- like thi s work-hope t o pro@it liy 1 t.. Y ) U c a n o.ls o list me c1s being o. husba.n \.1--the: g irl, well n l oca.l g irl I <lo. tea_ while e,tten<ling S .R.

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She 1$ from my home .town. Lt .Peter Sowa. married Ma.ry E. White in cc.sa
you c.lont know. When this .:-Lffair is over we ought to ha.ve n big Victory
Bo.nquet and duqce What sa.y'2"- Agreed, Leroy ancl lets make it c. dandy .
From Ens Bob Boczar (USS Ar.1zaha: N. Y.) "My address is here a.nd I dont
want to miss a. copy of the VB.Heres o.n item; Lt.jgBuck Do.vis. is now opera.ting,; the Fleet Club in Portlo.n<l Ma.ine " -Be t Buck is getting :tn tra ining to open a night club after the war--cD.n any of you fellows on
the Pacific islands susgest uny hot mo.mmo.s for his floor show.? Fronu
Lt .W .H.Mo.nk-e( 346FighterSq_-350GrAP0525NY) 11 It is difficult just how to
express the joy thn.t your VB. brings me o.wr:i.y over here-it brings bo.ck.
memories I h~d almost forgotten.More than~ mo. have passed sinca I lef~
the Stc.tes-I have bee.n in tw o theo.tres of o.p e.rn.tion;,ii:he. Europe.rm. und
the African, where I am now-each h~s been nn e.ducntion in itsell. Im
more tha.n proud of the tlying ability our boys h::i.ve been doing_- no cloubt you wi ll be better acqunintecl with what I menn by the time this rea ches you--! sure hope V~B. re ~ches me from now oo.'1-For a swell letter
B.Munke has our thanks-we hnve heard ~f you throus h..T. Olson and ~L
Grossman both of whom met you the former in Engl~nd, the latter in Casa
blanco.-write a.go.in soon. FROM PvtJ,M,DunJ.a.p((Dnvis ::ind Elkins ,Elkins.
WVa.)Th0y are siving us 10 hours in dual Piper Cruisers(J-5) now· o.nd I
exp~ct to lenve here Jun6 19th-the sooner the better so thnt I cn.n get
my winas-This is n nice place only lS6 miles from home and I shull,in
a wc.y regret to lec.ve it-Ive read VB over nnc.l over". C.ome again J ac.k.
From CanJ Lewis J. Ho.melly(The Adj Gen's School FtYfoshMd) 11 Finclly .I m
here nt Ft Washington and we really get down to businesa,,-I got 4li.books
toua.yto study for the next 11 weeks. Last Weclnes..c1ny I saw Churchilll.
also Wnlly and The Duke a.nd Eleanor, a nd some more of the bi& sta.ra.
It is nice <lown g.ere but I wont have time to a dmire it sp very much
from the looks of things. 11 -All the nrmy men sp.y Your Luc.ky Lew. From .
S/Sgt N.M.Bila.wick(458BombSqBiggsFielcl,ElPa.so ex)" I hope you will. unde rstanc why I hnvent written for so long--Afier completing .radio I cnn
s o.y I 11 h:1.ve, n nice hobby a.ft er t his is over to say the least-I 0.1 s.o ·
attended gunnery school, an<l for the la.st 2 months have bee·n tro.in.ir?S
very strenously for combat duty on n g iant B24 Liberator, ~s ra.Gio op era.tor . V.£s bring S.R. back to mind ~nd we have you to thnn~ for tha t
us you know how we r0ally like.d it there" From Lst Lt Dick.Hammerle
( Lbn Hc.1Qr67CA(AA) /i.POtilfoPmNY) 11• Well things h a v e rather quiete.d: down
~ver herenow(Ma.y J16thTthe big problem now comes in guarding-, the: prisonGrs of war-a.nd believe me Mr Miller, theres ct. flock of therm. You n.s..k ed a.bout "Gerti e From Bizerte 11 -w0ll, th&•.i is just no such song thc.t o.ny
of us have heard about . Theres so many men over here that its pra.c~iea.lly impossible to locate any one you know. Have you ever gone swimmin
g in the b:Lue Me <.!iterro.neo.n,? Its r eally a lot a~ funl l Our Hdqrs is
lly¼mi from the nic est beo.a.h in i\.fri<m-I wo.s sent o.hea<l to pi c.k the pLac e for our outfit and I likes this. spot,,-I finll out you c.nt11 g,_et almo s .t anything if you go about it in the right wo.y. I promise you a. good
visit when this mess is oven. Hope to be receiving mu next ~opjf on tha
other side of the Mediterranean"-Hope you do too Dic.k-keep wri~ingFrom Lt Bill WeuYer(.526 BombSqkPO 6:M;(Fm NY) 11 It means more tho.n I thought to ge t word from the gang when o»er here-tha.nlcs for t:he"MG)mor-ies."
Today is a.n eventful oneJfor if!. a.ll_ goes tronschedule"Gloria.. ~ntl I will ·
be MDmmc and PQppa. Our outfit is dropping bombs thick antl fast on. the
Jerries-th0ir losses ho.ve been extreme-and England s,eems to be ~a,r::y,peaceful thr ough it a.11 111 -Thanks Bi ll•CLncl we bust tha.t he kept. bi.a a.p pointment-congrc.tula.tiono:l From PfcDick Perkins (CoD339Eng-RegTAPQ:3~~
,m~.an.Fran}•Well MrM since you last hear.u from me I have tra~eled. rilmost h all.f around the world..After I left Cal.I was soon on the high se~a I
l anded on Australic~Im there now.Gosk I never saw so muo.h wate r ini mu
lit' e( 'fihnt Di<cic~ Dant y0u remember Wo:ut Creek'i!) When we crossed the Eq_u.
ater we duc-ke--d every one with wa.'ter and- }lltint:,. I like it here-it is a
beautiful c ountry.-thc people reo.l ly treat us SWELL.Te:11 everyone r Sia.iq
Hallo and keep those Bella o. coming,11 ..Good 01c1 Dic..k PerkinB=i From Patf
R .C ,McGregor( USUCC~t.-InfBa.ttCourthouseBo.y,NewRi werNC)Damn Bob.., wbat an
addres~•"L was tBansferred hera May 1st-this is a prep f or Officer.a:-. Can
- and kinda tough (So I heard Bob) The first week they rushed us with n..
lot of wrestling, boxing,Jurlo and obs ta:cle coursea,-we were busy a ll clay
and nll night a t battle mo.neuverai sleeping in foxho1e-a eto...-to me it was,
~ l ot of fun-a lot different from , my last 6 mo.This week we are LandiDB
in barges-more laughs,-in the surf. I sure appreci ate the VBSb especially
about Jimmy Kearns-I know that whe~e he i s he is doins a lot of go~d
wo rk-he g~ve me a lot of advice before I j oined up with the Marinea and
it did me r en.l g__ood~I also hope that ~ce. Menoa.her is making out O. K.
It i s just a yea.r ag_o t odo,y since. I left-I wns w.orking for Miss Woods-I
guess. I co.used her o. lot of trouble but shes a good sport.-I on1.y ho.d l
year in S.R. it was the b~st in my life so fnr-IlL never forget the nic~
people there ....-as Jimmy says it will be a g re-o.t day when we ell get b.ack.
I hear often from A/tC Geo Hornic.li.0: at(SqB Gr4AAFP-FSMuxwellFl.c1AlD.ba.ma,TQrn the page Jimmy Sumatra Kearns and all othera.

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For n s we 11.:.1etter thanks t o y ou BobMcGt. -FROM Sg:t, Da le 'N, lenrsf( 513
BolltbSq317.6GrAP06B.1foPtn.1'fY) " All we l 1 he r e in the Mi dd l e East jus rec.a•
ived n ews of Ethel No.gys c!eo.t h· ,I di d my s tudent t eaching with her.-and
she wa.s a good fri e nd . I have been o.ble t o swi m occ asiona.llyu We l nok
t o you Do.l e Pierc e. f o~ ..)nt a r esting n ews out t here-have you had a ride
on u ca me l y eti From W~st J ohnO Ko.ufman£i906TG-BTC#9(PP)Mio.rn i BeaehFla )
11 I run. a PT Ins tr and it is my j ob t o tra in t h e
tra inees. h e r e o.t. Mi a •
mi Beach a nd keep them phy s ic a lly fit--It i s good t o hear f r om, and about the fell ows fr om s.R. an<l one of thes e do.ya we will all come through with thi s mess antl then g o back t o n orma.L liv£ s. Thanks a million
f or those VBs a n d keep them c oming_11- An d thanks Johnny f or the letter&.
f or the pictures•-IN CASE "1S1J} FORGOT-or tlont know,. we are makin& ~ ~oLl ection of pictures ot all 5.R. people im the service-so dent forget
t o s end us a. picture of !QP !,n y...2_ur ~
orm QJ' ~ worjt/or thEl diapla:y.
ALL OVER THE WORLD,--s.o many ar& QI>. U1!!
FROM Lt'!:.h,Qr Ol§ on( 14
MOVE--va wants t o keep up with YOU--Rep~ontl.Dapot,AP06.55
On t he'elivelope-V/as YOUR ADORE§$ CORR:&;T~--□ NY} Since last VB _I ~
Your R.hNK--ha ve we kept this up-t o- da\ e1---§ - a ve ha d 2 letter& f
om Doug Lehma.n•a, gooYo.ur LETTE8-wa.s it FORW.
ED t..a; y ou
c ont act.-I suppose
picture-Ha ve you t ~n c ar& ot ~h1s1-be t a l king t o hi
Keep VB infor mes and VB will do
m next month.I sur e
nts durndest to ke ep up with y ou.
liked the Saxpictur es
y ou s ent-a s a mor al builtler they were strictly Al. I have h~d the ~PP
ortunit;.,y t o read s ome of the enemy propogo.ndo. leafl e t ~ ,. dropped f.r om
the a ir-they use lies. StricfelY the a llies use the pol:lcy of truth. I
ha ve cont act with s ev er a l British offices a n d have also s een the $te r
eoptic a.n p ictures that they t a.k e fr om rec onni~ence planes a.nd you use
n fol di na s e t ot stereoptic nn lenoes t o read them. The third d1 mena 1on 1s br ought out vivid ly, any I ha.ve b een qrngz ed a t the destructi o n
a nd devista ti ori t hat our bombs mo.kc . Il l brins y ou some of thes e ~ a.fl a ts and some pictur es t oo" - An d agnin Thor your l ett er was fine - wo uld
l ike , like many others ~~inse rt a ll of it-do c ome o.gainl1 Fro~ A$
Bruc e ,1.dams: (El et Ha11l313Xav1er U.Cin 0) "I exo€.ct to start flyinu; in
t wo we€.ks her e at Cincinatti. Sure was gl ad to ge t t he degr ee fr o~. SR
only sorry f e llows like Florn , ~ ~s~ E.l:l,lles, nn<l ot h ers oouldent b a ve
f i n i shed with us. I henr fr om Qrn, t..sm,er,,Ecl Cottrill., - all of t h6m .
are do i ng O. K. 11 From L.!,J .T .Lytle( 553CABn( .i~1.)Ca.mpHulanTex.) "Lo.st wee K I
got my f irst c opy of VB -ho.v ent enj oyed nnything so much f or a l ong ti
me-it was so~d ~o r ~rrd about f ellows y ou kn ow-and i sent s .R. going p lacesHave been i n Tex fo r 4 m~ ha l f way between Huston and Cor pus Cri s t
on t he ~ nt agor J i a ~ay.I hcv e be en in the o.rmy sinc e l ast s ummer-my spe ci al br a nch 1s t he a nti aircraft-it isent very g l runor ous but we will
b e i n ther e pitc hing just like every one el se- and k eep tho s e Be l a co
minG"·- Come agai n Ji mmy. Fr om La t Lt Bill Temple ( 94th Fil.BnC.nmp Bowi e
Tex) "I t s nice be ing in co.mp n.go.inl\ftar 8 mo of ----Here we ho.ve beds•
showers -I f e;c l like on e of the 400 11 Fr om PvtJ . Ho.lle t e in (2ndC-oSCU/1341.3
6lemsonCollege ,Cl emsonS . C,}. "I spect 6 mo in c runpVo.nDorn., Mi s s_whe r a I wa s
i n t he heo.~y we upo!f-o • of t he infantry. I am n ow in Engin0er1ng s choo l
he r e we c a rry 24 acc r edi t ed c ourse~n b~s ic eng . with our PT en d t hat ll
a f ull sch edule• I' d s ay J ohn. FromJa.ck Merritts (909TGSq9 2GMio.mi Bea.ch
FlJi m expec t ing to be shi pped out to a s choo l f or A~ Mech~nic o.l work
any tla.y n ow . The oijow i s good , s ome ki n d of meo.t ,.J times do.ily , o.n d I
ho.vent l ost any we i ght des pite the h eo.t-us unl l y nr ountl ¼90 by n oon and
~r em.ci ns so until 6 p.m."- A good l etter Pvt J o.ck. Fr om A~ Ke ith Woos..tijlt
(.B l dgli2li3Rm1.32 Pens e.c o l a Fla ) "\"lell by V. B. it l ooks a.a if S . R. wo.s b eing spr eed a. 11 ov er t he g l oba-I dont know o.11 the fe llows . but I r ea.d
i t t hor oughl y .I ha.ve r ece i ved inst r uction f r om Lt Hook,;s Sa.rnpla and I
ca n ussure you thct S.R. ma.y f ee l pr oud of hi m en d o.l so Lt He r b Mose~
of th e Mari nes -I sha.11 trnns f er t o t hat brnnc-h of the s er v ic e lat e r i f
J-i_mll'y Kec.r ns appr oves .• I am t r nining t o be o. tor pedo bomber p-ilott--an<l
I ~cunt on being bo.c k t o S. R. fo r that b i s r e uni on1 a ft er t h i s mess i s
clec.red up •. Al e:.,x ]'.5ut,kin is in my s r oup- a.nd gettin~ o.l ong O.K. 11 Come
O.£F'- in :<ei t ~ .. - I-'r om·' Ens Don Pricho.rd( Fl eet h.ir Command NowmeofoFleet PO
SnrJ·ran) 11 Wel 1 her e I a.m about 10,000mi l es fr om good o Ld S . R.-c. f i ne tr ·
ip across i n our o..a.rri er. The Pacif ic is really a bea utiful oc ean- much ·
co.~mer thnn the Atlo.nt ic.We stopp0d o.t rea.rlH,visitetl Hon olulu hotel~
a.nu swam a t Wo.iikiki Beach-t he tel!MIL her e o.t Noumen i s n littl e larger
t~~r. S . R.-most of t he whi tes ar e Fr en c.h-the n~tivss a.r e c oo.l bl nc.k• hav e hai r l' long .If you ca.n speak French yo ur O.K. 1f n ot yo u c an ges tic
ulate wi t h the hands - soon 111 be shovi ng of f t o another i s l and" Good
lu~k , DcITAl From h' SNober t nagmer( Sq E Sect20Wi t t en ber g Col l ega, Spr.ing
f tel cl 0) 11 They sure keepi s busy her e - a.n tl I kn ow wha t it meo.ns to &t ru:nd
a.t. c:-.ttGnt :ilon- mor e l nt er ' er t - lfirit e Tallon at 309B-omb Ckf,~q426Columb1.a,
S :G 1 r om Pvt._ 1'.rch i e Sonn o.g( 422B- HdVenia.e Fl a ) I am in. t he oper a.tilllt
or fice a s chi ef r o.c.li o oper a.tor-I t o.l k with :ranges , p l anes ,,and WAACS . a t
Mac.dill fi eld i n Trunpa- I r ide o.r ound in n J eep- more do.ran fun/1 (You v-rnu.r icle aRCU!:,~~)" One of the f ellows he r e ho.s a dat e with on e of Ring lings
mi uge t s at Snr o.s.ot.o. 11 Why don. t yo u go a.l o~,,. •~ch i e and dat e t he --ski nn
y l ady. -~ ~~1, qf !~<2~ gqI}fJ•Q~~r! ~ l Ll
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