~ ;J"\Q { .·~. Dear , f r iend with the colo r s .·. 0 • JI}):,. UndiSt Ur bed , the American Ea ;'{ -4 · gle is pretty much of a conteated , respe~table ' bird : fixin~ it~ nest , ~ K ~~ : .:~..'/""":::) fora 0. 1ng for fo od, rea r ing its· youn ~ 'i ii' ::,:... ,...._,, . gen?;a~ly avo~ding trouble and pay i n ;_,. . . attention to its own matter- of - day ., ~ Al"C~·JQ.t~-~-::t· ·-l affairs . · Aroused , this mighty bird 19·..,:,4:f/:.\:· ~ : 1 can inst a nt l y becbme a power-house of , ····.:·:r·· • <' "-'-- ~···· ) strittng fury , baring its needle-lilte talon~f?_:'.,.-v : · and its razor - sharp beak· and woe be to ' the enet1} . • . ,·., \I ~ ,:__:.~.v tha~ cani1ot· ·p arry its lightning-like thrust it _'/};::-\-( ~};;;,..( ~--:~}_!::-: Loosed upon startled Japan and stur.ned Germany_,_,.:. :i\__ · ··· -~ : . ..y:. t:1 ~se l a st - several weeks have· be~n th~ most, fe r- ··.,-,::. __ ,."::·'-.-.,_ -:'·· , r . ocious and supe r- power attacks t t1a t tnes-e t -nug_ ··::-;-·:·:· _., ... " directed . natiorrs'· have so far faced from America .. --·. ;.-.•.· . . - · C ~t··-,.· ,. , , ·-.···:<.:-;:G . . ·:~ ·- - -m ~- -~'. : -,,~ ·nrn: ! : ·. ') r ~~.-.,~·\_ ~·...- r©-; ·._:'_:/.- .. Sc·r· eam _ins .and hi.ss ing , the keen .'ey .e d Eagl . e· .has. - po. tJ.nced ·. ui.·1 re-"-,_..--.... = len-t-:-1---es-s1:,1 - ~ ""' _ . .-14-~ t-:: 1'.'er .Japan - b~tses. · "'-! -,, ;d-·' . t wo- tho usan d planes h a ve knocked. ga lly-wes t ~ , • ', . • ~ , tt1e fighter plane production ,of .Hitler, and . . . ·,\ ~~ -'; · a-ccord~·ng to experts :-iave_ c_lindied -t lre. prese nt . ~ ·· ~\i;;,1: o ff e·- ns1ve on all fronts • . Ti'1e_ devastating att ;;i:;;ll -· ad)<: on Truk not . ori.ly suprised- t he Japs.~ - it s uprised t rie world 1 It rna·r l<:ed one of t l11.e i :m~ ~ 2 or~an~war ipocs this jear . AND two thousand plan ~s • · ··:.,i :r e .a lo;t of planes ove r anybody's c o untry ~ l Hi_ss, scream , scrat.. ch , fume and plue1mE;,t , :· square , hard, ·and sure, Americ an Eag le t U Rent to shreds the s e deEitroyers of peace and. happiness , and bririg the wo·. rld . q -u:ickly back to · peace an,d quietnes.s,and love ...Our ,men vrnnt t :o come home for a hot bath , .a shav~ an d . ~ h~ircut i i a ba r ber shop; ,a car to tJ.ke .the girl.. friend out to a double featLlre movie , aad ar; : ice c_ream. sundae .t Sh a rp en thos.e fan g s Ame_ric an Eagle, whet u.p ti1 a t pE:! _a k - :-bring. our . boys b~Qk\to an . Americ_a whe re tney 1,1ay wo.rk at · a respectable job , live in a con{or\ able ~ome, ijnd go fis h ing or go lfing whe never t::1ey da r ,n well please · . B ri n;,; the n1 ba c k to an America (not pe rfect,of c ourse nott) ~here he c a~ live as a res pe cted g~ nt·lem a n among his frie 11ds and.w:i,th his ,-loved ones 1.t PLU:,II'IET Eag le,. · sur~ a nd.li ghtning ~f is ttt\~~ ite-0 0 cd d i "' · · e c'4, s 1 0'.t t ed. -i 0 b-i t'f 't't'I e· s e e n -~ ·· L-:"e~ .'rll!wn~r-t>-.::,,---.---, your old Al ma .Mater; and Lie buds- on the r110.p les down .a long Long '.'ialk · are swellin'g . :A :fe w farmers out on S.R . · creek a re maldng map le syrup, as th e 'ii;ea ther still ', keeps 'rnild • .· J-1lre:::idy a . few a ll - g irl i: roups have _, left with picnic basl( 9 ts to haunts among t he se hills/and dales that you have tramped ov e r so _ often , and where you have k i ndled fires for your steaks an d · bacon . Do a little refl e cting U Ah t Those WERE very sweet days ! t1 The chief concern a t Slippery Rock just now , however , is not piciiics-- it is the future of, the c.o1lege - and t i1c1.t is a ~ concern~ , Its future , as with ti"1e future of many a n other coll ege,now hangs in t~B ba lance . The Cadets , now l eaving in groups , will probably al l be g one in May, a nd the prospects fo~ new students , now that industry o f fers so much , is not promising. CoL1Cerned , but not jittery a re all of us . ·-:vell , college is just darn e d q uiet Vi ithout ___ you felL:5ws r1c re to a dd th& -z ip, p·1,,mch and g o t'.1 a ~we h c:.ve a lw ay s been used to.- Every b ody is lrnen to know v1here ~ a re\an d wrw t you a re d..D:i..ng ~ . Be . as sured; a s you r ead t h is away out V1ere son1e p l a ce, someplace so different t:1a:t, S . R. , t;1nt you : h a ye r iot bee_n forg-otten , and be sure a nd cert a in that you a re not out there a lone t t ! t 1 . :1ecently, one hund red copiee of t~e last · V. B. we re ~ent to g irls of the l a st three cl asse s . You- shoul'd see .h ow interested, from t i1e ir lett e rs , t l1e y a re in .you • L . Here a re s o,n'€.. it ems. I t, icksd up from tl1e l ette rs : I~·la ry White ( Mrs Lt . Pete So·;va ) is . non wit l1 i1er folks i n 3l:wr on , and Lt . Pete is no w v;1ith the 2nd Ferrying Group. at ;Vih1ing t oh 0el. 'ililma Banks is now in Denver Col~, -doi ng sec~et ~r .ia~ n ork~ a1s0. wearing a sparkle r ;.. a nd fr.om .~ Denv e r ri1an in t i1e service . ,1.lice lho rno son ( h:rs '!I.B_.!,_Ha rri~), .is • teaching in Cumbe rl a nd Md . Eliz ab eth Czar ( Mrs Lt . Carl Smithson) is in Ellwood C_i ty - ~1er: hubby is ,in .England ., .Csp. Leroy Bre st , was recentl v home ~n Sh a ron on a furlou ~h ~h e is stat ion ed in Cub a .and .other poi11t~ .south . Ma r y. Jane Hall is ~orking for her ~I.A. a t Penn State. Martha Ube r wears a s parkler . Its a Mr Orr of Hickory . Mrs ~e llie Patt e rsdn , for ye a rs ma t~on of North Hall , passe d away in ·, 1 il k insburg,-w,as. buried in S.R •. . "P.op" ivlcC1Y,:monds , the pop ular ne wsdea ler down town , now is gr a vE.ly .ill in ths Grove City hospitnl.Ruth Massha ll ( ~rs Wilson Shilling) lives ~t 318~Alderman Ave , Sh a ron . Ma ri an L . Smith(Mrs C. R ~Peffe~) lives at . Ta rerttum Pa RD#l , and ha s ~ brpther a nd a . hubby in the serviQe . Rhea Jean heckert(~rs Elrner~J . Stratton) left l as t week to be wit.h. _him L1 Calif . Ruth Jones(:';Irs H. W Irons) li V E. s .at 912 E . Pearl St ~ ,Butler - her b u b by is . a Lt . V'.'i th th e Marin 6 s naw .on t .c1e South Se a s .• • Lt is 1vicDougali (6rr) n ow lives a t 'Ii.RITE the m a LETTER- and turn the page ~ ~ ""<- - . · . -· ---- -· •. ~ JI~ , . ~ - - - - •--.-~ - ----· ·-- · · p. 2 .Y,B. .#, 21- • .. __ _.·23 Chambers Ave_., Greenville, Pa. Its a sparkler for E§_g_gy Griffith of 528W .wash~·t,':NewCast·1e·: and AlC J,ack Dunlap (44D Gunter Fld I i/lontgomery Ala).· l§liibe·1 Barker -_i§ . t _~achlng at . 1913 S. First St.• Louis,vi_l..:. le, B,Ky. Lucille Y:oungert teaching at'l40\'!alter Lane.,Springd. a le,Pa., Charlotte GI"ufit, teacl'J.h1g. o,t Bgxl62 , Meyersdale·,P a. ,Marjorie Lindsey,at 1811East Washin~ton St~,N~~CastlePa~i Car6lyn ~illi a ms 6f _42 ~tVernon hve ,Pgh~2'Jl mee·,t,s·: wit-h ·Louis. Andersorr Fallon,J,ia ry E. Jackson,. Elsie Sarrac ks Mt:Gn.rv ey'. ,: Mary L. Fritz., and Eliza beth Hawkins for S .H. reunions monthly:. Donna Mc·;1a 11:i,qm:s;teachin3 at Box 15 Irv1i1:,Pa •. , Pe ,2g y. Wa rkal :te a ching at 512 E.Mtii~,RoarinG Springs,Pa.,Betty Je an McCord: 2..zs,w. 1vlain St Grm{~ City .. ,Gladys M. Perry at Box322Mars , Pn. 1 Ethel V. Murray at Pgh.St.Chesvlick 1 Pa ., ~farjorie L. ~'i agner a.t 336 E:-,rtt.E~ J~v.c .. ,, Beaver, Pa., __Lt,'Viac . Iwtty Coval r (Sta Hosp#l FtJacl.rt Vine ent, saying good luck, everybody, Capt. Frank Ware -li kely now on th e high seas for ?i Pvt . Archie Sonntag, all steamed up about his Sp. Service work, Csp.Leroy Bresi phoning from Sharon .when his car·failed him, and Lt-j g .Geo.Wagenho rst hOme _.from his Flotilla on the South ~eas sayinc; that the air power of t l1e _Japs is definitely th_e decrea:s·e .. oo AND now brothe.r--lets -have a loolc inside: the · old MAIL BAG' H ,From:: Cpl Ed Kruse(.Base if) eather St-A.;:..• B-RomeNY) 11 Sorry to h a ve missed 'Lt Lytle at Chanute Field. Than~s to Capt Joe Fuszek for ge tting me o.n V .B's list'" •From Sgt w.. w. 0 r andon(Class578-15-59TrGrKess1erFldMi/ss) "I have bee_n accepted into the air corps-am now await ing to be .s,erit to college-am now with men who have seen ovefseas service and hear s o ::ie int ere sting tal es."·.Dont believe I Ive rece iv E.d the ·pic:t u:re. you wrote about Warren-mention it aga in plec1se.. •Fro m Ens.,Roy VanHorn · (Atlsea) "Finally rec0ived the Dec.VB. Since le av ing the Sta te-s, my ,tr- . a~els would sound something like a . Caok'~ Tour of the battlefield$ as I've been. all the way from Casablanka to Oran and several trips ta, Italy thrown in-Had hoped to visit S.R. but my leave was cancelled at the last moraent" ,Fro m:Ist Lt Peter Sowa(2nd Fs'rrying Gr . VVi lmington _ .1,)__elJ Note left at my home::J'Im driving through from Columbus ,.Mi.ss ta Wilmington via Sharon where Mary(White)my wlfe ,li ved , W~·we re mighty sorry to have missed you as we came. this way just .tor that re ns.on-BUT count bot h of us in. for t :10.t BIG REUNION V'-rdi g hty sorry to have been out Lt.Pete-come again !t •Fr om PfcBlair S. Hildebrand(M.A.D. Navy Pier-.Jiesel 0 chool·,Ghic ago Ill) " So Ive. ch ~.. nged addresses aga in -this time to the windi city. They say there is a future to diesel enginest and Chic ago is a wonderful town-plenty of nmusE.ment and: room" t.o get ar ound" •From Lt.A.T.Barnett(SqF · ..SaltLake City U)"It wo.s swell to receive my first copy of VB~I do not know many ,of the S.R. me~ it mentions but may run into some of t ,hem.-i ts a s.mall world.Yie are now a.w aiting shi_pment to combat zone. I like Snlt La.ke City but is is cold and lots of snow-we have,n' t gotten out to see much 11 •From Sgt. John Grossman( Btry C 69th AAAG' nBn CampHaanCal if) "Our. outfit have been in BanDiego since Pearl Harbor-now ~e ~ill likely move into some more strategic area, as we con_s ider :the, west coas t sa.fe from the J ap-s now. Riverside is a beautiful tcn:in-and v_1e hetve lots of C:..,.,liJ.liquid sunshine now" •From Tom JoosJs sister 11 Lo..st week we h,a.d .a 1·ette r fin ... · ally from Tom. We dont kno:w: _v-~11,er-e he is but do know that it is very warm. His boat was torpodoed,.and they lost their boat but thank God he came hut of it safe. He spol1ey tHJ[E't bi;or:a of s B reqd ,rn ;from, c6v_er to cov{r E::ach time I .get it .I ar11 somewheres in N. Af ri ca now., c.':.nd was transfefred to.the band wh\le in t~e_C ~ lif.desert-cnnt seem ~6 keep av1b.y from music ·. I ·a m looking fonmrd to the dny v1hen I ca,n .coma back to S.R., renew old fri e ndships , ~nd ~o fox squirrel hunting out on the Kelly farm" , Fr;om ~\J C Nark ·aayne (305 1..1:,F Garner Field Tex) 11 ! h~d onli beet~ here 3 weeks when I g ot an 6'.nerG;ency f~r~ough - v1~nt home-01.,1r 6 4 1b s.on w2i.s bor11 Jan l 7th-:--hope: to n nve them Join me 111 ba,sic training at •1 n.~,o Tex . about .. ,pri~st . Geo Swearingen and 11 ~i i n;i " asked me to ,sa.y"Hello to youJit ,iey put me on the plane v1hen, I v1ent home 1 • From Tec .. Hep. L.N . Beaver( APO) '-' Happened to be in Honolulu· o.· _f e\'ii month : back-stopped to eat , when the pl i ne was not ready ca~~ back to . me$s hall for .n second . cup of coffee --Lo c.nd Behold , who r 1ns 9 i tj.:ng intent on food ~1..od una~'lc.re .of his surroundings but Sam Ristich-I assure :you it was :J. p leaso.nt s uprise --we really chewed the fat .unt i 1 my plane. ,3incE- E:arly 1942 I have .beE:n employed ns Se r vice EngineE:r , in the, ' Aircraft Inst r ~-..:spent 18 mo • . in thE: bddle e ast - 11.frica , _India , .~ersia,. d.nd .am now operati_ng in thE. s.w . Pncific . Have s e en many ptE:c;~s _oj' 3.rchitect:ure and mcmy · f!,ems of· art pert ctining to niany _races. When t2:1.l( ing Art ,~ppreciation .L_ nsver:- reD.lized I would somE. :ctn.y. . see many pf' the examples we; discussed in c L.1s s . I hope ,to · see China bE.f ore_ r_eturp!i.ng homell For a goad letter t hanks '.Lew ~ . tram Lt Loy2:l.Liken(_I-~~te,l J~ am ac 71st and Broadway N ~ Y. C) 11 . Ha.v e been on· the move ago.in70.ft ~r _leaving · ;,1 _b ahy , I spent 2 mo . in Br o\"msvill1;:; Te x, and c:m no\'J: here : in N._y .c. I am C .o. of the Hq and Hq Sqdn ;..keep me on the list -_I . dont: v1ant_ to .miss - an issue" · ·ybur ihl .L.oyal . •Fr·oin 'Jayne · GarraU:x(3gt) · (APO)" Last night , I ran ·across BillTemple · i-~e:.re in the Red · Cross-:hE. is c. v a pt :C~in mid told r, about V13-,,so G·mnt to_ ge t on th e list . )Olrnt a big time \~~ ~ad talking over good old. S.R. days .r! ___ .1\nd your on· 'Ffnyne - just ke e p me ,posted a nd , ~-vrite eve;r,y novv a nd then . - From T/3gt .Jo.vid- Fraz.ier(l1PO) 1.1 I _ have teft rrry lust a.ddres.s r,hich was at thP Fiji Islands . It has. b E-en suprising how I h iwe peen able to explore these 3 , 3 (:;. ;:.t islands--! h c.d al.w o.ys ~ti.o ught they were beautiful ·, · a.nd full ·_ of lovely.nc. tive,girl_s . I.still h t1.V G cm island like tha t to find . I d. h1 p.J.tiently a tv G.iting the dny when (g s t _ b ,J.Ck to S.R~" ~From Pvt Diel{ Duda (Sorri swheresin Italy)'' _Ive b.een plenty busy h1oving arOUQd he.re , . a ;-id , a m now starting on _IT)Y 2nd_ year overseas}' • Frain Sam I\lanrulu(LJ6GompD- 30$~1eepsh6ad Bay BrooklynN. Y) "I rec'd the int ere sting VB le.st hight-h o. d· to s.et, out of bed and. finished re a d:img it in the wash room a-ftE-r· te1:p.s-., !11· be s a iling for ? in about 6 weeks-a ~1d ma.y · ¢l.ig ·up·s6 n1cth1rig inter$st1ng for you " • • • Do~ t! Send in a pi'cture ··U:-nif·orm-a nd turn the page • novv, in ·w = ' , p • ,4 VB /I 2 7 ._ •Friom .. :Ph.M2./c Jac_k_ D.West(/.PO)" 1~t present we. ?',re again in the combat ;.~nd this time more action than the las.t.• We have quiet a few bombings and other attacka but they are not _as heavy as before.The ~aps are fighting a l.oosing battl.e and they know it.Some, times I pi t.y them, but they wont give up, so its until the end for them~ The last VB was sw& ~""a'nd-I would like to compliment who ever wr e te \hat l_ittle 11 pep 11 t~lk, as I have never r~ad anything ao enthusiastically written. I on~y wish I could d~ half as much as some of the other fellows of the colle,ge are doing in. this war . Chow is _waiting and I l l h.::we to stop" . _, From LLfguc k H:ough( 837BombSq .Alamog,ordoN .M) "Our outfit wi 11 so9n be going over, ns we' re we 11 trained in the last l.½years - we are getting aqxi ous y'.o u know. Alamogardo is referred to c1:s "ne,xt door to hell 0 -a desertd" white sand suur.ounded by mountains L2p00ft high . The field is so large we use taxi~s to go from B.Q . Q. to the flight line , 3 or 4 miles away. Eo an~iou~ ~re we that w~ bave caught somq ,of the fellows cutting out paffer d:o1ls, othe.rs playing in the white sand with shovels_ and buckets, .some Lt 1 _s wanted a . furlough bacause , as they put it 1 1f1H ere only ;three and a half years old'' . Furiboughs, however aEe as scarce as '.'ii 11kie . buttons down here - but we ·· · a re getting good training and · ~9EC\Al ! ~ 'f/ithin a month the this will ·_s how up _same. _qay ~ i~h ~ u y of PHOT0'1Ri\PHS of ALL thi ~a~e old Chuck!·! • From; Pf~ service people, both men and women Jimmy Kearns {.,PO) "Every hos pi ta fr o;;i c allege wi 11 be placed on the I go to gets a little better . I . first floor: hall of 11 0Id i•f o.in~ IF just carit _seE.m. to stay out of . · ,i • haven't as · yet sent . in an untrouble. In oct.ober maler ia had mounted picture of yourse If in me-then a.Qtion. 1 .and back.here uniform--PLli~SE .DO SO within a weeD ain, but I _ q:m up and walking ar. or so after you receive this VB. I ound nov1 .. . ..:soon want. to get tha Those. overseas( and elsewhere) ple-l' • pieture ,of ...Dons gr a v:e • . I'd give: as e write home . a.sking that this be a months pay to see -one of the. done . Ther' es room for YOUR pictuS . R. boysT-:sure would iike ~o . re-and ple a se - do not forget?! t run into Mosaa,tebel, or Jonea ., , and you can tetl them a-nev:order just ca~Q through--Im now on New Caladc>nia.,.,.;tell ME,nober I've oe.en Looking at coconut trees for eighteen months!.\ • From Ens . Bob Varnum ( Harvard U) 11 Today I . happened .t .o get in touch with "Bill". 'Cunningham 1_ ac s a.ports writer who . helped put S .R. on the map--am hn.ving dinner .with , him1 next ,S at •. evening-he seems. very ·- anxious to talk with a:. S .. R~ .man "· .From £2/cJohn Beving!:.on(Bar644F N. ~,T _.....~.Bainbridge,Mo.) '!__I hci.1ie been transferred to t h e , fl eE: t ,and a m n ow e~pecting -0all to motor machinists . mate school-I wish this mess was . over so that I could . go back to college" •From T/Sgt .John Pa.ttersc,n (England)!'. Just had an ·8 day furlough in Edinbur;;a1Scotland, •• visited : the 'palace of Ma:ryStuart, .Que,en o f Soots.I met Jimmy Ijinos and Doug Lehman .h ere-its · _gr.eat to run into some, one you know ov:er here! 1 • From Harry Truman(Red Gross ii.PO) · "i~nd am I sorry Ive misse~d tne other 24 VB's, as I am now working my . 16th month of overseas. duty-if you will J,.ook at VB#25 I am at the .>second. word mentioned. I worl;<. out of Cairo, but travel all through the.·· Ivliddle East qperations;. and my work has be•., en a grand experience. , My wife is living ·in Yonkers with our daughter Lynn ( who I h a ve never seen yet) as she was ~orri July4,1943 1 and I ; sure a:s .hell am looking for~vard to the day when I will . Have. spent time i ·n Syria, ' and aiITJ_ost got to the .Holy Land for Xmas-please send me Olair ,'ixte lls address II Its inc losed, Harry 1 ! • From Ca.pt Bi 11 Temple (i~Po) IIYou really get to see many things in England,-cmd I'm concerned in that :ma,st. of the world is the same.,.--but there is no; place like ,1.m-erica~ .11.L5 .yen.r old newsboy . said in.my heo.ring "Th 'ell with this country ••• I'm goi 'n to save 60 pounds nnd go to I.mer ico." --the. Yanks have :taught the English girls to jitterbug and use . good old. slang ••• kids · on the street say ''toity toid street" etc.,..please try and get my addre~ _ M t.o aob R_!l. . " 'tb,a.!lJ.{.s ,- nnd _it , Ls . c.J..o.s..a.d-=1;io.t.l:::i._ "~s~.i-ll-.----F~ L J.L.LytleCDeptWeatherChanute Fldill)"Through VB our family got to see · Bob Rumsey in Denver at Xm,a s time.S v ent 2 af.t e.rnoons with Bo.b and we talked S.R. most of -t-h e time ••• he hns .cf wonderful .set-up there as: he is T/Sgt. in charg e of running th_e bJg. l..l'ym. n~ .L owry Field, and he :8i vs calisthenics to officers. thanks fot thuse pictures from Tony Loriso in India. I ran int.o Bi 11 Schmidt here to.king thE- we::.i.ther obs' n c ours -e-expect to see him longer ·some ·day. Jack. Merrit.ts .is on this post, . now~' T}Ld'-JKS .Jimrnyt • Frorn Ens Geo Nai-smith( 1~.TB Camp Bradf ordNOBNorfo lk ( 11 )Va) '' ,ifter .being in l'io;vy 2.½ye a.rs . getting re nd;y to go to sea-I 11 soon be at Litt le Gree le .Va-t i1 en to GunnE.ry School. Ha vent he nrd f~om Rny Banks lately" Neither hc:w e we-Has iJ'1"Y130DX? Geo .you dident tell us a bout getting n gold wn t .c h as a gift from your men out at u. o.f iilinn. That wa s great l ~ •From Pvt. Erma L.Moore(1TiacDetFtHonmouth NJ) _ 11 ~ le a s E. sei:id me . VB!'-H1:1-ve~ ·•Fr,?m En~ John Joy(i~ .. Guar.~. Sc,Norfol~\( ll)V1~ ) ·''ciur.e vias interested in• cipeed Hastings l.e.t .t .er.Chuck 1.Ioore and Ed J ie Patni k are here-Ours wil 1 be ru gged duty 'Ni th res ponsi bi lit ie.s in. the Merchant Marines" iiND . I wi.sh t i1 ere wer.e space g alo·r e forr.1orei1, WHEN :the. g.oing gets ~QtJgb-hang on _like he 11 l ~l· · ~ - e . o ~ ~ 1 agl - .