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A thous.and years· from · now -students: will refer to , (
-__~_:::·l/.. •_'_·it.. Thepe next hundred· days. will mean more to
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you, your future, the future of your fr_iends. . , ./ \ {,.,.. ·(
your relatives 9-nd your loved ones . t .han any · othetl ( \... \
hundred days you will ever liv.e. It ,will mean . ,
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in all probability, the tur:ning point ._of the world ·1n
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a great many aspects.. It is not gqin.g to be- an aftETnoon tea party indeed it is going to be far from that. · ·To· you no.w with the colors ,
whether you be in training or in the fron½ line · of combat ,- on land ,
or sea... nr- ; ,:---:' "''. . d-td riot fai- .wh-e n you had -th oppo t.uni-t~J in -cc oll- · .
ege to show your· colors in hockey, in debate·, tn· football or in tra.ck __,
--and we have . explic1t fa~th that you will not fail your nai.ion in - ·
this great· ho1lr .... .-Wh.e·fr,i1 our chance comes, giv·e th~m all you-have,with
elert and clear i11inds ;; aim true ·and help beat, ·the everlasting brim._.,
stone he·fl out of. these organized cut:;..thro_at _s U Up: ·an:d .. into them-give
them ever-y ounce ytiu · have~l -T•h_~ _e thugs must 12,g beat~p tQ earth \1~
The clouds Of fear:, •·of hate , _q f V'ian:t •. of ·hurrger and· thuggery will gradul ly roll bac.k , a:nd • the light of igy·-~- ' ·:de 1>"enqabi1i ty'~ dece;11cy,: goodwill, a,nd; frESedo·m will 09,e day break l.ikif : a:··sunburst upon this weary
old wor,ld . There lie al-read better days· ·fcft you·; fo-r- --yo.u:r beloved
natior;, for your ·home town, ,for your -own personal life-.. but these .
must be ear ned- -and the, hard -w ay . Be . STRONG rI!Y friends-we know you
will be brate \ ~ We have ~very confidence that you wilI~ome throug~_;i
Vict9ry for
is · certai~., - but w~wil.l not make the mistake of over .. ·
confidence; ,:indeed we' would rather. under estimate. the enemy. And when
the 36ing g~ts triughj tough, tough--when you ,are 40g tired,. sick of
the wµo le mess · _o f _. it, when you hate th_e jungle with _a fervor, when you .
detest the mud 't ·T:ain,-$t-icky hot· night.s -, when it ·1s so cold you can
scarcely move ·a. fin'g e:r ._~vhen ,you feel you are clear at the end ·of .your
rope-,..:T~E A KNOT IN IT and ·Hf.NG ON--ftAfJ'G ONt·~·t _;-YOU ARE ·NOT HANGING
- ~ ~OK QilJJrHEtl.A..::AL.4...BX YOIDl.SE~ll.L .: 1La . _- ~w.e..E.n yQU...-.and
· baclLllere
are beifrg .. _foTg'.e-d stronger, an.d.:.t.Jght·er, and closer every day,. ·and
together.. ·ne are · go irig. to e.arn . this· ·vrcTORY ! . Togeth er we are going
to r:e:a:p:--t'lie·..:r-eward .,i . INTO 'THEivl·VrI.Tll EVERYTHING YOU I{AVE . ! 1 t Better
days lie · ahead for all of us 1 t 1 .
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If your choice of
song. was "Iiqi dreaming - of a white Christmas"--wel1 your dream was fulfilled her'e . at '$ .R. -t{1is year, with not too much snow, bu_t · with crisp
hard, cold, snappy v'lea.ther . Of a morning the m6rcury hovered arour,id
zero, a nd wi th every step you cr.unched and creaked along. The ~ir·•1i;rns filled with millions of ting glistening , sparkling fr_ost crystals ~11at
1.oolced- lik e ni ulti-colored diamonds as .they slov1ly - decended from heavcen
in the bright . cold i~nlight . Every twig of shrubbery ~n front of the
Chapel, ~nd every tr ee on ·the campus was cqvired with · an overcoat of
dazzling. white · hoar frost, and Oh~ v1hat a day for the camera fan 1
Never "in .the •history of manl<ind has so many millions of people been. .tm
--. the move, away J rom home hundreds, aye, thousands of mil6s , · separat~'d
far from their loved ones • .Alre;ady V.B. has l e arned with sorrow of. you
l.osing_ ,brot.her$ and clos.,e. relatives in the war. Y1 ith others still •~miss
ing "'."in-act ion" • . Deat~as :vi~i t ed your loved ones and your relati v$s ar ..
you wer1:, unable to attend the services. On Wednesday morning, juse thr.
days before Xmas, ·Mrs Elmer a.Cottrell, who ho,d b'.een in failing he:p.lth
..for
y~ar, passed sudd-enly to he.r heavenly reward. $ddie (Q.t Chio0..,
Cai.·) boarded -~ plane-only to. _be gro:lli1ded, · and Eleanor( Mrs Lt.H. Hortzell,of Presidio of Monterey ,Cal) _was 3ils.o unable to be home for the
w.€11 .attended services. •He-r passing, ..,'lhilt=; not wholly unexpected, · \~as:
nE.Verthe:___,less,a bitt ·e r, bitter pill, and, co ming e.s .it did near tl1e
holidais wi:th her chi'ldren absent .. V.B. with you, E.ntE.nds- sympathy ,.'fie
are beginning to see that this war is 4 horrible mess in a. great n1any
ways. Whe:n in trouble, next to God, ones gr eatest c-omfort is in hi,!f ····
frie_nds!: _
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·N ith ti'~is issu~, VB\ 'now just creeping al;,o ng
-~op1n1? to toddle a ~ittle ·'-''~ ~"-\~-:
one day, is just two years old~The
first 1ss~e api!eared · J _a n. ~"'. ~- •
29th ,1942,~d dressed to 26 o:f'
yo~, who . nad 1:>een corresp- · · ~ •· - · onding with me. The issu·e you,. are
nov1 reading will b~ · sent to :J.l: .·. . _ 340 for .-i1er s.•R. folk, 79 of ·.
who ~1, a~e oversea~ ·.. and, . ~.,..~{
in all probability others ~re
on tn~1r way to Jo.i n tnem
a~ this time~ So th E. cake. '. has
two tiny candles ~t11ough -~·- ,. jf.'.'.'\~;......, _ -~':'' .. 1t is _doubtful if they shed
real _~ y.
amount
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J,ight ! 1 'W ere I not grat e;ful
for J ~ur -re membra~c~s .of X~1as, I; ~urely would be unfa~r . to myself s.s·
wel 1 ,;.LS to yo~ •. Tne;y ca~e in from all quarters of this . great big gJl.obe
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bE. aut if ul ly. sc ~:~·c t ~d, and_.. b'? ':1-~ ~,-pg t i~ings o~ good wi 111 !hE. tram Wrights
sent al0:ng a · p1cturis of ·the1(' _w1:;·e fat daugnter, ~g_we Nests card,wa~.
a full .. square yar'd,:-lrom Epglai'?.d , a hunting scene f _rom Lt. Gerald ·or~,
from Warrant. Of,ficer Pilot John Stra._ile an embossed Royal Canadian Air
Force card, Lt. a~1.d Bess·i _e. ( ~~r nhar.t)lg~Mt" 0 R picture of them infront of
the.ir (;al if. bungalo 1 and :of a.11 things, Lt. Sam Ristich sent a snow.sct::p.e from 11 somewhere .. in .Hawai H--Dont tell me you and Lew Be aver were f
out snowballing each other on -Waikiki Beach Christmas afternoon Sabmo.
Visit·ing on _th.e·.oampus, ' and always welcome: Capt. Frank E. Ware-destirr
·-;1 . unknown, Sgt.Clyde Doubl_e from VMI, aicJim Gallagher., soon'to gradudte. higli in class at N.Y.U, LtLew Hamelly on his way to Salt Lake.City
and'. t-=ta.y Hartstein leaving me a note saying "I~1 New Bµven I see Chuck
( Lt) . Barnhar:t, and f affli ly, 11 Gabby" Buzas, . and 1\!lartha Miller who, is a
nurse the~e"
And now would that I.had triple the space for . the
MAIL BAG--lets take a peek--- Cpl Chas.W. Krausefrom "Some';'Jh6re in
England"l-fave been receiving the newslettE.rs-you will hear from me . very
shortly"
From;Ann Sowa SPTA '.' Im down here in Walter Reed Hosp, with
,G ~nevieve Lescak and Vir~ia Hipps-and like the work-theres plenty of
. it to do. ~Vo~- li
to Jiave:J.lS-- ~ t to m.e"
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Pvt Kenneth Clark 11 after,taking Inf.basic tr. at Camp.Wheeler I w~s transferred to an M.P. c.o-and am here in Englan·d-tell Jack Lottes I ,said
'hello" From Frances Cleeton(21Capen House-NorthamptonMass) "I ho.pe t
to b6 an Ensign by Xmas from Smith. College-Betty Brown will also f.inish here soon 11 From Pvt Howard Jones(Uof Conn,StarrsConn)"About BOO
of ~~e busy in engineerin; here-Mr Fisher, for me rly of S.R. is teact1ing
us PT a~d is liked h Ere also. Mr.Yinsling directs the choir-keep t~ose
.VBs coming" From (sp Ray .,10nd HaynesfAdj lOyh Reg GreatLalces!ll)"H:: ~ve
been stationed here since Junel942, and ha ve been Co Co~mnnder,Batti.
Adj and am no w awaittnz my comwission-Best re gards to my s.a. friends"
From LtR .H.Ehlies( OTS-8 ,CherryPointNC) " lfores somethin :3: for you.r. notes:
Stan Robson was officially k illed in-Samoa on Oct 1tkin an aero~lane
:~ccidsnt-hE was a member bf the . FightErF4V Corsair ijro~p that had lef~
here in Sept-no det ~ils are g iven aa yet.Saw~Hook~ ~ample who is an Ex.
Officer of a Jive Bomber Sq coLlmanded by Major Proesser-the first man
to land Henderson Field,Guadacanal after Col Mangram. Had a letter from
,.Timmy K&arns-he couldent tE.11 me much.Hope to se~ B~l.l k1- 2 Q.it c.t Seym.
Johnson Field soon" From Pvt Put Flynn (140AAHqBnForlBlissTex) "I am ip
an AntiAircraft outfit but attatched to the Med~Det-am going to school
for 5 we eks. Had a letter. fro m Mike Minich a few days ago he is now at
TG-405FlB-1Mi amiBeachF'la" ·· rrom Ens Da>i1n . .N esbit ( At Sea) "Art Hazen
was at Cornell with me before 1- left-Frank Rogers was in Sicily,John
Rob a k was at Camp 3ibert:Ala" 11 rite soon Ens DWl From Sgt Bob Sincla.ir
( HqCo lstBn313 Inf CampPhillipsKan) " After spending 4 · mo on the desert
we moved to Kansas-this snow is beautiful but damn cold-I liked the
Huntington Collection of Art in Santa Monica when I was there" · From:
Pfc Jim f(tulm"s APO" I often hear of fe1lows saying 't i1is is all I ovm'
Never rea~thought a.bout it much but sinae its happened to me. twice
in the last 6 months-t.1is is my stock:one: watch~ I was wearing it) one
suit of dungarce.s(a dona.tion) . shoes, no sGcks,or t.mde.rwe.ar, some toilet
articles(neJ Cross donation), some envelopes and paper also~ donation
so I guess I ra luclcy to be here. Ive a long story-but that will have to
wc.i t. ·:;::i.s in th e. hospital-got out just in time . to go into 2.ct ion again
-t h r~e weeks and I v·1as ev a. cutlted-T .1e.y tre2..t, us t!bps in this hospital
a.nd nothing to do but sleep. I have a smooth r~d beard now, a nd its
beautiful!! Our outfit lobked like a House of David baseball team - I'm
going down ~nd tak ::. a. picture of .Don Pritcha.rds grave when I get out{of
hed-mL:y send it to you" -Jim Kao.rns dont for~et a detail of your story
. -WE: w::i.nt to hear it at the Viet ory Reunion+,!"/ver:ybody 11,ants--c..nd we read.
a good de~l bet ween your lines~Keep your letters coming-~e'll even send
you c. penc i 1. 11 From: PfcBobSmi th( J-43 Muther Hall ,Harvo.rdUCa.mbr idgeM0;s)
11 Ho.. ve
b e en here c.t_.H;;i. rv::-.rd
V'Lf.eks ... quiu a -bre~- f.or m-e-~I --am st-udying
foreign L:.ngu2. ges 11 From ?fc Geo.E. · Sif?fc(APO) 11 So far, all is well •over
here-I heard t h at Cho.rles Sullivan, · a former S.R. student. was kil1ed in
a.cti9n some time ago-he was from niy home town ,HomE.stead 11
From CspDick
Jone.s ( At sea) 11 At the present time this ship is. acting ,.lilrn a hula
dancer so my writing will be bad .. ~r.' e .have had difficult . times but came .
through fine ... dident get hit, thc.nks for the great way our admiral manuevered our fleet-but t h ey really ~ai~ed htll with ust ~id you know t~
a.t Ch2..s ''Rocky" Sullivan was. killed about 2 months ngo in c.cti:on-he
WE.nt to .3.R. for a year (or just a semester}he vJa s c. 3/c sear:i.:i.n aboard
a. ,:re.stroyer tha t wa.s
sunk ~n the Sout,h f?acific-t;fo.d sent me :.1. clipping
of it. It sur C:. will be great to get b,:::i.ck to port a.nd gE.t some mail-that is wh~t we live for-your VBs hnve irrived on time ri g ht along-It is
swell to rend of S .R. but it will· likely ' be some time before I get
ba.ck there 11 -Thanks to Dick Jone.s for o.nother swe 11· letter. Sullivan
wa.s well known here, but somehot"J did not gEft' 'cm VBs list for v1hich we
c.re sorry (all S.R. people o.re welcome!t)" so_ 1 wrote to Lt John F. Har~ ( .Jover ..;el) a bout' him :::i.s they 1i'Je.re friends. John say s
t h .::i.t he wo.s
n grand fe.llow, quiet, a thletict c.nd made many friends•• e fe l lo w of
whom 3. R. ma.y re .:1. lly be very proud .. -Robson, McGeev er, Kelle h er, Bob
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got to know him". From Jo.ck .D. West {APO)P~.m____gL_g n-tfo.rd work, and driving :.'.mbulo.nce is rugg·ed work over here inthe South Pacific. I c..m now
in the L~b.however. 1 · wrote yoci one letter · some tioe ago while we . were
in combat, a.nd I guess it wc.s ha.rel to reo.d-vie had p. bombing· a.nd t~ey
- were · stra.fi,ng us from the a.ir, and I guess L ~-\,ja;3 a. little nervous just
then. i~,om t?is compat duty we went to :i.n isl.a.hd/of p:iro.clise_ wher:, }here
were white girls by the hundreds so, the No..vy .todk c:-.re. of tt1em. 1.lt.. dr•nk milk and a.te steak and eggs11 -I - am now on another islc..na-~e work
our fingers off-but no ~Qtiot:l here. I mn gl:,.d tha.t you have r8mer:1bered me at S.R,-I hc..d :::. good time there_-I seer:1 to be. fol~owing J5. rc1_j<.§.9£ns ~round but ~m not :-i.ble to e ci.tch up wi!, h him 11 - A good let te::- J -.ck-:-iid never mind th€ · bombs-write. a.gc.inlt
From Lt, Stsrling G._B:JJ-11:i.U
KA •• F ,KingmnnAz:-iz} I' Doro~~y, Q~r young son J ~i:id I live in ·1;, tr :: iili.cr 2..ntl
I ~min the h::..rnsss nga.~n-flying a~17•s!f1y1ng fortresses- ~nd great.
shipsi~ "Ne fly ove.r Jr::-.nJ Qc.nyon every ,. dCl.y 2.nd :the. ,wE-2.thsr is perfect"
_ Fr om ·1.s t LtBobL .RE; ed( C oC-C nr:1p Pe n.cllet onOcE. c.ns hleCal) 11 Some:timc· I hope I
c c.n bring thE. younG l .::. dy to S .R, •I met he.r in Hollywaod ~1nd \Ve c.r~ · now
· eng c.ged-keE-p rny VBs corning ind ·r will soon. seq.g_,you c.._ nE.\V nddress''.-.Do
_s_o_ ~,o.bc, - .,;ti'lbLYi.s- 1 L , t _cy to.. k..e.f.__ -1:J.1-eJn---.C-OL.iµig..,,,,.:.'Ln.b.t _ pi-ct ures hr!.s _sh_e be~n · in1
· From:Urs LtP.Gte Sown:"Im ::,nothE.r wife: who h:::.s to C1.nswe.r he. husbc..'rlds;
mdil-·c.t p·re.sen,t he _is _~t Tur,ner · Field, Gn. instructing in ,~J-10' s .o._ut
will soon ret' urn. t:o (11,lKing St 9·olui.1btis Miss)-'.- lhile. eatin3 a. f6w rii.ghta
a.go who · shbuld -·i~ilk''_ii1. but 1st Lt Sid Hnrrils-now o.t B::..inbridge Ga. 11 • You
_ hC'..ve · our tl1.C:nl<s l~ia.ry('Ilhi te) 1 l i'rom Pvt Fa.ul L. Reci.rdon ( ,:~po) 11 Wh<;:.n I
get b3cik . I will sure have some story to tell you-it r'.'.ins e.very d~~
over here. You would h2.rdly be.lie.ve, what I could -tell you ~bout wax:-"
·B<:.st of 1 uck Paui 1 t ,from Pfc. Bi 11 Mossrush "Sonewhere,s in Indicc. 1' - . _
~tE.,r-['. 1on·g tirE-sor:1c trip we n.rriv:.e.<l .her.e in I11di ·n. This country
is
g-ovcrne:1.f by religious co.sts-since we havE-: no 02.s"ts we a.re clnssed ,z-.s
"untouchables-0.. infact , ti1,is e.ven prevent·.s .. us -fr:or.1 buying a. wife ,whtlch
c·osts .1 8 rupie~or. . J6.(Listen Bil.l;a. .gooitl ones worth :all of that.)·:.e~.
oftei1. sei:; a slow lum_b E.ring cnme_l pulling' ,'.'.. ne.w r:c..gon eq·u·~pped with rubber t'ires-t ~-i ey 2..re ,quite will.ing ,_ to . .ncc:ept ntlv::mcement · but -unv1illing
to giV.E. µp _ $iYc .up o.;11, the_ir tr.n~~tion~.11-~si.11.- coulr.F you '':fu_rnish a few
gooJ wiV·e·s · 'f or. some .of the la.ds (at say $~ per') if th~y nrite you? Ill
•give the in. your a.Jdress for lOfo~ Fror.i. a. c l-l!t:1~·.~_;hite(Squ.nL:.:..3£ymour Jphnson Fie.Id' NC) "We've been _on biva,un.c n . -_ w<:.el<-you ge.t '.'. little uirty &
its on1y po_s siole to wash c.t- ce'rt:ain time.ii°~ Ive lost contD.ct with ciyil•
izc.tion for 30 · dc..ys ,1ncl wJuld. sure. €njay n VB-I t..m •nriting this by ;the
-~ _ liG"ht of 1 sm6:1 1 f~re I'
Fr:oro Pv1:, D~vi .-1 3 ~rcone .i !-~ O) J' ·",ly _,1) ;1 " ,: .-ir:-es.- - •is. O. K. · ;:,. nJ Ive. be.en r€ceiving t.he Vbs~ After ~ period of rest we 1,re
now b C1.c_k i_ri th~ - oht groov:e once c:.ge:.in-in :l:!h€ me:.c..nt ime: -keep those V$s
comingll
From apC.\) ~/G .:.i i chol :::t s · Str i ppy '.'.r' 608 Bo. inbr i clge Md) " :C I ve
b€e_n _w~rKing with _ Nick .Ura. t:1 for 2 rfo1iths-s .)..1E.·t.fmE.~ :w€ go ·,':olfing tQ · _
I:::::..qc :,ster, Yi;,rlc, 0 ::,.lto :1.ntl l?.h-illlL1.,.Wh~tf:-. . .;;irl in cill -thOsc. · ports ?,
· Fr.om?fc A.nthonv Lon- o, (Indio.) ip·111e. ,1 .we J."e.ft. we, h:i ,'.,- no ic.lG~ whe.n we woul_.d get so,a;e.v'i 1~r:-e or \'! ere _v, e. vier€ going-rre l::mJsd in _ India.•Yes, I: suid
· _•t-rid:i:_:i.~· 11 · _! From - t·,., _Fra.nk Nocera.(Purdue U Lt.fayette·Incl)"Still on tljis _
same jo·b-.~l<ee.p those •
s. com1ng- :::.ncl I• m sure o..11 the r _est ··feel tllle
.so.me a.s I: -. doll: from Sgt,.Fil N6cera.(CoE-14th Bn -Cnmp Reyriolds Pa) "It
ha.s t>ee:n ei._l~c.:rd blow tc4 1 hear. -of. tne cci.suo..ltie:-s- o'f two of my room mo.tes
. Mik€ ~limE-nko c,1.n~1 .Don Pr:itchci.rd-•: coupl!&..;..Q..:t; ~v'JE;ll g_u ysll From :Hrs Lt
~ Shann'oh(6·4sHu;ntington Dr,.1"\rco.dk1• :Co.l)" · Bobs moth€r died· Oct ls-t
un4 -#e f\~w hqme : ~nd I ceturned with - hia~ws <lrovE back iri ray ~ar. We
hetV;E . :-. hou.t::1·€ qf ,_our , own now_"':"we cire keeping our •f:i.ngcrs crossed. I rend
--..._thE- VB' s to my friepds in.·,our' .a.pen: court·, and while they h~d· nev6r hea.rL\ ·of .3· .R •. w:e~: h~v,e.· a: -grund se~s1 on.,· :c'.n:d: tlley snjoy it almost ns nruch
ns "I J.o_
. -None of-t.h~m h:1.ve · le.ttsrs.from , thG.fr -colleges like this" From.
Doris :::.n.11 Lt .i'\.ena·- e I Miller . .{.3 .37Gr 98th Sq. -S-Af~- &c~:t'.o .tot:J. Fl~) "He::..·r tiC.
e.:5t wfs"hl~ - 'to a
~o .ur friends :" F.rom Mr· c-1.nd li'r.s Johnn.y."IU,.:,J.J8 n ·..(Box-246~
l-l9lt'V'_j,_l J._e ~- a..l.i.Q 1!.. V:~ ha.d .....~~ _let"t.c.ris. .:ft: om :DJ-ck Jones y·G-S terdny-vve o.r_e
anxiously .?-wc.i.it~ng the, next .VBII : F"r.om ~1nioa€;ne' r!I-irkle(Percy- Jones Gsnl
Hospit_c,1.B_:-.ttlE. C,rM~ch)..''Best wLshe.s i.nntl
-~ id<not think · I · v:oU:lcl miss the
• g::mg - o.s much .c..s. J really ·do." .From Cpl ·H.A.Hnr.stellcr(478 ,dr BCt.se. Sq 1
?~tterson Fie~d o.) · '' Expect to. lr.ve· (."\ short furlough· over the. · ho lido.ya
and hope. I c::i.n mo.kis S.R. on -it". From ' J..LC• Geo.,Kc..lur, i;, r(3rd ·GS·S-44-4 ,: Bks
8 Lared? Tex.::.s)" Hope you had yo.ur home dE:corci.tE-cl the s1.me, :i.s C.:lwc..ys
w::i.r'. or i1or w:ir-th::-. t ri6uYd m'..'.ke. it' :con1pl(te. ::t S.R. for me''-It wa:s ·. From
SgtJ.B •. Ev::ms{AP0) 11 : Just a n0tc to givE. you·my new 1.ddr6ss :md to S:].Y
thc.l Ens J.E. "Ace" Hovis (my cousin) is a.t\Nnval /~ir Fa.cility,-·Port
Columbus, .C olumbus 0 ..)11 Thnnks .. · From Lt C.E.Gl~dd ( .!.PO) ilThE.re iscnt.
_muon 'ti•1.J. t ! cnn suy .f"rom h ere ('..t .the. prG.s.e.nt t.irn~. .e)C.C.E.pt ' ti-i.:J.t I nm · in
the G~1.stE-rn p 1. rt of the. u.s. 2..nd th -::i.t, thnnl<: the Lorcl,I :::.m ·so.fi 'tind
we,11-1 exp e ct a l<:.tter from Dc.ve frazier soon" Come ng .::. in Cla.Jrei Fro~
Cnpt,Dick Hammerle(APO) 11 I am noft in.what th6 · Italian: Chnmb~r of Cornme.rce co.I ls "Sunhy ·1tuly"-but to us it ,i~ lll.It.tcldy., - Bloody,Itn1.y'~ii.ltho I
c.m in the AA it dosent r,1e. c;,n thot W£ .aren't right up there where the f ight ing is the_thi~ke~t . .::.nd ths hnrdest-but our outfit h~s suffered but
a. few ca.suc.lti€s-no _d eaths-but w-e: sure are knocking hell 0ut of the ME
lo9fta.nd FWl~O or anything that • c..ttempt'S to · come over ou• lines , a.nc.l
Lucky New Ye~r-and turn the page sir l

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I .11 say so long fror.i this hip deep mud, stormy skya, nnd devastated
towns of a once beo.utiful Ita.ly" Come a.go.in Cap'n Dick. From Qpl Ja.ke
Elliott (APO) "From somE.whe.res in Englo.nd,I ho.ve the edges of my l ci. st
VB dog ea.red by -this time-it followed me over from my last ca.mp. It is
an interesting country over here, altho I havJnt had much time to travel much a.s yet. I know whe;re Doug Lehmg.n is howev{;..r .:incl hope to see
him soon. From Cox. J .R. Flora. (u'SCG foCO? St .AugustineFla.) 11 Besid.es the
Xm 2s VB I rec6i ved some ca.rd.s from gals at college, I knew and a.lso from .
somE. I didE.nt know-ci.11 were appreciated. I hc..ve heor-d from Jim Ke9J.:ns-,
Bsn Rebel, lfarkins in It ,::i.ly, Bruce Ada.ms ,&Butch Beckert .Sorry to hear
of Pa.tsys death-t his is the hell of it" From qpl Ied Bukowski itPO)
11
Ive spent 5 mo. here "-t Ca.mp Gruber o.s clerk in the Personnel Office
where WE. Cl.Ct ci.s cle.nring h o use taking car& of everybodys troubles,getting them paid, allotments~ end r0cords. Its been grand to have my wife
here in Tulsu with me-she finished S.R. in three years with no vaGa.tion a nd we hc:.ve ,h :,cl som€ grand times II Keep viriting Ted. From Q_gp~~
Joe Fuszek (52F:>t Fighter SqAlo.chua. Air FieLd,Ga.insville Fln) 11 Stj,ll
bedded down in the same place-I he~t they are going to issue a sp~cio.l
ca.mp : :i. ign ribboh to a.11 us J~EF'ers here for 11 .\raericn.Bs Exiled i n ~
0..11 • ::e. fly de r;ions'tra.t:1on outfits · , skip bon1b divers for the Army nnld Na.Vy ~to.ff officers cla.sses-with more stars th.:i.n are in the sky •• I f~el
a.s if I ha.d been put out to pasture ri1ore or less-hope to see some ;real
a.ction soon"
From a./c Norbert Yig,gner(44F Bks G4Grid&r Field,Pine. Bluff ,i.rl{) "Im here at primary c.nd soloed yesterday for the first ti;.1e.I
see Jira V'lea.ver who is cm upper cla.ssr.ia,n now-we both fly a.t the sa.m;e
time-a. letter soon" From Major H,.H. Rasche( 410-3Keo.rney i~vFort Le:ven ..
~orth Kan) 11 Uncler se pur o.t 6 cover I a.m sending a. c opt of "Ro.di oPost!' of
'h-u.:i.x Field. with an article about Red Swa.rtz-I • dont think Reel willi be
there much longer, c.s we were a.11 set for a.n ovE.rseas job which he. ~s
itching to get-but his Col wants to keep him bacause of the nice j~ob
he has been doing a,dministering thE. small nrms firing progrnm-he ~ay be
sent to s8me spE.cio.l officers cc:.ndida.te ,school."( This article wo.s a
fine build up for Red)"At pr6sent I um n busy student here in the Commo.nd nnd Gcner-~ll Stnff Course, on deta.tched service from iny old s.to.tion
where I sh~ll return shor~ly~ For c_gr~nJ letter th~nks to Major R-nnd1
ci.m gl.::i. cl to rE- port Hrs Lis c :mdi ti on bet ter1 thnnks 1 oa~s •. From Ed Brenne:r
( 13 Bell&nu St N.S. Pgh Po.) 11 ii little more t'.:i;.m ct month :i.go lli wa.s discharged from thE. irmy on ncct ::if 1:1y eyes-± have been restless-Right now
I nm working in the Pgh. bureo.u of United Press •in c. rE.portoria.l ca.pa.city ( whc.tev6r that Iisa.ns) o.nd I wonuer if I coulJent .still get the VB
as I h ~we s-o- enjoyed. it" Sure11thing. Froi;1 Pfc Don V. Grossman (Col{ 166
Inf Ca. mp Hood Tex)"The peopl"e of Texas are hospitable but I would l,ike
to see some reQl trees a.nd green grnss ~gain. This is a heavy we~pqns
compnny-we Ci.re issued .30 carbines a.nd they would mo.ke a nice spor~ing
rifle-li ght to handle with lot~ of power" frora a,/c Edvrn.r<l CC>oper : (sq
A 44F Ra. nkin iu'e oAc o.demy Tula.re Cc,l) " I wnS visiting Lt. Hum Vfr igh;t:. a.nd
his f ~mily l~st week end in Sa.nto. Monica. antl saw - a. copy of your VB. a.nd
vrn uld. lilce t_q get it. La.tely I ho.d a letter from Lt irnie Desue" From
Pfc KE.nneth Nelson (APO)"! ur:i now be.ck with the M.P. the so.me. outf!t I
was with in Africa. I am now in Italy nnd likely the only S.R. ~a.n , nt
this kind of work under comba.t conditions~ I have been on the front line of duty anywheres to 10 miles ba.ck. This is th0 r c:. iny sea.son;. mud &
cold w0uther-in the distance l ca.n see snow capped mts. I have not been
to Naples yet but hope to go there to see tha sightsn From Ens Clo.ir L
~xtell(BOQ ~GSchoolGulfportMiss) 11 Just cnnt help r;iyself after reading
your VB to write a. little. Here is Lt.Clark McClellands_qddr§~S (120 N
Third St Vincennesind-Apt5). ·Jimmy \i'elsh ma.de me a.cquo.inteJ here a.t Gulfpcirt-he is field Dir&ctor of the RedCross-hes getting a leave for the
la.st part ::>f this month to go to Pgh. If I10.y Ho.yne_s , C_a.rl Mnllop or ~ d
1=,,ytle have e. little. tir.ie this member of 1 37 .. would. gle1.dly hear from them 11
From 3gt Ca.r1L.Gra.h:::.~U301 Serci.Q..e._ !Jt.JewCumbe:~lo.mlPa)- "I D-m- being r.rn.rricd --rJec
tnto Mi'ss rudie Sto.ley of Co.mp Hill-seain I wa.nt to being her
to S .:R. ~1.nJ h:;.ve her mE. et the folks. I ~r.1 st i 11 stuck in the snme p lac e:. 11
-n.ncl we' 11 be e.xpect ing you both 1 !
Froril Pvt L€-w BC4gnat o ( 23ST Cleric a.l Scho :)1•9-44Bl{s206 Ft .Logc.nC ol) "The 1 a.st VB s€nt from Mio.mi just. o.rr ived o.nd it sure covered the ground. Po.rt of this country ia very picturesque ~nd yJu could paint lovely scene~ here •. Ft Logan is 10 miles
fro □ ~envE.r-th6 camp is at the foot of the Rockies altitude 5 1 500 ft &
dry. I will li k€-ly be shi~ped out of here soon and will mo.il you my new
uddress 11 -.uo so, Lew-o.nd we will try to keep them coraing-and tho.nks for
tha.t picture of yourself in uniform--stunning IS the word--! hope o. lot
of other will follow your ex,ample a.s you know I c..m ma.king ~collection
of pictures 2f ill § .£!.• people 112..w with th_e col ors--wi 11 thGse others.
pl e ~
send them in. a.s soon as possible ? •They will be mounted on a.
dis12l.::.-y~ ! Fror.1 T/Sgt G.W .Bem~(Det205-3rd Ord Co Kirl<land Fld .Albuquer q ue I:J • .,1 .) 11 I have been .:1.cting as 1st Sgt for 10 mo . .now..;tho.t is a
job most people dont wunt-o.nd the movies 8 dont portray it thci..t .'!JO.J':".'1!!e
hopE. we will be home by next Xmas 11 -And lets so hope\.1· ---imd when the
going g ets tough 1 tough, tough- when you feel that your clear to the
encl of your rope--tie .:i. knot in it a.nd HOLD ON, HOLD ON, !iQ1P Qlil l 11.

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