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the peacefullness of the ho:gi-e surroundings
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erated France and northern !taly, to the Pacific Isl\oos :
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now e~et nearer Tokio, and the German border. Th~se places are not so
quiet ••• many- of our fellows are right up there where it's HOT.
Dear
God watch over them and keep them safet!
••••• Ere this falls into
your hands the real kill might well be over, for the world has been
stunned at the lightning-like thrusts through France ••• unprecedent in
military history. Paris is free--how I would like to have seen thatii 1
Millions of Germans, who were made to believe that the inva;::;ion, waa
taking place in Great Britian, were stupified when they J..eqrned tha:t,
it was in France~ Bewildered and disillusionedi they have lost faith
in Nazism~ •• a faith which was once Ao fanatica , and through which
tihey helped this monster of evil to arise. Now they seek a way out.~
••• the softest way out. It will take years of watchful controlled
probation before any respectful recognition is given them ••• and even
then, , a constant tight control should BE THERE.· It's twilight in Germany now •••.it should not be sunrise unt i 1 the world KNOWS, _ knows without· a ques,tion,) that these 75 million. people in the middle of Europe
can govern themse],.ves and live peacefully,· and with no tricks,_ in an
organized society.
Among these are 600 thousand flint-eyed, steeLgutted,, fanitical, sly SS troop cut-thD:oats, and sneaking Gestapo. No
peace terms of any kind may keep them down ••• and they have sired a
thousand every month in a · hundred breeding institutes scattered all
over Germany.. You folks were taught and raised to be fair-minded ,,after a game, whether your club won or lost ~ou smiled, shook hands
all around. On the gridiron you helped the opponent,whom you had tack. led,,to his feet. You were brought up as GENTLEmen and, GENTLEwome.n •
There_• s no dealing with Nazis SS troops like that! 1 land they, being
unable to understand yo.u; would kill you in a minute ••• dont give them
the chancaLL1 Mark this word, it will take years after Victory to
deal with them. .D'eal' w'i th a thug as a thug-never p,S a Gentleman.
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Its cooler now in Slippery Rock,_after weeks of drouth ahowe_rs
and a fall in temperature is here, and the grass once again is green
and fresh.
225 H.S. footballers and their coachea fromMidland, . Beaver, AS pinwall ,. Hope.we:µ Twp., and Freedom. have been here training
for a week undPr almost ideal conditions ••• to see them . at scrimmage
·and Coach Thompson and Storer about over the field brought that old
feeling of fall and good old football ••• days like when you were her~
to the imagination~ Speed the day when we can have it again~L~
Right npw we're in season for big ~uicy red sliced tomatoes~ corn~onthe-cob~with darned little butter.1.), peach~s(4.98 per bu.) Green
Gage plums, boiled cauliflower, new potatoes, and fried squash. In
your homes the folks are canning~ the men are trying to get shot ~un.
shells for the season ••• and that is'nt so easy. College students
will register Monday, Sept 11th_, and among them will be 8 or 10 rraen
who have been returned from military service. , about 70 freshmen(. al.most doblh.1.a the number we had last year)>and the upperclassman. Tha
Dr •. Carters have moved to Rome Ga., where he will teach in Shortex
College for Women. The pre~idential election is getting under ful;l
steam,, the grapes are ripening and big fat caterpillars humpush a ·cross.. the cement. The pincers · are tightning around Germany,, we' re bombing
·Japan••• Batt er days lie ahead • . Heads up L.1 \ Chinf;;I upJ 1 ! Soon this
grand old campus will ring with merry laughter. (some tears),, fun.,,
good · music-,, a:, grand dance,, at the Victory Home Coming. God speed the
day~~~
VISITING on the campus~ Sk3/c Mary Wood, Sgt Mary Aiken,_
A/a Bob Webster~Pvt Homer Christy~.~vt Jim Holben ,whose betrothai to
~ean Fergus was just announced,.Pvt !~like ,vlinich,, Sgt -!ohn Conway, ~nd
Sgt Warren Brandon--all looking hearty. Robert William Cyphert says
\\Im s~lb-lloz and I came here Aug 261~ • • Mamma Wanda says "he looks llka
his old man"Bob _Q_yphert •••Bring him to the Home Coming Wanda •• we hope
to have some sort of a nursery for all the babies so you parem.ts ¢an
dine , dance, and hike out over-the-rrature Trail- as of yore •• or nEar9,,
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Ted Bukowske(Pfc) and his wife Eleanor were here lately also.
SO NOW, lets dip into that big bulging mail bag, and s.ee whats
cookin'ttlere •.lf-FROM Lt Jim Gallagher(APO)"The sand is chrystal clet3,r.
here in Corsica-people mainly French,. and proud of this lovely sp~t.
We forcast the weather for the late invasion-ans we see many impo~tantt. people here U•From R .c • 11 ~ck 11 ~!ebermap.( 4RHoffmanis .statenis NY)
Does VB have your COrtR T a ress? •••• Turn the page.
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rad1o · cadet·days are more than half over-then me for the high seas
as a 2nd Class radio operat6r~.Sam 'Ri stich writes me he just returned
from de-liv·e ring a plane·~ to .Scotland!'* From Ens Bill Meise(615 ATB Little ,. Creek· Va) !'Here I am training for LSM crew-soon to leave for S.Pacif ic. Recent.ly I: s~w Ji'm Howley( Ens_)-he is training on a LCT at . the
Solomons tJld~s.o ,we had _quite . ·a n evening discussing SR.Gl.ad to read · of
the good · work d·one by OUR gi.rla-Ill be in ' Class 194:6-wi_l l · re-turn · as
soc{~ as I .can, anyhow~•. GoodJ -iWrom T/Sgt H.Keown(RegStaHospCoral Gables
Fla)Hi~ ~n obportunitj to see AlBarnes and his . wife when he was . getting his~ indoc'tr..ination at Hollywood.Am still. d·o ing Physiotherapy' here.'
-~From:Lt .Bruce Adams(England)"Our m~ss. officer over her_e ls· i3obCottril.l fr~m Butler,and he attended SR in 37"."38. 17oe Spataro ·_ called -up the
n .e xt day.Im seei'ng a . lot of c.ountry-but not. under the most pleasant
c ·o nditions"•• ·Keep a ·stiff lipper up _Brlicel i~From S.H.Harri~(Tinion Is)
11 We witnessed the bat,t.le
of Tinian from aboard-after the · battle .r ran
into -_L t. BobMcGregor_ on the beach-hi.P men were among the ·Marines who
did the ground wor~.her-e in the Marianas-and great ·wor.kV' .. -l~.From ,Cpl
Tony; Longo( China) '1The Chinese re~ct · to n1ov'i es much the same as . we do.
I saw three. sweet. young things in front of · me with tears ..·in their eyes because they thought :the handsome young hero would "never again return to G~ne Raymond. The audiericis leave the theater with . quiet. cou~
tesy-different than in other theaters~A right letier Tony-and the inclos·ure caused much gazing-and some 'funt 1Trianks . ·• ~~ From Sgt Russ l-Iemphi ll( 2ndl:iegtHdqr-tsFtKnoxKy) 11 :t am now .A sstOperat-i'ons Sgt.-my , job: to see
that the compani e s have the necessary training e·quipm.en·t. 11 ~£-From Cpl
Johnny Menoher(APO) "I like France; but its a shame .how .these P,e,qpl_e
hav e been made to suffer-you carlt imagine the way the most towns are
in shamblesJ We can buy milk,butter, _eggs, vegetables-and there are
lots of blackberries. I hear .frorri_.Howley, Karey, - and Kearns when th~latterh not · drunk. hly H.S. French helps me a little and so we ge~ alongu .l{@arns must · have found a gallon-Ive not heard . _from him for 2 mo.
myself.
~From.Ens _ Fred Darlin(At·ta.ck.Bo.atHdqrsFt.Pi~rceFla)"I am:
. instructing in eng1n-eering> still. Last Sat:~ . drove down to VJ. Palm Be. ach and met Stan Marshall~ .s-ister __Gertrude, and Lucille Porter-they
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are both workin·g down here now. Some . off,icers I was instructing had
Archie .Dodds as an off icer-saicl he was doing an · e«c·ellent job", Was cut
two weeks ago Fred. *From . ffcGabriel . BuzasJAP0) 11 :t .am enjoy,ing France
very much-am .inclosing a copy of Contine.ntal Edi_tion of Stars and St. ripes with li~adlines ;BERLIN SAYS ·yH.NKS 22MILES FROM PfffiIS .SOUTH .. INVASION FORCES 2.AMi INLAND 11·.Thanks for tlle first }?_aper t_::rom war torn
France! ~ From a/s John Chellman(Glass44-48B Big Spring Tex) "Jus:t finished gunnery school-now taking advanced bombard~ring.I met Major J::!2~ in St.Louis, a pilot and a pal of"Jake"Elliots'' Can you furnish
Hensns address?..-ri'From :Ens· Francms Cleeton(NAS ,PascoWash) "This st at ion
while not . the .largest, is a very busy one,with famous carrier groups &
s.quadrons,. I supervise the use of synthetic training devises, . and ground school instruct,i.,op 1·1• Thanl heroism of Ens.Clyde Scheidemante~•s work with ·the port propeller. during the assault on Sici.1.yJ! ~-From:CaptFrankNicoletti(BriefSec,,Baer
Field,Ft.Waynelnd)"Did it up right this . time;married an army nurse in
Base ,.Chapel-then both of us got promotions'; ·~ • • Aht an example for ot ..
. hers to profit. 'by 1. Get marrtsd-get pronioted,-Congratsi i{From a/cM.E.
Carless _(Class.44-35,4th Stud Sq.Kingman,·Ariz.) 11 Have heard · f_rom Stoner
several tim~s-have lost Weaver-missed a furlough to S.R. too»* Fro~:
Lt LewHamelly(AAF,Ardmore0kla)~'Fassed'1ast VB on to Jack Kelly, .who is
how here; doing ph.tr.work. _\"Jent to see a Wild West Rodao., and tha cow
·boys rode wonderful. The Indian dances were interesting too." Fr-om :
. CplOrlando Lucidore(CoE,Orei~lyGenHospSpringfieldMo) 11 1 am now a studen
ent in the Med Lab Tech School he.re"·• From Sgt.John Clark(APO) "I .like
it better in Italy than in Africa.Have visited a few towns and t)1e
aeri _a l: pounding th_ey got was terrifiC 11 l$'From Ens Daun Neshit(Atse,a)
"Le.ts h'o·p~. that' th"e' need of having a VB. for stude.nts at war wil.l soon
t·erminat e a nd that · a VB for peaceful S .Rites wi 11 continue to · be · i sa~ed fl .:;,f'rom Lt Bob McGregor(APO)" Over 50 days on SaJpan and Tinion,,
with inuch experience-some pJ:easant,some unple~sant.After;_aption bad
cea_s _e d on Saipa:n we billoted a few g,ays in Charan:--Kanoa, living !in
s.ome ·buildings 'still remaining-we used to ·catch chicke·n s.,.fry am...
In
Tinian I ran into Bob Reed again.On. my last :day in Tinian r met'' Cif ''
.Barris-he sure has lost Weight-looks good.I do a lot of daydream:ing.
of homec oming 0 Good old . Bob 1 1~ From_L.t jgWa;yne Stoyer( L43BrownUNTC Sch
l'rincetonI'IJ)•iNever realiz.ea one .c.o.uld . learn so fast when required to
. months now-hoping · that my VBs wi 11 soon catch up to me" ~ From S2/c
Bob Webster(Co1BB44BedfordSpringsPa)"Ive · learned that I neGTer appreci at:ed rily schooling· at SR until I . enter~~-. the Navy-and as I shall when
I return to SR after V'1ar is: overn •..
From 1st. LtPeterSowa( 30TU RAAB
- ~enoNev)"·.My_ bigges_t thrill so far ' was being of some help to ..Chuck Hough, wheh he came .a:..s.. a student to Columbus Mi·ss I meeting him in Brazil
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on his way ta, war with his own B24..Ascention Island and again Chuc.k.
AtDakar Africa-searched for Bill Rometo-no luck-then to Tunis,. Naples
where I delivered the plane. ack ,through Algiers and Casablanca and
a long flight(secret) to NewYork.Five wonderful days at home then another B25 toCorsica,back home in ApriL-to Reno Nev.The letters I read
of SR, shows that the spirit there is burning them thr oughl l '!-'ard time
-the big day here Pat.e.r and MaryL Hii:w you f!.Q get aroundl l
From! 1st
LtChuck Hough( England) 0 The picture I inc lose i,s the one on my plane.
11 FEARLESS FOSDICKu· has carried me
through many missm.ons: Berlin,Par~Hamburi,Han-over ,Madgeburg ,:Leipsi g, M~ster etc-and these are tough
missions.Am fine,hope to come to the States soon,Godproviding,I hope
it will end over here soon•·~ And how YOU do get around Chucky-by the
i 11 ust ration "Fearless" uught to be in luck.¾.!.from :C pxJackFlora( USARMY
rlepair .::>hipt"We have a swell ship and a dandy bunch of men-can hardly
wait to see the gang_ at SR,.. i'"From LtBi 11 Tallon(APO) "'Have weathered
out combat-now I have to "sweat out" a trip home, which I hope to make in two weeks,, and await further orders .Pretty excited-will see you
middle of OctU· Be watchin'. *From Phm3/cJackSwetek(Rm300-USNavHospPortsmouthVa) "Am in charge ofO.ccupati-onal 'I'herapyllept here-we do al.l
kinds of art work, metal ~ork, leather tooling, carpentry,wood carving,block printing1 Last Friday I met Phm3/cFrank Ut'icai who is at the
US Nav Hosp ,Bethesda l~.I also ran into Joe Johnston{Csp)who is at
A.Bar •.21DUSNTS ,Bainbr idgeMd •. Am now in touch with EhegHarry Harris &
will meet him in Norfolk-he says there are other SR grads thereir;~~From1:.PvtHomerChristy(CoA-8Bn2RgtFtMcClelland,Miss·) '·'Am now in the 3rd week of training-expect to finish Dec 6th"' *From ::LtDale Liken( 543S igBase
DepotHolabirdSi gDepoBal tMd), 11 I attended school f' or Morale and Spee ial
.::>ervices-soon we will be going overseasu .. *CplGeoSipe(APO) "Have been
able to correspond with some of my old chums-all OK over hera-and we
are looking for ward to Homecoming". -ic From.::Pfc H.C.OberftttJtine;er(APO)
~England is nice this time of the year, but an impossibility to get a
sun tan. We are very busy here now'".
From. A.S .Lovise 'tlilson(Reg 39,
BldgN,Co8312-NT ScCWR)Bronx63NY)-a \l'Iave(not a VJAC as was listed)" I
was very suprised to have one of the Waves call to me_-it was Charlo.tte Funkhouser , _sine e then we have seen each other several times. We
have 5000 girls here, and I love it now that Ive acclimated to the
new situation" •. if FromT/5 Dale· Salsgiver( England) "Have been too busy
to visit, an':,' as yet-but I want to see the important places as soon as
I can-I can hardly imagine myself in England" .-l~·FromSgt Carl Graham
(Hq and S-erCoClass Sea.MedTng.FtLewis ,Wash) "This is a city in itself
and with a capacity of 100,eoe men, and many service branches are to
be found here.Vlould like to contact the old gang when they write".
*Fr _omCpl Jake Elliot~ (France) "France is more picturesque than I imag4eA
ined it would be-if only we could see it under differ~nt circumstances .Al 10.• K.. wi'th me 14' *-From :LtSamRistich( 20thFerryCom.BerryFLd Bx~ Nashville Tenn) 11·5 -till seeing terra firma from on high;Greenland,Laboradore,Iceland,Scotland,S.America, Africa-hope to see Capt Burch iin Guadac anal and Cpl Longo in China: if I ever get°~those places n •*Froa:S/S
gt.Leon Scowden(France) "The people are genuinely fri~ndly and litberal w~~h what they have-but darn it, theres too many nornets arour.1d
here! .¾.F rom ~/SgtWmM.Grant( HqSqBlts24MAD~Memphisl5Tenn) 11 My wife Carolyn and daughter 20 mo. are with me down here-expect to ship out the
middle of Oct .. 11 ~From Ens Jim Howley(NATB,Solomons .Md-Crew37~5) "We
have LtjgClyde Scheidemantel as an instr.here and a darn good one he
is too.Am very busy"·•
From PfcWalter Vlilson(Guam)"One old nativewove a mattress for me today o_ut of palm leaves, and the natives will
do anything for us ,which we appreciate .Most of them speak English in
· some degree.They are now making a camp for the natives-then when . the
war is over they will return to their homes". i"FrLtjgV.M.Fl.eeger(Pa. rkview Apts,HarrisburgPa.)"I am amaz.ed at so many of our people meetia
ng abroad.-am still at Mechanicsburg and will probably sign the armistice there"•·* FromCplDonFusco~CoF-6thASF,CampLeeVa}"Have been to Ho .nolulu, Hawaii, and to McDowell and Beale,Calif,and . now here at Lee &
, as yet have never met a , S .R. man.I am now acting as Co c lerk 111 • *From.;;
L~~tJoe Spatar9-(England) "We went on a different kiod of a mission and
visited:Persia,,Egypt,points in N.Africa, got a great kick out of swi mming in the Mediterranean, visiting the Sphinx &Pyramids in Cairo~
and the wonderful Sultans Palace in Morocco.The heat and smells in
Persia isn't so much to tell about.Casablanca,Cairo and Algiers ar-e
beautiful towns . ·r!e saw beautiful girls dressed in the latest fashions
riding in Buie ks, and in sharp contrast modestly v.e iled native women
riding demurely by . in stinking horse drawn carts. Visiting Cambridge
I rowed on the Caw riverr And dont Joe get aroundll ~~rom:Midn JohnD
Brooks(201Menner HallCornellU.IthicaNY)"Expect to finish here late in
Sept-then expect to go to se.a-hope to get to SR befor.e I go".Do come1
-ifFrom:MoMM2/c Ja;y Craine(EngS~Campl:F't.PierceFla)"I am now a 2nd Class
Petty Officer here in Ehg. school-would like my old roomit \'"Jalttteibler
to write me here 11· • -l~From :S/SgtChuck Swart,~( 3508BaseU,ciecB. TruaxFi eld
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Madison 7 \17is) "·I am still instructing in military subjects.I see Don
'i Jast in Radio every now and then°'. ~~· FromSgtClairHetrick(AP0) ifi I rec~d
the last VB here on Saipan-it was like ~eeting old friends to read of
so many I knov.r."~From: Lt jgHenryW "Ott ( HarborEntContPostSanDi egoCal.i f)
"A month ago I ran into LtJoe - English-have not s e en him since,so . I suppose he is moved. VJ o.u ld like to hear from gang".*From S2/cGregU.
Milligan(Bks74,CoHVJ3.Coranoda,SanDiego55Calif) 11 1 was mighty sorry to .
hear about the death of my friend GeoHornickel. I am now training to
be a driver of,a Landing Craft Boat 11 .~From~PvtBobMcClymonda(France)
ur am getting a good worms eye view from - fox holes of this shindigand how this little worm can digL I often think that the~e must be a
lot of SR boys up there pouring it on to the ~ermans-sometimes the
pouring comes in reverse-thats why Im so sleepy some of these days-too much going · on to be homesick.-. *From A/Sj?:ay Ashcoi:n(SeclMidnSchool
NotreDame,Ind) 11 Am go.ing like a house afire-fuld -still 2-½weeks to go 11 •
~~From EnsJ ohnJ oy:( ArmdGrdCtr ~52Pt.andlst Av ,BrooklynNY) "Am here awa. it ing assignment to another ship.-1nclosed is the piuture I promiseo. for
the placque" Tha nks-there is plenty of room-send them in folksi11~From
LtjgLewM0Elroy(New Guinea)"VJhen at Camp Ellis a Lt there ,after
. read11
ing VB wanted to know''if Slippery Rock was 1;1n obstacle course -and can
you beat thatll Never did I see su~h busy highways-some are, 6 lanes
wide .In my first. 3 days of flying · we tr ave led 1000 miles" Whew l l •;kFrom
Lt.i.J.izabeth Go_val(RegHosp-FtJacks~,n~C'"I am the Adjutant here a-t the
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ho3-£i tal and love my work •. " .i~Fron1r,VMF, 123MCAS ,Goleta, Cal if) "Erm;i.na.
(Peck) and I were blessed with a little daughter Julyl0th~Sorry ~o
hear of Geo Hornic kel" .*FromEns FredLzit le( Comin0f f .Port smoutru,'JH) "Rfa~e
not been. to SR for 6 years~how I will be suprised when I see thome
new buildings •. Expect to sh ''The further north we go the people seem to be like the folks back ·
home •.I've never moved so fast nor so often since I've been in theJ ar""
my •. Visited Rome-saw all points of culture- What you read in the. papers about . the pep_ple greeting t .he soldiers as they drive thromgh is
trua-the girls hop on ine jeepst thro~ their arms around us-nice looking girls toot•• Di.c k 1 t ! ~From Lt CommE ••J .Pawka.(litSe_a), "That home co-ming is a great idea-I'd give my left wing(providing we had lots of altitude)to see the gang again" .. *From::LtHarry Fink(Box289 ;-•.. AF Childre.ss
Tex) 11 I am giv_ing instruction in bombardiE.r -navigator class-Norden
bomsight.,.· dead reckoning,pilotage navigation, etc-I wish to be in cormbat tlj.Dugh"'. *From PfcPaul Huffman( 1380rdHivI CoCampMaxey,Tex) nMy 4Wife ~
Ellen(Kiester) is spending the stiminer a.own here-we send our regards•~.
~FrornA..T.Barnett( Italy) "Stan Pierce I an old S.R. · Boy . is here.; in t .h e •
RedCross with me.Coming over we were penned up in the hold of tha b9- at-that was'nt so happy, but I did'nt get se~ sick at that. On a mission a while ago my pilot was . hit in the leg with ·r1ak,,I was hit. in .
the neck-out of hospital now, and OK. The Drs. are doing a GRAND job
over herel*From Cpl JohhF. Koontz( L503rd l~AF Base U.Hamiltc,n F1-d Cal.
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I guess Ifu scheduled for the Pacific Area n-ow". *Fr.om ~t.jgCarl Mallon(.J'~tsea) t!ii[Je had a S.R. reunion here in Naples; _o n three successive
days I met LtjgChuck' Moore, L--tBill Manke, and Lt Bill Hinds..-good. o1-d :
S.R. came in for good talk1 I met the . late Stan Robsons wife in Oran
-a me mber of the Red Cross, and doing a great job. Bill Uanke wae on
his way home Tor a rest-a well deseri~d onetHe has been · through some
terrific· action. Bill Hinds just got here from h.frica-\.ihuck Moore and·
I always watch for each others ship-we· meet every now and then. r:Ty son Carl Jr was born on my birthdayApriJ..,12:..needless to· aay I am vet'y ·a:n- ·
anxious to see him" Fine letter I! •:}From. Phm2/cEugene Y:est(RecDi v ,Bar
D-80 SAH2SanBruno,Calif) ,..Likely I will ·be changing my addre'ss soon.
Our training for combat makes us guess we will;fight and then take·
care of the wounded after it is all · over-it all sounds like an arnphib
ian group~'. *From Lt Tom 'Graham(Post Grag. Det.S pencer FldMoultrieGa)
"What about Frank Ladasic..? 11 -Sorry;· no -n ews so far-still missing - in action> in Italy. ~ From1=:1.._jgGeoVlagenhors~(LCT Gr63Comm.i.JetBldg.New Orleand La) 11 My guess is that I1r go west from here~perhaps towards the
Phil.Isls'~. ~From LtJM Dunlap(Crew6613 Mt Home Idaho)"This is· a deso¼.
late prairie out here-sage brush, . jack rabbits, coyotes}'.~- From!. I:t
N. Steinberg(Detl05AACsHensby Fld,Dallas Tex)" Finished my co·urse at
Yale-now here and dont want to ·miss a copy-tell Krf>vanik and H.Wlhftef '
to write".~ From LtJack E. Davis(NavBar "NSD.0aklandl-4Calif)" Ran int.a,
Sk2/c Ed ~ieiss of Class 1 32•and he would like to get VB. Our you;ng
son is doing nic~ly,his mother fine and now doing her ironing ~nd
singing 0 •
AND now as this issue- comes to a ·close, the students are ·
driving in for the opening of Fall ~em~ster tomorrow, and its a rare
September day here on the campus,;_ ever·ything green and lush,. a n:ice
gentle breeze alblowing and parents drive their cars up to the c~rcle carry suit cases up to N. Hall, walk around• I hear rrierry "HeJ.lai1 s
b.etw:een old sch.oolmat,e,s,, and so we're soon st-arting another years · ,
work. Good news· fronf all fronts-Better days lie a,head, then home and
to build the greatest nation(better) that ever existedll If the £91M .
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now e~et nearer Tokio, and the German border. Th~se places are not so
quiet ••• many- of our fellows are right up there where it's HOT.
Dear
God watch over them and keep them safet!
••••• Ere this falls into
your hands the real kill might well be over, for the world has been
stunned at the lightning-like thrusts through France ••• unprecedent in
military history. Paris is free--how I would like to have seen thatii 1
Millions of Germans, who were made to believe that the inva;::;ion, waa
taking place in Great Britian, were stupified when they J..eqrned tha:t,
it was in France~ Bewildered and disillusionedi they have lost faith
in Nazism~ •• a faith which was once Ao fanatica , and through which
tihey helped this monster of evil to arise. Now they seek a way out.~
••• the softest way out. It will take years of watchful controlled
probation before any respectful recognition is given them ••• and even
then, , a constant tight control should BE THERE.· It's twilight in Germany now •••.it should not be sunrise unt i 1 the world KNOWS, _ knows without· a ques,tion,) that these 75 million. people in the middle of Europe
can govern themse],.ves and live peacefully,· and with no tricks,_ in an
organized society.
Among these are 600 thousand flint-eyed, steeLgutted,, fanitical, sly SS troop cut-thD:oats, and sneaking Gestapo. No
peace terms of any kind may keep them down ••• and they have sired a
thousand every month in a · hundred breeding institutes scattered all
over Germany.. You folks were taught and raised to be fair-minded ,,after a game, whether your club won or lost ~ou smiled, shook hands
all around. On the gridiron you helped the opponent,whom you had tack. led,,to his feet. You were brought up as GENTLEmen and, GENTLEwome.n •
There_• s no dealing with Nazis SS troops like that! 1 land they, being
unable to understand yo.u; would kill you in a minute ••• dont give them
the chancaLL1 Mark this word, it will take years after Victory to
deal with them. .D'eal' w'i th a thug as a thug-never p,S a Gentleman.
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Its cooler now in Slippery Rock,_after weeks of drouth ahowe_rs
and a fall in temperature is here, and the grass once again is green
and fresh.
225 H.S. footballers and their coachea fromMidland, . Beaver, AS pinwall ,. Hope.we:µ Twp., and Freedom. have been here training
for a week undPr almost ideal conditions ••• to see them . at scrimmage
·and Coach Thompson and Storer about over the field brought that old
feeling of fall and good old football ••• days like when you were her~
to the imagination~ Speed the day when we can have it again~L~
Right npw we're in season for big ~uicy red sliced tomatoes~ corn~onthe-cob~with darned little butter.1.), peach~s(4.98 per bu.) Green
Gage plums, boiled cauliflower, new potatoes, and fried squash. In
your homes the folks are canning~ the men are trying to get shot ~un.
shells for the season ••• and that is'nt so easy. College students
will register Monday, Sept 11th_, and among them will be 8 or 10 rraen
who have been returned from military service. , about 70 freshmen(. al.most doblh.1.a the number we had last year)>and the upperclassman. Tha
Dr •. Carters have moved to Rome Ga., where he will teach in Shortex
College for Women. The pre~idential election is getting under ful;l
steam,, the grapes are ripening and big fat caterpillars humpush a ·cross.. the cement. The pincers · are tightning around Germany,, we' re bombing
·Japan••• Batt er days lie ahead • . Heads up L.1 \ Chinf;;I upJ 1 ! Soon this
grand old campus will ring with merry laughter. (some tears),, fun.,,
good · music-,, a:, grand dance,, at the Victory Home Coming. God speed the
day~~~
VISITING on the campus~ Sk3/c Mary Wood, Sgt Mary Aiken,_
A/a Bob Webster~Pvt Homer Christy~.~vt Jim Holben ,whose betrothai to
~ean Fergus was just announced,.Pvt !~like ,vlinich,, Sgt -!ohn Conway, ~nd
Sgt Warren Brandon--all looking hearty. Robert William Cyphert says
\\Im s~lb-lloz and I came here Aug 261~ • • Mamma Wanda says "he looks llka
his old man"Bob _Q_yphert •••Bring him to the Home Coming Wanda •• we hope
to have some sort of a nursery for all the babies so you parem.ts ¢an
dine , dance, and hike out over-the-rrature Trail- as of yore •• or nEar9,,
s.o.
Ted Bukowske(Pfc) and his wife Eleanor were here lately also.
SO NOW, lets dip into that big bulging mail bag, and s.ee whats
cookin'ttlere •.lf-FROM Lt Jim Gallagher(APO)"The sand is chrystal clet3,r.
here in Corsica-people mainly French,. and proud of this lovely sp~t.
We forcast the weather for the late invasion-ans we see many impo~tantt. people here U•From R .c • 11 ~ck 11 ~!ebermap.( 4RHoffmanis .statenis NY)
Does VB have your COrtR T a ress? •••• Turn the page.
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rad1o · cadet·days are more than half over-then me for the high seas
as a 2nd Class radio operat6r~.Sam 'Ri stich writes me he just returned
from de-liv·e ring a plane·~ to .Scotland!'* From Ens Bill Meise(615 ATB Little ,. Creek· Va) !'Here I am training for LSM crew-soon to leave for S.Pacif ic. Recent.ly I: s~w Ji'm Howley( Ens_)-he is training on a LCT at . the
Solomons tJld~s.o ,we had _quite . ·a n evening discussing SR.Gl.ad to read · of
the good · work d·one by OUR gi.rla-Ill be in ' Class 194:6-wi_l l · re-turn · as
soc{~ as I .can, anyhow~•. GoodJ -iWrom T/Sgt H.Keown(RegStaHospCoral Gables
Fla)Hi~ ~n obportunitj to see AlBarnes and his . wife when he was . getting his~ indoc'tr..ination at Hollywood.Am still. d·o ing Physiotherapy' here.'
-~From:Lt .Bruce Adams(England)"Our m~ss. officer over her_e ls· i3obCottril.l fr~m Butler,and he attended SR in 37"."38. 17oe Spataro ·_ called -up the
n .e xt day.Im seei'ng a . lot of c.ountry-but not. under the most pleasant
c ·o nditions"•• ·Keep a ·stiff lipper up _Brlicel i~From S.H.Harri~(Tinion Is)
11 We witnessed the bat,t.le
of Tinian from aboard-after the · battle .r ran
into -_L t. BobMcGregor_ on the beach-hi.P men were among the ·Marines who
did the ground wor~.her-e in the Marianas-and great ·wor.kV' .. -l~.From ,Cpl
Tony; Longo( China) '1The Chinese re~ct · to n1ov'i es much the same as . we do.
I saw three. sweet. young things in front of · me with tears ..·in their eyes because they thought :the handsome young hero would "never again return to G~ne Raymond. The audiericis leave the theater with . quiet. cou~
tesy-different than in other theaters~A right letier Tony-and the inclos·ure caused much gazing-and some 'funt 1Trianks . ·• ~~ From Sgt Russ l-Iemphi ll( 2ndl:iegtHdqr-tsFtKnoxKy) 11 :t am now .A sstOperat-i'ons Sgt.-my , job: to see
that the compani e s have the necessary training e·quipm.en·t. 11 ~£-From Cpl
Johnny Menoher(APO) "I like France; but its a shame .how .these P,e,qpl_e
hav e been made to suffer-you carlt imagine the way the most towns are
in shamblesJ We can buy milk,butter, _eggs, vegetables-and there are
lots of blackberries. I hear .frorri_.Howley, Karey, - and Kearns when th~latterh not · drunk. hly H.S. French helps me a little and so we ge~ alongu .l{@arns must · have found a gallon-Ive not heard . _from him for 2 mo.
myself.
~From.Ens _ Fred Darlin(At·ta.ck.Bo.atHdqrsFt.Pi~rceFla)"I am:
. instructing in eng1n-eering> still. Last Sat:~ . drove down to VJ. Palm Be. ach and met Stan Marshall~ .s-ister __Gertrude, and Lucille Porter-they
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are both workin·g down here now. Some . off,icers I was instructing had
Archie .Dodds as an off icer-saicl he was doing an · e«c·ellent job", Was cut
two weeks ago Fred. *From . ffcGabriel . BuzasJAP0) 11 :t .am enjoy,ing France
very much-am .inclosing a copy of Contine.ntal Edi_tion of Stars and St. ripes with li~adlines ;BERLIN SAYS ·yH.NKS 22MILES FROM PfffiIS .SOUTH .. INVASION FORCES 2.AMi INLAND 11·.Thanks for tlle first }?_aper t_::rom war torn
France! ~ From a/s John Chellman(Glass44-48B Big Spring Tex) "Jus:t finished gunnery school-now taking advanced bombard~ring.I met Major J::!2~ in St.Louis, a pilot and a pal of"Jake"Elliots'' Can you furnish
Hensns address?..-ri'From :Ens· Francms Cleeton(NAS ,PascoWash) "This st at ion
while not . the .largest, is a very busy one,with famous carrier groups &
s.quadrons,. I supervise the use of synthetic training devises, . and ground school instruct,i.,op 1·1• Thanl heroism of Ens.Clyde Scheidemante~•s work with ·the port propeller. during the assault on Sici.1.yJ! ~-From:CaptFrankNicoletti(BriefSec,,Baer
Field,Ft.Waynelnd)"Did it up right this . time;married an army nurse in
Base ,.Chapel-then both of us got promotions'; ·~ • • Aht an example for ot ..
. hers to profit. 'by 1. Get marrtsd-get pronioted,-Congratsi i{From a/cM.E.
Carless _(Class.44-35,4th Stud Sq.Kingman,·Ariz.) 11 Have heard · f_rom Stoner
several tim~s-have lost Weaver-missed a furlough to S.R. too»* Fro~:
Lt LewHamelly(AAF,Ardmore0kla)~'Fassed'1ast VB on to Jack Kelly, .who is
how here; doing ph.tr.work. _\"Jent to see a Wild West Rodao., and tha cow
·boys rode wonderful. The Indian dances were interesting too." Fr-om :
. CplOrlando Lucidore(CoE,Orei~lyGenHospSpringfieldMo) 11 1 am now a studen
ent in the Med Lab Tech School he.re"·• From Sgt.John Clark(APO) "I .like
it better in Italy than in Africa.Have visited a few towns and t)1e
aeri _a l: pounding th_ey got was terrifiC 11 l$'From Ens Daun Neshit(Atse,a)
"Le.ts h'o·p~. that' th"e' need of having a VB. for stude.nts at war wil.l soon
t·erminat e a nd that · a VB for peaceful S .Rites wi 11 continue to · be · i sa~ed fl .:;,f'rom Lt Bob McGregor(APO)" Over 50 days on SaJpan and Tinion,,
with inuch experience-some pJ:easant,some unple~sant.After;_aption bad
cea_s _e d on Saipa:n we billoted a few g,ays in Charan:--Kanoa, living !in
s.ome ·buildings 'still remaining-we used to ·catch chicke·n s.,.fry am...
In
Tinian I ran into Bob Reed again.On. my last :day in Tinian r met'' Cif ''
.Barris-he sure has lost Weight-looks good.I do a lot of daydream:ing.
of homec oming 0 Good old . Bob 1 1~ From_L.t jgWa;yne Stoyer( L43BrownUNTC Sch
l'rincetonI'IJ)•iNever realiz.ea one .c.o.uld . learn so fast when required to
. months now-hoping · that my VBs wi 11 soon catch up to me" ~ From S2/c
Bob Webster(Co1BB44BedfordSpringsPa)"Ive · learned that I neGTer appreci at:ed rily schooling· at SR until I . enter~~-. the Navy-and as I shall when
I return to SR after V'1ar is: overn •..
From 1st. LtPeterSowa( 30TU RAAB
- ~enoNev)"·.My_ bigges_t thrill so far ' was being of some help to ..Chuck Hough, wheh he came .a:..s.. a student to Columbus Mi·ss I meeting him in Brazil
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on his way ta, war with his own B24..Ascention Island and again Chuc.k.
AtDakar Africa-searched for Bill Rometo-no luck-then to Tunis,. Naples
where I delivered the plane. ack ,through Algiers and Casablanca and
a long flight(secret) to NewYork.Five wonderful days at home then another B25 toCorsica,back home in ApriL-to Reno Nev.The letters I read
of SR, shows that the spirit there is burning them thr oughl l '!-'ard time
-the big day here Pat.e.r and MaryL Hii:w you f!.Q get aroundl l
From! 1st
LtChuck Hough( England) 0 The picture I inc lose i,s the one on my plane.
11 FEARLESS FOSDICKu· has carried me
through many missm.ons: Berlin,Par~Hamburi,Han-over ,Madgeburg ,:Leipsi g, M~ster etc-and these are tough
missions.Am fine,hope to come to the States soon,Godproviding,I hope
it will end over here soon•·~ And how YOU do get around Chucky-by the
i 11 ust ration "Fearless" uught to be in luck.¾.!.from :C pxJackFlora( USARMY
rlepair .::>hipt"We have a swell ship and a dandy bunch of men-can hardly
wait to see the gang_ at SR,.. i'"From LtBi 11 Tallon(APO) "'Have weathered
out combat-now I have to "sweat out" a trip home, which I hope to make in two weeks,, and await further orders .Pretty excited-will see you
middle of OctU· Be watchin'. *From Phm3/cJackSwetek(Rm300-USNavHospPortsmouthVa) "Am in charge ofO.ccupati-onal 'I'herapyllept here-we do al.l
kinds of art work, metal ~ork, leather tooling, carpentry,wood carving,block printing1 Last Friday I met Phm3/cFrank Ut'icai who is at the
US Nav Hosp ,Bethesda l~.I also ran into Joe Johnston{Csp)who is at
A.Bar •.21DUSNTS ,Bainbr idgeMd •. Am now in touch with EhegHarry Harris &
will meet him in Norfolk-he says there are other SR grads thereir;~~From1:.PvtHomerChristy(CoA-8Bn2RgtFtMcClelland,Miss·) '·'Am now in the 3rd week of training-expect to finish Dec 6th"' *From ::LtDale Liken( 543S igBase
DepotHolabirdSi gDepoBal tMd), 11 I attended school f' or Morale and Spee ial
.::>ervices-soon we will be going overseasu .. *CplGeoSipe(APO) "Have been
able to correspond with some of my old chums-all OK over hera-and we
are looking for ward to Homecoming". -ic From.::Pfc H.C.OberftttJtine;er(APO)
~England is nice this time of the year, but an impossibility to get a
sun tan. We are very busy here now'".
From. A.S .Lovise 'tlilson(Reg 39,
BldgN,Co8312-NT ScCWR)Bronx63NY)-a \l'Iave(not a VJAC as was listed)" I
was very suprised to have one of the Waves call to me_-it was Charlo.tte Funkhouser , _sine e then we have seen each other several times. We
have 5000 girls here, and I love it now that Ive acclimated to the
new situation" •. if FromT/5 Dale· Salsgiver( England) "Have been too busy
to visit, an':,' as yet-but I want to see the important places as soon as
I can-I can hardly imagine myself in England" .-l~·FromSgt Carl Graham
(Hq and S-erCoClass Sea.MedTng.FtLewis ,Wash) "This is a city in itself
and with a capacity of 100,eoe men, and many service branches are to
be found here.Vlould like to contact the old gang when they write".
*Fr _omCpl Jake Elliot~ (France) "France is more picturesque than I imag4eA
ined it would be-if only we could see it under differ~nt circumstances .Al 10.• K.. wi'th me 14' *-From :LtSamRistich( 20thFerryCom.BerryFLd Bx~ Nashville Tenn) 11·5 -till seeing terra firma from on high;Greenland,Laboradore,Iceland,Scotland,S.America, Africa-hope to see Capt Burch iin Guadac anal and Cpl Longo in China: if I ever get°~those places n •*Froa:S/S
gt.Leon Scowden(France) "The people are genuinely fri~ndly and litberal w~~h what they have-but darn it, theres too many nornets arour.1d
here! .¾.F rom ~/SgtWmM.Grant( HqSqBlts24MAD~Memphisl5Tenn) 11 My wife Carolyn and daughter 20 mo. are with me down here-expect to ship out the
middle of Oct .. 11 ~From Ens Jim Howley(NATB,Solomons .Md-Crew37~5) "We
have LtjgClyde Scheidemantel as an instr.here and a darn good one he
is too.Am very busy"·•
From PfcWalter Vlilson(Guam)"One old nativewove a mattress for me today o_ut of palm leaves, and the natives will
do anything for us ,which we appreciate .Most of them speak English in
· some degree.They are now making a camp for the natives-then when . the
war is over they will return to their homes". i"FrLtjgV.M.Fl.eeger(Pa. rkview Apts,HarrisburgPa.)"I am amaz.ed at so many of our people meetia
ng abroad.-am still at Mechanicsburg and will probably sign the armistice there"•·* FromCplDonFusco~CoF-6thASF,CampLeeVa}"Have been to Ho .nolulu, Hawaii, and to McDowell and Beale,Calif,and . now here at Lee &
, as yet have never met a , S .R. man.I am now acting as Co c lerk 111 • *From.;;
L~~tJoe Spatar9-(England) "We went on a different kiod of a mission and
visited:Persia,,Egypt,points in N.Africa, got a great kick out of swi mming in the Mediterranean, visiting the Sphinx &Pyramids in Cairo~
and the wonderful Sultans Palace in Morocco.The heat and smells in
Persia isn't so much to tell about.Casablanca,Cairo and Algiers ar-e
beautiful towns . ·r!e saw beautiful girls dressed in the latest fashions
riding in Buie ks, and in sharp contrast modestly v.e iled native women
riding demurely by . in stinking horse drawn carts. Visiting Cambridge
I rowed on the Caw riverr And dont Joe get aroundll ~~rom:Midn JohnD
Brooks(201Menner HallCornellU.IthicaNY)"Expect to finish here late in
Sept-then expect to go to se.a-hope to get to SR befor.e I go".Do come1
-ifFrom:MoMM2/c Ja;y Craine(EngS~Campl:F't.PierceFla)"I am now a 2nd Class
Petty Officer here in Ehg. school-would like my old roomit \'"Jalttteibler
to write me here 11· • -l~From :S/SgtChuck Swart,~( 3508BaseU,ciecB. TruaxFi eld
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Madison 7 \17is) "·I am still instructing in military subjects.I see Don
'i Jast in Radio every now and then°'. ~~· FromSgtClairHetrick(AP0) ifi I rec~d
the last VB here on Saipan-it was like ~eeting old friends to read of
so many I knov.r."~From: Lt jgHenryW "Ott ( HarborEntContPostSanDi egoCal.i f)
"A month ago I ran into LtJoe - English-have not s e en him since,so . I suppose he is moved. VJ o.u ld like to hear from gang".*From S2/cGregU.
Milligan(Bks74,CoHVJ3.Coranoda,SanDiego55Calif) 11 1 was mighty sorry to .
hear about the death of my friend GeoHornickel. I am now training to
be a driver of,a Landing Craft Boat 11 .~From~PvtBobMcClymonda(France)
ur am getting a good worms eye view from - fox holes of this shindigand how this little worm can digL I often think that the~e must be a
lot of SR boys up there pouring it on to the ~ermans-sometimes the
pouring comes in reverse-thats why Im so sleepy some of these days-too much going · on to be homesick.-. *From A/Sj?:ay Ashcoi:n(SeclMidnSchool
NotreDame,Ind) 11 Am go.ing like a house afire-fuld -still 2-½weeks to go 11 •
~~From EnsJ ohnJ oy:( ArmdGrdCtr ~52Pt.andlst Av ,BrooklynNY) "Am here awa. it ing assignment to another ship.-1nclosed is the piuture I promiseo. for
the placque" Tha nks-there is plenty of room-send them in folksi11~From
LtjgLewM0Elroy(New Guinea)"VJhen at Camp Ellis a Lt there ,after
. read11
ing VB wanted to know''if Slippery Rock was 1;1n obstacle course -and can
you beat thatll Never did I see su~h busy highways-some are, 6 lanes
wide .In my first. 3 days of flying · we tr ave led 1000 miles" Whew l l •;kFrom
Lt.i.J.izabeth Go_val(RegHosp-FtJacks~,n~C'"I am the Adjutant here a-t the
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ho3-£i tal and love my work •. " .i~Fron1r,VMF, 123MCAS ,Goleta, Cal if) "Erm;i.na.
(Peck) and I were blessed with a little daughter Julyl0th~Sorry ~o
hear of Geo Hornic kel" .*FromEns FredLzit le( Comin0f f .Port smoutru,'JH) "Rfa~e
not been. to SR for 6 years~how I will be suprised when I see thome
new buildings •. Expect to sh ''The further north we go the people seem to be like the folks back ·
home •.I've never moved so fast nor so often since I've been in theJ ar""
my •. Visited Rome-saw all points of culture- What you read in the. papers about . the pep_ple greeting t .he soldiers as they drive thromgh is
trua-the girls hop on ine jeepst thro~ their arms around us-nice looking girls toot•• Di.c k 1 t ! ~From Lt CommE ••J .Pawka.(litSe_a), "That home co-ming is a great idea-I'd give my left wing(providing we had lots of altitude)to see the gang again" .. *From::LtHarry Fink(Box289 ;-•.. AF Childre.ss
Tex) 11 I am giv_ing instruction in bombardiE.r -navigator class-Norden
bomsight.,.· dead reckoning,pilotage navigation, etc-I wish to be in cormbat tlj.Dugh"'. *From PfcPaul Huffman( 1380rdHivI CoCampMaxey,Tex) nMy 4Wife ~
Ellen(Kiester) is spending the stiminer a.own here-we send our regards•~.
~FrornA..T.Barnett( Italy) "Stan Pierce I an old S.R. · Boy . is here.; in t .h e •
RedCross with me.Coming over we were penned up in the hold of tha b9- at-that was'nt so happy, but I did'nt get se~ sick at that. On a mission a while ago my pilot was . hit in the leg with ·r1ak,,I was hit. in .
the neck-out of hospital now, and OK. The Drs. are doing a GRAND job
over herel*From Cpl JohhF. Koontz( L503rd l~AF Base U.Hamiltc,n F1-d Cal.
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I guess Ifu scheduled for the Pacific Area n-ow". *Fr.om ~t.jgCarl Mallon(.J'~tsea) t!ii[Je had a S.R. reunion here in Naples; _o n three successive
days I met LtjgChuck' Moore, L--tBill Manke, and Lt Bill Hinds..-good. o1-d :
S.R. came in for good talk1 I met the . late Stan Robsons wife in Oran
-a me mber of the Red Cross, and doing a great job. Bill Uanke wae on
his way home Tor a rest-a well deseri~d onetHe has been · through some
terrific· action. Bill Hinds just got here from h.frica-\.ihuck Moore and·
I always watch for each others ship-we· meet every now and then. r:Ty son Carl Jr was born on my birthdayApriJ..,12:..needless to· aay I am vet'y ·a:n- ·
anxious to see him" Fine letter I! •:}From. Phm2/cEugene Y:est(RecDi v ,Bar
D-80 SAH2SanBruno,Calif) ,..Likely I will ·be changing my addre'ss soon.
Our training for combat makes us guess we will;fight and then take·
care of the wounded after it is all · over-it all sounds like an arnphib
ian group~'. *From Lt Tom 'Graham(Post Grag. Det.S pencer FldMoultrieGa)
"What about Frank Ladasic..? 11 -Sorry;· no -n ews so far-still missing - in action> in Italy. ~ From1=:1.._jgGeoVlagenhors~(LCT Gr63Comm.i.JetBldg.New Orleand La) 11 My guess is that I1r go west from here~perhaps towards the
Phil.Isls'~. ~From LtJM Dunlap(Crew6613 Mt Home Idaho)"This is· a deso¼.
late prairie out here-sage brush, . jack rabbits, coyotes}'.~- From!. I:t
N. Steinberg(Detl05AACsHensby Fld,Dallas Tex)" Finished my co·urse at
Yale-now here and dont want to ·miss a copy-tell Krf>vanik and H.Wlhftef '
to write".~ From LtJack E. Davis(NavBar "NSD.0aklandl-4Calif)" Ran int.a,
Sk2/c Ed ~ieiss of Class 1 32•and he would like to get VB. Our you;ng
son is doing nic~ly,his mother fine and now doing her ironing ~nd
singing 0 •
AND now as this issue- comes to a ·close, the students are ·
driving in for the opening of Fall ~em~ster tomorrow, and its a rare
September day here on the campus,;_ ever·ything green and lush,. a n:ice
gentle breeze alblowing and parents drive their cars up to the c~rcle carry suit cases up to N. Hall, walk around• I hear rrierry "HeJ.lai1 s
b.etw:een old sch.oolmat,e,s,, and so we're soon st-arting another years · ,
work. Good news· fronf all fronts-Better days lie a,head, then home and
to build the greatest nation(better) that ever existedll If the £91M .
gets· tough_, grit your t _eeth and hang
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. . "' on,. H/1,.-NG 0NJ 1 A. friend ~~N~
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