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-al;..Hew i.-!ebr:ides, and ;.:arianas.Heard from · Neebit,rlebelt?:Tallon and all
ureac11ng of the ~ood old day s-Tallon should be on his v.ray hone soon".
~-Fror.1 Sgt Howard. Jones.(APO) ••Am now 'on the . east coast awai_ting transportation over-give my regards t o all not forgetting Petach and Gene
Bartlet~" .+From Capt Terryf1.1ay(lndia) 11V .,B~ caught up with me today as
I am going for a rest to Kashmir .Dr.Carters are moving_ to my home
town in Rome Ga1,where I was borr in a . 9 room log r::abi.n with col.d and
hot r~nning mai/ds-1 grad,uated fro,11· Darlington Sep.col there .Lo9ks as
if S .R. moved their Post Grad Scnn ol overseas'- ecb.cat ion ft:6rii" trave"i •.
. Have been,.with f h·e forward ' units 1or 6 -rn·o, 1~ Burma 1 now in -Assa.rm and
.I've seen a lot you dc;in.' t · read 1:t 'books, . 1h.ave . J>ee17- •.sh9t a-t 1 ~nd am
, quj_te s _ur:e ,-11' vel•_helped som~ heav Jnly.. sons on their . trip ·to hell ;but
. I ':m. :pretty 1iruc11I• unaffect.ed , by w~r - thats wl1,ati' ;l:.:- came in .f:ot'- 1 and ·put
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,me .:·':10.vm_for 'rec1E-iving the D.F.• C •. also 11 • J.i.ND congratulati.oqs Terry for
. a fine Job · welll done ! 1 ~ ~- Fro111 Pfc Gabriel Buzas(.A:PO) 11 Had a heck of
.. : a . time here . in Belgb1~ b~ating nty budd~e'f i · to . ~he July VB-they ar,a aG
•. 1-nterest~d, in s.•3. N~ws a~ I am.!we 1 move f>.,O fast our mail is slow• In
· France I 'visitetl. Par1s 1 other J,.arge citie~ .also". Look up P~tR . W.• Mc
Clymonds 'your same addr_m-now doing som~ guard duty I think. 4-From,
... Lt ·.Bob McGregor(Hawai _i ). "Yesterday I sp~nt ~the nicest day since I
left the states, my old roomie Blair HilUeb~and and I sot together &
- naturally th~ chi~f topic ·was S . R. He is ' only 16 mi; from here & we
plan .to meet I again."
Fr,om 2nd Lt Geo Ka.luger( England) "I was very
pleasant-1y• supr'ised to f .ind John Patte·rsbfi stationed here-tells me
Bruce J-\darn~ is near by~~Fro.m. Sgt Fi 1 Nocera( 132.6$. U.RegHospCampLeaVa)
"Yes Sit1his +yes are big and blue,"laclc pair;.little pug _nose 1. ova1.
face and he weig~s 9 lbs.:.dont li•ke to br~~- but he's the . boy !! Ronald.
Earib. was ~or~ Aug. E\ at ·s,; 45n_.Ah ; ~nothelt' 1 entry in th_~ BIQ- BABY CO:t#-TEST ,,Fi 1-c.; on~ratulat ions l L ·°From S2/cLoui&e·t Wi lSQJl( 3J_98anf ordHalJ.. Milledgevill,,Ga)"My l as t VB followed me j from N.Y. Here we are l~arning disburs,ng~accounting ~ sdppli~s etcrtn~ they rially teach it to
youl This is my first visit to the Southtwe hear the Negro help singing s,~iratu_als_· ~rom behind the dorm 11 • ~,Frpm , L"?t ht Chuck ,Hough( Eng)
i'The.. inclosed picture was taken as I st~pped from my plane after my
30th and fitial'missionl So _now I'm soon In.~y. way . home and·, I'll sure
pay you a vi~it.- I -am a very happy lad _a s ybt,t can. well understandfl
rec'd the D.F.C r ·ecently which I wear .a·l hg with the three clust~r
air me~a_l , an4 th€. PW:-?le . Heaz:-~. }~~ _w~r-~·~ 7s-:.!~ l . m~er, her~_-wi 1+_ ~soon
be -~a ~ e- 1.--ag ;. y e-1¥l..-'1r:""1l00 ealQI':;I>V'E....'fu r--'1~ffl)iekr1 f I 1etr om P-fcrfn"l-n Om e 't ci( APO
11 1 am_ still in ~enegal, fr . Vlest hfriea.:.d9nt know for how lo_
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-not·•get to t-dwn ··as · 1,t 1 9· out. -of '.b ounds 01 ('~9c_ount. . o.f the iVIalari.a whi..
ch takes abo4t 10 natives each day-but now the rainy season is over &
the big dang;r is pa.st, ·, bu:t . we. all want 01rt of here. I read every wo,rd· of VB over · and gver-have.'nt seeri ·a -sctt.901ri\·~ te since Chuck HoughW:1.S
through-hope lno cne else . comes through w1thou~ looking me up iO the
Pos.t. .Office". J,.-From llst Lt Bob Be-e d(APO) "Jlt was all ,;~ry realistic-the
dre~m ·I had dr you-tljought you wire visiti~g ail the S.R. boys in the
ser~ice vi~-~lane-we had a . goo~ ~~lk, yod flew on~~o the next place
f~om Tinian'.' .\Its no di:-eam I woul~ ~ td q,e 'that--AND -! ..~ur~ would
like to be ..!Pi NY a_nd .. :w, Frisco when the big tmnches land!! l ·,, From
Pvt Ken Nel,sdnrAPO) 11'Its 'remarkabt~ that
has foll owed m~ th~ ough
A1'rica ,Sic i 1y;, Italy and I now · Southern Franc~ , where our d1 vis 10n was
the first , to 1lan·d Aug 15 •.n.esistance was ~ight but. th1ere were many"bool;>y" traps on 't he beeches .As we pass through towns the people wave
. flags, .- offer 1us wine and fruit,aqd are th1ey happy?1 . I £:iaw some of the
, . Fr~nc_h . c-ut thie hait: of -girls(who 1 had . been friendly: w.1i ,t h German.s }pararthem t _hrough !town , · while the pebple jeer1.I ·,now work ¥Vhere all the _1n..forinat·ion 1 is ~harte d. Ke,yP m~ a seat ' far Vi~tory Home Comi~g". *From
· . .Ens Lvlargaret ;lhoads_(L·a mbert Fiel.d ;1St . i..oui\s Mo)"Though't I would·.seng
~- you tt:ii.~ ~~~e1l.lent .:clipp,ing _.~ bout Bob Reed leadi~g ~ group _o:r-_- .~2 _tank$ .in -t h~ gr-~~·~:- battle .d>1' :.:>afpal'l" ~Thanks~-Bob? had a sreat _lif~ experience , and. we are vety PROUD of his grcat 1 world!n ' Thats one of the
. ·~r stqries we wani I to near FIRST HAND!n-om Pfc ·Dick Perlcins(APO) "In
~my last. l~tte~ 4 .m~Ago 1I told y~u I was soing to b•! ~ery -busy-I was
· in a ta·sk forc.e that •invaded Jap tert.11:rory in New Guinea.'. N-ow we live
. in better rsu.ar~'ti~r-~ ,with lfghts I ar,i~ its muc'h betti_er • . Vle are near the
equator an4 the heat is ~errific~and ·the ~u~ is knee ' deep. Bob Hope
was here with his show and he was really GOOD! ): can hardly wait to
get. back 1:ro college a.ga'iri and I' 11 bet wi-lth th~ Gov. help we will ha\;'e
a large s~hool". •·F rom John Madden(407Hanover · s1:.FreaerioksburgMd) 11 I
am coachi~g at Jam,s 1Moqr9e HiSc~o9l-have 10 g,mes op , s~he~ulejwe
mana·ged td see Diel< ·Jones ·lwhen he was home ..he · is·· .now commissioned and
" is ·at the U :or Ar.izone in Tucson~•. ·~From Lt.''Rus' hlorgan(DistNavPerOff
NorfolkVa)l 11 '.'/e greatly enjoy hear1ng ·about , the s ·ons and daughters or ··
SR-w~ g·et: letters from C·apn Raney: •in .India n_ow ahd then" •➔~From P'l{t. Bob
McC·lymorn:l~(Belgium~)' 11 This cyc·lonic. war• roars on to a thundering cli
max with bewilder.1ng ra.pi d•ity.· On al.l sides in.-;F'rance .i we· Gls are treHAS ~~. YOUR correct address'l? LOOK please.-!z;l\~ !11-turn . page n
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,i v'e _d 1,my oiomm~~s.ion 2©~,h . o~ .. l ;t=;s:t':· mo .-l'f } }From££!Blair. ,ijildebrand
: ..:(f·•~ ;o~ "Cant say wher._e pu1,., i:~s . p_I ~n:\y: }1ot·1 9ut, ·~ere ,;-~o ing to:•::try , to lo,
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... ;Ok,a _Jim K~arns 'f · I . dap.~y ,t~is ~t~me : ~~~r{~a~~s ought ,to . b~ turning
:-- .. ·. ' on •t _h~ camptls 11 ..~ romLtGarl. $(iii tm~na,AP0).11..l ;s. ,Q~~s Long . .·here; is Ehg,la.nd
····' ~o~?(vorry., t;-no ad~ress for he_r_~s~x:ict.1,V~to~ ~er c~r,eR~d C:f":Os~ Wash' DC) iw .·: '· . _..From· Pf~B~ctHe:~(-AP0),11 Th_ar;ik& tor 1ys 1 .a~aY; ·pµt.~~he·r.~ ,i n Ne-vvGuinea:-~ ts - gr,:eat to · read·:: ·abou~ .a~ l., .}l:fle. . sJng.•_Af_t e:r :tJ:i,EfS:e[· poO:t ·n~:tives· ·have been· gi v. en freedon from th~ J~~·i,.1'_,it.,_Js ·0ra~d' to_· ~1~~- .t hem s~ile--so that ex.p·.· la.i ns- why 1our ' fe il. lo:ws f,i,:gh:t--. .w:ith· jmu~ st:1.ck_\l n'S ••t ,o them like pl.aster ~
' · ;die ··wi'th o'ut b.~n~f ·i t_.' '?f./ gl_Q~t .over;:. :~er~ ' . ..f,h~nk:I? for, -th~ ,· ~icture.s '13udtha plaoq~e 1i? 10ld ·ka1n if ,~~lidg Up bett~r ~ow-attracting much atten
t ion-fil_Q.r..§ t-bo~ thoqg.b., sq, .sen,d t~. 'th,e: '::!nmb6nted pict urea .fellows~ ~Fr
. ·om Pvt,Ke~p Sjt, oner( 7 BAAF , ,S&R .C~re1~). fr·14g Eif~.d ,-, Mi.0!1)· 1.:\Na~.. m_ove . a:ddr ess · rec ently-te 11 'ivea1er· to , ~rite 11 ~~P'romt_~t.l oh.nOf•! ~t( 805BaseO ,,
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Box472GeorgeF~d, 11i) 11'Hope,
s~~ -~b?' soon , pefor e . 1•1e--rea;ve ·f,ar tqe C .a.
_. !~"-theater of ~pe:a.tions" . --From~,i5 l>l\l~..:,§.§!;1.sg_~y$(Engle.nd) "Ive tlad t.o
, w·or.k 48 ru:-s•straight __ ,ge\ 7 ~ours sl,e;f~ ,,w 'ffk : another 48_hrs. ! might,
· not be at the ·Ifr ant but ~ $ ee . the hf;) ll of iJJJ · l}ere in this ,.hof?p ... ~we _ do
.. · our level ~amqest . to see · ·•t hat' tne~e · boys iget I .t he ,best pp;s.sJ.._tiJ.e care' .. . ~e·: work on"Krauts" the '" Same"· •.~r:?m· ~t_j ~e'o . $,mt.l~l}~·)!'PO) "Just missed .
-· Meise. -, bu~. tli.er~s still stor_1:es flo·,at)n~ _ fl'.'ound L1tt1.e cr.e-e,k - about our
train-ing sh1pefTr1ed to fin<;i J ·o Banlchar: i_'. c~na,1Zo~e--now ' all .ready for
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. _nout ther e~'11iFrdom S/Ss,t.Joh!L.Qlarl,,c(AP_O),ulvlai 1 c 9nies i'n bunche'S . here in s.
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France-and my buddies . r ·ead VB wi:th 17e11sp.l-yoo •.I was one ...of . .~the . first
. tro.ops - to lan a$hore her ¢ •-arid ·:there ·was · 'r'~9tl';linge ever ·pr~nned 'more
carefully tor !that early ~our supr:ise.,lt ·vy*s i first quiet·; then rough
·f or a ,few da.y~ ••• we found ours el v:es ~ ,nice place· near the Riviera. for
· Hq.r a:nd .set up'!.;.;These friendly ·pe'.o pl~ : swm~ly !:'!tare at our .DtJWKs-they
· cany imagine a boat and auto Olomblne d 1• . Neither ean wet t l Does 1t. ~ave
· ,a. Horn . or a Quacker? ~ ikFro(Jl Pvt-vTrli;inig. Brqwn( WR•l6MCAS ,CherryPt. N.c)
\::: . '·~'Its a small WorlcJ:,-went to Wash D.C •. to visit Ens Norma Kr€mis-whi le
. ·< waiting in a ~ otel l _obbJ::' wl).9 .should cqme ~n ,but Ens, Che-t -·Sw~.Last.
week end I saw Lt. Tom G;raham · in Goldsboro 1~ Helen Fa1d..,1.k left for WAC
duty lately ,no address a~ l yet .Am tired out[ from our Variety Show just
-now 11 Send Norm1as VB _to (l,4Li Mas.s AveNW ;:1asl)DC 1~.1ts sent L*From, A/S Cha:_.s ,
tzgi bbons(R5om309TowerHa.ll _c o.urtChicago) 111 It took· us 31 hours on t-ra.;
1n from Asbury, Park here.- Bill Meise is now. 1 an ~ns. ·and· I c.ertainly aim
to follow his lt ootste'ps ·1.p Mi.unSchool"'.~F~om op1. J·~_ke ·Elliot:!,(Lux.e mb.ourg).1'We have been on the mov!; so muchI hav:ent' had a bath for a month
but ·dont mind lit i_f Q_o o..u,~ else .the utter .l2.Y,_ ~hat has come over these li'derated ·people ·her.e··:tn. Franc~
:.BeJgium,, and Lijpcembourg;wit,h tears ; etreamirig clown., their faces they stand on stre~ts ,wave and cheer as o'1r' vas~ a1tmies m·o ve ~long-no:_ one will
ev-er know .the . t'orture and hell. they hav~ ~ndured·\ : ltsl ·a beautiful. land
-.tr. l could on!ly be here under d'ifferent C"li rourriiftanc es .Met· Le,h man in
London-he is now in France but I · doubt. i !C1I 11 get to see 'hirnu. ·;•From1 :
Sp{;A)2/cJohn Ribka(305N3~lsb~r~ St~afayett~rnd) 11 Ilike _m'Y work under
Lt.F ~ .Nocera at t,he V-12 atl),let ~c proer,ant 11 .~,From eplGeoSutherin( England)
"Finally got - to L-0ndon far a visl,•~ould llke to ~et in tobch ~ith Lt.
• Thor Olson. .Lt~Bruce Adams four1d me . t\ere : at, my :bille-~f~,-~hrough the note you put 1n his letter". ~~From1 M/Sgt Doug Lehman~PaJ;'lS ..and writtenotl
captured Germar;i Red-Cross paper)_ilAfter th~ff11Udh9les· in \Normandy this · is
like !'aradi~e, · and 1 1 m not fooling about that. The mo:h, impressive th•
ing·, is the eve~,-shini_ng light 'a ,t ·_ .f.he head pf the Unknown' Soldier's ' To. mb under the Arc D'1r~omphe,. Had -~ l'~tt.er frcim . Capt. Bil'l · T·efupl~ who is
, ·.. ' , over her.e . or ·in Qermany s9me pla9.e, also a·11etter ·from ·Dia1e· ·Pi~rce ,Sg~.
"Froin:Ens ,Ro.y', Van Horn(.~~ sea)"ilf;ter 7 .'.mo" in the Mediter·ranean I am,
..noyv "assigned a·'~ew ship-p~ease .se9d ·'1\Y ·VB,s ' ale.mg. lflhlile in N. Y. I met.
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· Buck _D avis 1and 'Ray~aip.~s.;,.b oth assi.g ned to 1Nava.l Armed.. _Guard .The way
things are .now -i~ wont be .:l ong". 1>:From ,CaptFred Ptucha(S. Pao) "Am now
in m,y Hqa; -la 2. '.. story .hu\; . ·in;-~h,e_ j~ng)..e t'hat . the Nips left-When _I get
.. back I want to. s-it dow.n wi;tfi you over a s.oda and discuss a ·.' buhgaloo for
,the •Wife, .F,redJr an~ I,11 QOK, ap.q thanks for the - inclostires! &-) · SEEtf ON
.. . _ . THE ·CniJPI:JS:: S2/cJoe Bow'?r,;Lt Bill Held,, Lt Jim b:itle a.nd [~,m_ily,Lt Wm,
;:.-, .· Euwing. An,d the enrollment in qollege is holding · Just _about even with
. .. last year-a; ~
Freshman class her~, all go ing a1ong quiet _a nd s~rene: -' : :.· and fall tingling in the air•nhuntins -...season jus-t in the offing_.· D6NT
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L XQ..U AA~ .aLONE ,&J..b.Y QQT: THEflE.L,, ~ These s:tr~ng · ties between !QU7incl
,. ." .· ~-yo~ Sch.Q.Q.l ·maill ,. betwe~n :You and 2.§-~-here-at-home · just c=arit be
, :,.-,'. ·:·· :;~-!~~redH l!~llBETTiR °,l~~ .. h!,_E AHEAD~ _t: :,11.,0n to the ·,fight b.o~-r q"-j')l·...,lbJl.
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-al;..Hew i.-!ebr:ides, and ;.:arianas.Heard from · Neebit,rlebelt?:Tallon and all
ureac11ng of the ~ood old day s-Tallon should be on his v.ray hone soon".
~-Fror.1 Sgt Howard. Jones.(APO) ••Am now 'on the . east coast awai_ting transportation over-give my regards t o all not forgetting Petach and Gene
Bartlet~" .+From Capt Terryf1.1ay(lndia) 11V .,B~ caught up with me today as
I am going for a rest to Kashmir .Dr.Carters are moving_ to my home
town in Rome Ga1,where I was borr in a . 9 room log r::abi.n with col.d and
hot r~nning mai/ds-1 grad,uated fro,11· Darlington Sep.col there .Lo9ks as
if S .R. moved their Post Grad Scnn ol overseas'- ecb.cat ion ft:6rii" trave"i •.
. Have been,.with f h·e forward ' units 1or 6 -rn·o, 1~ Burma 1 now in -Assa.rm and
.I've seen a lot you dc;in.' t · read 1:t 'books, . 1h.ave . J>ee17- •.sh9t a-t 1 ~nd am
, quj_te s _ur:e ,-11' vel•_helped som~ heav Jnly.. sons on their . trip ·to hell ;but
. I ':m. :pretty 1iruc11I• unaffect.ed , by w~r - thats wl1,ati' ;l:.:- came in .f:ot'- 1 and ·put
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,me .:·':10.vm_for 'rec1E-iving the D.F.• C •. also 11 • J.i.ND congratulati.oqs Terry for
. a fine Job · welll done ! 1 ~ ~- Fro111 Pfc Gabriel Buzas(.A:PO) 11 Had a heck of
.. : a . time here . in Belgb1~ b~ating nty budd~e'f i · to . ~he July VB-they ar,a aG
•. 1-nterest~d, in s.•3. N~ws a~ I am.!we 1 move f>.,O fast our mail is slow• In
· France I 'visitetl. Par1s 1 other J,.arge citie~ .also". Look up P~tR . W.• Mc
Clymonds 'your same addr_m-now doing som~ guard duty I think. 4-From,
... Lt ·.Bob McGregor(Hawai _i ). "Yesterday I sp~nt ~the nicest day since I
left the states, my old roomie Blair HilUeb~and and I sot together &
- naturally th~ chi~f topic ·was S . R. He is ' only 16 mi; from here & we
plan .to meet I again."
Fr,om 2nd Lt Geo Ka.luger( England) "I was very
pleasant-1y• supr'ised to f .ind John Patte·rsbfi stationed here-tells me
Bruce J-\darn~ is near by~~Fro.m. Sgt Fi 1 Nocera( 132.6$. U.RegHospCampLeaVa)
"Yes Sit1his +yes are big and blue,"laclc pair;.little pug _nose 1. ova1.
face and he weig~s 9 lbs.:.dont li•ke to br~~- but he's the . boy !! Ronald.
Earib. was ~or~ Aug. E\ at ·s,; 45n_.Ah ; ~nothelt' 1 entry in th_~ BIQ- BABY CO:t#-TEST ,,Fi 1-c.; on~ratulat ions l L ·°From S2/cLoui&e·t Wi lSQJl( 3J_98anf ordHalJ.. Milledgevill,,Ga)"My l as t VB followed me j from N.Y. Here we are l~arning disburs,ng~accounting ~ sdppli~s etcrtn~ they rially teach it to
youl This is my first visit to the Southtwe hear the Negro help singing s,~iratu_als_· ~rom behind the dorm 11 • ~,Frpm , L"?t ht Chuck ,Hough( Eng)
i'The.. inclosed picture was taken as I st~pped from my plane after my
30th and fitial'missionl So _now I'm soon In.~y. way . home and·, I'll sure
pay you a vi~it.- I -am a very happy lad _a s ybt,t can. well understandfl
rec'd the D.F.C r ·ecently which I wear .a·l hg with the three clust~r
air me~a_l , an4 th€. PW:-?le . Heaz:-~. }~~ _w~r-~·~ 7s-:.!~ l . m~er, her~_-wi 1+_ ~soon
be -~a ~ e- 1.--ag ;. y e-1¥l..-'1r:""1l00 ealQI':;I>V'E....'fu r--'1~ffl)iekr1 f I 1etr om P-fcrfn"l-n Om e 't ci( APO
11 1 am_ still in ~enegal, fr . Vlest hfriea.:.d9nt know for how lo_
ng . We do
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-not·•get to t-dwn ··as · 1,t 1 9· out. -of '.b ounds 01 ('~9c_ount. . o.f the iVIalari.a whi..
ch takes abo4t 10 natives each day-but now the rainy season is over &
the big dang;r is pa.st, ·, bu:t . we. all want 01rt of here. I read every wo,rd· of VB over · and gver-have.'nt seeri ·a -sctt.901ri\·~ te since Chuck HoughW:1.S
through-hope lno cne else . comes through w1thou~ looking me up iO the
Pos.t. .Office". J,.-From llst Lt Bob Be-e d(APO) "Jlt was all ,;~ry realistic-the
dre~m ·I had dr you-tljought you wire visiti~g ail the S.R. boys in the
ser~ice vi~-~lane-we had a . goo~ ~~lk, yod flew on~~o the next place
f~om Tinian'.' .\Its no di:-eam I woul~ ~ td q,e 'that--AND -! ..~ur~ would
like to be ..!Pi NY a_nd .. :w, Frisco when the big tmnches land!! l ·,, From
Pvt Ken Nel,sdnrAPO) 11'Its 'remarkabt~ that
has foll owed m~ th~ ough
A1'rica ,Sic i 1y;, Italy and I now · Southern Franc~ , where our d1 vis 10n was
the first , to 1lan·d Aug 15 •.n.esistance was ~ight but. th1ere were many"bool;>y" traps on 't he beeches .As we pass through towns the people wave
. flags, .- offer 1us wine and fruit,aqd are th1ey happy?1 . I £:iaw some of the
, . Fr~nc_h . c-ut thie hait: of -girls(who 1 had . been friendly: w.1i ,t h German.s }pararthem t _hrough !town , · while the pebple jeer1.I ·,now work ¥Vhere all the _1n..forinat·ion 1 is ~harte d. Ke,yP m~ a seat ' far Vi~tory Home Comi~g". *From
· . .Ens Lvlargaret ;lhoads_(L·a mbert Fiel.d ;1St . i..oui\s Mo)"Though't I would·.seng
~- you tt:ii.~ ~~~e1l.lent .:clipp,ing _.~ bout Bob Reed leadi~g ~ group _o:r-_- .~2 _tank$ .in -t h~ gr-~~·~:- battle .d>1' :.:>afpal'l" ~Thanks~-Bob? had a sreat _lif~ experience , and. we are vety PROUD of his grcat 1 world!n ' Thats one of the
. ·~r stqries we wani I to near FIRST HAND!n-om Pfc ·Dick Perlcins(APO) "In
~my last. l~tte~ 4 .m~Ago 1I told y~u I was soing to b•! ~ery -busy-I was
· in a ta·sk forc.e that •invaded Jap tert.11:rory in New Guinea.'. N-ow we live
. in better rsu.ar~'ti~r-~ ,with lfghts I ar,i~ its muc'h betti_er • . Vle are near the
equator an4 the heat is ~errific~and ·the ~u~ is knee ' deep. Bob Hope
was here with his show and he was really GOOD! ): can hardly wait to
get. back 1:ro college a.ga'iri and I' 11 bet wi-lth th~ Gov. help we will ha\;'e
a large s~hool". •·F rom John Madden(407Hanover · s1:.FreaerioksburgMd) 11 I
am coachi~g at Jam,s 1Moqr9e HiSc~o9l-have 10 g,mes op , s~he~ulejwe
mana·ged td see Diel< ·Jones ·lwhen he was home ..he · is·· .now commissioned and
" is ·at the U :or Ar.izone in Tucson~•. ·~From Lt.''Rus' hlorgan(DistNavPerOff
NorfolkVa)l 11 '.'/e greatly enjoy hear1ng ·about , the s ·ons and daughters or ··
SR-w~ g·et: letters from C·apn Raney: •in .India n_ow ahd then" •➔~From P'l{t. Bob
McC·lymorn:l~(Belgium~)' 11 This cyc·lonic. war• roars on to a thundering cli
max with bewilder.1ng ra.pi d•ity.· On al.l sides in.-;F'rance .i we· Gls are treHAS ~~. YOUR correct address'l? LOOK please.-!z;l\~ !11-turn . page n
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:-- .. ·. ' on •t _h~ camptls 11 ..~ romLtGarl. $(iii tm~na,AP0).11..l ;s. ,Q~~s Long . .·here; is Ehg,la.nd
····' ~o~?(vorry., t;-no ad~ress for he_r_~s~x:ict.1,V~to~ ~er c~r,eR~d C:f":Os~ Wash' DC) iw .·: '· . _..From· Pf~B~ctHe:~(-AP0),11 Th_ar;ik& tor 1ys 1 .a~aY; ·pµt.~~he·r.~ ,i n Ne-vvGuinea:-~ ts - gr,:eat to · read·:: ·abou~ .a~ l., .}l:fle. . sJng.•_Af_t e:r :tJ:i,EfS:e[· poO:t ·n~:tives· ·have been· gi v. en freedon from th~ J~~·i,.1'_,it.,_Js ·0ra~d' to_· ~1~~- .t hem s~ile--so that ex.p·.· la.i ns- why 1our ' fe il. lo:ws f,i,:gh:t--. .w:ith· jmu~ st:1.ck_\l n'S ••t ,o them like pl.aster ~
' · ;die ··wi'th o'ut b.~n~f ·i t_.' '?f./ gl_Q~t .over;:. :~er~ ' . ..f,h~nk:I? for, -th~ ,· ~icture.s '13udtha plaoq~e 1i? 10ld ·ka1n if ,~~lidg Up bett~r ~ow-attracting much atten
t ion-fil_Q.r..§ t-bo~ thoqg.b., sq, .sen,d t~. 'th,e: '::!nmb6nted pict urea .fellows~ ~Fr
. ·om Pvt,Ke~p Sjt, oner( 7 BAAF , ,S&R .C~re1~). fr·14g Eif~.d ,-, Mi.0!1)· 1.:\Na~.. m_ove . a:ddr ess · rec ently-te 11 'ivea1er· to , ~rite 11 ~~P'romt_~t.l oh.nOf•! ~t( 805BaseO ,,
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s~~ -~b?' soon , pefor e . 1•1e--rea;ve ·f,ar tqe C .a.
_. !~"-theater of ~pe:a.tions" . --From~,i5 l>l\l~..:,§.§!;1.sg_~y$(Engle.nd) "Ive tlad t.o
, w·or.k 48 ru:-s•straight __ ,ge\ 7 ~ours sl,e;f~ ,,w 'ffk : another 48_hrs. ! might,
· not be at the ·Ifr ant but ~ $ ee . the hf;) ll of iJJJ · l}ere in this ,.hof?p ... ~we _ do
.. · our level ~amqest . to see · ·•t hat' tne~e · boys iget I .t he ,best pp;s.sJ.._tiJ.e care' .. . ~e·: work on"Krauts" the '" Same"· •.~r:?m· ~t_j ~e'o . $,mt.l~l}~·)!'PO) "Just missed .
-· Meise. -, bu~. tli.er~s still stor_1:es flo·,at)n~ _ fl'.'ound L1tt1.e cr.e-e,k - about our
train-ing sh1pefTr1ed to fin<;i J ·o Banlchar: i_'. c~na,1Zo~e--now ' all .ready for
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. _nout ther e~'11iFrdom S/Ss,t.Joh!L.Qlarl,,c(AP_O),ulvlai 1 c 9nies i'n bunche'S . here in s.
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. tro.ops - to lan a$hore her ¢ •-arid ·:there ·was · 'r'~9tl';linge ever ·pr~nned 'more
carefully tor !that early ~our supr:ise.,lt ·vy*s i first quiet·; then rough
·f or a ,few da.y~ ••• we found ours el v:es ~ ,nice place· near the Riviera. for
· Hq.r a:nd .set up'!.;.;These friendly ·pe'.o pl~ : swm~ly !:'!tare at our .DtJWKs-they
· cany imagine a boat and auto Olomblne d 1• . Neither ean wet t l Does 1t. ~ave
· ,a. Horn . or a Quacker? ~ ikFro(Jl Pvt-vTrli;inig. Brqwn( WR•l6MCAS ,CherryPt. N.c)
\::: . '·~'Its a small WorlcJ:,-went to Wash D.C •. to visit Ens Norma Kr€mis-whi le
. ·< waiting in a ~ otel l _obbJ::' wl).9 .should cqme ~n ,but Ens, Che-t -·Sw~.Last.
week end I saw Lt. Tom G;raham · in Goldsboro 1~ Helen Fa1d..,1.k left for WAC
duty lately ,no address a~ l yet .Am tired out[ from our Variety Show just
-now 11 Send Norm1as VB _to (l,4Li Mas.s AveNW ;:1asl)DC 1~.1ts sent L*From, A/S Cha:_.s ,
tzgi bbons(R5om309TowerHa.ll _c o.urtChicago) 111 It took· us 31 hours on t-ra.;
1n from Asbury, Park here.- Bill Meise is now. 1 an ~ns. ·and· I c.ertainly aim
to follow his lt ootste'ps ·1.p Mi.unSchool"'.~F~om op1. J·~_ke ·Elliot:!,(Lux.e mb.ourg).1'We have been on the mov!; so muchI hav:ent' had a bath for a month
but ·dont mind lit i_f Q_o o..u,~ else .the utter .l2.Y,_ ~hat has come over these li'derated ·people ·her.e··:tn. Franc~
:.BeJgium,, and Lijpcembourg;wit,h tears ; etreamirig clown., their faces they stand on stre~ts ,wave and cheer as o'1r' vas~ a1tmies m·o ve ~long-no:_ one will
ev-er know .the . t'orture and hell. they hav~ ~ndured·\ : ltsl ·a beautiful. land
-.tr. l could on!ly be here under d'ifferent C"li rourriiftanc es .Met· Le,h man in
London-he is now in France but I · doubt. i !C1I 11 get to see 'hirnu. ·;•From1 :
Sp{;A)2/cJohn Ribka(305N3~lsb~r~ St~afayett~rnd) 11 Ilike _m'Y work under
Lt.F ~ .Nocera at t,he V-12 atl),let ~c proer,ant 11 .~,From eplGeoSutherin( England)
"Finally got - to L-0ndon far a visl,•~ould llke to ~et in tobch ~ith Lt.
• Thor Olson. .Lt~Bruce Adams four1d me . t\ere : at, my :bille-~f~,-~hrough the note you put 1n his letter". ~~From1 M/Sgt Doug Lehman~PaJ;'lS ..and writtenotl
captured Germar;i Red-Cross paper)_ilAfter th~ff11Udh9les· in \Normandy this · is
like !'aradi~e, · and 1 1 m not fooling about that. The mo:h, impressive th•
ing·, is the eve~,-shini_ng light 'a ,t ·_ .f.he head pf the Unknown' Soldier's ' To. mb under the Arc D'1r~omphe,. Had -~ l'~tt.er frcim . Capt. Bil'l · T·efupl~ who is
, ·.. ' , over her.e . or ·in Qermany s9me pla9.e, also a·11etter ·from ·Dia1e· ·Pi~rce ,Sg~.
"Froin:Ens ,Ro.y', Van Horn(.~~ sea)"ilf;ter 7 .'.mo" in the Mediter·ranean I am,
..noyv "assigned a·'~ew ship-p~ease .se9d ·'1\Y ·VB,s ' ale.mg. lflhlile in N. Y. I met.
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· Buck _D avis 1and 'Ray~aip.~s.;,.b oth assi.g ned to 1Nava.l Armed.. _Guard .The way
things are .now -i~ wont be .:l ong". 1>:From ,CaptFred Ptucha(S. Pao) "Am now
in m,y Hqa; -la 2. '.. story .hu\; . ·in;-~h,e_ j~ng)..e t'hat . the Nips left-When _I get
.. back I want to. s-it dow.n wi;tfi you over a s.oda and discuss a ·.' buhgaloo for
,the •Wife, .F,redJr an~ I,11 QOK, ap.q thanks for the - inclostires! &-) · SEEtf ON
.. . _ . THE ·CniJPI:JS:: S2/cJoe Bow'?r,;Lt Bill Held,, Lt Jim b:itle a.nd [~,m_ily,Lt Wm,
;:.-, .· Euwing. An,d the enrollment in qollege is holding · Just _about even with
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Freshman class her~, all go ing a1ong quiet _a nd s~rene: -' : :.· and fall tingling in the air•nhuntins -...season jus-t in the offing_.· D6NT
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,. ." .· ~-yo~ Sch.Q.Q.l ·maill ,. betwe~n :You and 2.§-~-here-at-home · just c=arit be
, :,.-,'. ·:·· :;~-!~~redH l!~llBETTiR °,l~~ .. h!,_E AHEAD~ _t: :,11.,0n to the ·,fight b.o~-r q"-j')l·...,lbJl.
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