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hike in the woods~ ·As this is being
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writt~n , however, the leaves are n.ow .
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from this large campus you know ~_q ___w~.t~ by the
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true~ load.; The grass is st il:l green aqd _ia
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growing a little, · for so far, we have had only '6..~_~.:~:.'\\\:·'"f:.·. __ -.. -: . ··t?)
heavy frosts, and no down-r tght snow ••• but the. · ·r· ~~ .:-·..i:· '· · =
~=-latter will co:ae soon enough no doubt. Only lately have
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men been wearing top coats much.
Hunting season is now in fulf~~ swing and most Nimrods have bagged gam~ ••• never have we seen it mo~e
plenty in this section.
Just now the college is looking forward to
the Thanksgiving recess (Nov.23-27) and a little break from the usuai
routine. To you who read this ABROAD, it will be nearer Christmas , .
time than Thanksgiving, and for us it is jq~t a little early to get in,
t~he Xmas spirit ••• no carol have we heard, no yule log pave. we seen,
no decorations have.we put up. However, the -- stores are practically
sold out of . everything, the day it comes in, so the season will soon
follow in due time. TO YOU ABROAD, who· now hol.d this newsletter in
hand, we unite in great.good wishes to you where .~veF . you are. We .hope
you may !ind happiness, peace and deepness this Chr;stmas Tide, and in
the name of the Gentle Messiah, ~e hbpe-that this will ~e your last
Christmas·. aw.8:Y. from . home and loved ones •••• 11 Silent night, Ho;t.y night ••
• •• • all is · calrri, all .is bright .• ••••• 11
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. It's funny how it all happened. Some one had been asking
the wh,e,re abouts of • "Chuck" Burch, and Sam Rist ich. • ••• Vi el 1 1 Burch
was a ·p'ilot of a Super Fortress in the South. ?acific, and Ristich was
on a trip as navigator on a Ferrying Command to Indi$ •••••.• then twQ
days later came a knock at the door ••• <.:~nd there ·stood §.QI!:!_ Burch ANP
Ristich! ! If one ever felt like swooning!!,
On their return home· '
a lucky letter had united them--from Erie they drove like mad to spend
a few precious m'inutes on this campus.;..then back to Erie and ·far apart•
But their visit . her-e was all-to-short. Said C~pt Burch: 11' Once I was
flying · in a long tl'"ip near Bouganville, and in tall ana in my formation, discov e.red through the conversation that Lt. Peffer, to whom I was speaking , was no other than the husband of Me.r•
ian Smith of my own cla1;1s here at Slj.ppery Rock\ Gee. the world-is _
a small plaoef lt._. _·
Said Lt. Sam:."_Well, ·r•m just back from another ·;,
trip ov:er Ih'd'ia ( and · folks Sam has ·r1ovm several times to every place
this side of Timbucktoo and back, except over the No-r-rh Pble)-- ·and
you m~y be supr'ised to learn that those addresses plac e d in .the. v.a·
came in very handy •••• in LalManiar I dro·ppe·d down and -had a ·v isi't with
Bill l\!lossrush ; in. Assam (IVIesi,m_a ra, where t ·hey have 85/o malaria) l s~w
LoyaLl;iken, and just missed Topy Longo · by 2½ mfle·s • ;. in Casablanca. 1
saw Dave Speizer; in Agra I s_aw ~orman Russe 11 ~ L! ! The brief story
of each of these· meetings - w-a:s in i _tself· . most interesting , and wl1il'e
Sam did ··not see all of our men stationed ir1 these parts, that was more
than good for one trip l ! L. Others on the campus:· · ~!_L~fe!,~Sovya,. M
o.ut fo~tb ttme away, .. but he left this note nsorry to have missed you
again--a:na with great new.s too-to Mary and me: at whopping big 9. lb. l>aby
b•y on Octob'er 2.6th-namE!,PeterSowaJl.ll II Congratulations, and keep trying,-VY,e cant mis& ·each other always •. Pvt.Floyd Bartee and S/Sgt Sam.
Mamula v:isited ·~agether; the ·1atter with many tales of the invasion
which he was in:, landing in France the second day with the Merchant ·
Marine~. Ens,Russel~Reed soon to report tb Boston~ and Capt.and Mrs
Frank Nicoletti.Franks wife is a Lt. in the Wacs.., and claim's that Frank
got his latest commission just so he would outrank her.
Overseas
folks ·round ·in thair envelope with the last v. B. at pamP.hle.t entitled
"A LE'_fTm TO MY SON" wri tteri by Frank O. Colby. You have him to thank
for t~at well written timely message as he sant the copies gratis for
that issue.' SO ;.JO'.7 , lets dip into the Ui;,IL BAG, and see: Writes Mrs
Virginia Hipps ··H€rrin( 1004Platt StTampaFla) 11 T~rough ~my husband has
discovered he knew one S.R~ boy in Corsicaf-Lt.Jim1Gallagher-he eays •
that he arid Jim used to have'more tnan one chat during Winter evenings
over there~ •• also he believes he knows Paul Reardon-ask Paul is he
remembers a Lt, Herrin in Sicily·· or Italy'~ Let Pf2.~l:'.{lul Reardon who is
now discharged from 'Deshon Hosp:, and now at(Conv:}Iosp. 2nd Bn. Fort Story
Va) antiwer for· himself-were · glad Paul is .well ' recovered now .. Writes ·
Marg, VanhornGuyt6n(LtR.D.Guyt.onl3o§r69RD3Charl~stonSC)"Like all army personnel we have·· be:iri on the mar~h from Ala, to NY, to 1Iass. and now
here in s. Carol ina.w.and vve both read every line of V.B." From AJC.
Buy a WAR BOND----and turn the page, please
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Vane(;. S.<;.necal(Na_val .i~i-U"'lex. Hosp.Swarthr.fore ,P~) "I· :just had my fifth operation on my leg S?ince_·my '-trai·ning ·accid~nt,. a .';/ear ago, so r•11 be off
of my foot forl~o"ine t~·m~ ,,befo.re-.q~ar~ng ·'Y •eig,nt on;it.Ive ),.o_gge:d down a
heap of hospital ,.ime'!' .. rr-9t11:CaptDan Shit.:k(:APO) "I fe.el .mu.ch better - ab'.'"'·
out it now si.11-~.~ r g~t.'m'.y ;Jiooks into the J ·a ps good and · pr·oper., and after in training . ·so_ -long --·it · make~· y:ou \feel good to g~t- intp battle.Our
outfit was..ev.en · ·compl:iinented by 'the Marines~ i 1 . And •the, Mar'ines .are
swell fellows~•to !'i.ght along side of.\', Fr9rn T/,5 John ·M. ,i.ewis~4E}l.Eng.
L Pont C0Ft.B.ennirig ·Ga) ·11 Im still hoping to get bai.c~ .to ·sdho-ol, and hope
a lot of the · other . f,ellqws get back too. My outfit is st•iB. here in Ga
and lots of· talk a-b out overseas.I hear from Reardon,_,Tom Green. wh,o is
likely aci~ss my / rtow(6o~rect1) and Art Wil§on ~ho is on Guam~. F~om:
Olga Long'(Re'd Cross-near Paris.?)" England was lovely, and I prefeirred
the quietness ,of that country to the .scurry-ing crowds of the born.bed ·
out cities. :My first assignment was an Aero Cluh, .-then I became a
coffee and donut girl with a Clubmobile, and ·now we seldom see the same face agad.n .. Never did I dream that I would ·be seeing so much of t ·his
world after leaving S.R. I was with Bill Temple when he got the piece
of rubble of the Tower of London that he sent you, ,and I saw Jimmy H~nes ~ week befoie · I left England. He ~as a beautiful wdame~ in the show
and . it was fun ·seeing Jimmy againUI'd cert~inly like to serve coffee &
donuts to Fred Ptucha and Jack Denbgw and a few other.s " ••• Bring them, to
the Uomecoming Olga! · From Lt Andy Petach(England) 11 • Last week after I
moved here. I,me:,t .· a Navy flier who US€d to visit Jake •ElVa,:t,t. at S.R. &:
he · al.so w,orke¢l ih the same base as Chet Swick-its .. a smallworldl AND
n9w as · to becoming a BABY JUDGE--I dont know whether I could pass the
quilification te~t---But I do know that Perkins can.:.he is one who
knows all about "babies"~ From Molly Naismi,i.n(Li;,s . Angeles ,Cal) Geo •.
is about to leave for the South· Pac. We _spent last Gvening with Lt,:& ·
Mrs. Ham,.JVright ... we all talk about- .t,he~ homecoming". F'r om Sgt Loyal- K.
Briggs(China) "Tcn;iy L9ngg, is .here in the same camp with me, but as yet
1 have not · seen him,"and will net ·for a few days as I le~ve for a .. 3
day . pass ntlw·-hop.e to see him when I r~ -t .urn •• ,am sending the.se pictutes
of China whi-ch will tell more about it than one could write 11 • Tha:nks! 1
·From Ens Gerie ·Barlett(At sea) "I thi'nk that two of the BABY JUDGES
• ought to be Keith St oner and~ Tom 'Carey--f or no one knows "babe-s" like
they do1 I sure would like i~ : run into . some of the fellow~ from school--never · d~eampt I ~ould misa them as I do. Ti e have been~a dry do~k
beiqg r~paired after our torpedoing--then we really began to· work and
carrie9- tanks, planes, ducks, . ammunition etitr to the fig.q.ting· area. They
sure ran us ragged for a while~ From:Mar:ine News Release::. "1st Lt H ..P.
Mo$ca narrowly escapid injury when Jap antiaircraft gunners hit his
fighter plane on two successive .days-both timea"s in the same vi taL spot
in the . left wing. ~tosca 'is ;a Corsair pilo.t with the 11 6eath-Dealers"·•
The first time . his plane was hit,he dropped his 1000 lb bomb on Yats
blasted runway when several Jap planes were seen on . the ground ••• he
was· successful in reaching his basie with his plane . afire on both occasions but also succeeded in getting Jap planes and hangars" '• Nice
going ·Herb 11; From _S /Sgt Leon Scowden(Belgium) "I dont know muc.n about the · progress. of the war, but·.- 1 1 11 . be in on'the conquest of Germany
or I miss my bet"''' "From Capt. Herbert- Hartzell( Belguim) "Over here its 18
_.hours a day, .7 days a week, and I dont get around much to mee.t th~
many S.R • . fello~s , I know must be near. I met Ralph Lansberry sitting
. next table at mes~ the other day. I have met up with Ed Co~trell ,a time
two 11 •• From Ens Melvin Berry(At sea) .."Nothing in this war is :what
you would call pleasant; and it ' is the th.fngs we look forward to that
gives us hope, and those VBs help; The ere~ is no~Jijinis~ing the repa~rs ·that will soon tJUt our boat .. in r~nning again~t, .. ~rom Sgt; J,im
~ s (England) 11 ...-lecd a letter from my old roomie John Hauth t.~d.a y
and he's over across beating hell out of the Krauts ••• my S.'R. Momecoming would not be complete without that big ove~grown lummox therell
Our Show-may go'to the states and take part in the 6th Victory ~~ive
and if Ifm near S.R.l'd be terribly thrilled to ·h~ve you see our show"
Where is Gib Mohnet?" Does any one know? And keep us informed as to
show schedule Jfmmy-w~.would ' like to see it~ From Lt.P.T.Butler Ct H.
Crii!man RDi/4Boise Idaho) 11 · Tliis makes the 27th place I have been stationed, and am now in the _final · phase of my combat training-will spend Xmas either in Europe or the ·S. ' Pac.ific. My wife is here with me and
we are living on a :grand big _ farm and enj_oying it" •. _Frorri S/Sgt Clarence. Aikex (301 S.lOth StBelle_v,ille,.IJ,l)"Since last April I have b.een
living here with my wif~ and I am . a P.T. lnstr.at ~cott Filed. I saw
Geo -Kline and Bil~ Cverand l;ler-e when I first came. Red McIntosh writes
me that he is at hode Island State .College, and.~hey have a baby gir~.
My wife Barbara(from · Clinton N.Y) is ·anxi'c:ius t.o se·e S.R. 11 • • • Bring her
alon~ ! 1 ~rom Lt -James Br§.ss~(447 .Obsn Bn FltSillOkla) "All the other
· officers here read VB-and . ~o S.R. i~ becoming well known ••• we will
make the .Homecoming a MUST in · our schedule". from Sl/c Fred DHieolo
(At sea) 11 I am ' writing tl:lil:! during my gun watch so am crowded for space. I have not seen any one of my ol_d col1ege fr~ends for 2½ yea:rs &:
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I sure would like to run into somebody. When this ship "The Re··1·g n of
Terror" docks long enough I will see some of them. I expect a . 30 day
leave soon and will be around 11 ,.Come see us Fred. From Lt.YJ •.S •. Held
(3ecN Sq45-8Victorville Calif)"! would sooner be in Texas th-a n here
but what can one do about it?".From Ens W.R.Tebfi\y,r.P. ..O~ " All ' ! can
say now is that I've. been trave.ling and will likely have more · news
in the months that lie ahead"·•· 'From Lt Bill Manke(Combat Crew Tr ·Sta
SqO Thomasville Ga) 11 Aft er 22 months . overseas I came home, got marrie
ed, have my wife here with me'-;.a nd I .a~ _now training new boys, and then
hurrying home to the little wife.~. J -··--Saw Johnny Kaufman in Miami" ..
From Lt Jack Hetrick(PersHq ,Camp lirowder Mo)" My wife . and -I were b:Lessed last May with the birth of a fipn:William Llavi-d, : and he is doing
fine, and he qua-lifies for that BIG BABY CONT .ES'r-, so. ;w~re looking forward for homecoming. Bob Milheim and his wife(Helen Uber)are here in
Joplin Mo~' .· From 1st Sgt Dale N. Pearce(Italy) "Recently Lt Alan Barnette of·. New •. Uastle is with us and it is nice to have some ohe to
talk to that knows S.R. He is the wearer of· the Purple Heart. I -spent
a 1.couple of days in Rome and enjoyed the new experience no end. The
~~d -Cross tour we took· showed us the Pantheon,)C olosseum, Catacombs,
.:l:t,.Peters Cathedral, Vatican, Ancient,Ruins, and many othe r points of
interest. Grape season is jus1;, about in now, and the winerie_~ are
t?eing prepared for t.l:;te season. 11• From Pv11..,Mary E_~_.Elwood(2nJ ~1 ac Co
Norgolk Va)"I finished·rny · training · in motor transport and am now
lie eased to drive a . i. to 1½ ton truck".. Fro.m. LLt. F.rank Crowley(BVVS556U Long BeachAAB~Calif) 11 · I am still doing c.onfidential forc.asting .a
and have been here over a year.Saw Joe · ipglis~ when his big battlew~~
was ,in for repairs,_ Joe is a Ltsr.gr. and l _ook-~ fineH. From T/Sst Wayne
Garr.~ux(France) 11 I n c losed is a _p_icture· ~of ,-- $~ere Gour, . the large whit:.e church on th~- ·.btl'l ::bove Pari~_-thi:s Js ·a: :wonderful c i tyir. Fr.om, SjSg
Bo,,b Sine lair(Fr".nc-c.) 11 The l~t vs· just t .oo_k me back to the campus ancf
all the good times we h'ad ·there, and boy did I want to catch the next.
boat" ... From Pvt H.J. Bre;nner(MedDeptWake_man tlenHosf?CampAtterburyind)
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When home · I was introduced to your newsletter, and would like to ge·t
it, as many .-. of the. ·name.s are familiar. M_y brother Lt.Edwin is now
overseas!•. Yow- on the "list.Haro'ld·~ . From, Cpl Eddie Croll(Box 328 -AB .- y
Gul.fport Mis~) 11• My wife Va.via is· .here with me and she is teaching_ in
B11o4'i-we . expect · to be· in S.R'. soon". Frol1l Lt. ·pale Likeo ·( · .5'46.· SB Dep
Ft .MonrnouthN .J). 11 I was · on my way over.seas bu.t ended up in the · hosp.
for an operation-am now in another good c·ompany and -'!Vi.11 depart very
soon 11 • From Pvt · H.H. YJhite(:300 Ai~F bn,3rdAF Tampa Fla) 11 I met Bi.ll
· Manke in Silver Speings, and he was fine · afte.r 22 mo QVerseas. He is
nowmarriid, -still g·oes in•for fancy diving. I'd likG -to .see some · sn. 9w soon":. From Lt :Jack M. Dunlap (Italy} ". I a,m ·writing this to you on
a box , in my tent on an· Italiao :. farm by 9andle light .sunny Italy is
not sunDy jµst now ·and we have to fig up our own kind of stove • .~ am
a co-pilot on a B-24 Liberator. He.r eabouts the . peo.pJ.,e are poor and the
towns not. so much. I_ want · to see :i:fome and Napi,_~ s as soon as I v:an •"
From:f'Jc nrchie Sonntag(Spe.c ·s.'?r Off .Morris_ Fld,Charlotte N.C) 11·I . do
a good dea:l of. .publicity wri'ting for t.h~"Morris Code" about our · big
. .t earn The 3r.d .t1.ir· Forc·e ·Gre.mlins ••• s·pent :_. a · 3.. day pass in . New York and
had a great time and saw a lot of famous, peep.le." · From, Lt David· Spe iz.er(Bri t ish -W.E.s:t ._ ,"1.fr,ica)" Heav'en· knows I 6ve seen• a lot . of · the wor)...d
~nee- l._6av-i°ng the states. '!le l~nded in· 1ta~y -,_ thence. by box car to
Naples,. 1his· i s • very~poos · ~ation, : and y~u carlt walk two steps without some, youngster begging from you·. From · Naples- we flew to Ca-sab4?'.lca, which is not a bad town, but· they have a medina section that would
make any of our slums look ,like a , p~radise •. It did my heart good ;t.o
run into Sam Ristich returning after delivering a plane to India- -, :and
we had a -great chat about SR. I am inclosing a picturt .taken on the .
bE;,ach-we . swim in _the Atlantic a lot"·• A riliUMNI---Once more a good friFrom: CpU.yle -K0.enig{BrI Sec! Ord L end came to eur rescue-again A.~F Greensboro'NC) " I am a P.T. Instr
U we ar€ . able to send out some
here and am now in an overseas Pep.
~l more copie& of V.B. to you
Depot--! see a lot 11 of m~n. but none - ~ here at home. PL,?ASE see that
from S.R. 11
From:Huck L1ebermaJ
they kee.p in circulation. .!tit_
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"Those V.Bs come,, throug_~ with good·ri.ews fr .om many that I know • .I hada
nice letter from Johnni Hautb in a .Tank Destroyer Unit - in Europe -and
.h'e· tells me that the de·s truct fon .is beyqnd des~ri_ption.,. From: · Lt · Jim
Grossman( Crsw9285uav-is-I,1onthan Fld Tuscon ,-i.riz;,) "Greetings from the soµthwest and could·you ·spare a V.B.?" Yes brothe,r 1 From:lst Lt Chas
Hough(England). '·' Am pow_. enjoying a recess from aerial.: warfare· and ·am
in a big remodeled English· Manor house and. having a swell rest--we ·'
h.ave tea in . bed even".. Fr oin\ 'c ·p1. E. v .• Johns on( Italy) 11 Recent :}.Y) · vi s'it e<
-ed _the Isle of Capri• and th~t ~was ibout the nicest , thing·th~t-I hav~
see,n.- here. I would not want to 11."ve: here. 11 ' AttentiomBi,11 Temole:In an
indir:'.'f?Ct way we hear ~1?,~t you hav~ ,oee.n ill-pl.e ase advlse. Erom.: Eri§i• ·
; ·. It·s - t.he si.z.e of the · fight · in· th~ d
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~ar:num(l419 E •.Ocean ViewAv,NorfolkVa)"Among the many othe.r S .Rites
~ ~e in t4is _sec ti on, was 11ial ter McGary who came again last Thu.ni te •
He· ·told u.s that while in Oran he saw
Barnes. We _,ow live right on
Ghe. sap6ak 13ay ; . c.an hear the waves, and,. ~tii ps all 1 it up at night 11 • Do
the \r~a\T~=:s · e.ver g·e.t all lit up Bob?. From Ist Lt Frank -L,.. Hackett(In
Germany) 11 1 have, been with this outfit since last · Ju1:y and was wounded Aug 4th, · but am now back on duty~ Good Luck -Frank ••1 From T.A.Dunn
,A.R.C. 11 GrE.e.tings from Corsica-this is a picturesque place. and I am
,having new ex per i E.nc e, s daily 11 • F°rom ~ jg~....§_ ..Mehaf f.ey( At sea) "I spent
several hours with Jack 'fl illiams 'of Sharon who is attatched to the same
kind of ship that I am-a .PC sub chaser,it was gre.at to me.et some one
from school. I have. been over here for 17.mo. and soon hope to get home
and to S.R. for a visit. This is captured Jap paper I am writing on" •
.from Lt John E • .Jenbow(4128 BU ASTC Fre.snoCalif)" I had two lette.rs
from brothe.r ~.L from irance. andBelgium ;~aid he - was having some. great
expe,rie.nces-he has traveled 8000 miles ~y jeep. ~s Spe.c Serv Office.r I
~ave arranged shows having:~anet Blai~, Arthur Tre.achEr,Rags Ragland~
Frank McHugh, and cJack Carson.'#Jhen I rec .e n,t.ly told a fellow I went to
$lippeiry ilock hE- sdid it sounded 'like an 11·obstac le; course". From. Lt Ed
Cottrell(Belgium)"I am flying ove.r Germany every day, ~nd only yester. day · recEive~ aug 12 V~, - and I'm hot kidding when I say I honestly never
- enjoye.d:a -piece of mail more th~n that.l hope. to see &ruce Adams on my
5 day leave soon~ Paris.is a be.autiful city". From Lt H. i:; . · Irons(F.P.O
S. Pac) _ "If you have. any men out he.rE. · in the 2nd Marine.s I would like
to·· 100K the;m up. I am now . on my second year .out here-much at . home to
dream about". From Pf"cPaul Hoffma.n(9640rdCampMaxi-eTex)"I.: am"· nov, with
the Heavy .nuto Main----:r-to. here-and dent know ·much about my: future. -Your
·' VB . is the only tie I have between myself and--colle.ge!'.S-aw· Ellen in SR
_a Wpc lc ago. From a/c Chuc:k Chamber 9 ( Class 44K-Boxl ?Enid Okla) "I am
still managing to mee.t the. ever rl~ _ing· s~a~~~.rd:.9. . of . the Gadet Program,
and I guess my lot will ,be he,avy b6rirbG·r-·s•r:;· From L.t Ernie Harrison (901
B. U. Orlando Fla) "It dosent SE.em possi_ble that I could be here _18 mo &
not run into some old school mate ·wheri I re.ad of them·me.eting all ov e r
the wo_r_ld-guess I'11 have. to go ,over- .s·eas to run onto some one".It was
nice to se.e, you -o~- 'the"• campus las·t we·ek Ernie •. NO':: OV D SEA~: ~I ~_l _t on
Morris, Sgt, T/4 John Paczak, Sgt ·Ed' Porter ,_Lt ~dw·i n Br·e.nn€r, Fl/c Jn
· ii,.§__y_ingt..Qn, .. Sgt·'·.t1.p.dy · t,rivonek,Pvt Tom· 'it . Gr6en,.C-p1 Bill .r..1der,_ S.S ,q t
.. ~'!'..§_d BukowskiEns :r_:- _ed Lytl.e ,: Lt Geo _':J ag_E-nhorst, . J~p$ Ray Haynes,. Pfc Howard Jonesj Lt.Ge~ Kaluger, Tom Jbos~and:bthe~~ I have probably ·m~ss&
_ed • .- From P.vt. ·Jack L.ottes( &lgland) 11 1 am looking forward to Ho/TIBC .o r.ning
. . _and ,_ ho,pe we can mal<:~ it_.about E\- ·3 day .;_ af/ a :i,r-r .q~VE. so · farrs e en little
warfare as yet, · a n,d have seen -no SR -men-tt·~ ·From S 1-/c 1'on\as homps on
(;-.ustral'ia) 11 V.B: reache.d me h&r·e in ,7 days .after it ·was 1nalled- in S.R.
' and :I: t,hink· tha-t is a record~Good l'etter'romi, a-nd who is this young
lady that : k Ea eps asking about you?.· From Sp(i.)2c. Mike ;;iargo·(JVJ.EJ.r Qr.i e nt
OfficeBldg619Bainbridge Md) "VJ ould like. to be .pu,t . on· ·ttl~ list" Your
· on Mike. -FromLt Bruc·e ~1.dams(England), 11 1 sp~nt· a wee,k at a·Rest _Horn e &
· 11ad a ,good taikk with ~ k Hough, who · is now finis-hed and on his -:nay
home. I still ha~e a ~ i s s i o n s ·to do, I recd my Silver Bross on Aug
· ~29tJ:l" .iilld congr a tulations . on rece.iving the D.F.C.lately1' t" From.·capt.
' "Keri M.ill€r(Sq¢).11 Sar'as·otaF'la},11 I· ·dor\t think I'll be around here a gre,at
dec:i,l longer as I think Im headed fore .B. I• T E.11 ~tach, Hough, Ke.arn~
and the others that I"' 11 probably s€e tnem before I get around to.. this
writing-I owe. most everybody a-letter". From ID~· Norma _Kre.mis.!J.4.1~
Ua a.s AveN.1 1JJ ash.JC) 1",Ne have ve.ry high moralf- j.n our off i..c € and every on,,.s
is ri~ht on the ball-it is intE.r&sting but difficult at timE.s 11 •• From
::igp.. .. ndy .c-..rivonal<:(iiPO)" I would like to hear from Bill Schmidt, Red
Swart-z~ C • .t-1.ikey a nd the others of 1 39.Cant express - how I like to getvtl.
F~:Lt Bob R E. ed(APO) 11 I am now at a base camp following the battles
of Sa.ipan and Tinian-g€tting in a ,,lot of tennis, golf and swimming•• . we
hop~ you w,~11 ~,oon,,be he.re Bobt lirom T/5 Dale Salsgive.£(England)'' I
see Krauts and G.Is e.very day, and boy there is a difference-thE-se 11 He-iniei1 look downcast and beaten even though there is not much the matter with t11em, and on thE. otherhand I've seen''G.I.s''dying a nd at the
. same time looking chE-erful and writing or having some one write home
: 'for them 11 , Fram Pfc St an Marshall( CoD-57thii·iTbnCamp 0 arke leyT ex) ""l e. have
about 4 more ~€.elm of -training then?. i.Iy wife nuth joined me here in
Abilene". · And now as this rambling~. comes to a close, the BIG PUSH
\Son in western Russia, western Germany,&Ttaly, and likewise the pin_:· ~ers_ are closing tightly on Japan, · ns the great air' arm makes rubble
or the Ge~man cities and -soon will of Japan also. From now on it looks
·like a ·slugging match, as the death gasp of both thesa toughies is
about to be heard. To YOU who have been in thiq in any capacity, giving_ months and years of YOUR TIME to aid,-_be sure t h at there are those back home who deeply understand and deeply appreciate your every
~acrifica!!l Heads up!t Chins high!! This thing is not going to
1 a:~t for ever. , and we are winning ! % Better · days lie ahead for YOU, .f_or
yb-ut loved ones. Lets build a gr sat er Ame,rica 1 '.1 11. friend: c4co:tM~b'\
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true~ load.; The grass is st il:l green aqd _ia
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growing a little, · for so far, we have had only '6..~_~.:~:.'\\\:·'"f:.·. __ -.. -: . ··t?)
heavy frosts, and no down-r tght snow ••• but the. · ·r· ~~ .:-·..i:· '· · =
~=-latter will co:ae soon enough no doubt. Only lately have
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men been wearing top coats much.
Hunting season is now in fulf~~ swing and most Nimrods have bagged gam~ ••• never have we seen it mo~e
plenty in this section.
Just now the college is looking forward to
the Thanksgiving recess (Nov.23-27) and a little break from the usuai
routine. To you who read this ABROAD, it will be nearer Christmas , .
time than Thanksgiving, and for us it is jq~t a little early to get in,
t~he Xmas spirit ••• no carol have we heard, no yule log pave. we seen,
no decorations have.we put up. However, the -- stores are practically
sold out of . everything, the day it comes in, so the season will soon
follow in due time. TO YOU ABROAD, who· now hol.d this newsletter in
hand, we unite in great.good wishes to you where .~veF . you are. We .hope
you may !ind happiness, peace and deepness this Chr;stmas Tide, and in
the name of the Gentle Messiah, ~e hbpe-that this will ~e your last
Christmas·. aw.8:Y. from . home and loved ones •••• 11 Silent night, Ho;t.y night ••
• •• • all is · calrri, all .is bright .• ••••• 11
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. It's funny how it all happened. Some one had been asking
the wh,e,re abouts of • "Chuck" Burch, and Sam Rist ich. • ••• Vi el 1 1 Burch
was a ·p'ilot of a Super Fortress in the South. ?acific, and Ristich was
on a trip as navigator on a Ferrying Command to Indi$ •••••.• then twQ
days later came a knock at the door ••• <.:~nd there ·stood §.QI!:!_ Burch ANP
Ristich! ! If one ever felt like swooning!!,
On their return home· '
a lucky letter had united them--from Erie they drove like mad to spend
a few precious m'inutes on this campus.;..then back to Erie and ·far apart•
But their visit . her-e was all-to-short. Said C~pt Burch: 11' Once I was
flying · in a long tl'"ip near Bouganville, and in tall ana in my formation, discov e.red through the conversation that Lt. Peffer, to whom I was speaking , was no other than the husband of Me.r•
ian Smith of my own cla1;1s here at Slj.ppery Rock\ Gee. the world-is _
a small plaoef lt._. _·
Said Lt. Sam:."_Well, ·r•m just back from another ·;,
trip ov:er Ih'd'ia ( and · folks Sam has ·r1ovm several times to every place
this side of Timbucktoo and back, except over the No-r-rh Pble)-- ·and
you m~y be supr'ised to learn that those addresses plac e d in .the. v.a·
came in very handy •••• in LalManiar I dro·ppe·d down and -had a ·v isi't with
Bill l\!lossrush ; in. Assam (IVIesi,m_a ra, where t ·hey have 85/o malaria) l s~w
LoyaLl;iken, and just missed Topy Longo · by 2½ mfle·s • ;. in Casablanca. 1
saw Dave Speizer; in Agra I s_aw ~orman Russe 11 ~ L! ! The brief story
of each of these· meetings - w-a:s in i _tself· . most interesting , and wl1il'e
Sam did ··not see all of our men stationed ir1 these parts, that was more
than good for one trip l ! L. Others on the campus:· · ~!_L~fe!,~Sovya,. M
o.ut fo~tb ttme away, .. but he left this note nsorry to have missed you
again--a:na with great new.s too-to Mary and me: at whopping big 9. lb. l>aby
b•y on Octob'er 2.6th-namE!,PeterSowaJl.ll II Congratulations, and keep trying,-VY,e cant mis& ·each other always •. Pvt.Floyd Bartee and S/Sgt Sam.
Mamula v:isited ·~agether; the ·1atter with many tales of the invasion
which he was in:, landing in France the second day with the Merchant ·
Marine~. Ens,Russel~Reed soon to report tb Boston~ and Capt.and Mrs
Frank Nicoletti.Franks wife is a Lt. in the Wacs.., and claim's that Frank
got his latest commission just so he would outrank her.
Overseas
folks ·round ·in thair envelope with the last v. B. at pamP.hle.t entitled
"A LE'_fTm TO MY SON" wri tteri by Frank O. Colby. You have him to thank
for t~at well written timely message as he sant the copies gratis for
that issue.' SO ;.JO'.7 , lets dip into the Ui;,IL BAG, and see: Writes Mrs
Virginia Hipps ··H€rrin( 1004Platt StTampaFla) 11 T~rough ~my husband has
discovered he knew one S.R~ boy in Corsicaf-Lt.Jim1Gallagher-he eays •
that he arid Jim used to have'more tnan one chat during Winter evenings
over there~ •• also he believes he knows Paul Reardon-ask Paul is he
remembers a Lt, Herrin in Sicily·· or Italy'~ Let Pf2.~l:'.{lul Reardon who is
now discharged from 'Deshon Hosp:, and now at(Conv:}Iosp. 2nd Bn. Fort Story
Va) antiwer for· himself-were · glad Paul is .well ' recovered now .. Writes ·
Marg, VanhornGuyt6n(LtR.D.Guyt.onl3o§r69RD3Charl~stonSC)"Like all army personnel we have·· be:iri on the mar~h from Ala, to NY, to 1Iass. and now
here in s. Carol ina.w.and vve both read every line of V.B." From AJC.
Buy a WAR BOND----and turn the page, please
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Vane(;. S.<;.necal(Na_val .i~i-U"'lex. Hosp.Swarthr.fore ,P~) "I· :just had my fifth operation on my leg S?ince_·my '-trai·ning ·accid~nt,. a .';/ear ago, so r•11 be off
of my foot forl~o"ine t~·m~ ,,befo.re-.q~ar~ng ·'Y •eig,nt on;it.Ive ),.o_gge:d down a
heap of hospital ,.ime'!' .. rr-9t11:CaptDan Shit.:k(:APO) "I fe.el .mu.ch better - ab'.'"'·
out it now si.11-~.~ r g~t.'m'.y ;Jiooks into the J ·a ps good and · pr·oper., and after in training . ·so_ -long --·it · make~· y:ou \feel good to g~t- intp battle.Our
outfit was..ev.en · ·compl:iinented by 'the Marines~ i 1 . And •the, Mar'ines .are
swell fellows~•to !'i.ght along side of.\', Fr9rn T/,5 John ·M. ,i.ewis~4E}l.Eng.
L Pont C0Ft.B.ennirig ·Ga) ·11 Im still hoping to get bai.c~ .to ·sdho-ol, and hope
a lot of the · other . f,ellqws get back too. My outfit is st•iB. here in Ga
and lots of· talk a-b out overseas.I hear from Reardon,_,Tom Green. wh,o is
likely aci~ss my / rtow(6o~rect1) and Art Wil§on ~ho is on Guam~. F~om:
Olga Long'(Re'd Cross-near Paris.?)" England was lovely, and I prefeirred
the quietness ,of that country to the .scurry-ing crowds of the born.bed ·
out cities. :My first assignment was an Aero Cluh, .-then I became a
coffee and donut girl with a Clubmobile, and ·now we seldom see the same face agad.n .. Never did I dream that I would ·be seeing so much of t ·his
world after leaving S.R. I was with Bill Temple when he got the piece
of rubble of the Tower of London that he sent you, ,and I saw Jimmy H~nes ~ week befoie · I left England. He ~as a beautiful wdame~ in the show
and . it was fun ·seeing Jimmy againUI'd cert~inly like to serve coffee &
donuts to Fred Ptucha and Jack Denbgw and a few other.s " ••• Bring them, to
the Uomecoming Olga! · From Lt Andy Petach(England) 11 • Last week after I
moved here. I,me:,t .· a Navy flier who US€d to visit Jake •ElVa,:t,t. at S.R. &:
he · al.so w,orke¢l ih the same base as Chet Swick-its .. a smallworldl AND
n9w as · to becoming a BABY JUDGE--I dont know whether I could pass the
quilification te~t---But I do know that Perkins can.:.he is one who
knows all about "babies"~ From Molly Naismi,i.n(Li;,s . Angeles ,Cal) Geo •.
is about to leave for the South· Pac. We _spent last Gvening with Lt,:& ·
Mrs. Ham,.JVright ... we all talk about- .t,he~ homecoming". F'r om Sgt Loyal- K.
Briggs(China) "Tcn;iy L9ngg, is .here in the same camp with me, but as yet
1 have not · seen him,"and will net ·for a few days as I le~ve for a .. 3
day . pass ntlw·-hop.e to see him when I r~ -t .urn •• ,am sending the.se pictutes
of China whi-ch will tell more about it than one could write 11 • Tha:nks! 1
·From Ens Gerie ·Barlett(At sea) "I thi'nk that two of the BABY JUDGES
• ought to be Keith St oner and~ Tom 'Carey--f or no one knows "babe-s" like
they do1 I sure would like i~ : run into . some of the fellow~ from school--never · d~eampt I ~ould misa them as I do. Ti e have been~a dry do~k
beiqg r~paired after our torpedoing--then we really began to· work and
carrie9- tanks, planes, ducks, . ammunition etitr to the fig.q.ting· area. They
sure ran us ragged for a while~ From:Mar:ine News Release::. "1st Lt H ..P.
Mo$ca narrowly escapid injury when Jap antiaircraft gunners hit his
fighter plane on two successive .days-both timea"s in the same vi taL spot
in the . left wing. ~tosca 'is ;a Corsair pilo.t with the 11 6eath-Dealers"·•
The first time . his plane was hit,he dropped his 1000 lb bomb on Yats
blasted runway when several Jap planes were seen on . the ground ••• he
was· successful in reaching his basie with his plane . afire on both occasions but also succeeded in getting Jap planes and hangars" '• Nice
going ·Herb 11; From _S /Sgt Leon Scowden(Belgium) "I dont know muc.n about the · progress. of the war, but·.- 1 1 11 . be in on'the conquest of Germany
or I miss my bet"''' "From Capt. Herbert- Hartzell( Belguim) "Over here its 18
_.hours a day, .7 days a week, and I dont get around much to mee.t th~
many S.R • . fello~s , I know must be near. I met Ralph Lansberry sitting
. next table at mes~ the other day. I have met up with Ed Co~trell ,a time
two 11 •• From Ens Melvin Berry(At sea) .."Nothing in this war is :what
you would call pleasant; and it ' is the th.fngs we look forward to that
gives us hope, and those VBs help; The ere~ is no~Jijinis~ing the repa~rs ·that will soon tJUt our boat .. in r~nning again~t, .. ~rom Sgt; J,im
~ s (England) 11 ...-lecd a letter from my old roomie John Hauth t.~d.a y
and he's over across beating hell out of the Krauts ••• my S.'R. Momecoming would not be complete without that big ove~grown lummox therell
Our Show-may go'to the states and take part in the 6th Victory ~~ive
and if Ifm near S.R.l'd be terribly thrilled to ·h~ve you see our show"
Where is Gib Mohnet?" Does any one know? And keep us informed as to
show schedule Jfmmy-w~.would ' like to see it~ From Lt.P.T.Butler Ct H.
Crii!man RDi/4Boise Idaho) 11 · Tliis makes the 27th place I have been stationed, and am now in the _final · phase of my combat training-will spend Xmas either in Europe or the ·S. ' Pac.ific. My wife is here with me and
we are living on a :grand big _ farm and enj_oying it" •. _Frorri S/Sgt Clarence. Aikex (301 S.lOth StBelle_v,ille,.IJ,l)"Since last April I have b.een
living here with my wif~ and I am . a P.T. lnstr.at ~cott Filed. I saw
Geo -Kline and Bil~ Cverand l;ler-e when I first came. Red McIntosh writes
me that he is at hode Island State .College, and.~hey have a baby gir~.
My wife Barbara(from · Clinton N.Y) is ·anxi'c:ius t.o se·e S.R. 11 • • • Bring her
alon~ ! 1 ~rom Lt -James Br§.ss~(447 .Obsn Bn FltSillOkla) "All the other
· officers here read VB-and . ~o S.R. i~ becoming well known ••• we will
make the .Homecoming a MUST in · our schedule". from Sl/c Fred DHieolo
(At sea) 11 I am ' writing tl:lil:! during my gun watch so am crowded for space. I have not seen any one of my ol_d col1ege fr~ends for 2½ yea:rs &:
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I sure would like to run into somebody. When this ship "The Re··1·g n of
Terror" docks long enough I will see some of them. I expect a . 30 day
leave soon and will be around 11 ,.Come see us Fred. From Lt.YJ •.S •. Held
(3ecN Sq45-8Victorville Calif)"! would sooner be in Texas th-a n here
but what can one do about it?".From Ens W.R.Tebfi\y,r.P. ..O~ " All ' ! can
say now is that I've. been trave.ling and will likely have more · news
in the months that lie ahead"·•· 'From Lt Bill Manke(Combat Crew Tr ·Sta
SqO Thomasville Ga) 11 Aft er 22 months . overseas I came home, got marrie
ed, have my wife here with me'-;.a nd I .a~ _now training new boys, and then
hurrying home to the little wife.~. J -··--Saw Johnny Kaufman in Miami" ..
From Lt Jack Hetrick(PersHq ,Camp lirowder Mo)" My wife . and -I were b:Lessed last May with the birth of a fipn:William Llavi-d, : and he is doing
fine, and he qua-lifies for that BIG BABY CONT .ES'r-, so. ;w~re looking forward for homecoming. Bob Milheim and his wife(Helen Uber)are here in
Joplin Mo~' .· From 1st Sgt Dale N. Pearce(Italy) "Recently Lt Alan Barnette of·. New •. Uastle is with us and it is nice to have some ohe to
talk to that knows S.R. He is the wearer of· the Purple Heart. I -spent
a 1.couple of days in Rome and enjoyed the new experience no end. The
~~d -Cross tour we took· showed us the Pantheon,)C olosseum, Catacombs,
.:l:t,.Peters Cathedral, Vatican, Ancient,Ruins, and many othe r points of
interest. Grape season is jus1;, about in now, and the winerie_~ are
t?eing prepared for t.l:;te season. 11• From Pv11..,Mary E_~_.Elwood(2nJ ~1 ac Co
Norgolk Va)"I finished·rny · training · in motor transport and am now
lie eased to drive a . i. to 1½ ton truck".. Fro.m. LLt. F.rank Crowley(BVVS556U Long BeachAAB~Calif) 11 · I am still doing c.onfidential forc.asting .a
and have been here over a year.Saw Joe · ipglis~ when his big battlew~~
was ,in for repairs,_ Joe is a Ltsr.gr. and l _ook-~ fineH. From T/Sst Wayne
Garr.~ux(France) 11 I n c losed is a _p_icture· ~of ,-- $~ere Gour, . the large whit:.e church on th~- ·.btl'l ::bove Pari~_-thi:s Js ·a: :wonderful c i tyir. Fr.om, SjSg
Bo,,b Sine lair(Fr".nc-c.) 11 The l~t vs· just t .oo_k me back to the campus ancf
all the good times we h'ad ·there, and boy did I want to catch the next.
boat" ... From Pvt H.J. Bre;nner(MedDeptWake_man tlenHosf?CampAtterburyind)
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When home · I was introduced to your newsletter, and would like to ge·t
it, as many .-. of the. ·name.s are familiar. M_y brother Lt.Edwin is now
overseas!•. Yow- on the "list.Haro'ld·~ . From, Cpl Eddie Croll(Box 328 -AB .- y
Gul.fport Mis~) 11• My wife Va.via is· .here with me and she is teaching_ in
B11o4'i-we . expect · to be· in S.R'. soon". Frol1l Lt. ·pale Likeo ·( · .5'46.· SB Dep
Ft .MonrnouthN .J). 11 I was · on my way over.seas bu.t ended up in the · hosp.
for an operation-am now in another good c·ompany and -'!Vi.11 depart very
soon 11 • From Pvt · H.H. YJhite(:300 Ai~F bn,3rdAF Tampa Fla) 11 I met Bi.ll
· Manke in Silver Speings, and he was fine · afte.r 22 mo QVerseas. He is
nowmarriid, -still g·oes in•for fancy diving. I'd likG -to .see some · sn. 9w soon":. From Lt :Jack M. Dunlap (Italy} ". I a,m ·writing this to you on
a box , in my tent on an· Italiao :. farm by 9andle light .sunny Italy is
not sunDy jµst now ·and we have to fig up our own kind of stove • .~ am
a co-pilot on a B-24 Liberator. He.r eabouts the . peo.pJ.,e are poor and the
towns not. so much. I_ want · to see :i:fome and Napi,_~ s as soon as I v:an •"
From:f'Jc nrchie Sonntag(Spe.c ·s.'?r Off .Morris_ Fld,Charlotte N.C) 11·I . do
a good dea:l of. .publicity wri'ting for t.h~"Morris Code" about our · big
. .t earn The 3r.d .t1.ir· Forc·e ·Gre.mlins ••• s·pent :_. a · 3.. day pass in . New York and
had a great time and saw a lot of famous, peep.le." · From, Lt David· Spe iz.er(Bri t ish -W.E.s:t ._ ,"1.fr,ica)" Heav'en· knows I 6ve seen• a lot . of · the wor)...d
~nee- l._6av-i°ng the states. '!le l~nded in· 1ta~y -,_ thence. by box car to
Naples,. 1his· i s • very~poos · ~ation, : and y~u carlt walk two steps without some, youngster begging from you·. From · Naples- we flew to Ca-sab4?'.lca, which is not a bad town, but· they have a medina section that would
make any of our slums look ,like a , p~radise •. It did my heart good ;t.o
run into Sam Ristich returning after delivering a plane to India- -, :and
we had a -great chat about SR. I am inclosing a picturt .taken on the .
bE;,ach-we . swim in _the Atlantic a lot"·• A riliUMNI---Once more a good friFrom: CpU.yle -K0.enig{BrI Sec! Ord L end came to eur rescue-again A.~F Greensboro'NC) " I am a P.T. Instr
U we ar€ . able to send out some
here and am now in an overseas Pep.
~l more copie& of V.B. to you
Depot--! see a lot 11 of m~n. but none - ~ here at home. PL,?ASE see that
from S.R. 11
From:Huck L1ebermaJ
they kee.p in circulation. .!tit_
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"Those V.Bs come,, throug_~ with good·ri.ews fr .om many that I know • .I hada
nice letter from Johnni Hautb in a .Tank Destroyer Unit - in Europe -and
.h'e· tells me that the de·s truct fon .is beyqnd des~ri_ption.,. From: · Lt · Jim
Grossman( Crsw9285uav-is-I,1onthan Fld Tuscon ,-i.riz;,) "Greetings from the soµthwest and could·you ·spare a V.B.?" Yes brothe,r 1 From:lst Lt Chas
Hough(England). '·' Am pow_. enjoying a recess from aerial.: warfare· and ·am
in a big remodeled English· Manor house and. having a swell rest--we ·'
h.ave tea in . bed even".. Fr oin\ 'c ·p1. E. v .• Johns on( Italy) 11 Recent :}.Y) · vi s'it e<
-ed _the Isle of Capri• and th~t ~was ibout the nicest , thing·th~t-I hav~
see,n.- here. I would not want to 11."ve: here. 11 ' AttentiomBi,11 Temole:In an
indir:'.'f?Ct way we hear ~1?,~t you hav~ ,oee.n ill-pl.e ase advlse. Erom.: Eri§i• ·
; ·. It·s - t.he si.z.e of the · fight · in· th~ d
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~ar:num(l419 E •.Ocean ViewAv,NorfolkVa)"Among the many othe.r S .Rites
~ ~e in t4is _sec ti on, was 11ial ter McGary who came again last Thu.ni te •
He· ·told u.s that while in Oran he saw
Barnes. We _,ow live right on
Ghe. sap6ak 13ay ; . c.an hear the waves, and,. ~tii ps all 1 it up at night 11 • Do
the \r~a\T~=:s · e.ver g·e.t all lit up Bob?. From Ist Lt Frank -L,.. Hackett(In
Germany) 11 1 have, been with this outfit since last · Ju1:y and was wounded Aug 4th, · but am now back on duty~ Good Luck -Frank ••1 From T.A.Dunn
,A.R.C. 11 GrE.e.tings from Corsica-this is a picturesque place. and I am
,having new ex per i E.nc e, s daily 11 • F°rom ~ jg~....§_ ..Mehaf f.ey( At sea) "I spent
several hours with Jack 'fl illiams 'of Sharon who is attatched to the same
kind of ship that I am-a .PC sub chaser,it was gre.at to me.et some one
from school. I have. been over here for 17.mo. and soon hope to get home
and to S.R. for a visit. This is captured Jap paper I am writing on" •
.from Lt John E • .Jenbow(4128 BU ASTC Fre.snoCalif)" I had two lette.rs
from brothe.r ~.L from irance. andBelgium ;~aid he - was having some. great
expe,rie.nces-he has traveled 8000 miles ~y jeep. ~s Spe.c Serv Office.r I
~ave arranged shows having:~anet Blai~, Arthur Tre.achEr,Rags Ragland~
Frank McHugh, and cJack Carson.'#Jhen I rec .e n,t.ly told a fellow I went to
$lippeiry ilock hE- sdid it sounded 'like an 11·obstac le; course". From. Lt Ed
Cottrell(Belgium)"I am flying ove.r Germany every day, ~nd only yester. day · recEive~ aug 12 V~, - and I'm hot kidding when I say I honestly never
- enjoye.d:a -piece of mail more th~n that.l hope. to see &ruce Adams on my
5 day leave soon~ Paris.is a be.autiful city". From Lt H. i:; . · Irons(F.P.O
S. Pac) _ "If you have. any men out he.rE. · in the 2nd Marine.s I would like
to·· 100K the;m up. I am now . on my second year .out here-much at . home to
dream about". From Pf"cPaul Hoffma.n(9640rdCampMaxi-eTex)"I.: am"· nov, with
the Heavy .nuto Main----:r-to. here-and dent know ·much about my: future. -Your
·' VB . is the only tie I have between myself and--colle.ge!'.S-aw· Ellen in SR
_a Wpc lc ago. From a/c Chuc:k Chamber 9 ( Class 44K-Boxl ?Enid Okla) "I am
still managing to mee.t the. ever rl~ _ing· s~a~~~.rd:.9. . of . the Gadet Program,
and I guess my lot will ,be he,avy b6rirbG·r-·s•r:;· From L.t Ernie Harrison (901
B. U. Orlando Fla) "It dosent SE.em possi_ble that I could be here _18 mo &
not run into some old school mate ·wheri I re.ad of them·me.eting all ov e r
the wo_r_ld-guess I'11 have. to go ,over- .s·eas to run onto some one".It was
nice to se.e, you -o~- 'the"• campus las·t we·ek Ernie •. NO':: OV D SEA~: ~I ~_l _t on
Morris, Sgt, T/4 John Paczak, Sgt ·Ed' Porter ,_Lt ~dw·i n Br·e.nn€r, Fl/c Jn
· ii,.§__y_ingt..Qn, .. Sgt·'·.t1.p.dy · t,rivonek,Pvt Tom· 'it . Gr6en,.C-p1 Bill .r..1der,_ S.S ,q t
.. ~'!'..§_d BukowskiEns :r_:- _ed Lytl.e ,: Lt Geo _':J ag_E-nhorst, . J~p$ Ray Haynes,. Pfc Howard Jonesj Lt.Ge~ Kaluger, Tom Jbos~and:bthe~~ I have probably ·m~ss&
_ed • .- From P.vt. ·Jack L.ottes( &lgland) 11 1 am looking forward to Ho/TIBC .o r.ning
. . _and ,_ ho,pe we can mal<:~ it_.about E\- ·3 day .;_ af/ a :i,r-r .q~VE. so · farrs e en little
warfare as yet, · a n,d have seen -no SR -men-tt·~ ·From S 1-/c 1'on\as homps on
(;-.ustral'ia) 11 V.B: reache.d me h&r·e in ,7 days .after it ·was 1nalled- in S.R.
' and :I: t,hink· tha-t is a record~Good l'etter'romi, a-nd who is this young
lady that : k Ea eps asking about you?.· From Sp(i.)2c. Mike ;;iargo·(JVJ.EJ.r Qr.i e nt
OfficeBldg619Bainbridge Md) "VJ ould like. to be .pu,t . on· ·ttl~ list" Your
· on Mike. -FromLt Bruc·e ~1.dams(England), 11 1 sp~nt· a wee,k at a·Rest _Horn e &
· 11ad a ,good taikk with ~ k Hough, who · is now finis-hed and on his -:nay
home. I still ha~e a ~ i s s i o n s ·to do, I recd my Silver Bross on Aug
· ~29tJ:l" .iilld congr a tulations . on rece.iving the D.F.C.lately1' t" From.·capt.
' "Keri M.ill€r(Sq¢).11 Sar'as·otaF'la},11 I· ·dor\t think I'll be around here a gre,at
dec:i,l longer as I think Im headed fore .B. I• T E.11 ~tach, Hough, Ke.arn~
and the others that I"' 11 probably s€e tnem before I get around to.. this
writing-I owe. most everybody a-letter". From ID~· Norma _Kre.mis.!J.4.1~
Ua a.s AveN.1 1JJ ash.JC) 1",Ne have ve.ry high moralf- j.n our off i..c € and every on,,.s
is ri~ht on the ball-it is intE.r&sting but difficult at timE.s 11 •• From
::igp.. .. ndy .c-..rivonal<:(iiPO)" I would like to hear from Bill Schmidt, Red
Swart-z~ C • .t-1.ikey a nd the others of 1 39.Cant express - how I like to getvtl.
F~:Lt Bob R E. ed(APO) 11 I am now at a base camp following the battles
of Sa.ipan and Tinian-g€tting in a ,,lot of tennis, golf and swimming•• . we
hop~ you w,~11 ~,oon,,be he.re Bobt lirom T/5 Dale Salsgive.£(England)'' I
see Krauts and G.Is e.very day, and boy there is a difference-thE-se 11 He-iniei1 look downcast and beaten even though there is not much the matter with t11em, and on thE. otherhand I've seen''G.I.s''dying a nd at the
. same time looking chE-erful and writing or having some one write home
: 'for them 11 , Fram Pfc St an Marshall( CoD-57thii·iTbnCamp 0 arke leyT ex) ""l e. have
about 4 more ~€.elm of -training then?. i.Iy wife nuth joined me here in
Abilene". · And now as this rambling~. comes to a close, the BIG PUSH
\Son in western Russia, western Germany,&Ttaly, and likewise the pin_:· ~ers_ are closing tightly on Japan, · ns the great air' arm makes rubble
or the Ge~man cities and -soon will of Japan also. From now on it looks
·like a ·slugging match, as the death gasp of both thesa toughies is
about to be heard. To YOU who have been in thiq in any capacity, giving_ months and years of YOUR TIME to aid,-_be sure t h at there are those back home who deeply understand and deeply appreciate your every
~acrifica!!l Heads up!t Chins high!! This thing is not going to
1 a:~t for ever. , and we are winning ! % Better · days lie ahead for YOU, .f_or
yb-ut loved ones. Lets build a gr sat er Ame,rica 1 '.1 11. friend: c4co:tM~b'\
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