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and this dramatic return will affect the literatul"~,< - ~ :,__
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drama, art, economics, and the sociaL status of t h ~ ~
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Eisenhower. \ 1:to had been horrified by N,. 1zi atrocities, was wise in
inviting of:fi.,~ :.e.ls, senatora, congressrr.0;1 and editors and publisher
to see FIRST HAJ.'J.J the mass bestiality,at~-o~ities, and unbelievable
(1 ,,11ditions of the Nazi concentration carr.r:1 and mass crematoriums.
'1·c1:-se men hurried to see I then to report· b1:1.ck non-propoganda find:; r.t,13
..\r',"';,-ig these reports I wonl1 refer you to the SATEVEPOST for 6/9/ 1 t1_•· , 1
~ rJ an article by ~if, 1:.r.. ~~~.!1 Hi9bs that sl:01lld forever put Americ e. , ;
·;:.Le whole world stra.i.g.i::!.t on general Gerr,12n ]?atterns. 11 A people.". he.
writes,"who always seem willing to be lb~ around by the nose, un-::.:. :,.
th6y lose all individuality and initiativa and become only robots of
a brutal system. It is this national tre.i t that has made Germany c•riG
of the most dangerous of nations''•
•••rAni have no question of it:
Had Germany won the war 1 Hitler, despite a.11 these atrocities and LE1speakable conditions that he caused to be committed, wo1~ld have: b" ::. '1
in their estimation the greatest man in the world, and they would
have gone on to his bidding willingly and gladly. All this in spite
of and contrary to all the dodging, evading, elusiveneas,subterfuge
and counter-blaming that the masses, now that they are c c,nquered ~ A.re.
pouring on to the Nazis ..••• "How we all hated them~" they say--yet .
the.se ~~ p,llple shouted in mass hysteria at every opportunity t_hey
had to demonstrate FOR the Nazis1!
I call on you to read Hibbs'
article, written from first hand knowledge---and to tell it to y..9ur
children and to thei~ children; then when America has lost most of
It.sskepticism anclthe-world has forgot.ten a little, have this art,icle ready to recall when some damn, long-eared congressman or sone
group of sob-s~sters, or sob-brothers start preaching easement, rrle
axa.tion 1 remission and restora.tion of Germany to the st·atus of
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trusted and dignified nation -. When this happens they are simply sow.i ng the seeds of World War 111 o Do you want your children to go th:.~u..
all this again and Z.iORSE 1 t;
Germany mt.ist be controllAd :::;y fo:-0~::..
for years until she emarges a nation of decent people--7,hen she w:.:ill
be fit to form a decent government.
Says Hibbs:"It will take o
long time for the clean winds of decency to blow the Nazi infectt~n
out of Germany".
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Well, here in little old S.R. the month of May was overcast &
we had much rain, fog, dampness, and it has been cold •.• frost nipped
the newly planted tomato plants , and they had to be reset. At t~is
writing however it is warmer, and most of the gardens are in. Our 56
th Annual Commencement came off in fine shape: and through Dr.Entzis
tnoughtfullness , a copy of the program is inclosed. The Pre-Session
of su .,11ner school is on with say, 75 in attendance, and by the time
many of you will be reading this the regular Six Weeks term will be
in full blast. Governor Ivlar.t~iJ:! has finally -;etoed Bill 757, thus he
has made Bi 11 164( v1h: Jh was pa.ss ed by trickery) valid and 1 egal. He
are all watching tr. . e outcomGs 8.nd the app141,rp:r iations that will be. granted to S.T.Collcges.
yJ_~_NG on C;;1,' campus and always most
welcome: F/9 Milton Carless 7 C::a~::i~.:, Bill Temp~LG lately from GermanJ::.he
reached l8 miles from 0res:l(;J-;. with Pat,ton-dec:orated by old "Blood &
Guts"himself ,. Ens.and l\Irs ~c)n Rebe1.-Ben for check-up(.Wa-rd818 U.S.N
Hosp.Bainbridge Md).,; Lt. Geo -.Xaluger, and friend Miriam-Geo had unusual experiences ln his air t~ ips over Germany-decorated.,, Ens Frances
Gleeton and sister Mrs Nesbit-Frances has flown all over the USA ar:.d
thoroughly 1 ove s her job. 1 V'iR.E. "Huc.k II Lieberman-just home from Sic :'L ly
aboard., Pv_t.Mike Minich-recently married to a Navada girl., T/.§_gj;
John Via tson home fr om Germany-was with llst Army Hdq-made map of ·,Alli es &Russian tacticaL meeting., 1st Lt Bcb.b Shannon and ru~-Bob was
in a hospital in Itngland. ,.Pvt Homer Christy,, Mrs Bob Milheim saying ·
that Sgt.Bob was near Calcutta,India,. Mrs Rhea Heckert Stratton with ~
her hubby, Lt.jg Stratton( a Cadet . here one e-1 ost over. Burma.? -got back
and wont say a worctJ:--yet., Pvt. Paul Grin5 from Germany-saw much! Pfc
~hie Sonntag. The Lt.jg ~ Varnums announce a bouncing baby I. Jeanne
Collette is with the Spring Street u.s.O.Pensacola,Florida., Pfc.Robt
E. Muir of Evans City, who once attended S.R. some time ago died of
Re-education for Garmany •• ..no §o!t peacel1J Turn the page.
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wounds received in Germany,,April 8, 1 45.He crossed the Siegfried Line
March 17. :Rest in peace undE.r the sod of c9nquered Germany. 1 Eleanor
Cottrell Hart..z_all is ~ith the Red Cross(St ~lizabeth Hosp,N1cholasAv.
Wash •.DCJ .. ,.~REFUR1Eu M1SSJLNG IN ACTION: L.t.I~eith G. Wooster-in action
over Japan flying a Corsair ••• letter from a Uajor states he saw 2
planes go down, one in water,other over land. Ve sincerely hope (or
good news from Keith lJ t Please write in any information. Donna Mcwilliams writ0s that her fiance has been liberated from a German camp.
Ss,t. Bill Kuzn1k writing from Czechoslovakia states that he m€t up
with ;Jo Bannicher in France. while she was handing out do-nuts .Bill
reports that as yet he is unmarried. Lt Jack E. 0 avis (Naval.Barra~ks
NSD Oakland Calif) who has requested overseas, duty lfid>r two y~ars will
likely see his dream soon come true-likely its the S. Pacific for Lt •
.Jacld. 2n<,l Lt Jo.ck M. Dunlap,a co-pilot of a. liberator unit redd.the
Soldiers"M°edal--jacl<. pulled the body of his flight engineer through
the brok:efl windshi~ld of his crashed plane,, burning[j soon to expl;ode,
crash landed pline--saved the mans life-plane soon burned.Great ~o~
hero Jackl 1 l Ist Lt. Hsrb 11-iosca , 1.50 combat missions over Enemy :territory in S. Pacific }1.olds Air Medal for achievement--Herb, operating
from a Palau base has hammered at, and has destroyed Jap planes io
the air, on the grou0i---0omee back with crippled engines-raises p~rticular hell Y:ith Nip at;ir,1unition dumps-has 500 hours in air. GREA'II'
work Herb~ t 1 Lt. Ray D0Lc::1g§;, flying the 11 hump 11 in India, strure!( ~1.
t.hunderstorm-pl8.n8 rose lrom 15000 to 17000 in 5 seconds-both engLni
los·t in updraft, all bailed out, for 3 days er ew wondered thru juntE:..e
wh:i.L, rescue plunE-s circled,drbpped supplies which stuck in dense ,jun ~:;"i:; i:-rees. 3ay r1as fnund by Nago tribe of HFADHUNTZR..'.".c; ••• brough:t
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ec:..f.:ty in area +,~mt h21.s g07rsr ~ n EPlored as yet-dangerous nati·ve.s
arc fisrce-Ray and h::.," men were FIRST to bring report out of that
long avoided sGct ion of Himilaya. Mts-~ ~ ~ Come tell us all about it a ..,
the HOM.f!.""'CO,.UNG RaytU
Ali this time great letters are coming in _,
particularly from those who have been, and are)serving.in captur~d
Germany, now that they can write more freely. It would take a bi;::>ok
to hold them all and the reading as fine as any novel you ever pi<)ked upL\l We wish we could publish them all as they come in-you kntow
that is impossible for VB. KEEP THDJi COiviING-r1e have them all-here_ is
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a SLIGHT rE.view Q.f the MAIL~G :: From :Lt. ToG1 PadenllH-ere s my new aodr 6Ss( USAConvHoapC ampBrul:nE.rN .Car)~ O.K. Tom. From: Lt. "Buc.k" JJavis
(Armed Guard Commander,SS New Hopa-at sea) 11 I am on afasttanker°and
seeing plenty of this old globe-have visited 14 countries.VB reaches
m£ at port and many ma~ from other colleges tell me they
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their sc.hoold, had undertaken a similar idea". From: _P fc.' Stari' Marspall (48th Gen Hosp) Paris: For the last 3 mo. I have bE.en here in. 10
or 11 camps-now I SE.E.m settled hE.re-have ssen the usual 3ights and am
enjoying Paris, and. its a grGat experience-but I much pref€r he good
old US1-1.,_ where people are a bit cleaner• and where we keep abl"~a.st
of the times. I see ·a lot of pur P. \!"J's co.me into this hospital af;ter
being liberated from Bosche camps and the stories they tell amd their
~maciated bodies, having been beaten by brutal me~is enough to ~icken any one. BelievE. me,.Mr M, "ihis bears witness to the fact that we
must not give Germany a soft peace, as you so often have printed at
the bottom of VB pr..gE.s L11 • From Pfc Ken Clark( HqBase BarSq423Air .s er
Gr ....,PO 559 NY) Parham,Eng. "Two weeks ago our outfit celebrated i.ts
300th mission over enemy territory-I have had Good Contluct,European
Operation and Presidential Citation-and I want to go home". From :
Lt.jg R~y HaJnes(USS LCT (6)1287). "I ran into Ens.Ray A.shcome, we have
had several evE.niilSS together and he is coming aboard for dinner -nothing too good for an S .R. alumnus tu From: T/Sgt \"Jayne G:arraux( 980
Ord, DepoCo 11.P035) 11 I have bE.en travE.111..ng on tfie road doing Hi.ason work
for my Bn-am no~ back with the outfit as Mess Sgt-am inclosing one of
Hit lGrs Stamps and a.100 dark pi ece-s ouve.nirs 11 Thanks l From:!!_aj2,r .Bill
Runey(AP067L) 11 I 1,7as to an Indian wedding last night,, a boat ride, on
Hoogley tonight 2.n.d a dancG at the Office.rs Club Saturday-remainder
of time I mak£ 7 copies of everything. Th& monsoons have set in ~so
has the pr ic kle.y hca t 11 • Fr om :G pl i;fmT. Elder ( tied De t 558/v •.• ( A1:"J) • 11 Si.nee
writing you I hav<:. been in Holland and am now in Germany,near Gla,dbac
-k,-we have. be.en having lots of rain he.re, and from what Dad writ~s
I guess you have had a lot of rain in S.R. too"-Yes,too much. Fro·{II! :
Cap~Frank Vlare( 1819Labor5uperCoAP0667) 11 Th6 Gov. is setting up Univ.ers ities for G I's to attend while waiting to go home and I may be soon
transferred to onE of them.German POW 1 s are easy to handle-they a.re
afraid they will be released to go back ho~e where. the eats are not
ne.J.rly as good as we have in camp. This city has been completely .wrecked by our air power.The Germans vmnt to be friendly but we are. in
no way allo•,aE-d to fraternize with them 11 t From: §gt Nilton "Pete". Ho-:
rris(Assam, India) 11 1 recd a letter frora\\liennie' Ott, who ran into .Joe
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Or~il}J'• I_ see whE.re .''Bill ' Raney "~he Sharon Flash;' 1.-1 as in this n.e c.k of .
the woods-would sure· like to see him" .. From :Lt. f!arry Flister( US.S
Tamalpaia-at sea) 11 I have been in:i'Jorm~1:1dy Invasion, f.Iiddle East, .. and
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Page. 3 V.B.# 42 S.T.College Slippery Rock,Pa.
European theata:r-Wales rEngland, Canada, . France ,Africa--now at sea "•
From: Lt . .l\l-§x Assad( 863rd AI'.., APO 654) Germany-" I now have 6 battle
stars:1Sicily,2It~ly,1France,2 Germany-I am planning to go back to S.
R. as my course was interrupted, and I wish to finish.ti-I am having a
letter sent you from college as to your work to be completed. From:
Lt. Jim Gallqgher( 13th';"JxSq APO 650) 11 1 spent a nice 5 days in the French
Reviera at Cannes recently-Boyl that is a rsal vacation, and the Americans have. taken it over. Its quiet here now, and likely will be. I am
hoping to go to the other war theater Eut have as yet received no in~
c ouragement 11 .FromQ.pJ.I-ifil!ry VI hit e( 300AAFbn3rdAFHqTampaFla.) "·Ye st erday
Bill ~ e and I met at Drew Field, and we plan to s?E.nd next s1:1n¢iay
at Silver Springs-ye.sterday we took a 70 mile jeep ride. Boyl Give. me
a horse". From k!,.Dale Liken(546Signall!ia.s.e DepotCo AP0513)"I am now
the Special Service-zrfficer for my outfit-I always am trying to think
of something ne.w to plan for my men-new and d:l.ff 0rent-will attend. a
school in Paris this month • . Victory Bell has be.e~ more than a newisletter, and has made each one of us fee 1 fc E. 1 more at home than anytthi.:.,.,.
ng ever attempted.I feel that it should contini.:;e always after the . wa:j
under same name". From: M/Sgt.Doug Lehman( HqC omZY.I'OTJSA EngParis) 11 S t:iLl
in Paris and have rece ive·d Am. Defense , Good Gor:duct, and ETO Ri bl[bons ·
and Bronze Star Medal'! From;§LSg.!Jl- Headland(7th HospitalTrainAP05L3)
11 VB ~4L came
over in 6 days-a record. v.'fo finished our 82nd trip cavrry1
ing patients this morning.The first 43 were in England,the last 3~ in
Frei.nee, Belgium,Holland. v:e. wete bothered with Vl's for a while nGar
Liege but none of them broke near enough to do harm-we got a battl~
star for it. ·:ie trave.led about 15000 milE.s-1 patient ,1 mile.In Ger!"'
many the railways were, demolishe.d and we evacuated patients by air &
by boat to England-lately most runs were made to Marseille with patients bound for USA". Firom:Uary Vlhite SowafSharon) "Pete (CaptP. Sowa
is now in India( 1345 Bn SqB); flying into china and meeting friends ct,
every stop"•· From:Lt. Joe Born;;feste(Casual"P.O. LAPEVJilmingtonCal.if,)
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t·:a.s commissioned April 18th which was my birthday-my work is to l{eep
tr~ck ~f pr..9p~.r_ty in route on Lib6rty ve!!els.I have good food, fine
quarters, as soon o.s goods are dE-livered I fly back and go again''.One
little old grimace from Lt.Joe and no pilferingLlFrom1Sgt H.A.Marst-.
eller(4100A,1.FbnSqBPattE-rson FldOhio) 11 Joh11Herb~p 6 lb,8 oz was born. on
iviay 26:th---and hold your breath---13 minutes later John's little .play
mate @P Lavenia ,6 lb,3 oz. came along ••• what do you think of that ?~
••• Darn fine---wlmt a BIG BliBY CONTEST We will have--we will ente.r
John and .tt.nn against thosE. two little Lytle 'f;f/i. babies and --pE.rhaps
well skin them for a mile---we shall see.we sljall see!! Any way glad
to see some compe.tition in the TWIN columnl J From:,S.SgtNorman Russe..1.1.
(v;eo.ther Sta i\Jo 110) "The TaiMahal is everything that I expected i t to
be-and near Dayalbo.gh, a religious cult of Indians with an old D,:utchman as leader is constructling_ a temple that will likely surpass . the ,
Taj-it will be 5 stories each with its pinnicles,and marble carving~ .
and the work has bee.n going on for over 40 years-all don6 bY, hand.~th
much inlay and mosaic work-with semi precious stones" .. From:Lt.E.:s.
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915F lamingoHot e 1-MiamiBeachFla) 11'Hy wife and daughter ar .e
here wi h me since I am 11 Stateside 11'now-completed a , new course for: new
work and assignment 1~.From1::Cp).N 52 al: Jj~_E.l.(HqPOW.OH Det2019 AP0350), "I
have. se.en Paris twice as my duties take me travelling much-last t.ime
a sketch artist did my portrait as I sat at an outside cafe sippi.ng
wine there-and an old lady came along selling violets. Have see.n . the .
castles of the Rhine, and the destruction.Most of the classes. 35,;36,,
37&38 will recall me as 11 Casanova"'-and I married NancyJeam_ McKee and
we have a son 2 years ol.d •. That opening paragraph made me home sock for
S.R. 11,.From:Lt Bill Hel.d(Box2-87SqK LukeFieldAriz) 11 Have had 13 mo. of
instructing cade ts.-am soon getting a change I hope". From: .!at,.. Genevieve
Lea.cs.ak( 107Gen Hosp APO 121B) "Coming out of Viestminster n·bby on Easter Sunday I met Jim Grossman and we sat on the steps and chatted about
Slippery Ro~k 1 and the kids aupposedly stationed around here. I live
with 5 nurses in a brick hut-confortable quarters-with a pot bellied
stove in the middle. of the floor that literally eats cokett.From,Sgt.
Al Denbow(35thS.S.GoAP0350) "Read where Dick Hammerle was attending tl'B
I and E ~chool in Paris.I was also at the U of Paris instructing for
5 weeks getting ready for the V-Day athletic program-sorry I missed
him. Bill 'l'emple spent a aay and night with me-we were in Bastogne •
I visited the German concentration camp at Ohndruf(?), and Mr.M.one
can\ visualize what went on without seeing it. Bodies strewn all over
the place;Czech,Russian, French, Polish-having been starved,shot, bea~
ten to death. The people at home should ~ all of this Q.Q. t.h,at they
~n real iz.e why '!1§ ~e over here fj.ghting nnd 1/!h§.t ~ w~d t.tl.!2_e the
GGrmans §:.C..e, and they should be wiped off the map so that this can
~ r ru¼PE.§...n ~ain". From :T/5Bob Smith( 3794SigintSvDet AB())) 11 I have
been on Oahu(Hawaii) for a month-a regular tropical paradise, green
mts,blue sky,green pafh.ms,white sand, deep blue sea-you'd find lots to-=1!, MUST~ happen ~ n lll Japan ~t-then hornet Turn page.
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42 ,_s .. T·.collE-g<;i ·:olippery Roc.k, Pa.
pa:i~t 'her.e •. From :J:.1.~Kei!Jh Stoner(Chin~~ '-~ I ,guess you al~eacly kn~w a,f
our entry in the Bapy Cont~st-Keith Louis was born 4/1.q/45"'fweight 8·
lbs-20 incl es long.( He would be iong1) VB#40 r 5ach9d me May2. and it ·
was read and re .read". O.K. PB.£a Keith J From~ ~s .~g~ Shelar( USS ·
LST•loa4) rtThey did not send us to Iwo Jima but gave us a rest after
Luzon. VJe were in on the initia1 · 1anding on Okinowa.- one of ._the f ,irst .
sh.i ps to ).and on the be.aoh-that evening a suieide plane tried to get
us-our guns hit him and he missed our boe, 50 feet" .From Q..aP.t.J.oqn
Hartman(SqA-1.330 APO) India. 11 Than~s to you last week vvas "old hom.e
w.eek" as I met.thr-ee S.R. boy1;3 over here:CaP.t.Pete Sowa,,who just arr':"'
ived here,1V~jgr Rainey, and f..i, ...Zoe Lytle-the latter two in Calcutta ....
So the VB has cause.d many oC. tis to meet all over the world". F.rorm..,gnd
'•Lt.Bob ciinclair(HqColst Bn313 lnfAP079) 11 And I have been to Paris, Ooo
~La La-what a town 1 "From:Fl/cJohn Bevington{USS Barie DD704)" I am:
\>of thE.. opinion that Cassidyand Hildebrand 0.re near here.Am sure loo{king for the day when I get back to S.R •. 11 .. From:g ~ McGregor(Co. A
"tAmphRecBnFleetMarineForce) 11 ! am . up in Okinawa,-vve have had oun ups and
~ do,:ivna-just now enjoying a rest .Natives he.re( who have be.en und~r Jap
~rule alJ. their l,,i v6s)~how us a friend.ly attitude-they are an anerget~. :lo pe .9 ple-<:'ll small ?ut no really "fat" people amoi:ig them.Both me~ &
~women are 1n their fields or fishing.all day.This 1s my 18th mo.h 0re
; · and . be.fore long I hope to rate a littl:e leave. Was/ pleased with t1:.!?.
'• Sasketball team-tell Coachu. From:Qpj. Marshall Sutherin(CoB735MP ·C0 .
,.\.P0413)."1!lorkmen in parks are filling in slit trenches.,black out c irt/ a.1ns ·are coming down, . lighting systems being repaired here in Lo:1.,: on~.
/:i. met Frank Viesterman at Rainbow Corner-I pass my VBs along · to b ;)·.!vh•
~·:,:.r: Danvvho · is across the Rhine and he tells me he passes them on ·., .1,
-,~anothe. r rri.an who att.ended SR once" .. Frollil Pvt • .Jo.e Kelly(S .e c.s-Lowr ~,/ td
0LienverCol.J ''Have been . here for 3 years in l"hy. ·Zf,work-rec~ntly tr(C•./1 s.to
·';photo School" .Etgm:LtjgWaY.rne ...§.1.QY.en(s ·. s,Thos Lynch-at sea) ''Among the
tether countries vfsited:.li.aly, PortoRico,Cubro". From~ PvtPaui Currie
, (Hq8lst Repl l.7thRD AP0873) ."I nave seen many interesting sights in.
~Germany but also many that I ~~nt to forget.Much . of Germanys art ~aa
been destroyed" .From £.apJ.hoY.alLiken( 1328AAFBn-Ar4) "This J ap war ·. is
~hard to figure since sµpply lines are so long,~nd battl~ fronts ve~y
ti.far apart.we are about to sweat out.another monsoon seas·o n in Assam_1-•··
K My boxing team wili ineet John Ha.rtmans-have located 11 G9mer 11 Joneg, but
. :t navent seen him yet''• FNm:(LaR,!; ·'"'!D::--a-v..,.id Thaler( 21st Weather Sq) ''.We
~ operated from mobile vans.-weather stations in trucks-and they wer,e . ·' ·
~as good as any, and our outfit was 'among the first to 4it the Fr~nch
coast. My H.s. frenoh helped me and I vms able to hold conversat.icn
~in part with French_people. l shall never forget the destruction ~ of
0 St,La,,-likely because it was the first total destruction I saw"~.;..
V) great letter David,wish11 I could . include it ALL. From:Sg_t Floyl! B.£.rt,..
• ~(Hq 61st Ord Gr AP0) V'/e are pretty close :the front 1.ines now a :1d
:expect to move ~p closer ... are forced to hit the fox holes and bomlt!)
~shelt.ers-the Japs throw artillery shells at a couple of air striP-s
~near bl 6:°d _you can_ he~r them going ?Ver head and hitting some pla ...
\.IO-e• Ther-e s · not a b1uld1ng left standing nor a ' cave not burned out.I
"'can 1 a.pP,reciate what the Marines and Army went through to force them1
~ out ~ .From .!:J, .Jim Gro§sman( 856Sq ~492.Gr APO)" Im '.hopi-ng to fly to OE! lo,
~Norway
tomorr~w then we expec~ to be on our way home~to the C.B.I.
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~.and I hope to see you' in route 11 .From:.Qpl ~b Cowher(Hq404 F.1L. Gr •
tAPO 339) We were ~ust a f.ew miles jllst this side of the Elbe. when
~ the ww.r .~nded, and Ive se.en many interesting sights over h€re in the
~ETO.·Right n9w our group is living in a beautiful castle about 25
lm.~ les n.w. of i.Tadgenbur?". From: ~jg .c .L.Axtell(USS Wiley 0D59.7)
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,,._ ".lhile; at Bremer~on _I .vi~it~~ fuu:ry Truman and they ·sure treated_ me
~swell:-w~s at their . h9me several times. and to tn~ movies, and Harry
~ ch~l~eng~d me to a . game ?f gol.f just. be fore we left.;-I gave him .. p. .
run for it, and parted with some currency, but he , def'6ated me''• From:·
;From·. e/~t C~as Svvarta( 2~01 Oakridg~ AveMadisonWis) _0 Thought I •d be
gone ftom here Before this but the army moves in mysterious ways", .
~ From ·.~st .,kt P •'I ,Butler( 740Sq455Gr APO)" I have received every copy of
iVB f~om !st copy to last . one that reached me in Italy-where I fley., a
"fmiss·ions before the war ended, leadi,;ig our Sq. on·the Lin~ raid, qur
~toughest one. Right now I'm iq Spec.S~rv.iork and have a soft ball.
~league .. --soon I hope to be back on my vvay against the Japs" .From
~Ql:rn£.k Headland(Inf~oI-4th_ Pl,) ."We are now stationed near Aumetz.,F.rance
~and we see the destruotion ,Qf the· Maginot line, wrecked equipment &:
°'practice with baz.,ookas against .. wr.ecks of .MarkEV t~anks.we•11 probably
~~e sent to the Pacific a,rea".From~f:W/c Jack 1J'Je~t(Marine Hq Sq23)
• Here I am on my find tour aQ.,d they put m€ on some -Godforsaken island
~so far from combat 1~· hurfs my. pridelNothing to write about h~te"
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§ ·. J:ri~e c:!DY ~y!l From:Cox~k Flor_a(USARS V'lmF.Fitch)"It was great ~ewa ~
_to Know· that Howard Jones was alive as a prisoner as VB#40 brought to
~us(NOWJ.:Howar~ was li b_erated from prison .. ~pril 28th by Viel sh·· Guards.. ; a letter to his mother in Erie,\l)and there are sailors here who look
to VB as much as I Gr~p.t S.Q.Pd ~ Men &: Gals o.ut tMrQ~JCi.,_
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Eisenhower. \ 1:to had been horrified by N,. 1zi atrocities, was wise in
inviting of:fi.,~ :.e.ls, senatora, congressrr.0;1 and editors and publisher
to see FIRST HAJ.'J.J the mass bestiality,at~-o~ities, and unbelievable
(1 ,,11ditions of the Nazi concentration carr.r:1 and mass crematoriums.
'1·c1:-se men hurried to see I then to report· b1:1.ck non-propoganda find:; r.t,13
..\r',"';,-ig these reports I wonl1 refer you to the SATEVEPOST for 6/9/ 1 t1_•· , 1
~ rJ an article by ~if, 1:.r.. ~~~.!1 Hi9bs that sl:01lld forever put Americ e. , ;
·;:.Le whole world stra.i.g.i::!.t on general Gerr,12n ]?atterns. 11 A people.". he.
writes,"who always seem willing to be lb~ around by the nose, un-::.:. :,.
th6y lose all individuality and initiativa and become only robots of
a brutal system. It is this national tre.i t that has made Germany c•riG
of the most dangerous of nations''•
•••rAni have no question of it:
Had Germany won the war 1 Hitler, despite a.11 these atrocities and LE1speakable conditions that he caused to be committed, wo1~ld have: b" ::. '1
in their estimation the greatest man in the world, and they would
have gone on to his bidding willingly and gladly. All this in spite
of and contrary to all the dodging, evading, elusiveneas,subterfuge
and counter-blaming that the masses, now that they are c c,nquered ~ A.re.
pouring on to the Nazis ..••• "How we all hated them~" they say--yet .
the.se ~~ p,llple shouted in mass hysteria at every opportunity t_hey
had to demonstrate FOR the Nazis1!
I call on you to read Hibbs'
article, written from first hand knowledge---and to tell it to y..9ur
children and to thei~ children; then when America has lost most of
It.sskepticism anclthe-world has forgot.ten a little, have this art,icle ready to recall when some damn, long-eared congressman or sone
group of sob-s~sters, or sob-brothers start preaching easement, rrle
axa.tion 1 remission and restora.tion of Germany to the st·atus of
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trusted and dignified nation -. When this happens they are simply sow.i ng the seeds of World War 111 o Do you want your children to go th:.~u..
all this again and Z.iORSE 1 t;
Germany mt.ist be controllAd :::;y fo:-0~::..
for years until she emarges a nation of decent people--7,hen she w:.:ill
be fit to form a decent government.
Says Hibbs:"It will take o
long time for the clean winds of decency to blow the Nazi infectt~n
out of Germany".
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Well, here in little old S.R. the month of May was overcast &
we had much rain, fog, dampness, and it has been cold •.• frost nipped
the newly planted tomato plants , and they had to be reset. At t~is
writing however it is warmer, and most of the gardens are in. Our 56
th Annual Commencement came off in fine shape: and through Dr.Entzis
tnoughtfullness , a copy of the program is inclosed. The Pre-Session
of su .,11ner school is on with say, 75 in attendance, and by the time
many of you will be reading this the regular Six Weeks term will be
in full blast. Governor Ivlar.t~iJ:! has finally -;etoed Bill 757, thus he
has made Bi 11 164( v1h: Jh was pa.ss ed by trickery) valid and 1 egal. He
are all watching tr. . e outcomGs 8.nd the app141,rp:r iations that will be. granted to S.T.Collcges.
yJ_~_NG on C;;1,' campus and always most
welcome: F/9 Milton Carless 7 C::a~::i~.:, Bill Temp~LG lately from GermanJ::.he
reached l8 miles from 0res:l(;J-;. with Pat,ton-dec:orated by old "Blood &
Guts"himself ,. Ens.and l\Irs ~c)n Rebe1.-Ben for check-up(.Wa-rd818 U.S.N
Hosp.Bainbridge Md).,; Lt. Geo -.Xaluger, and friend Miriam-Geo had unusual experiences ln his air t~ ips over Germany-decorated.,, Ens Frances
Gleeton and sister Mrs Nesbit-Frances has flown all over the USA ar:.d
thoroughly 1 ove s her job. 1 V'iR.E. "Huc.k II Lieberman-just home from Sic :'L ly
aboard., Pv_t.Mike Minich-recently married to a Navada girl., T/.§_gj;
John Via tson home fr om Germany-was with llst Army Hdq-made map of ·,Alli es &Russian tacticaL meeting., 1st Lt Bcb.b Shannon and ru~-Bob was
in a hospital in Itngland. ,.Pvt Homer Christy,, Mrs Bob Milheim saying ·
that Sgt.Bob was near Calcutta,India,. Mrs Rhea Heckert Stratton with ~
her hubby, Lt.jg Stratton( a Cadet . here one e-1 ost over. Burma.? -got back
and wont say a worctJ:--yet., Pvt. Paul Grin5 from Germany-saw much! Pfc
~hie Sonntag. The Lt.jg ~ Varnums announce a bouncing baby I. Jeanne
Collette is with the Spring Street u.s.O.Pensacola,Florida., Pfc.Robt
E. Muir of Evans City, who once attended S.R. some time ago died of
Re-education for Garmany •• ..no §o!t peacel1J Turn the page.
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wounds received in Germany,,April 8, 1 45.He crossed the Siegfried Line
March 17. :Rest in peace undE.r the sod of c9nquered Germany. 1 Eleanor
Cottrell Hart..z_all is ~ith the Red Cross(St ~lizabeth Hosp,N1cholasAv.
Wash •.DCJ .. ,.~REFUR1Eu M1SSJLNG IN ACTION: L.t.I~eith G. Wooster-in action
over Japan flying a Corsair ••• letter from a Uajor states he saw 2
planes go down, one in water,other over land. Ve sincerely hope (or
good news from Keith lJ t Please write in any information. Donna Mcwilliams writ0s that her fiance has been liberated from a German camp.
Ss,t. Bill Kuzn1k writing from Czechoslovakia states that he m€t up
with ;Jo Bannicher in France. while she was handing out do-nuts .Bill
reports that as yet he is unmarried. Lt Jack E. 0 avis (Naval.Barra~ks
NSD Oakland Calif) who has requested overseas, duty lfid>r two y~ars will
likely see his dream soon come true-likely its the S. Pacific for Lt •
.Jacld. 2n<,l Lt Jo.ck M. Dunlap,a co-pilot of a. liberator unit redd.the
Soldiers"M°edal--jacl<. pulled the body of his flight engineer through
the brok:efl windshi~ld of his crashed plane,, burning[j soon to expl;ode,
crash landed pline--saved the mans life-plane soon burned.Great ~o~
hero Jackl 1 l Ist Lt. Hsrb 11-iosca , 1.50 combat missions over Enemy :territory in S. Pacific }1.olds Air Medal for achievement--Herb, operating
from a Palau base has hammered at, and has destroyed Jap planes io
the air, on the grou0i---0omee back with crippled engines-raises p~rticular hell Y:ith Nip at;ir,1unition dumps-has 500 hours in air. GREA'II'
work Herb~ t 1 Lt. Ray D0Lc::1g§;, flying the 11 hump 11 in India, strure!( ~1.
t.hunderstorm-pl8.n8 rose lrom 15000 to 17000 in 5 seconds-both engLni
los·t in updraft, all bailed out, for 3 days er ew wondered thru juntE:..e
wh:i.L, rescue plunE-s circled,drbpped supplies which stuck in dense ,jun ~:;"i:; i:-rees. 3ay r1as fnund by Nago tribe of HFADHUNTZR..'.".c; ••• brough:t
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ec:..f.:ty in area +,~mt h21.s g07rsr ~ n EPlored as yet-dangerous nati·ve.s
arc fisrce-Ray and h::.," men were FIRST to bring report out of that
long avoided sGct ion of Himilaya. Mts-~ ~ ~ Come tell us all about it a ..,
the HOM.f!.""'CO,.UNG RaytU
Ali this time great letters are coming in _,
particularly from those who have been, and are)serving.in captur~d
Germany, now that they can write more freely. It would take a bi;::>ok
to hold them all and the reading as fine as any novel you ever pi<)ked upL\l We wish we could publish them all as they come in-you kntow
that is impossible for VB. KEEP THDJi COiviING-r1e have them all-here_ is
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a SLIGHT rE.view Q.f the MAIL~G :: From :Lt. ToG1 PadenllH-ere s my new aodr 6Ss( USAConvHoapC ampBrul:nE.rN .Car)~ O.K. Tom. From: Lt. "Buc.k" JJavis
(Armed Guard Commander,SS New Hopa-at sea) 11 I am on afasttanker°and
seeing plenty of this old globe-have visited 14 countries.VB reaches
m£ at port and many ma~ from other colleges tell me they
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their sc.hoold, had undertaken a similar idea". From: _P fc.' Stari' Marspall (48th Gen Hosp) Paris: For the last 3 mo. I have bE.en here in. 10
or 11 camps-now I SE.E.m settled hE.re-have ssen the usual 3ights and am
enjoying Paris, and. its a grGat experience-but I much pref€r he good
old US1-1.,_ where people are a bit cleaner• and where we keep abl"~a.st
of the times. I see ·a lot of pur P. \!"J's co.me into this hospital af;ter
being liberated from Bosche camps and the stories they tell amd their
~maciated bodies, having been beaten by brutal me~is enough to ~icken any one. BelievE. me,.Mr M, "ihis bears witness to the fact that we
must not give Germany a soft peace, as you so often have printed at
the bottom of VB pr..gE.s L11 • From Pfc Ken Clark( HqBase BarSq423Air .s er
Gr ....,PO 559 NY) Parham,Eng. "Two weeks ago our outfit celebrated i.ts
300th mission over enemy territory-I have had Good Contluct,European
Operation and Presidential Citation-and I want to go home". From :
Lt.jg R~y HaJnes(USS LCT (6)1287). "I ran into Ens.Ray A.shcome, we have
had several evE.niilSS together and he is coming aboard for dinner -nothing too good for an S .R. alumnus tu From: T/Sgt \"Jayne G:arraux( 980
Ord, DepoCo 11.P035) 11 I have bE.en travE.111..ng on tfie road doing Hi.ason work
for my Bn-am no~ back with the outfit as Mess Sgt-am inclosing one of
Hit lGrs Stamps and a.100 dark pi ece-s ouve.nirs 11 Thanks l From:!!_aj2,r .Bill
Runey(AP067L) 11 I 1,7as to an Indian wedding last night,, a boat ride, on
Hoogley tonight 2.n.d a dancG at the Office.rs Club Saturday-remainder
of time I mak£ 7 copies of everything. Th& monsoons have set in ~so
has the pr ic kle.y hca t 11 • Fr om :G pl i;fmT. Elder ( tied De t 558/v •.• ( A1:"J) • 11 Si.nee
writing you I hav<:. been in Holland and am now in Germany,near Gla,dbac
-k,-we have. be.en having lots of rain he.re, and from what Dad writ~s
I guess you have had a lot of rain in S.R. too"-Yes,too much. Fro·{II! :
Cap~Frank Vlare( 1819Labor5uperCoAP0667) 11 Th6 Gov. is setting up Univ.ers ities for G I's to attend while waiting to go home and I may be soon
transferred to onE of them.German POW 1 s are easy to handle-they a.re
afraid they will be released to go back ho~e where. the eats are not
ne.J.rly as good as we have in camp. This city has been completely .wrecked by our air power.The Germans vmnt to be friendly but we are. in
no way allo•,aE-d to fraternize with them 11 t From: §gt Nilton "Pete". Ho-:
rris(Assam, India) 11 1 recd a letter frora\\liennie' Ott, who ran into .Joe
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Or~il}J'• I_ see whE.re .''Bill ' Raney "~he Sharon Flash;' 1.-1 as in this n.e c.k of .
the woods-would sure· like to see him" .. From :Lt. f!arry Flister( US.S
Tamalpaia-at sea) 11 I have been in:i'Jorm~1:1dy Invasion, f.Iiddle East, .. and
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Page. 3 V.B.# 42 S.T.College Slippery Rock,Pa.
European theata:r-Wales rEngland, Canada, . France ,Africa--now at sea "•
From: Lt . .l\l-§x Assad( 863rd AI'.., APO 654) Germany-" I now have 6 battle
stars:1Sicily,2It~ly,1France,2 Germany-I am planning to go back to S.
R. as my course was interrupted, and I wish to finish.ti-I am having a
letter sent you from college as to your work to be completed. From:
Lt. Jim Gallqgher( 13th';"JxSq APO 650) 11 1 spent a nice 5 days in the French
Reviera at Cannes recently-Boyl that is a rsal vacation, and the Americans have. taken it over. Its quiet here now, and likely will be. I am
hoping to go to the other war theater Eut have as yet received no in~
c ouragement 11 .FromQ.pJ.I-ifil!ry VI hit e( 300AAFbn3rdAFHqTampaFla.) "·Ye st erday
Bill ~ e and I met at Drew Field, and we plan to s?E.nd next s1:1n¢iay
at Silver Springs-ye.sterday we took a 70 mile jeep ride. Boyl Give. me
a horse". From k!,.Dale Liken(546Signall!ia.s.e DepotCo AP0513)"I am now
the Special Service-zrfficer for my outfit-I always am trying to think
of something ne.w to plan for my men-new and d:l.ff 0rent-will attend. a
school in Paris this month • . Victory Bell has be.e~ more than a newisletter, and has made each one of us fee 1 fc E. 1 more at home than anytthi.:.,.,.
ng ever attempted.I feel that it should contini.:;e always after the . wa:j
under same name". From: M/Sgt.Doug Lehman( HqC omZY.I'OTJSA EngParis) 11 S t:iLl
in Paris and have rece ive·d Am. Defense , Good Gor:duct, and ETO Ri bl[bons ·
and Bronze Star Medal'! From;§LSg.!Jl- Headland(7th HospitalTrainAP05L3)
11 VB ~4L came
over in 6 days-a record. v.'fo finished our 82nd trip cavrry1
ing patients this morning.The first 43 were in England,the last 3~ in
Frei.nee, Belgium,Holland. v:e. wete bothered with Vl's for a while nGar
Liege but none of them broke near enough to do harm-we got a battl~
star for it. ·:ie trave.led about 15000 milE.s-1 patient ,1 mile.In Ger!"'
many the railways were, demolishe.d and we evacuated patients by air &
by boat to England-lately most runs were made to Marseille with patients bound for USA". Firom:Uary Vlhite SowafSharon) "Pete (CaptP. Sowa
is now in India( 1345 Bn SqB); flying into china and meeting friends ct,
every stop"•· From:Lt. Joe Born;;feste(Casual"P.O. LAPEVJilmingtonCal.if,)
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t·:a.s commissioned April 18th which was my birthday-my work is to l{eep
tr~ck ~f pr..9p~.r_ty in route on Lib6rty ve!!els.I have good food, fine
quarters, as soon o.s goods are dE-livered I fly back and go again''.One
little old grimace from Lt.Joe and no pilferingLlFrom1Sgt H.A.Marst-.
eller(4100A,1.FbnSqBPattE-rson FldOhio) 11 Joh11Herb~p 6 lb,8 oz was born. on
iviay 26:th---and hold your breath---13 minutes later John's little .play
mate @P Lavenia ,6 lb,3 oz. came along ••• what do you think of that ?~
••• Darn fine---wlmt a BIG BliBY CONTEST We will have--we will ente.r
John and .tt.nn against thosE. two little Lytle 'f;f/i. babies and --pE.rhaps
well skin them for a mile---we shall see.we sljall see!! Any way glad
to see some compe.tition in the TWIN columnl J From:,S.SgtNorman Russe..1.1.
(v;eo.ther Sta i\Jo 110) "The TaiMahal is everything that I expected i t to
be-and near Dayalbo.gh, a religious cult of Indians with an old D,:utchman as leader is constructling_ a temple that will likely surpass . the ,
Taj-it will be 5 stories each with its pinnicles,and marble carving~ .
and the work has bee.n going on for over 40 years-all don6 bY, hand.~th
much inlay and mosaic work-with semi precious stones" .. From:Lt.E.:s.
Mehaf f
915F lamingoHot e 1-MiamiBeachFla) 11'Hy wife and daughter ar .e
here wi h me since I am 11 Stateside 11'now-completed a , new course for: new
work and assignment 1~.From1::Cp).N 52 al: Jj~_E.l.(HqPOW.OH Det2019 AP0350), "I
have. se.en Paris twice as my duties take me travelling much-last t.ime
a sketch artist did my portrait as I sat at an outside cafe sippi.ng
wine there-and an old lady came along selling violets. Have see.n . the .
castles of the Rhine, and the destruction.Most of the classes. 35,;36,,
37&38 will recall me as 11 Casanova"'-and I married NancyJeam_ McKee and
we have a son 2 years ol.d •. That opening paragraph made me home sock for
S.R. 11,.From:Lt Bill Hel.d(Box2-87SqK LukeFieldAriz) 11 Have had 13 mo. of
instructing cade ts.-am soon getting a change I hope". From: .!at,.. Genevieve
Lea.cs.ak( 107Gen Hosp APO 121B) "Coming out of Viestminster n·bby on Easter Sunday I met Jim Grossman and we sat on the steps and chatted about
Slippery Ro~k 1 and the kids aupposedly stationed around here. I live
with 5 nurses in a brick hut-confortable quarters-with a pot bellied
stove in the middle. of the floor that literally eats cokett.From,Sgt.
Al Denbow(35thS.S.GoAP0350) "Read where Dick Hammerle was attending tl'B
I and E ~chool in Paris.I was also at the U of Paris instructing for
5 weeks getting ready for the V-Day athletic program-sorry I missed
him. Bill 'l'emple spent a aay and night with me-we were in Bastogne •
I visited the German concentration camp at Ohndruf(?), and Mr.M.one
can\ visualize what went on without seeing it. Bodies strewn all over
the place;Czech,Russian, French, Polish-having been starved,shot, bea~
ten to death. The people at home should ~ all of this Q.Q. t.h,at they
~n real iz.e why '!1§ ~e over here fj.ghting nnd 1/!h§.t ~ w~d t.tl.!2_e the
GGrmans §:.C..e, and they should be wiped off the map so that this can
~ r ru¼PE.§...n ~ain". From :T/5Bob Smith( 3794SigintSvDet AB())) 11 I have
been on Oahu(Hawaii) for a month-a regular tropical paradise, green
mts,blue sky,green pafh.ms,white sand, deep blue sea-you'd find lots to-=1!, MUST~ happen ~ n lll Japan ~t-then hornet Turn page.
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42 ,_s .. T·.collE-g<;i ·:olippery Roc.k, Pa.
pa:i~t 'her.e •. From :J:.1.~Kei!Jh Stoner(Chin~~ '-~ I ,guess you al~eacly kn~w a,f
our entry in the Bapy Cont~st-Keith Louis was born 4/1.q/45"'fweight 8·
lbs-20 incl es long.( He would be iong1) VB#40 r 5ach9d me May2. and it ·
was read and re .read". O.K. PB.£a Keith J From~ ~s .~g~ Shelar( USS ·
LST•loa4) rtThey did not send us to Iwo Jima but gave us a rest after
Luzon. VJe were in on the initia1 · 1anding on Okinowa.- one of ._the f ,irst .
sh.i ps to ).and on the be.aoh-that evening a suieide plane tried to get
us-our guns hit him and he missed our boe, 50 feet" .From Q..aP.t.J.oqn
Hartman(SqA-1.330 APO) India. 11 Than~s to you last week vvas "old hom.e
w.eek" as I met.thr-ee S.R. boy1;3 over here:CaP.t.Pete Sowa,,who just arr':"'
ived here,1V~jgr Rainey, and f..i, ...Zoe Lytle-the latter two in Calcutta ....
So the VB has cause.d many oC. tis to meet all over the world". F.rorm..,gnd
'•Lt.Bob ciinclair(HqColst Bn313 lnfAP079) 11 And I have been to Paris, Ooo
~La La-what a town 1 "From:Fl/cJohn Bevington{USS Barie DD704)" I am:
\>of thE.. opinion that Cassidyand Hildebrand 0.re near here.Am sure loo{king for the day when I get back to S.R •. 11 .. From:g ~ McGregor(Co. A
"tAmphRecBnFleetMarineForce) 11 ! am . up in Okinawa,-vve have had oun ups and
~ do,:ivna-just now enjoying a rest .Natives he.re( who have be.en und~r Jap
~rule alJ. their l,,i v6s)~how us a friend.ly attitude-they are an anerget~. :lo pe .9 ple-<:'ll small ?ut no really "fat" people amoi:ig them.Both me~ &
~women are 1n their fields or fishing.all day.This 1s my 18th mo.h 0re
; · and . be.fore long I hope to rate a littl:e leave. Was/ pleased with t1:.!?.
'• Sasketball team-tell Coachu. From:Qpj. Marshall Sutherin(CoB735MP ·C0 .
,.\.P0413)."1!lorkmen in parks are filling in slit trenches.,black out c irt/ a.1ns ·are coming down, . lighting systems being repaired here in Lo:1.,: on~.
/:i. met Frank Viesterman at Rainbow Corner-I pass my VBs along · to b ;)·.!vh•
~·:,:.r: Danvvho · is across the Rhine and he tells me he passes them on ·., .1,
-,~anothe. r rri.an who att.ended SR once" .. Frollil Pvt • .Jo.e Kelly(S .e c.s-Lowr ~,/ td
0LienverCol.J ''Have been . here for 3 years in l"hy. ·Zf,work-rec~ntly tr(C•./1 s.to
·';photo School" .Etgm:LtjgWaY.rne ...§.1.QY.en(s ·. s,Thos Lynch-at sea) ''Among the
tether countries vfsited:.li.aly, PortoRico,Cubro". From~ PvtPaui Currie
, (Hq8lst Repl l.7thRD AP0873) ."I nave seen many interesting sights in.
~Germany but also many that I ~~nt to forget.Much . of Germanys art ~aa
been destroyed" .From £.apJ.hoY.alLiken( 1328AAFBn-Ar4) "This J ap war ·. is
~hard to figure since sµpply lines are so long,~nd battl~ fronts ve~y
ti.far apart.we are about to sweat out.another monsoon seas·o n in Assam_1-•··
K My boxing team wili ineet John Ha.rtmans-have located 11 G9mer 11 Joneg, but
. :t navent seen him yet''• FNm:(LaR,!; ·'"'!D::--a-v..,.id Thaler( 21st Weather Sq) ''.We
~ operated from mobile vans.-weather stations in trucks-and they wer,e . ·' ·
~as good as any, and our outfit was 'among the first to 4it the Fr~nch
coast. My H.s. frenoh helped me and I vms able to hold conversat.icn
~in part with French_people. l shall never forget the destruction ~ of
0 St,La,,-likely because it was the first total destruction I saw"~.;..
V) great letter David,wish11 I could . include it ALL. From:Sg_t Floyl! B.£.rt,..
• ~(Hq 61st Ord Gr AP0) V'/e are pretty close :the front 1.ines now a :1d
:expect to move ~p closer ... are forced to hit the fox holes and bomlt!)
~shelt.ers-the Japs throw artillery shells at a couple of air striP-s
~near bl 6:°d _you can_ he~r them going ?Ver head and hitting some pla ...
\.IO-e• Ther-e s · not a b1uld1ng left standing nor a ' cave not burned out.I
"'can 1 a.pP,reciate what the Marines and Army went through to force them1
~ out ~ .From .!:J, .Jim Gro§sman( 856Sq ~492.Gr APO)" Im '.hopi-ng to fly to OE! lo,
~Norway
tomorr~w then we expec~ to be on our way home~to the C.B.I.
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~.and I hope to see you' in route 11 .From:.Qpl ~b Cowher(Hq404 F.1L. Gr •
tAPO 339) We were ~ust a f.ew miles jllst this side of the Elbe. when
~ the ww.r .~nded, and Ive se.en many interesting sights over h€re in the
~ETO.·Right n9w our group is living in a beautiful castle about 25
lm.~ les n.w. of i.Tadgenbur?". From: ~jg .c .L.Axtell(USS Wiley 0D59.7)
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,,._ ".lhile; at Bremer~on _I .vi~it~~ fuu:ry Truman and they ·sure treated_ me
~swell:-w~s at their . h9me several times. and to tn~ movies, and Harry
~ ch~l~eng~d me to a . game ?f gol.f just. be fore we left.;-I gave him .. p. .
run for it, and parted with some currency, but he , def'6ated me''• From:·
;From·. e/~t C~as Svvarta( 2~01 Oakridg~ AveMadisonWis) _0 Thought I •d be
gone ftom here Before this but the army moves in mysterious ways", .
~ From ·.~st .,kt P •'I ,Butler( 740Sq455Gr APO)" I have received every copy of
iVB f~om !st copy to last . one that reached me in Italy-where I fley., a
"fmiss·ions before the war ended, leadi,;ig our Sq. on·the Lin~ raid, qur
~toughest one. Right now I'm iq Spec.S~rv.iork and have a soft ball.
~league .. --soon I hope to be back on my vvay against the Japs" .From
~Ql:rn£.k Headland(Inf~oI-4th_ Pl,) ."We are now stationed near Aumetz.,F.rance
~and we see the destruotion ,Qf the· Maginot line, wrecked equipment &:
°'practice with baz.,ookas against .. wr.ecks of .MarkEV t~anks.we•11 probably
~~e sent to the Pacific a,rea".From~f:W/c Jack 1J'Je~t(Marine Hq Sq23)
• Here I am on my find tour aQ.,d they put m€ on some -Godforsaken island
~so far from combat 1~· hurfs my. pridelNothing to write about h~te"
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§ ·. J:ri~e c:!DY ~y!l From:Cox~k Flor_a(USARS V'lmF.Fitch)"It was great ~ewa ~
_to Know· that Howard Jones was alive as a prisoner as VB#40 brought to
~us(NOWJ.:Howar~ was li b_erated from prison .. ~pril 28th by Viel sh·· Guards.. ; a letter to his mother in Erie,\l)and there are sailors here who look
to VB as much as I Gr~p.t S.Q.Pd ~ Men &: Gals o.ut tMrQ~JCi.,_
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