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peace.• Boyl this was the very first news that
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Over we race to South Hall,enter by the rear door, \ -= \ -_
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thence to t ~e front--students join up-r..we all try to~ ·
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get to 2nd floor--the door was lockedt The custodian is found--he ~ '\..
fumbles with his keys--the · last · one does the trick. Then the door to
the1.b ell rope room is found to be locked--more students join up--( Would
he never find the right key?)--AT LAST·\! · Then we"let ·g o" on the old
rope, and ·at ~98$. ~ the moment had come:.--~ YJCI~-Y: !2AL 1!J.A_S RINGlNGt! ! ~ ! ! ! l l ..... •
• ... DING DONG l (Peace at last!
DING DONG !(No
irio:re to be ldlledU!!l) DING DONGt (They"1 re coming home!!l) · DING
DONG .t (The :price -we've paid~\!) DING DONGL (The ones we'll miss. ) .
DI NG DONG1 (No more to be wounded!) .OIN§- DONG ~ (The Victory homa~ .
comingt 1) DING · DOi-JG! (~ ·Great days ahead t ~) DING DONG! ( More butter and meatt ) ·· DUTG DONGt (College o.s 1.t. vast) DING DONG! (They, 1 11. ·
sta:,~t coming b&ck~ t) . DING DONG! -( The baby contest O DI NG DONG L.
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(-.We'll really l:i.'v:e again~l) DING DONG!.
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DONGeH••
The VICTORY BELL woke many from sleep:they flew to their windows~ people flocked out on the street; a young mother, her husband in
the S. Pacific, hu gged h~r baby-rained kisses on itG Girls in the e;oo_
,class wept openly and unashamed. Tears of gladness and tears of ·s ad-:ne-:,
Ss, vyere shed on this old campus; -one student rushed to his room,, stu~
ffeJ his suitcase, caught a w¾_ting bus for Erie., e o .on every face .was
a:n aNxious smile .... an o],.d lady in a window praying over the pict'ure <;>f
her g randson ••• a man sweeping his front steps-with tears in his eyes.~
... a little girl scampering aqross the street to post a hurried letter ·
\ ~; •• telephones jing ling •••• people crwwding ' ibout their radios ••••• ~ ·
man washing down a store window on Main ~treet keeps right on with hls
w-ork, never batting an eye •• ofinally turns to a passerby with "Hey, now
,;vha:t.' s th' hell's go t ten into that goddam bell ?u And that\s how VICTORY
cama to Slippery Rock, . Penn$ylvahia.
And for your record and
information, the ones who pulled the rope · vvere:§.ylYl_a J e ~ Dale 1 47,
G.len. Ew<0r 1 46, Dick Barkley 1 46 , , Ho ward C. Smith 1 46, Dan Boni tsky 1 48 .'
Prof. V'lm, Storer 130-,a nd yours truly t 11..
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-How sweett, But to us, YOU who seived here at home or overseas, YOU
were OUR Army, YOU were 01J!i Navy, OUR Aviators, OUR Marines, OUR Wacs
, OUR \"faves, Q]B rted Cross Work e rs, OUR Everything!!!~ 1 ! t ~ ~ It was YOU
who now hold t ,his humble scrap of. pa:per before you that we HONOR •••• ,
••• it was YOU ·who brought us V ·r CT ORY 1!!11l!!t You have sacrif .iced precious years, precious months, you have given your u~inost .eneriies,
untold sµffering,
suffered wounds, undergone hospitalizatjon,
•• .o.agony.
Aye and· some of our number have given their very lives •••
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•!o-•••~an t say any more ••• we never will know how to thank you.~••••·
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We have . all seen history in the very making;the systematic and
gradual'pulve~izing of the.enemy-~itj the air, a..h sea, on land his industries an~ cities blotted out, _the colossal energies of the cosmic
~tomic bomb(Let•s . hope that no more of them ever need be dropped!!.t ), ·
the .' en~rance of Ru3s _i a ••• the final suing f~or peace, the formal signing
an9- th~ occupation.. What an tlatom.1¢ ., ache t Jap_a n must have, thus losing fac .e a~ well as, world : pres.tige! ! ! . The world will look back a full
th?usa~d ye~rs . to 'tb E~e . days, a billion . words will be written about
~his VICT<?RY,. plays_ will be epacted, moviep made, poems will be written ~ art will be produced, AND, th.anks · to YOU, it will be the turning
point in the lives of almost every one .of us. Better days lie ahead,
. _•• be of good che er !U!qll!!l
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ON TH_}} CAh1PUS--co·1 1ege has started with ·a larger enrollment •• a ,new
Fres4man· c~ass of 120,. a pre-training c.lass of" . 55 nurses for the B>utler · ~emortal · Hos p ital, - making a total of about 325 enrolled, so on~e
.a _g ain the f,ta l ls of the , o],d college ring· with- merry laughterl ~ t t ~a_t.a,l
Reardon and .~ack . .Piml.aE are ·.en~. ol led--and many more of you wi 11 comae
wh~n you are oµt--:A:t'{D; . sit-we you WGre ·taken into the service at ANY
t 'ime., we hppe y'o'u can . come.and register ·ANY -TIME lll Coach will have
VICTORY!!U.How sweet- We 1 ll · r;e~lly live! Tutn the page!
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45 S.T.College at Slippery Rock, Pa.•
a. football squad-hopes to play games. Mrs.DuBard is here again after. a
long il'lness; J)r.Victent has returned~ no new faces on the faculty but
plenty amon~ the student body~! VISITING on the CAMPUS: Pvt .Homer Q.hristy,_ Jimmie ·1~sh, David Frazier,who now is Prin,of a school in
Harmony ,Pa, 9PI· Dale .j-SU§~r, ~ay_§,pn McCandless,, Qpl • John Menoher , ,
ARM2/.9_Ted HQ&S, ~t.Tom Carey, Ltjg _1.~ayne Stoyer,wife,three childr.en.
AND now for that OLD HAIL BAG, with short excerpts .from great letters: now that censorship is off we give full addresses.: FROM Cox.Jack
Flora( USAoFS-153F,PO,Navy~20SanFr~n)" I ?1,m now aboard a Freight Supply
Ship,Coast Guard ~anned and operated-no more dealing with the enem~i
Likely wont see any of the fellows since I an in New Guinea.Hold that
big celebration off until~ ill get back". FR0M;Ens Ray Ashcom(Under
•WaterDemol.. Teami¥24 FPO SanFran) •~In Oceanside I tried for 6 hours to
contact Rick Sprowls and Frank Dennis -no soap! 1 \~e are heading_ west &
there is lots of work to be done-so I'll be here for some time". F.R0M
.,Pfc.Dick Perkins(CoC 339 Eng ConstBnAPO70 SanFran~~Iam still on Luzon
and have moved all over this island since I last wrote.My company was
in the final push for this place. I sure hope I can soon get home and
finish college. 11 • FROM Lt.Jim E. Q:all_a~(l2th Weather Sq AP0650 NY)
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It sure took the spirit out of me to hear of \'Ken' Miller and 11 LewMc.Elroy being killed. I am now in Rome, and have become a culture vulture~
I expect soon to go to Athens and Cairo, to Bengasi and to Tripoli~.
From:Qpl Bill Schmi_gt(3502AAF SqB Rantoul,Ill) " From Stout Filed I was
sent to Goldsboro, Patterson Field, South Bend,then here to Chanut~
Field, whBre I am no\'l an instructor in weather observers course. I. haQ
ve had f'ine talks with Lt."'im .. Ly~ who has been here for some tim.e".
FROM:~ jg Daun Nesbit(USS Pegasus IX222 FPO SanFran)irBoy what ~ ,thrill to get one of your VBs away out here in the Philippines. GeooKl,i~
a~d I met at the 0 i ficers Club at Ulithi Atoll-he spent a day abo~rd &
read my :file of VBs..Its hot here but cool at night"~ FR0M:S2/c Ral 1 }Lq.
Weayer(NT 80D 3amson0ft1fl498-Shoemaker,Calif)" I sure hope that VB.. will
still be pt:.blished as I will be in the Navy for months to come.II FB0M::
Pfc.Ken Ne~.so.1(CoB 275 Inf 70DivAP0461-NY)"I am now about 20 miles from
Frankfurt . Gut of our battalion I was appointed to attend the Uniwersity Cent€:-" 'J:'he course is 8 weeks long, and if I complete it will get
9 college c~ e~its, and some of the courses are the ones I need at S.R.
when I ret,ui·a ~•·., _A.)DRESSES:L_tJg Jonn JOY( U3S RobtM.Emery AK84 FPO.WY~,,,
2nd L,!,__C_a.~_L;•:., • . G~.illl9:..m(Btry A, 628 RocketF.A.BnFt Sill Okla), Lt jg
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Ray Hayu~f~t-CTo Flot ill a Staff 42FP0 SanFran), Lt jg Fred 1=,yt le(S0MSUB?. AC- . . ,. .
ADC0MD %Frl.' !~ :i:iFran)ARC Sara Landon ( 26th Gen Hosp APO 1004 San Fraa.n),
Lt \"/ infi~d ~•:."-. esterfbohl04th rlegCa.mp Rucker,Al~1.Lt John E.:. D~_v is lNrav
Air Sta Alame~a Calif), Cpl ~g~_Co~her(Hq 404 FAfjn APO 403N.Y)i 2 t 1-,t
Dal,e E. Liken~546SigBase Depot CoAP0 513 N.Y),Sns J~ ,, J.!..-Barll§.§_{ss B1.ack
Yates FPO N.Y~~- L.:tJLI1.La,Q.<¼..l who also visited here wi.th his wife,baby,,
(GAAF Greenville, lm.ss)" f.;:9-m~ Lt E.M"Branw_r( 173 LiaisonSq AP069~NY)
From Manhe:im)G0rmany, we mo ve d to Bonn, to Fulda~Ma:c sa..ille, France, &
then we got orders and I; 11 be home in September. 11 From Pfc. I,ta;b Buxton( GenDe1Camp Leg.eune N~C) 11 At Quantico Va I ran into that ."Old Angl~ ,. ·
Ft~l1!S. p~nnis-and I hope he is getting acquainted with thos€ western
trout. ~oon fall will ,be here and I wonder if there will be~ football '
team. If you could get Hilde-b rand back you would have a line and ~ Egton could make up the backfield-pf course we would need Fitzgibbo9a
to carry the water o.nd myself to . hold · down the bench".. From ::Capt. D1c)s.
Hammerle(553 iu'\.1
. -\. :... w Bz:i APO 758 N.Y.) "I am now at . .:Erbach, Germany,and
have been here for a month.·I am certainly looking forward to the Big
Victory Homecoming" .. Fromi: Sgt J •.v .Clark( soon at 573 Eden Park McKees
port,Pa) "~ill try ~nd give ydd my whereabodts as we move !along-will be
on my way home very soon-Ive started a new life in a new world". From~
Ens John D.__ Brooks(USS W,INSTON 1~KA94,FP0 SanFrc.n) 11 This is the day that· ' . ... ..
so many people h :i.ve waited for · so many years ..;,;., and thought it would
never come •. A.v.e.r ·sine .:; ·last Ftiday ,when the Japs gave their first indication that they were throusn we have had our ears to the radio. Last
night when I was sitting here writing all hell seemed to have let go,so
I ste pped out on deck and every one was sh6uting and yelling.Soon the
beams of every ship in the harbor played against th~ sky, sirens and
whistl€s blew, bells clanged, bursting rockets lit up the sky, and flares glowed.It was one of the most beautiful sights I ever saw-no Fourth
-Of-July celebr·ation could E.ver match it 11 • P"rom:. Sgt Don R. Fusco.(Hq
l.4th QM TrgBn,Camp LeeVa) 11 ·This is ~ug 9th nnd big news in in the a.irit could mean the end of my career in the armyL L-et's hope it happens
within the next few hours-I've been in service 4 years! I met Clp.Jas.
~],a.ss who p~a.yed on the foo!,bo.11· team in 1937:..41 11 • , From:~Sgt '"Jahn
w. Conway(Med, .Det 893rd AAA i~w.dn APO 638 NY)"ill.l Elder and I were transferred i~to this outfit which is supposed to leave Germa~y within the
next few wee.ks-we hope to get home soon"..
From: tt. Joe Bonefest.e ( Cas..
P.0An.P.E. jilmington Calif) "My trip to the Philippines and to Manilla w3s interesting. I always kept a lookout for S.R. fellows but so far
PL.&~.3E- kE. e p sending !_n Y.Ollr lat est 1~ 1JDRli'SS- Uany are on the move!
Page 3. VB#45 --45th straight month-circulation about 650 •.
no such luck.My trip vrns most interesting and It looks as if civilian
days r;iight be in sight". From :S_g\_Y!.9-_rren Brandon(CoD-341. Inf.hpo450
Camp Uruber Okla) "We are now in 8 weeks of trainins before going to
the Pacific. My furlough could not h:::.ve bE.en batter and I surely did
enjoy my visits to the campus". From :.Capt John Hartmo._p(Sq :~ L339Bn
1~po 211 NY) "The news as it reache.s me ov€r here in China sure is very
good-soon we shall have that Victory ., Homecoming. If any body ever gets
around Kumming loolc me up". From-1T/Sgt G.A.Buzas(CoC 123 OrdMtBn 1st
.n.rmd JJiv .h.po251MY) "At pres€nt we are located 12 miles south of Franlcfort ,derm_g.n:v, in a. town called Raunshein. 11 From:, Lt.Lew Hamelly (Hq
59th A.Ii.CS Gr A.po 980 Seattle,Wash) 11 Mighty sorry about the two who
lost their"'liv€s-Lew McElroy practically lived with Ken Bunny and me.
With the VB asd a few telephone calls I located Lt.Johnny Erich who
is also here in the 1~1eutians-did we have a bull session-it was fine
to run into himl. I just came bnck from one of my trips-was near t.he
outskirts of Russia" ..From Cpl Jalce E-lliott(l06 M.PaPlat Apo443 N •. Y)
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:Je are now at Karlsruhe,Germany, and am now awaiting shippin-s space.
so you may see mE. soon-will be over to see you when I get home".l'(Jill.
be looking for you1) From:Capt Pete Sowa(l346 Bu SqB Apo433NY)"In.1944 the German war mo.chine was within 30 miles of Naples--complete).y
wiped out two American air bases-not a B-25 took off. With many otherm
who had been training pilots we started across the long South Atlant~
route in ut;>most secrecy to Italy. Of the first group of 25 B-25s that
mo.de it, 5 never got there--the re.st of us W€re feturn6d to US,1. with~
in 30 hours. In two days time 25 more crews were enroute to Italy~
Those two times were my first vie.w of the _black smear that threatened
our way of life. I a.m now at Teygoon .air 0 ase, D3cca, Bengal India ".
G:.ood letterU From: P.f.g_J_ayFn Brown(CoA 6Th Plat SA1.'V-Apo74 SanFran) .
Those Vtts always leave me in a pleasant r eminhH) J nt mood, and I want
to return just as soon as I can to the campus•·" :i!'!"om:Ltjg..\.E.(Gene.)
Barlett(USS LST 118 FpoSanFran)" ... s I was on transit (heading to P~arl
Harbor) I missed sever al VF!s-we are st il 1, u.S I write this( .11.ug 16tln),
still under way". From~: §_g_t. Wayne Goss .(CoB 73~ Takn Gni~po403NY) 11 I
am now(llug 9th) situated in Rokycany,9 miles from Pilsen in Chech.As
the war ended 1 we were 34 miles from Berlin at the only bridgehead across the Elbe. \'Jith three years of service and 4 bronze campaign stam
I can only muster 70 pointa. If I dorlt get back soon to finish my
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have forgotten all I ever learned. The death of \I Lew1) Mc~lroy was a shock~ as he and I roomed toge.ther all the time we were
at S.R. except for 9 wee.ks when I was doing my practice teaching · 1n.
New Castle. We likely had as much fun as any fe.llows who ever we~t to
college. '.-Ji th this letter I nm sending you a rough II log" of my wa.r
exp er i enc e m.onth by month. 11 l~ND it m.s very int eresy.ing ! U You 1 1.1
ehjoy your own copy ~11 your life •••• wonder if all of you would no~
profit by mo.king oqt a schedute .QJ. YQ_ur movements-events-a£.Q..Q.!!!plishm.~ 11ts-peo_ple Y-QJJ'vc .met- etc. 1 etc111!L From:Mau__i[.f\ne Hall(i~.R.C.Sis.. s··onne Sub }.reo. Hdq 1\po952NY) "I am nov1 near Rheims ,France( July3} and
we are-meeting trains and convoys coming into camp. Two very joyous .
' occasions were: 11 sce.ing off" the 87th and 30th Divisiona-o.nd those felr
lows w~re renlly happ~ for they were homeward bound-it was the "grave:
eyard shift"( 12 to 6a.m.) and a right occasiorul ~ach time111-. From; L,.t.
jg ~ Darlin(i.mp Tr Base Cci>ronado ,.::ian.Jiego 55 Calif) ".rtfter Sept. 5th
I 1 11 likely be at Treasure Island, and ,,after Uct 16th like.ly aboa,rd
the USS.HempsteadJ~P1~241 Fpo 5anFran." brom: Cpl_Sam Bowers.: 11 By the
time this re~ches you I will likely be~on my way ho~e. have. been with
the 5th Hrtrid-.iJiv band ,~po 255 HpolJY. 11 From Lt Mary .t!,lizabeth Jackson
(BTC ,.NC Clas·s . 52 Fort 0evens Mass) "My orders were received just ,two
days, after the vrnr was ended, so I am new at this game.I am a Phy.sical Therapist ih the iv1 edics, nnd right now I am taking basic training.
I ran into Lt- ,.nn Sowa in Englcnd Gen Hosp, J.tlantic City nj." F.rom:
Lt jg John o. Williams.( now at home n.pt 14a 304-1i 75th &t Nyc23NY)
"Likely the most interesting place I visited was the island atall To~
g~ Tabu, a pictur~sque Hol~ywood version of a tropical isle.Several of
the n~tive girls invited u? · to the Queerls pnlace( like or akin to any
woode.i:1 house iz:i a rural section of Pa, having 12 rooms. We sat on clean grass mats, flowers and beads were put :i.bout our necks, ::md the gir-s
· 1s pla.yed guit.P.rs and sang while we ate pineatJples :1.nd chicke.n, s.heelt
b~nanas, and limss. hll this fruit grows in profusion there. When a
man becomes gnown he is given a plot of groun~ upon which he er:ects
a grass hut·, selects ·a wife who does all the work and he sits out on
a grass mat all dc..y . ~ong 11 .{The life of Riley I 1 d call it! How do you
get there ?) From: Pv~-Nec.l Shira(Rml05 .Jep't of Patients,England Gen
Hosp 1~tlantic C)"I have finished my operations and am now awaiting discharge-. · I met Jil1!!!!Y. Cox• s sister . clown here lilY~her e is Jack Offutt ?.11
(-In,.nnswer-address S/sgt John Offutt( ll06Ai1.F Sqi~ Car Divi~Tc Apo845
Miami Fia). From;S1/cr__Rose Jagatich(Waves BarRecStaNYardWash25Dc) "I
had dinner some time ago with Loui~'? __"JJl_,_;rnn and F!_o.repce_.§.q_lobay ond
L.Duff ord-nll looked happy and we 11" .From Mr. Bill Temple( 741 West End
,1.ve.11.ptlcNewYork25NY} "~7itg my 162 points Uncle Sammy figured that . he
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did not want me furtheriso 1 1 m here givi~g the . theater a whi:1.I_expec;t to open in · a · new Broadway •show • like·ly in September. My wife is
:now one of the rloxy·ettss(precision dancers · in Radio . City)..will open in
. · a ne.w iviusicaih. Comedy in Sept 11 .. From .Ehs. 1ll..£1<._!l.QP.~...§(USS Monterey Fpo
.. San.Fran)".After :le.aving>it took me 32 days to re a c_h my ship. · Q1=1-art~rs
.and food ~r _e excellent, a n d my work,. aris.ing a t 3~45,,,iijcommunicationa
· : 1.q.nd quite interE.sting'J From:8apto Miller L,.Il~rr•:C:oT -35...:l~ p.c.• 89N.Y)" _ V'l e
-were. in . the battle· ·of the Rhineland and also Central Eur·o paro ~ am now
-at Ca~p Ph11liR Mor:ris~Fran--) e 11 ,,.F'.rom .Q..pl,Tony 1..9.n&..q_(Hq-10.thWeather -_~ q Ap
o.-•627NY)" ~ ·his find~ me, at Kumming,Chinn.- o. nd now that i tls over w111
•be. home · in 4 or 5 mon,~b. R . In Dec 7 May I was at Chcngtn a nd E;l a w many of
, th~ :·B2~s :take off~ on ~,b~ir -raids . against . J a.pan., I have ., be E. n doing a
lot ... of cam i.ra · work lat e J. y :, ., F;.-om" SpA3/-JBi. l l Me s smc- r(Navy 3964Bx8 . FPO
·• F _r;j.sco) "I ha.5. 8, W5s ks i:--: t E!1 f: J. V6 trainj n.g--:1n
. J.-·~m# ·1~·c~1.dE- ring it' I c .o,uld
g~t c~edit . a· n c l) e ge f o1 ~hi s wofk in t e achi ng swim~ ing.tu ~bling,
. boxi.ng et •~ .·~·:t 1. r u::.i~h me r e gi:.larly~ (You• 11 g s t a n ans we r f r om tne
offj_ce on t h } ~ 13:i.i.J • Se c r.if: ·,, .r ,at in fa.irncss J(JU fel}."®WS shot:11 get, con
-' stde.rat,:ion foi· tr ~.:'i. ni r,g uloLg 'your ·. chosr;n f~eld) , Erom: ~
:_.f.,Patnik
. _·(so~m47 5 5Bapt ist B.c .J.J_ B3.ldwin ivl a norPgb,?a) a 1 have le.arned that my se•_;. rvices to U::ic:1.E. ~ arnm y V'-'. lll so o n termiro. a t~-tl1 E. n 1 tq return to Physi.ca1.
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Education wu.cl;;:, c on-::: hi;, g. c _-: -~ ,1? e r ha ps you m:.ght · help me ~~ cmg the .se
linGs.. 1 sin•:!-. you k. '.1.ow o :t my na s.: cxp e:r:i.E-n.ce end work, and _your he.lp
will bt c-er t:.1in:;.y a.p pr- 6·~1. ,x, f.:L -,-.cl ;;.a :1 sui' G kc:pt :t' ollowing me '; ,. (Eddie:
·:.! ~ WE. thir.k we c a n pl a c e y ·nt--ci/lJ o7,hE..... s ~c ,-,a •~hLi.e, a.nc. P.E~ i .ns t 1·uctors
_are sor e ly n E- aded accocdtng- t a -ail I can fi~d-we feel you w~ll have
:q,o t _ro,ub:!.e-o.nd tid.s will l1lrely hold for about +,wo ·yea rs .. so ma ny a,:[
your 'prof e s s ion are in the tH.rvj,cea~ From; Gg,pt_Bo_b Reed(C -- 4th Tal:cnBn
4th i!larinesFpo .,ja,nFr 2.n) "I h a ve not seen my f nmily for · 3 years, P.Od
,. am anxiouq to . 5 E-t home. I sti-11 h .:1ve my original Tank;q9, but, sor:ry
·to SfJ.Y few of thE. originJ.l men ::..re left" .. From 'Pfc , Keith Ston~(l5Sth
,·. 'MCS Sta 2?13Apo21.2NY) 11 1-iUg ~th China ,.and VB has brought home the Thacl on againl Liat e n-Ive just spent my most pleasant half hour since he\z:ig in China.. ·1~ big 1 54 just droppcd. · in · here-Lo nnd b€hold 1 it was Qp.pn
Pete Sow.a·,':"~ was on .duty; hE- came ··back ·to our sho.ck-did ·we have .a S. • R .•
gab'fE.st uno. a''ba.tt.le bf the: ba.biea:.-t·he only ran.son why h~ · won w•af:i .
.l:Je.cp,use he had more pictureao :i\.nd I was as ···happy as ·a kid w'ith a new
drum .. 11 Good~t. From;Lt o.nd Mrs.Jim ·• Lytle(402 ir:ro Nevada,Urbana Ill)'~\1116
werE. in_ Denver , a..nd spent an e:vcning ·with Chuck Barnh::1.rt,G'oldie and th
eir litt;i.:~ boy, also ~l1t:'.3.nd Mrs.Bob Ramsey ·and . baby. Y/e 1 11 ·come in. a.
hurry _if Freq.. Lytle.. comes ho.me- from the s. Pacific". From:S/Sgt Lo.yal
Liken( l58Th11..t~CS Apo627NY) 11 11.ftE-r I c ought up with VB, l hew I nt mis&ed
.a copy, and ~-ince I expE.ct to be on my way home from China soon. I may
just drop in for thE. next copy~(Hope -you doll!). From: ~t.Bill Tallon
CPAJ.. F P~mpa,Tex)"Sorry I did 1 nt get up to s e E. you, but I w£fs home and
got- marr.i:ed. IJ'l e h:i.d a nice wedtlirig and Pat is here in Pampa with me
and we sur e like marri6d lifee,- .T.hings sure hnv.e changed;Bill Kearns &
I ere both mo."ttied now! 11 o li'rom l'.hm3[QJ 119K Swetek( USN Hosp Staff Portsm?u~.h.~ V~) "Just missE.d mE-eti'ng 'Ltjg Fred Darlin -was told he le;;ft
that _ morning for ,duty.,Now I ,am trying to get in touch with "Di,tty 11
Gr nh...1.m .• "f. sure .t1ope S.Ro gets back "on her fe.E.t;' for it sure must have
be;;E.n h2..rd s1E.dding 11 .. (The upturn ~s in sight,Jack-we had our annual
F.:iculty·dit.'ecepti.on-la.st Sat.night!;..:)ept 15th) and it was really ireat , .
, to s E- e ~o ma.ny new fhcE.a-we nll feel th~t the corner has definutely
~E-en turned.,) From Pvt, JJavid Sa.rcoM(Cannon Go.186Infi~po41SanFran) 11 I
:~xpect to be on my way home shortJ..y. Had letters from Lt· JJutkin ,who is
now?~ Okinaw0:,.~_rid from DiclcPerkins>who is on Lu&on. To do.te _ I h 1we
r .~ce1 ve.d every issue of . the VB whether alb. base camps, in fox holes, &
_._I ~-would likE- __to still gGt ·them" o.t 5000 Lytle St Pgh7 _Pa. (You'll get
·· 'tAem --you have b E.E.n on the · list f~om #1) .From~Sgt, Henry Whi te(SqT-5
, , ~63.t..11.FBnGeiG~r Fi eldSpokane 1 Wash) " Vle '.:l.r e in engine er ing work and we
. l..,Pr_q~a~ly _will be building air. f-ields all: over the world. ![larence idl ,k.~y is _here nnd W6 h ;:.vE. had .some wonderful times t a tking about old
' fri-ends and S.R. When do. you.-suf)pose we can have the BIG 1£.1.Q1'0RY REU. NIQN ? 11 (Cant quitre say- not. this fall though,as so many are still in
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co_py~ ... we.a.re revising our
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UQW. b...fil:l}g returned_ 1J:.§. tJt~ address b.,as,
jl!II ma1l1ng 11st ANJ? we want tc
, ·blian ch:mged,: o._nd 1t.§. have not been inf-JI see. that YOlJES is correct ..
orm·e d of, the change. PL~.'.iSE drop us a line VJITH El.CH CHi-1.NGE OF iillDREs _s ":o., ... ~f'I.-ND also, 1 i _
ke1L.;;r? 01:e ~inform us whenyo~ ex12 ec'{,:1:.9..._Fe di,_~hl arge~--andi~O_UR lillMJl::.&Q,P.RESS! _Of ~ourse we hope you can dro:p in to.
11 see, us o~ . thE. c.c:.rnpus -whe.n yo-u 2..rr1v6 home ••• the college anxiously 1s
:1 awai.ti:n g y'our callt.U!H . And so, .this winds up #45ir.,~45 straight (1101 nt,!,1. of· .he-11-.- -how ca.n ~~. ·thank yot:1 for bringing us V I C T O R y ·r;:.?_??
::fre _all c~:1.nged now.-•• bett.er days are ahead Tor a.11 of us., 13'e. ·
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Over we race to South Hall,enter by the rear door, \ -= \ -_
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thence to t ~e front--students join up-r..we all try to~ ·
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get to 2nd floor--the door was lockedt The custodian is found--he ~ '\..
fumbles with his keys--the · last · one does the trick. Then the door to
the1.b ell rope room is found to be locked--more students join up--( Would
he never find the right key?)--AT LAST·\! · Then we"let ·g o" on the old
rope, and ·at ~98$. ~ the moment had come:.--~ YJCI~-Y: !2AL 1!J.A_S RINGlNGt! ! ~ ! ! ! l l ..... •
• ... DING DONG l (Peace at last!
DING DONG !(No
irio:re to be ldlledU!!l) DING DONGt (They"1 re coming home!!l) · DING
DONG .t (The :price -we've paid~\!) DING DONGL (The ones we'll miss. ) .
DI NG DONG1 (No more to be wounded!) .OIN§- DONG ~ (The Victory homa~ .
comingt 1) DING · DOi-JG! (~ ·Great days ahead t ~) DING DONG! ( More butter and meatt ) ·· DUTG DONGt (College o.s 1.t. vast) DING DONG! (They, 1 11. ·
sta:,~t coming b&ck~ t) . DING DONG! -( The baby contest O DI NG DONG L.
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(-.We'll really l:i.'v:e again~l) DING DONG!.
DONG,
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DONGeH••
The VICTORY BELL woke many from sleep:they flew to their windows~ people flocked out on the street; a young mother, her husband in
the S. Pacific, hu gged h~r baby-rained kisses on itG Girls in the e;oo_
,class wept openly and unashamed. Tears of gladness and tears of ·s ad-:ne-:,
Ss, vyere shed on this old campus; -one student rushed to his room,, stu~
ffeJ his suitcase, caught a w¾_ting bus for Erie., e o .on every face .was
a:n aNxious smile .... an o],.d lady in a window praying over the pict'ure <;>f
her g randson ••• a man sweeping his front steps-with tears in his eyes.~
... a little girl scampering aqross the street to post a hurried letter ·
\ ~; •• telephones jing ling •••• people crwwding ' ibout their radios ••••• ~ ·
man washing down a store window on Main ~treet keeps right on with hls
w-ork, never batting an eye •• ofinally turns to a passerby with "Hey, now
,;vha:t.' s th' hell's go t ten into that goddam bell ?u And that\s how VICTORY
cama to Slippery Rock, . Penn$ylvahia.
And for your record and
information, the ones who pulled the rope · vvere:§.ylYl_a J e ~ Dale 1 47,
G.len. Ew<0r 1 46, Dick Barkley 1 46 , , Ho ward C. Smith 1 46, Dan Boni tsky 1 48 .'
Prof. V'lm, Storer 130-,a nd yours truly t 11..
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-How sweett, But to us, YOU who seived here at home or overseas, YOU
were OUR Army, YOU were 01J!i Navy, OUR Aviators, OUR Marines, OUR Wacs
, OUR \"faves, Q]B rted Cross Work e rs, OUR Everything!!!~ 1 ! t ~ ~ It was YOU
who now hold t ,his humble scrap of. pa:per before you that we HONOR •••• ,
••• it was YOU ·who brought us V ·r CT ORY 1!!11l!!t You have sacrif .iced precious years, precious months, you have given your u~inost .eneriies,
untold sµffering,
suffered wounds, undergone hospitalizatjon,
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Aye and· some of our number have given their very lives •••
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•!o-•••~an t say any more ••• we never will know how to thank you.~••••·
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We have . all seen history in the very making;the systematic and
gradual'pulve~izing of the.enemy-~itj the air, a..h sea, on land his industries an~ cities blotted out, _the colossal energies of the cosmic
~tomic bomb(Let•s . hope that no more of them ever need be dropped!!.t ), ·
the .' en~rance of Ru3s _i a ••• the final suing f~or peace, the formal signing
an9- th~ occupation.. What an tlatom.1¢ ., ache t Jap_a n must have, thus losing fac .e a~ well as, world : pres.tige! ! ! . The world will look back a full
th?usa~d ye~rs . to 'tb E~e . days, a billion . words will be written about
~his VICT<?RY,. plays_ will be epacted, moviep made, poems will be written ~ art will be produced, AND, th.anks · to YOU, it will be the turning
point in the lives of almost every one .of us. Better days lie ahead,
. _•• be of good che er !U!qll!!l
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ON TH_}} CAh1PUS--co·1 1ege has started with ·a larger enrollment •• a ,new
Fres4man· c~ass of 120,. a pre-training c.lass of" . 55 nurses for the B>utler · ~emortal · Hos p ital, - making a total of about 325 enrolled, so on~e
.a _g ain the f,ta l ls of the , o],d college ring· with- merry laughterl ~ t t ~a_t.a,l
Reardon and .~ack . .Piml.aE are ·.en~. ol led--and many more of you wi 11 comae
wh~n you are oµt--:A:t'{D; . sit-we you WGre ·taken into the service at ANY
t 'ime., we hppe y'o'u can . come.and register ·ANY -TIME lll Coach will have
VICTORY!!U.How sweet- We 1 ll · r;e~lly live! Tutn the page!
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45 S.T.College at Slippery Rock, Pa.•
a. football squad-hopes to play games. Mrs.DuBard is here again after. a
long il'lness; J)r.Victent has returned~ no new faces on the faculty but
plenty amon~ the student body~! VISITING on the CAMPUS: Pvt .Homer Q.hristy,_ Jimmie ·1~sh, David Frazier,who now is Prin,of a school in
Harmony ,Pa, 9PI· Dale .j-SU§~r, ~ay_§,pn McCandless,, Qpl • John Menoher , ,
ARM2/.9_Ted HQ&S, ~t.Tom Carey, Ltjg _1.~ayne Stoyer,wife,three childr.en.
AND now for that OLD HAIL BAG, with short excerpts .from great letters: now that censorship is off we give full addresses.: FROM Cox.Jack
Flora( USAoFS-153F,PO,Navy~20SanFr~n)" I ?1,m now aboard a Freight Supply
Ship,Coast Guard ~anned and operated-no more dealing with the enem~i
Likely wont see any of the fellows since I an in New Guinea.Hold that
big celebration off until~ ill get back". FR0M;Ens Ray Ashcom(Under
•WaterDemol.. Teami¥24 FPO SanFran) •~In Oceanside I tried for 6 hours to
contact Rick Sprowls and Frank Dennis -no soap! 1 \~e are heading_ west &
there is lots of work to be done-so I'll be here for some time". F.R0M
.,Pfc.Dick Perkins(CoC 339 Eng ConstBnAPO70 SanFran~~Iam still on Luzon
and have moved all over this island since I last wrote.My company was
in the final push for this place. I sure hope I can soon get home and
finish college. 11 • FROM Lt.Jim E. Q:all_a~(l2th Weather Sq AP0650 NY)
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It sure took the spirit out of me to hear of \'Ken' Miller and 11 LewMc.Elroy being killed. I am now in Rome, and have become a culture vulture~
I expect soon to go to Athens and Cairo, to Bengasi and to Tripoli~.
From:Qpl Bill Schmi_gt(3502AAF SqB Rantoul,Ill) " From Stout Filed I was
sent to Goldsboro, Patterson Field, South Bend,then here to Chanut~
Field, whBre I am no\'l an instructor in weather observers course. I. haQ
ve had f'ine talks with Lt."'im .. Ly~ who has been here for some tim.e".
FROM:~ jg Daun Nesbit(USS Pegasus IX222 FPO SanFran)irBoy what ~ ,thrill to get one of your VBs away out here in the Philippines. GeooKl,i~
a~d I met at the 0 i ficers Club at Ulithi Atoll-he spent a day abo~rd &
read my :file of VBs..Its hot here but cool at night"~ FR0M:S2/c Ral 1 }Lq.
Weayer(NT 80D 3amson0ft1fl498-Shoemaker,Calif)" I sure hope that VB.. will
still be pt:.blished as I will be in the Navy for months to come.II FB0M::
Pfc.Ken Ne~.so.1(CoB 275 Inf 70DivAP0461-NY)"I am now about 20 miles from
Frankfurt . Gut of our battalion I was appointed to attend the Uniwersity Cent€:-" 'J:'he course is 8 weeks long, and if I complete it will get
9 college c~ e~its, and some of the courses are the ones I need at S.R.
when I ret,ui·a ~•·., _A.)DRESSES:L_tJg Jonn JOY( U3S RobtM.Emery AK84 FPO.WY~,,,
2nd L,!,__C_a.~_L;•:., • . G~.illl9:..m(Btry A, 628 RocketF.A.BnFt Sill Okla), Lt jg
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Ray Hayu~f~t-CTo Flot ill a Staff 42FP0 SanFran), Lt jg Fred 1=,yt le(S0MSUB?. AC- . . ,. .
ADC0MD %Frl.' !~ :i:iFran)ARC Sara Landon ( 26th Gen Hosp APO 1004 San Fraa.n),
Lt \"/ infi~d ~•:."-. esterfbohl04th rlegCa.mp Rucker,Al~1.Lt John E.:. D~_v is lNrav
Air Sta Alame~a Calif), Cpl ~g~_Co~her(Hq 404 FAfjn APO 403N.Y)i 2 t 1-,t
Dal,e E. Liken~546SigBase Depot CoAP0 513 N.Y),Sns J~ ,, J.!..-Barll§.§_{ss B1.ack
Yates FPO N.Y~~- L.:tJLI1.La,Q.<¼..l who also visited here wi.th his wife,baby,,
(GAAF Greenville, lm.ss)" f.;:9-m~ Lt E.M"Branw_r( 173 LiaisonSq AP069~NY)
From Manhe:im)G0rmany, we mo ve d to Bonn, to Fulda~Ma:c sa..ille, France, &
then we got orders and I; 11 be home in September. 11 From Pfc. I,ta;b Buxton( GenDe1Camp Leg.eune N~C) 11 At Quantico Va I ran into that ."Old Angl~ ,. ·
Ft~l1!S. p~nnis-and I hope he is getting acquainted with thos€ western
trout. ~oon fall will ,be here and I wonder if there will be~ football '
team. If you could get Hilde-b rand back you would have a line and ~ Egton could make up the backfield-pf course we would need Fitzgibbo9a
to carry the water o.nd myself to . hold · down the bench".. From ::Capt. D1c)s.
Hammerle(553 iu'\.1
. -\. :... w Bz:i APO 758 N.Y.) "I am now at . .:Erbach, Germany,and
have been here for a month.·I am certainly looking forward to the Big
Victory Homecoming" .. Fromi: Sgt J •.v .Clark( soon at 573 Eden Park McKees
port,Pa) "~ill try ~nd give ydd my whereabodts as we move !along-will be
on my way home very soon-Ive started a new life in a new world". From~
Ens John D.__ Brooks(USS W,INSTON 1~KA94,FP0 SanFrc.n) 11 This is the day that· ' . ... ..
so many people h :i.ve waited for · so many years ..;,;., and thought it would
never come •. A.v.e.r ·sine .:; ·last Ftiday ,when the Japs gave their first indication that they were throusn we have had our ears to the radio. Last
night when I was sitting here writing all hell seemed to have let go,so
I ste pped out on deck and every one was sh6uting and yelling.Soon the
beams of every ship in the harbor played against th~ sky, sirens and
whistl€s blew, bells clanged, bursting rockets lit up the sky, and flares glowed.It was one of the most beautiful sights I ever saw-no Fourth
-Of-July celebr·ation could E.ver match it 11 • P"rom:. Sgt Don R. Fusco.(Hq
l.4th QM TrgBn,Camp LeeVa) 11 ·This is ~ug 9th nnd big news in in the a.irit could mean the end of my career in the armyL L-et's hope it happens
within the next few hours-I've been in service 4 years! I met Clp.Jas.
~],a.ss who p~a.yed on the foo!,bo.11· team in 1937:..41 11 • , From:~Sgt '"Jahn
w. Conway(Med, .Det 893rd AAA i~w.dn APO 638 NY)"ill.l Elder and I were transferred i~to this outfit which is supposed to leave Germa~y within the
next few wee.ks-we hope to get home soon"..
From: tt. Joe Bonefest.e ( Cas..
P.0An.P.E. jilmington Calif) "My trip to the Philippines and to Manilla w3s interesting. I always kept a lookout for S.R. fellows but so far
PL.&~.3E- kE. e p sending !_n Y.Ollr lat est 1~ 1JDRli'SS- Uany are on the move!
Page 3. VB#45 --45th straight month-circulation about 650 •.
no such luck.My trip vrns most interesting and It looks as if civilian
days r;iight be in sight". From :S_g\_Y!.9-_rren Brandon(CoD-341. Inf.hpo450
Camp Uruber Okla) "We are now in 8 weeks of trainins before going to
the Pacific. My furlough could not h:::.ve bE.en batter and I surely did
enjoy my visits to the campus". From :.Capt John Hartmo._p(Sq :~ L339Bn
1~po 211 NY) "The news as it reache.s me ov€r here in China sure is very
good-soon we shall have that Victory ., Homecoming. If any body ever gets
around Kumming loolc me up". From-1T/Sgt G.A.Buzas(CoC 123 OrdMtBn 1st
.n.rmd JJiv .h.po251MY) "At pres€nt we are located 12 miles south of Franlcfort ,derm_g.n:v, in a. town called Raunshein. 11 From:, Lt.Lew Hamelly (Hq
59th A.Ii.CS Gr A.po 980 Seattle,Wash) 11 Mighty sorry about the two who
lost their"'liv€s-Lew McElroy practically lived with Ken Bunny and me.
With the VB asd a few telephone calls I located Lt.Johnny Erich who
is also here in the 1~1eutians-did we have a bull session-it was fine
to run into himl. I just came bnck from one of my trips-was near t.he
outskirts of Russia" ..From Cpl Jalce E-lliott(l06 M.PaPlat Apo443 N •. Y)
11 1
:Je are now at Karlsruhe,Germany, and am now awaiting shippin-s space.
so you may see mE. soon-will be over to see you when I get home".l'(Jill.
be looking for you1) From:Capt Pete Sowa(l346 Bu SqB Apo433NY)"In.1944 the German war mo.chine was within 30 miles of Naples--complete).y
wiped out two American air bases-not a B-25 took off. With many otherm
who had been training pilots we started across the long South Atlant~
route in ut;>most secrecy to Italy. Of the first group of 25 B-25s that
mo.de it, 5 never got there--the re.st of us W€re feturn6d to US,1. with~
in 30 hours. In two days time 25 more crews were enroute to Italy~
Those two times were my first vie.w of the _black smear that threatened
our way of life. I a.m now at Teygoon .air 0 ase, D3cca, Bengal India ".
G:.ood letterU From: P.f.g_J_ayFn Brown(CoA 6Th Plat SA1.'V-Apo74 SanFran) .
Those Vtts always leave me in a pleasant r eminhH) J nt mood, and I want
to return just as soon as I can to the campus•·" :i!'!"om:Ltjg..\.E.(Gene.)
Barlett(USS LST 118 FpoSanFran)" ... s I was on transit (heading to P~arl
Harbor) I missed sever al VF!s-we are st il 1, u.S I write this( .11.ug 16tln),
still under way". From~: §_g_t. Wayne Goss .(CoB 73~ Takn Gni~po403NY) 11 I
am now(llug 9th) situated in Rokycany,9 miles from Pilsen in Chech.As
the war ended 1 we were 34 miles from Berlin at the only bridgehead across the Elbe. \'Jith three years of service and 4 bronze campaign stam
I can only muster 70 pointa. If I dorlt get back soon to finish my
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have forgotten all I ever learned. The death of \I Lew1) Mc~lroy was a shock~ as he and I roomed toge.ther all the time we were
at S.R. except for 9 wee.ks when I was doing my practice teaching · 1n.
New Castle. We likely had as much fun as any fe.llows who ever we~t to
college. '.-Ji th this letter I nm sending you a rough II log" of my wa.r
exp er i enc e m.onth by month. 11 l~ND it m.s very int eresy.ing ! U You 1 1.1
ehjoy your own copy ~11 your life •••• wonder if all of you would no~
profit by mo.king oqt a schedute .QJ. YQ_ur movements-events-a£.Q..Q.!!!plishm.~ 11ts-peo_ple Y-QJJ'vc .met- etc. 1 etc111!L From:Mau__i[.f\ne Hall(i~.R.C.Sis.. s··onne Sub }.reo. Hdq 1\po952NY) "I am nov1 near Rheims ,France( July3} and
we are-meeting trains and convoys coming into camp. Two very joyous .
' occasions were: 11 sce.ing off" the 87th and 30th Divisiona-o.nd those felr
lows w~re renlly happ~ for they were homeward bound-it was the "grave:
eyard shift"( 12 to 6a.m.) and a right occasiorul ~ach time111-. From; L,.t.
jg ~ Darlin(i.mp Tr Base Cci>ronado ,.::ian.Jiego 55 Calif) ".rtfter Sept. 5th
I 1 11 likely be at Treasure Island, and ,,after Uct 16th like.ly aboa,rd
the USS.HempsteadJ~P1~241 Fpo 5anFran." brom: Cpl_Sam Bowers.: 11 By the
time this re~ches you I will likely be~on my way ho~e. have. been with
the 5th Hrtrid-.iJiv band ,~po 255 HpolJY. 11 From Lt Mary .t!,lizabeth Jackson
(BTC ,.NC Clas·s . 52 Fort 0evens Mass) "My orders were received just ,two
days, after the vrnr was ended, so I am new at this game.I am a Phy.sical Therapist ih the iv1 edics, nnd right now I am taking basic training.
I ran into Lt- ,.nn Sowa in Englcnd Gen Hosp, J.tlantic City nj." F.rom:
Lt jg John o. Williams.( now at home n.pt 14a 304-1i 75th &t Nyc23NY)
"Likely the most interesting place I visited was the island atall To~
g~ Tabu, a pictur~sque Hol~ywood version of a tropical isle.Several of
the n~tive girls invited u? · to the Queerls pnlace( like or akin to any
woode.i:1 house iz:i a rural section of Pa, having 12 rooms. We sat on clean grass mats, flowers and beads were put :i.bout our necks, ::md the gir-s
· 1s pla.yed guit.P.rs and sang while we ate pineatJples :1.nd chicke.n, s.heelt
b~nanas, and limss. hll this fruit grows in profusion there. When a
man becomes gnown he is given a plot of groun~ upon which he er:ects
a grass hut·, selects ·a wife who does all the work and he sits out on
a grass mat all dc..y . ~ong 11 .{The life of Riley I 1 d call it! How do you
get there ?) From: Pv~-Nec.l Shira(Rml05 .Jep't of Patients,England Gen
Hosp 1~tlantic C)"I have finished my operations and am now awaiting discharge-. · I met Jil1!!!!Y. Cox• s sister . clown here lilY~her e is Jack Offutt ?.11
(-In,.nnswer-address S/sgt John Offutt( ll06Ai1.F Sqi~ Car Divi~Tc Apo845
Miami Fia). From;S1/cr__Rose Jagatich(Waves BarRecStaNYardWash25Dc) "I
had dinner some time ago with Loui~'? __"JJl_,_;rnn and F!_o.repce_.§.q_lobay ond
L.Duff ord-nll looked happy and we 11" .From Mr. Bill Temple( 741 West End
,1.ve.11.ptlcNewYork25NY} "~7itg my 162 points Uncle Sammy figured that . he
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did not want me furtheriso 1 1 m here givi~g the . theater a whi:1.I_expec;t to open in · a · new Broadway •show • like·ly in September. My wife is
:now one of the rloxy·ettss(precision dancers · in Radio . City)..will open in
. · a ne.w iviusicaih. Comedy in Sept 11 .. From .Ehs. 1ll..£1<._!l.QP.~...§(USS Monterey Fpo
.. San.Fran)".After :le.aving>it took me 32 days to re a c_h my ship. · Q1=1-art~rs
.and food ~r _e excellent, a n d my work,. aris.ing a t 3~45,,,iijcommunicationa
· : 1.q.nd quite interE.sting'J From:8apto Miller L,.Il~rr•:C:oT -35...:l~ p.c.• 89N.Y)" _ V'l e
-were. in . the battle· ·of the Rhineland and also Central Eur·o paro ~ am now
-at Ca~p Ph11liR Mor:ris~Fran--) e 11 ,,.F'.rom .Q..pl,Tony 1..9.n&..q_(Hq-10.thWeather -_~ q Ap
o.-•627NY)" ~ ·his find~ me, at Kumming,Chinn.- o. nd now that i tls over w111
•be. home · in 4 or 5 mon,~b. R . In Dec 7 May I was at Chcngtn a nd E;l a w many of
, th~ :·B2~s :take off~ on ~,b~ir -raids . against . J a.pan., I have ., be E. n doing a
lot ... of cam i.ra · work lat e J. y :, ., F;.-om" SpA3/-JBi. l l Me s smc- r(Navy 3964Bx8 . FPO
·• F _r;j.sco) "I ha.5. 8, W5s ks i:--: t E!1 f: J. V6 trainj n.g--:1n
. J.-·~m# ·1~·c~1.dE- ring it' I c .o,uld
g~t c~edit . a· n c l) e ge f o1 ~hi s wofk in t e achi ng swim~ ing.tu ~bling,
. boxi.ng et •~ .·~·:t 1. r u::.i~h me r e gi:.larly~ (You• 11 g s t a n ans we r f r om tne
offj_ce on t h } ~ 13:i.i.J • Se c r.if: ·,, .r ,at in fa.irncss J(JU fel}."®WS shot:11 get, con
-' stde.rat,:ion foi· tr ~.:'i. ni r,g uloLg 'your ·. chosr;n f~eld) , Erom: ~
:_.f.,Patnik
. _·(so~m47 5 5Bapt ist B.c .J.J_ B3.ldwin ivl a norPgb,?a) a 1 have le.arned that my se•_;. rvices to U::ic:1.E. ~ arnm y V'-'. lll so o n termiro. a t~-tl1 E. n 1 tq return to Physi.ca1.
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Education wu.cl;;:, c on-::: hi;, g. c _-: -~ ,1? e r ha ps you m:.ght · help me ~~ cmg the .se
linGs.. 1 sin•:!-. you k. '.1.ow o :t my na s.: cxp e:r:i.E-n.ce end work, and _your he.lp
will bt c-er t:.1in:;.y a.p pr- 6·~1. ,x, f.:L -,-.cl ;;.a :1 sui' G kc:pt :t' ollowing me '; ,. (Eddie:
·:.! ~ WE. thir.k we c a n pl a c e y ·nt--ci/lJ o7,hE..... s ~c ,-,a •~hLi.e, a.nc. P.E~ i .ns t 1·uctors
_are sor e ly n E- aded accocdtng- t a -ail I can fi~d-we feel you w~ll have
:q,o t _ro,ub:!.e-o.nd tid.s will l1lrely hold for about +,wo ·yea rs .. so ma ny a,:[
your 'prof e s s ion are in the tH.rvj,cea~ From; Gg,pt_Bo_b Reed(C -- 4th Tal:cnBn
4th i!larinesFpo .,ja,nFr 2.n) "I h a ve not seen my f nmily for · 3 years, P.Od
,. am anxiouq to . 5 E-t home. I sti-11 h .:1ve my original Tank;q9, but, sor:ry
·to SfJ.Y few of thE. originJ.l men ::..re left" .. From 'Pfc , Keith Ston~(l5Sth
,·. 'MCS Sta 2?13Apo21.2NY) 11 1-iUg ~th China ,.and VB has brought home the Thacl on againl Liat e n-Ive just spent my most pleasant half hour since he\z:ig in China.. ·1~ big 1 54 just droppcd. · in · here-Lo nnd b€hold 1 it was Qp.pn
Pete Sow.a·,':"~ was on .duty; hE- came ··back ·to our sho.ck-did ·we have .a S. • R .•
gab'fE.st uno. a''ba.tt.le bf the: ba.biea:.-t·he only ran.son why h~ · won w•af:i .
.l:Je.cp,use he had more pictureao :i\.nd I was as ···happy as ·a kid w'ith a new
drum .. 11 Good~t. From;Lt o.nd Mrs.Jim ·• Lytle(402 ir:ro Nevada,Urbana Ill)'~\1116
werE. in_ Denver , a..nd spent an e:vcning ·with Chuck Barnh::1.rt,G'oldie and th
eir litt;i.:~ boy, also ~l1t:'.3.nd Mrs.Bob Ramsey ·and . baby. Y/e 1 11 ·come in. a.
hurry _if Freq.. Lytle.. comes ho.me- from the s. Pacific". From:S/Sgt Lo.yal
Liken( l58Th11..t~CS Apo627NY) 11 11.ftE-r I c ought up with VB, l hew I nt mis&ed
.a copy, and ~-ince I expE.ct to be on my way home from China soon. I may
just drop in for thE. next copy~(Hope -you doll!). From: ~t.Bill Tallon
CPAJ.. F P~mpa,Tex)"Sorry I did 1 nt get up to s e E. you, but I w£fs home and
got- marr.i:ed. IJ'l e h:i.d a nice wedtlirig and Pat is here in Pampa with me
and we sur e like marri6d lifee,- .T.hings sure hnv.e changed;Bill Kearns &
I ere both mo."ttied now! 11 o li'rom l'.hm3[QJ 119K Swetek( USN Hosp Staff Portsm?u~.h.~ V~) "Just missE.d mE-eti'ng 'Ltjg Fred Darlin -was told he le;;ft
that _ morning for ,duty.,Now I ,am trying to get in touch with "Di,tty 11
Gr nh...1.m .• "f. sure .t1ope S.Ro gets back "on her fe.E.t;' for it sure must have
be;;E.n h2..rd s1E.dding 11 .. (The upturn ~s in sight,Jack-we had our annual
F.:iculty·dit.'ecepti.on-la.st Sat.night!;..:)ept 15th) and it was really ireat , .
, to s E- e ~o ma.ny new fhcE.a-we nll feel th~t the corner has definutely
~E-en turned.,) From Pvt, JJavid Sa.rcoM(Cannon Go.186Infi~po41SanFran) 11 I
:~xpect to be on my way home shortJ..y. Had letters from Lt· JJutkin ,who is
now?~ Okinaw0:,.~_rid from DiclcPerkins>who is on Lu&on. To do.te _ I h 1we
r .~ce1 ve.d every issue of . the VB whether alb. base camps, in fox holes, &
_._I ~-would likE- __to still gGt ·them" o.t 5000 Lytle St Pgh7 _Pa. (You'll get
·· 'tAem --you have b E.E.n on the · list f~om #1) .From~Sgt, Henry Whi te(SqT-5
, , ~63.t..11.FBnGeiG~r Fi eldSpokane 1 Wash) " Vle '.:l.r e in engine er ing work and we
. l..,Pr_q~a~ly _will be building air. f-ields all: over the world. ![larence idl ,k.~y is _here nnd W6 h ;:.vE. had .some wonderful times t a tking about old
' fri-ends and S.R. When do. you.-suf)pose we can have the BIG 1£.1.Q1'0RY REU. NIQN ? 11 (Cant quitre say- not. this fall though,as so many are still in
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soon as you re~e3;-ve this
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co_py~ ... we.a.re revising our
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UQW. b...fil:l}g returned_ 1J:.§. tJt~ address b.,as,
jl!II ma1l1ng 11st ANJ? we want tc
, ·blian ch:mged,: o._nd 1t.§. have not been inf-JI see. that YOlJES is correct ..
orm·e d of, the change. PL~.'.iSE drop us a line VJITH El.CH CHi-1.NGE OF iillDREs _s ":o., ... ~f'I.-ND also, 1 i _
ke1L.;;r? 01:e ~inform us whenyo~ ex12 ec'{,:1:.9..._Fe di,_~hl arge~--andi~O_UR lillMJl::.&Q,P.RESS! _Of ~ourse we hope you can dro:p in to.
11 see, us o~ . thE. c.c:.rnpus -whe.n yo-u 2..rr1v6 home ••• the college anxiously 1s
:1 awai.ti:n g y'our callt.U!H . And so, .this winds up #45ir.,~45 straight (1101 nt,!,1. of· .he-11-.- -how ca.n ~~. ·thank yot:1 for bringing us V I C T O R y ·r;:.?_??
::fre _all c~:1.nged now.-•• bett.er days are ahead Tor a.11 of us., 13'e. ·
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?f. mighty good cheer, •.. J\. firm hand- cla.sp from a friend. ~fi".'M)t~
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