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:0 611s for Mary E. Eby of Ne wp ort Pa and. SjSg_t John O• .h.aufmann -Dont let
him g et away Bride Mary--he c an run like the dickens;11 CONGRATULATIONS
t o them and also Bob Herz.berger, and Virginia Westlake recently marria.d also. - Game t h e unusua I--Bob V-a rnum -a nd h i s wi.fe(Be_t ty I::.es-l i e; a. t - t n e
same tim e enlisted in the Navy-he as Ensign-Deck0fficer to be., and she:
wi t h the ''Ripple!;j\--first couple to be ~o enrolled in Pgh office. Came
s ome news..-- a little envelope from *.~cke e sport\on June 22-announcing "
Bame a big b aby boy 7-lbl2-o~ to Mr anci Mrs Lt .~ensley Iviiller--opened
the Pgh paper--there st a ring me in the fac e: was a picture of Kensley Sr
-BAG-GED A MESSERSCHMIT'Itl~ ~ His §lquadron of Mosquitoes bagged 15 in the
battle of Pantalleria and pa:2a R'.ensley is credited with on.e t t t t Nice:
gp ing papa Kensley--a boy and a' Messers_chmi tt on the same day--which
g ave you the great e r thril].? May you g,e t many many mor,e. Messerschmitt s:
an d -----~--~- ~--. To the Campus came: Ton~ Longo headed for the Wea-_.
the r St ation at Maxton Field Air Base, N. Cicome again Tony. Lieut C .E.
GJ£J.dd- sorry to h ave missed you Clo.ire-stop in a gain. Came Lieut Archi e
Dodds now Athl e tic Officer of 4th Naval District(Phila) -Enjoyed the
chc,t ov e: r th e many coll ege men now enrolled-and his unusual and var.i ed
expe ri ences t h a t ought to e nrich him for his job as He ad H.E. when he,
re turns • Ca m_e Bill Held _after being hospi t ~ liz e d at Knox College and
now on the mend-soon bound for Texas •• a nd the wide open places. Ca meLt
K irt ze ll from ·washington now bound. for Washinton state and with him. hi ::
wi f e Eleanor. Cam e p l c.nting ti me and Drs Nichols and Waldron carefull y pr epared the ground, p l anted mnng littl e seeds--came a boy with a
harr ow.- - mixed em u.1 1 up--succ ot a sh. Came word that Lt Paul T. Butler
·1vas again on the loo.s - - Pa ul ct on..t y ou ever stay p ut..' Af t e r co mpl.eting
a cours e in ths Sp e ci a l Services Schools a t Wash and Lee,Lexington. Va
he fle w back to his base camp Palm Spring s Cal. Do you
remember him?-Tha.t t a ll p leasant !li ght haired broo.d shouldered lnd with the p l easant s mile? Often he rode a. motorcyc:.le from down Portersville way parked it back of Main Bldg ---I - s p eak of Howard. G.• Sipe:.
On th e 4th of June Ho ward died in Africa. To his pa rents came no deta i ls,--just the notice.. To a fri end came (lo.t er) a l e tter from Howo.rd wr i t t e n the s ame day he died--leads us to think it must have been in an
a ccident •. So on we hop e to kn ow .
Liv.e forever Howard Sipa--Ln the: e.at ·
eem o.nd re gard of your fellow students, your friends and your pa- ·
r e ntsl!As a man you lived,, as a man you died. for what you ho1.d to b'.e
ri ght-.,.-Li berty, Just ice, Fr e e Speech,, Fr e e Assem1bly,, Freedami from
WD.nt--Freedom from Fe.nro Though you be buried in far off Afric:.a, you
a re not a lone--others of your nntLve country are buried near you c.nd
hove ring over your grave Howard Si:pa iso o.n aurora of deep asteem--it
r ema ins th e re tod o.y a.nd tomorrow, i.ts light will never &o out.. Live
~or ever Howard Sipa in the hec.rt of your A1m~ Mo.t en. ~
And now a s spo.ce. will allow, , some exc erpts from recent l .etters. :
FROM Lt W. A.HINDS (North Afriaa) "After spending 3 months in England I
wc:. s sent down here. It would have been c. pleo.sure to have served a.11
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e ti me in="Eng1a. n w iere r - fno. demnn..y ri en a:;.1::.nc1.- r - nope -cr--- ga""t 1:m~
c..k to see th em one day •. Right .now I have a ba.s.e ba.11 team c.a.l led the BBc
( bec a use they' re not b.itg__ shots, I suppose Bill) SomE. of them have p].o.ys emi- p ro and in a.ollege - we dont get much pr o.ctice . I have m~t Art Amm01
Lt and Mrs Ho.rtz.ell, and ._!?_ill Manke since joining up" Good Letter Bill.
-CQome again . From A/S Keith Stoner II I am here at Witten.b erg College
Springfield Ohio, and Jimmy Weaver, Bert Wo.gneF~ and Mark Wayne a.r~ all
her e too." Keith check up ru.1.d S:ee if all those fellows o.re getting , VB
ri ght a long plee.se. Csp J _a ck OBRIEN "Most of the Ch~e:f Specialists. I
work with are from 11 s0 c.a.lled" big _time collegea and they c.re deprived
of a paper like VB-do they regret it.! My wife a.nd l pften wo.lk e:.round
the Harv a rd Campus c.nd I try o.nd impress her with bi g words I pick$d
up in your art clc. sm-I TRY t.o impressi1Jmer 1 I wish I could come bl!1.cr-k
to wisit S.R. this June---S.Ut permits nre few and far between. I am1 ,,-ihat
you might call a " dry lnnd sailor" but who am I to dictate tOl the Navy
y 111 Good luck CPO ~ ac.k. Fro.m Lt and Mrs Bob Shannon( 332].FColoradoSt. Pa.s..
o.. d ena Ca..l) 11 · Bess:te(Barnhnrt) o.nd I were married here in Pasadena . June
12th using the double ring ceremony-so were b.oth out of circu].o.tio:a 11
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Wt: Rt e rmnn.i-he is a. Sa.rgJH1nt ··here a:t Snntn Ani t im-It sure wa.S:i s,wall t:o
:<--F"f:,n a.fte r c.·. number of yaa.rse.-F1~iend~1 mo.de at S.R. a.r.e not, aa.s.ily
:w·r,ct ton. . Things en thP- Wes:. Coast a.:..~e · qu.ist, ,b:.ut, NOT ASLEEP '" Long lLiv.,~
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1s chughter"~, · F::--0:11111 I_;J; Ha.rry_'~eggs11 Sa.hrd. dt II My tha.u_·Y,,;-: :J f · (:::-·: t, o 0.ri :~t b ,'.:'.Ck :0 ~0,_v•.001 iit SuRc:. more t h2.n eve1.---but its good
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, · ; hem s we:LL t P"."om · Q_pl j' immy lana s ( 14th Sta CompSqSP-~acksonvi l~e Ela)
c.m inc lo 3ing a pi0:ture from the newspaper how I J_:_o olted as"Boria Kar
·--~ (f 11 idArsenic and ; Old LacJt-we had quite a time with this., show-.in Bat,1 Rp.u g_
e -now I have done several shows here, and have more coming up.
:- 'l ows are n·eeded on this side · and also badly needed on the other--ihat
,11i.ere I hope ·t;o land ..Tell . all my f r iends · that just as soon as this damne d mess is over and won well all meet at the coll.ege and have SUCH a
celebration- For e_vsry show I . do in N. Y. Ill see _to it that they al~ have sea ts front and center and that goes for you too." For a darn fine
letter tha.nkml l- An-:cl - how we would- like- to d o_p__ in on _one ,o.f your great
vvh i te way· pr ocftucti ons 1 i From Jo Banicha:r;( Bx2618Christobal ,,CanalZone) "No
ma leria; no aches, no pain.s..-still have my hair;;.in short, Im fine-:t tanned, I like Panama ,_· interesting, I plan to stay here until the war is
0,ver _then add l\'Irs. to my name and head for NewHampshiX:e or Ver. I plan
to wisi t S . Amer. next suri1mer-any sugge stions ? 11 -Yes-dont start. a revolution11J:Q:J-. From Lt Loyal M.• Liken II Im the adjutant here at the Munici:l)al
Air. Port at A1.bany N..Y~ where we train transport pilots"From Cpl J ti.mes
W.Corne li.us{ CoB-3301.stASTU,Blacksburg, Va)'" When that first brown enve.!op-'-8 rrivecr my 1}'ur-ros1-cy- m,a~sl{yniglr-'I- trnrught ' ' ~ er -rurlouglrt-l~ assure you my appreciation arose higher than my curiosity to hear ell
about the fellows , ·where they , were o.nd what doing.Im studying Mech_ Eng
here-I've had vartb .a us experi 'e nces in the army--visi tedHollywood, . St Aue
Fla, and took a 50 mi l'e hike slept in pup tents-Great! 1 "-I would he::-.ve
enjoyed print'ing ALL your fine letter-and picking more . strawbetties fr
om your brothers- patch near Jo.xvill.e .. From Tom Watson 11 The l a t e s t ~ flcrnh is that it reached L37°in Camp Hyder on May 26th-Im picking up a.
little bit of Spanish from the Sen.ors and Seno.,ri t .as down her e 11 Take care
w~t you pick up Tommyll-As lon g as its Spanisk O.K.-HAW, w. . w, HAW , here is c.i news ;item se·nt fr0011 Engl'and by Doug Lehman·· written by a Sports,
rJ;Jport&r in Landan P.ui ly Ti m...es " It was ·- ·:.!!r di:fficult to know whatr the:
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tching carefully, ,::i.nd ulti nrn.tely th~re did aeem to e merge s.ome sort of.
patt e. rn, bused largely orr our own game of · Rug_hy. -There are eleyen on.
ea.ch side o·f this gume and ·substitutes a re allowed'! --A ripping contest
no doubt_-a.h we ll Cheerio; old thing 1 From Sgt.John Patterson (
· . ~" I sure; ili.Gke Engl a nd arid have s -e en many plO.ces. th
-at would do justice to your paint brus.h-quaint old b_u ildings -,, o]ld v:ill a.ge s, the churches, the "Pubs" etc. I have acqui·r-ed a bicycle and it
sure s ci.ves o. lojl of walking-have be e n receiving the iJBs and do snjoy
them~I suppose you are making garden-how -are the dahliaa?." Ma.king garde'n? yes-Dahlias-not so hot . Fro fl! __Li aut jgJohnE .Do.vis... ( Ac ornlOPori-t HuenameC al)" After 22 months in Ja.xvi l leFla I have been tra.nsferred ;t,oC c.. l.
This is am ernbarc0:tion point and we do business hc;;re-Of course we miss
our· home in Fla-" Dont let the Cham ber of Com mer ce he.a.r you ·say- that
Jack..--thats poison out there I hear! ~ From Pvt Patsy Deleti.s (APO _8962
Pm NYC)" , I hop e someday to return· to S.R. and take up my colle:g 9 work
from the re on~It s0ems thc:t some people ha.ve o.lL the lu~k.. How I . woulcl
liks to be a Cadet at S . R.u Yes we a.re in th e midst of the 6 week Summer s.ession now Pa.tsy-a.nd dont worry a.bout your j0,b:--ALL af us, ha.va to,
do. things that we dent like to do P ats,y TBuck Up ll From ~11s Co.rl Sink;u].
a.. 11 HE.res my new a.ddress ll70E . Brainard Ave , Pensac:.o la Fla-time short
now more later" F'rom A/$ Ja.ek M.Dunlap (-Gr3i-S,qBBcrr6No.shvill.a Tenn) "I
recently met some fellows here who had been Cadets at S.R., and they
liked it •. The psychameter tests are fun-we call tham1 the "Penny .hrcade 11
We ho.ve: to push buttons c.nd match lightS;-work lights in a. dummy cockpit ,. work left handE.d threaded handles etc. . ·" Come ago.in J o.c..k. FrQrrn Art,
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)"So far I h e.v ent s e en a.notherS . R. la.cl-I a.m now Clerk, and doing instructing o.bout 20 miles from1 V-ihere
I was on the sa.me is.land . Columbusa• anchor is here in 0, rnuseurm he: lost
it on his 2nd va,ya;g•e to Ar.16ricn. We a lso have a. Pitch l o.ke-nevGr goGs
dry, Trees h e re in the Kings Bot a nical Gafden from a.11 over the world.
The customs of the natives a.re nlwo.ys interesting_- in a Hindu funer.a.l
the c..ortege goes down the street po.usirig c:t the doorways where most
frequented by the dee e c..sed .. Th·e women in the pr oc es s ion weo.r white. r-o bes
nnd the men in high ho.ts and tux•a. The husbnnd of the olde~t girl is
gro.nted conc..ubinG.gc rights to all the other girls in the fmi1iLy whe.ther they ·are married or singl.e ..They h o.ve peculi ::.r sup e rstitions o.lso"-I
guess you must enjoy the experie11.ce of getting a round some Art.. From Lt,
~eph T ·. LytJ.e.. (iJ.I.S.o&G#,21C.ampDavisNC) "Excuse the dirt on this pc.per
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a.s we have had o. dust storm a.nd it now covers everything a.bour ½t, I apcnt a.n entire evening studying my lo.st VB--n.nd you ma.y put me down us; •
a. Chnrter Member of tha.t group who want a. big Homecoming, when this:, mess,.
is o.11 cleared up--how I would like to llC'..Ve a. look a.t tha.t ca.m.pui;a right
now"' Your on Jo:a. From Pwt JohnJ ,Lottes.(G-oa.ASTP-MissiSC,ollege ,s-tate
Colleg.e.,Miss) nAfter Co.mp Wheeler I went to Alo.be.ma. Po1.y,. Insto.long with
John Lewi.s,,Tom Carey,o.nd .Joe Bonefeste. A .group of us bnsic Engineera
(no S.R. fellows' o.long)ca.me here-we ha.ve been shown genuine Southern
Hospitality of which one could a.sk nothing finer--only I wish to hecJl{
it would rninU It seems like every oneelse from S.R. is an officer c.nd
Ive been in this outfit for 4½months!'-0hcer up Ja.ck the first 3.8 yea.rs;
are the hnrdea;t-then mebby you• lL be a. Corp. From rfcMarcus Holpfel!'(l
646 TSSBrl.!939,TruaxFi 1.e dMndi sonWia,) I am to.king rt. radio mo.chani h.ere and will likely be stationed here forlB more weeka-it is very intcr csying.2lea.se rush me a V.B.: a.s I dont want to loose canto.ct with S
E" fl Your on the list Ma.rcusw:-just remember ~9 keep lJl§ informeg whe~ y_:ou
c h_£1:£IB_6 ,nddr es s e..§-Y o u .m1 gh:t._he._j_nt, ere P. t _ed ~ 1-er.i.rn- that n -e.c.m.p.us-r.um.oo'
fi c:.s 1t thr.t Glorio. DonDero is now writing her name Gloria. Stoner--I~gu
-ess we'ed better c:.sk,K0ith to verify this· for us. EfiijM_ Ens J.W.Mc::1..ra.-_
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} 11 -On ·ban.rd we are quite . :tuoky when we get mo.il us regular a.s I e.ve gotten the last · 3 VBa; • I . ha.VE.
only seen David Frnzier n.ncl 11 s· eed 11 a.stin s since boing in tha service-did not get to see ·Frc1.rier o.fter we: put him off-he wc.s right wh~n
he so.id he thought we were in tha.t vacinity.anw Hastings once a,fter we
le ft him off-think it was he who almost clippe.d off our mo.st in a. fe:w
salutes in a.nother occnsion. Our bo.::-,t wa.s one of the first put.. in t1ec7th-w o o.re still going strong. 11 Thu.nks-come a.gain .§.QQ!:I-.From Pvt Tom
Curey(4thCoSCU.#3409STAR-lmburnA1a) 11 Wa.s glc.d to get the lc.stVB o.md the
Commcnc ement progr :.. . m-I wt:1.s left here when other S .R •.men , 11.Bansf err~d ':'
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beon doinB a lot ofnying over water,bomber escort etc-Weve been pOJU•
nding, n.11 the well known isl ands off ,a fricn. lve -covered the c oa.st over here in Afric.n f 1~om C a.iro to _T unes.ia-perha.ps some da.y I 11 '.have n
bit of luck.. Perhups one of ·these . do.ys well. be operating from the iala,nd ba.se closer to Italy so we wont have to fly so far-Getme't 0-ur o.utf it
works with .the 8th a.rmy so Ive caught on t~ ~ good deal of British alang. Tell £\ny S.R. fellows hrmdy the 11 Ca,pe"to look me up o.nd I would
lil-ce to buzz my pla.ne to see any . of them I can-If I knew their AI'0. "'==
-We 11 Kensley a '. reo.l Sil.LUTE to Y.OU for fina.lly getting "tho.t 1.ucky da:'f
und "'a. . Mes:rnr1fc1l1nitt- fl:rcl eive n"fa.rm in 5pc.inl\ to ne-a:f yo ur- story of i.t.
Rec'd your V mail letter o.ls.o. From A/S-S .H.Ho.rr is(i~reo.C 5,-rl at 3921 Camp
Peary Willia.ms burg Va) "I believe Im the first fellow from S .R. to ba
in the &coBee.s-theres work here and it ho.s done wondE-rs-Ive lost sc:xai:
weight but do not know how mucll" From Lt,.Gero.Ld R, 0rr(Hd EBS APO
PmNY) " I sure clo a.pl)rec i ate every copy of VB u.nd hc1.ve a com pl.et e f'i l .e
an~ they are more appreciated when far from home-I haven:J;, met up wl.th
a.ny S.R. fellows since joining 11 -GE.ralc1 why ca.nt you see Thor Olson . or
Doug' Lehman . .ovor there-why not .write them.Etwm I:.,t • J .B •.Hetrick (Per.son
nell HdqrsC.SCRTC-Camp Crowder tto) "Mrs H. o.nc1 I have bE.cn here for the
last 6 weeks-like it fine so fccr,,we ha.ve o..n o.pt. in JoplinMo..:. All mw
career hns ho.d to do with paper work -a.m still a.t it"' From1 Pvt To:rn w.
Green(CoC-li546SU-0hio S.-tate U-Columbusa) "Ifuve been sitting here in my
room looking over VBs .and the Sax-they bring back precious memories. &
I hope to see you on the campus when I ca.n get there a.gl'.inM FromiL~ F~
La.desia.(a:9th Bom')j:)oo6.J;ct~q Mont.hon Field-Tuscon Aria) 11 Note my new, address which now will be-Student 0fficers.J.foil Rm-School of Applied Tact •.
0rl:mdo Florida.~•;
From P-fc R.C.MaGregor(USMCR-CoH-30th Cand.HCSMa Q,manticoVa) " I really dont know how a boot lil(e me rec..lly rated officar
tra ining but Ill do my durndeat-they work us from 5;30 to 11°0 at night,
most of the time-If l make it and get a. few da.ys off Ill be over to S:!1 1'
- --::ffo - sure a.ml come Bobtl- F'rom, f.t .lJuvlcl Thaler (Ba se'.'leatherSta-Ba.fnfuriclgi'
eGa.;) 11 After finishins in NYU, I went to Turner Fld Go..-then I was oi-derecZ
here. I c.m the weather officer here-responsibl0 for the operation~nd '
mnin.,of the s.ta-I deal directly with the pilots-no · ship( excopt loca.lJ.
flights) leave the fie:Ud without weather c ~lea.rnnce-I saw ~:iey Harris
in the Officers Club-he wo.nts on your mc..iling list Mr M"1• -Do.wid get me
Hc.rrisos a.cldress o.nd he 1 11 be placed. From Lt C .E.Gla.dd(foR~: Stevens.2A3
Perrine i~v,.ElbertonN.J .) 11 Wa.s the recipie.nt 1$,f a._ :Lettor from Dale Pierce.
through the VBs addream-he is enjoying his stay in the Near East-Dave
Frazier wrote me a. V. letter-it is gro.nd to hecir from these. old friends.
-I am doing special work in message center work -signo.l corps" From a~
G.yphert(Hdq NAAC-No.shville-Tenn) 11 I c.m still pushing a. penciJL in the
c l a. sifi.ca.ti on center-some of the Co.clets who were at S .R. came thrc;rugpi.
o. few days a.go-I a.lwc.ys like to 4 c.lk to them-I keep on the Look out for
S .R. f el lo_ws alwa.ys:-My wife ( '!iandaKrupc.r) and I a.r.e enjoying this summ
er here" .From Ja.a.k Willia.ms mother-Sharon. ~, Will send you Jae.ks address,
'us $0.0n as I hear from himi--Hc was aboa.rd the usslrughLScotti'. 1 c.nd it with.
2 others were torpedoed cmd sunk Nov.12, five miles from shore nea.r Casa.blanca_.J ac ks bunk mate wa.s killed-but Jc.ck wc:i.s able to rea.ch a. boat aft c
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b e ing in oil Ma.ck water 20 minutes a.nd it wna getting dork-they were
br oui,ht back to US C'.fter t.. ni ght on shore neD.r . Ca.snblc.nc.m-He i .s now. on
USS Turner-will send new address soon!I. From f'vt Ben Rebel 1./s NSNR" V7
Notre . Duma 'Ina.) llt Every miqute · ).s pla:nned here-Im to.king Ord.Recogni t,ior;Ha.th ,,S~amn.nship ,,c.nd DRIL~~i t keeps getting to ugh er l We get e;xcel lent
fo od, a.nd I hope to be c. Midshipmo.n a.fter June 27th11 From Lt L.G. McE].r ,oy(CoM-15SigTrBn-FtMonmouthNJ) 11 1\!y first copy of VJ:!nrrived, a.nd I co.n
s.0e im late in catching up wi:th the newa,,.how I lil-rn itl I atten .-J .ed''Hook ✓1i amples wed cl ing -hes the only S.R. ma.n Ive met in the servic.e." From
©p l T.Bukowski(A.ntiTtmkCo-222InfCampGrubcrOklc..) 11 /.,ft cr n ye!l.r o.t NeviGum b e rl und they sent me here c.nd Im· in the Rc\ inbow Dii.11.-detc-.il work, g e.c..r d
duty•,t·ruck driver,c..oncrote mixing,,a.nd o.n- a.pp etite· lj.k c c. hor s e a.nd a.
COUj? l e of el e;:,h cmt s "' From S/Sc,t Wo.lterR.Ra.mscy(2 2 '7? 2.s e Hdq&~.B grBl dg
. A') Lowry FieldDenverCol) 11 I ro gret thO:t I canriot suP,ply yo u with J o. ck:
~' t"; nbows a.d dre s s but here is his brothers: r:v:t i.lfr ec.rt <:.J ..:bov1-35S ps c i ~l Se:
:, t(;e:s- C·o F t Hec~d·e , r\:cl •. You mny be inter es t e d t o lmo w that Jo a Kell y i s
:.,·1 the T h• _Tr .: De p :t with me
h er t : Lo v.rry Fi e l cl. t1 _9 o.pT Fr c.,nk E .. 'Jo.re
,v-- ~te s_ S ClyJ.n[; tha.t h o tl1inks his stc.y- c1.t i"urdue U will enL.. very shortly c.. nd t ho.t ~ h o will IIJ.Hcely be _ tro.nn ferr ed east-his f .:i.mily will in o.1 1
IH' obo..bility re main in S.R •. until la.ter •. From i.rchieS onnt~g ~~vt,(4 22 B.
Hq a.ncl f.1._.'B.Sqcl-28.th A.B,.Det-Venica,Fla) t1 Aft e r Mio.mi Bench I s p ent o.
miso r qble mohth in the StiJ.gnal Cor.ps. o.t Dre.w F1.cl-in s pite of whc.t A.rt
.i\.mmon a nd H. Ho.rtzcli s riy, I thin~ the S i s no.l Corps the worst~ mixed up
b1~::mch of tho sorvio~e.--t.hon I was sent to Ma.cDill Fld for o. two do.y
s t ?p-then shi 9ped 75mi. S, of Ta.mpn -11E.re W€ h::.ve Bombing Rc.nga Det-2. nd
my ,job? I o.m Chief Ro.dio operntor uncl genero.l clerk in th range of :fi 2.. n <.: I talk with" ' bombing rc.nges; 'p lane·s; -----..'- mrt r :1.VGl ~ rv y.nu -in-"-Jen ny t he Je 0p1~--t he ne c:.re s t ... t own is s-ci'r a.sot n 1BnJi
l'.wa.y •••• " i ·~ g o od l otter J:•rchi c but wh c:.t we were r. 11 ···1 00kinc; fo r WD.S
t !.1~ a c co unt of th o.t d. a.te you o. nd your p ('. l wc:.s to nc.ve. with the . Rin;_;; l,in
Bi Je show lo.dies-How unout this ?
· Two ·groups of men from · the c.o l l csc
r-cc cntly wer e sent to:-Na vy Detachment o.t S.T .. C. n.t Blo omsbur g ra.;;
~• ~~oq~~, ·•;2_t:!!..._!Iei~ c,,_ .-I~ Bov!er, F...!_~nmpb o ll,, ~a;y_{:shcom,;· J~---~~vi~$.~ _?n,
c. _ll itzg 1bbonrn,F. Ned\Eidelt.,, D. Ca.rroll 1 ·Bill Messmcm·- --the otlier c roup· w€nt to the Mo.riri_Q,71Jet C1.tchm0nt r.t F'ra.nk lin c.nd Mo.rsha.ll College o..t
La.nc o. stor ?a:~ Bob L0wis,, Blo.ir Hilc~ebro.nd, Lester ~· c.tton, D. Sprou:L,,
Bo b Buxton ·o.n cl tr out f i sh er mo.n -F ra.nk D011.nis ;-· Hl 1 of tn c sc la. tt er r:1o.n1G: c.1
ho.VE: in f p,ct . jus-t;, C'.I Ti ved' in th i s·e ·c-0Tfe[i0-s-T:-10y l\T6 o.slrnd to keep
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c ant o.ct (e££.h OU£.._p 0rsonqJJ.i). for tho nev; n ~'!.tlress when they finish or ··
Ctl" . t--h ro.wi1~ -- --~ _
• S o)!re urtfi urcy~ho. o:rii s e n in trying ~to ·Re e p r:n: tt ouc h with the larg er grou p~-t h o.t · went ca. rli e r · to: Co.mp ':Jheeler--sori:e of
t h is group o.r e l o st on our _mo.iling _list · and evic1.ently a.r e not.. re~e:l.v:ing thi s. new s 1 ett _e r. - 1~1 s _o we ho.Ve yet t o h.e G. r · f r o1~1 o.ny one who knows
whe r e St o.nl $Y Robson . or· Jo.ck, .F J. or o. c\re -l occ:tGcl •.•• send the se acL:r es s esi
in if you· happ en t .J kno v1 ·as s e ver c:. i : h a.ve o.ske c1 f or · them..
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M.E .Curl €.SS( 654 .T~ Bks ll21J. Sioux. Fa. 11 s$ .Do.l~} 11 Wel 1 here I c.m mo-wed
·a g e.in, a.nd · Im atten,_1 ing a sch ool to ·lea.rn: t o · be ·. a radio operc.tor. Have,
g ot the 11 g remlins 11 but· ·o f my eye c.nd hope tci ta.ke another er a.ck a.t the
c o.dets in the neo.r future. M'iKe Mnmula 1i v es ri ght o.crooa the streG:. t
fr om me..--1 _ read his . ln.test · VB toc.lc.y-o.s ·ft will be quite c. while be:ffore.
mine ca.tches up with me-hope to s0 e you in a short while."'---Thunks for.
t he note a.nc.l TI-L".NKS for J.oc uting Mike. Mo.mu:lo.--we ho.c: thought that he.
was o.t the· southern tip of New ·zeo.1-c.nd ortlic Northern point of Attu!
.Q..q_trectiQ,U-:-in #19 ws re ;io rteC.. Dick J ones in HonuJ..ul.c,-this wa.s. u .. ,srecit
mi s take.- - disc over 0. .:: Just a.s the let _t .ers:.. ( i1bv1 numberin~ about 2JO)were go-inc out in the ma.il-- Dick is on boar ~l the USS 11 Cowpens" Pm N".YC o~'/qy ne Go ~ t CoB-736.Ta.nk Bn ftKnox~Y..• -~•irnniy Cox ·(o.nd 9ho.rl:otte) 4J.5
Gotho.ni StVfotert own NY. The Ha.nf o r(1. Wr ght s; 9.60-16·th St S o.nt a Monie c.:.--.Gal
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F r cmC-a~)--Lt Arthur Sillman AiJlTC B-try4_•3.4!,hB~ Cam·?_ Wa.llD.rua.Tex .. G-eoMar
,:, ha ll 0 utherin CoB 7iZ51iIT'coC:ampI'e r ry Lihio , , Ke-4th \·i'ooster-~Bldg 1.213., Rm.
1 32 Satin Fld fensacol a Fla. Lt. J ohn H. Gra.hQ.nrNTSQl)Ft Schuyler Br onx
n;;z e, _§_gt Fra.nces •1 c bster, Med. Det Finney GcnHosp.:£homasv.ille Gn.f[IP
YOU r e ceive 1n y our""envel ope a., la.rt.e size POST CARD all printe~ rca.dy
f or your mess a.ge and a d dress it is a. SIGN t}1at we are NOT SURE if you
a.r 0 receiving VICTORY BELL--in other words we some how f :eel tha.t your
a i:LL ress ho.s been t oo long nt the orrn place o.nc1 won Llor if you ha.ve m.1ov0d
c.nd h c.. v e n ot n otifi e d us of the. fact---Busy as yd1,1 ·are.1 try w c.l g ive · a &
t he cho.nges of your a.c:dr e ss JUST 115 SOON AS· THEY OCCUR-thi s wi 11 t ie lp
us ksep up with you.J) And now a. s this #,20 i s su e r,o es t o mi msos raph
he re a t SR the 6 we E.k S urnmer Se s si on is c..bo ut h a lf over, in these ]. a.st
3 weeks cr ops o.11 over the US a re better-lil::: itly will b e alm os t a.s go od..,.
( with. lucr.k) us J.; a.st yearR,,-ru.1.d all is pretty nic G on .t hE- cnmpus.,)1.0re at
th e colle g a with n o si gnifiscant news. ~lo rd r e c.ches us that the pric.a
of gas will incre tis e -lik e ly o.wdy out 9 f bo unda in the futur e --which · is
a.n .indicati on tho.t ~ lo.r g e stock · is oeH:i:g built up--for you know what.i I
.B.e do.rn sure tho.t we. here at the college o.re · -wery J.:?roud of you--be
a.ssuted th c.t we will bend avery .effort to help you--Y/ho.t can w.e do
f or YOU?, C.h.eerio a.nd best wishes.. from a.n old friend
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:0 611s for Mary E. Eby of Ne wp ort Pa and. SjSg_t John O• .h.aufmann -Dont let
him g et away Bride Mary--he c an run like the dickens;11 CONGRATULATIONS
t o them and also Bob Herz.berger, and Virginia Westlake recently marria.d also. - Game t h e unusua I--Bob V-a rnum -a nd h i s wi.fe(Be_t ty I::.es-l i e; a. t - t n e
same tim e enlisted in the Navy-he as Ensign-Deck0fficer to be., and she:
wi t h the ''Ripple!;j\--first couple to be ~o enrolled in Pgh office. Came
s ome news..-- a little envelope from *.~cke e sport\on June 22-announcing "
Bame a big b aby boy 7-lbl2-o~ to Mr anci Mrs Lt .~ensley Iviiller--opened
the Pgh paper--there st a ring me in the fac e: was a picture of Kensley Sr
-BAG-GED A MESSERSCHMIT'Itl~ ~ His §lquadron of Mosquitoes bagged 15 in the
battle of Pantalleria and pa:2a R'.ensley is credited with on.e t t t t Nice:
gp ing papa Kensley--a boy and a' Messers_chmi tt on the same day--which
g ave you the great e r thril].? May you g,e t many many mor,e. Messerschmitt s:
an d -----~--~- ~--. To the Campus came: Ton~ Longo headed for the Wea-_.
the r St ation at Maxton Field Air Base, N. Cicome again Tony. Lieut C .E.
GJ£J.dd- sorry to h ave missed you Clo.ire-stop in a gain. Came Lieut Archi e
Dodds now Athl e tic Officer of 4th Naval District(Phila) -Enjoyed the
chc,t ov e: r th e many coll ege men now enrolled-and his unusual and var.i ed
expe ri ences t h a t ought to e nrich him for his job as He ad H.E. when he,
re turns • Ca m_e Bill Held _after being hospi t ~ liz e d at Knox College and
now on the mend-soon bound for Texas •• a nd the wide open places. Ca meLt
K irt ze ll from ·washington now bound. for Washinton state and with him. hi ::
wi f e Eleanor. Cam e p l c.nting ti me and Drs Nichols and Waldron carefull y pr epared the ground, p l anted mnng littl e seeds--came a boy with a
harr ow.- - mixed em u.1 1 up--succ ot a sh. Came word that Lt Paul T. Butler
·1vas again on the loo.s - - Pa ul ct on..t y ou ever stay p ut..' Af t e r co mpl.eting
a cours e in ths Sp e ci a l Services Schools a t Wash and Lee,Lexington. Va
he fle w back to his base camp Palm Spring s Cal. Do you
remember him?-Tha.t t a ll p leasant !li ght haired broo.d shouldered lnd with the p l easant s mile? Often he rode a. motorcyc:.le from down Portersville way parked it back of Main Bldg ---I - s p eak of Howard. G.• Sipe:.
On th e 4th of June Ho ward died in Africa. To his pa rents came no deta i ls,--just the notice.. To a fri end came (lo.t er) a l e tter from Howo.rd wr i t t e n the s ame day he died--leads us to think it must have been in an
a ccident •. So on we hop e to kn ow .
Liv.e forever Howard Sipa--Ln the: e.at ·
eem o.nd re gard of your fellow students, your friends and your pa- ·
r e ntsl!As a man you lived,, as a man you died. for what you ho1.d to b'.e
ri ght-.,.-Li berty, Just ice, Fr e e Speech,, Fr e e Assem1bly,, Freedami from
WD.nt--Freedom from Fe.nro Though you be buried in far off Afric:.a, you
a re not a lone--others of your nntLve country are buried near you c.nd
hove ring over your grave Howard Si:pa iso o.n aurora of deep asteem--it
r ema ins th e re tod o.y a.nd tomorrow, i.ts light will never &o out.. Live
~or ever Howard Sipa in the hec.rt of your A1m~ Mo.t en. ~
And now a s spo.ce. will allow, , some exc erpts from recent l .etters. :
FROM Lt W. A.HINDS (North Afriaa) "After spending 3 months in England I
wc:. s sent down here. It would have been c. pleo.sure to have served a.11
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e ti me in="Eng1a. n w iere r - fno. demnn..y ri en a:;.1::.nc1.- r - nope -cr--- ga""t 1:m~
c..k to see th em one day •. Right .now I have a ba.s.e ba.11 team c.a.l led the BBc
( bec a use they' re not b.itg__ shots, I suppose Bill) SomE. of them have p].o.ys emi- p ro and in a.ollege - we dont get much pr o.ctice . I have m~t Art Amm01
Lt and Mrs Ho.rtz.ell, and ._!?_ill Manke since joining up" Good Letter Bill.
-CQome again . From A/S Keith Stoner II I am here at Witten.b erg College
Springfield Ohio, and Jimmy Weaver, Bert Wo.gneF~ and Mark Wayne a.r~ all
her e too." Keith check up ru.1.d S:ee if all those fellows o.re getting , VB
ri ght a long plee.se. Csp J _a ck OBRIEN "Most of the Ch~e:f Specialists. I
work with are from 11 s0 c.a.lled" big _time collegea and they c.re deprived
of a paper like VB-do they regret it.! My wife a.nd l pften wo.lk e:.round
the Harv a rd Campus c.nd I try o.nd impress her with bi g words I pick$d
up in your art clc. sm-I TRY t.o impressi1Jmer 1 I wish I could come bl!1.cr-k
to wisit S.R. this June---S.Ut permits nre few and far between. I am1 ,,-ihat
you might call a " dry lnnd sailor" but who am I to dictate tOl the Navy
y 111 Good luck CPO ~ ac.k. Fro.m Lt and Mrs Bob Shannon( 332].FColoradoSt. Pa.s..
o.. d ena Ca..l) 11 · Bess:te(Barnhnrt) o.nd I were married here in Pasadena . June
12th using the double ring ceremony-so were b.oth out of circu].o.tio:a 11
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Wt: Rt e rmnn.i-he is a. Sa.rgJH1nt ··here a:t Snntn Ani t im-It sure wa.S:i s,wall t:o
:<--F"f:,n a.fte r c.·. number of yaa.rse.-F1~iend~1 mo.de at S.R. a.r.e not, aa.s.ily
:w·r,ct ton. . Things en thP- Wes:. Coast a.:..~e · qu.ist, ,b:.ut, NOT ASLEEP '" Long lLiv.,~
·:;:: .1 CL:d " t he Cap 1 ~
1s chughter"~, · F::--0:11111 I_;J; Ha.rry_'~eggs11 Sa.hrd. dt II My tha.u_·Y,,;-: :J f · (:::-·: t, o 0.ri :~t b ,'.:'.Ck :0 ~0,_v•.001 iit SuRc:. more t h2.n eve1.---but its good
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, · ; hem s we:LL t P"."om · Q_pl j' immy lana s ( 14th Sta CompSqSP-~acksonvi l~e Ela)
c.m inc lo 3ing a pi0:ture from the newspaper how I J_:_o olted as"Boria Kar
·--~ (f 11 idArsenic and ; Old LacJt-we had quite a time with this., show-.in Bat,1 Rp.u g_
e -now I have done several shows here, and have more coming up.
:- 'l ows are n·eeded on this side · and also badly needed on the other--ihat
,11i.ere I hope ·t;o land ..Tell . all my f r iends · that just as soon as this damne d mess is over and won well all meet at the coll.ege and have SUCH a
celebration- For e_vsry show I . do in N. Y. Ill see _to it that they al~ have sea ts front and center and that goes for you too." For a darn fine
letter tha.nkml l- An-:cl - how we would- like- to d o_p__ in on _one ,o.f your great
vvh i te way· pr ocftucti ons 1 i From Jo Banicha:r;( Bx2618Christobal ,,CanalZone) "No
ma leria; no aches, no pain.s..-still have my hair;;.in short, Im fine-:t tanned, I like Panama ,_· interesting, I plan to stay here until the war is
0,ver _then add l\'Irs. to my name and head for NewHampshiX:e or Ver. I plan
to wisi t S . Amer. next suri1mer-any sugge stions ? 11 -Yes-dont start. a revolution11J:Q:J-. From Lt Loyal M.• Liken II Im the adjutant here at the Munici:l)al
Air. Port at A1.bany N..Y~ where we train transport pilots"From Cpl J ti.mes
W.Corne li.us{ CoB-3301.stASTU,Blacksburg, Va)'" When that first brown enve.!op-'-8 rrivecr my 1}'ur-ros1-cy- m,a~sl{yniglr-'I- trnrught ' ' ~ er -rurlouglrt-l~ assure you my appreciation arose higher than my curiosity to hear ell
about the fellows , ·where they , were o.nd what doing.Im studying Mech_ Eng
here-I've had vartb .a us experi 'e nces in the army--visi tedHollywood, . St Aue
Fla, and took a 50 mi l'e hike slept in pup tents-Great! 1 "-I would he::-.ve
enjoyed print'ing ALL your fine letter-and picking more . strawbetties fr
om your brothers- patch near Jo.xvill.e .. From Tom Watson 11 The l a t e s t ~ flcrnh is that it reached L37°in Camp Hyder on May 26th-Im picking up a.
little bit of Spanish from the Sen.ors and Seno.,ri t .as down her e 11 Take care
w~t you pick up Tommyll-As lon g as its Spanisk O.K.-HAW, w. . w, HAW , here is c.i news ;item se·nt fr0011 Engl'and by Doug Lehman·· written by a Sports,
rJ;Jport&r in Landan P.ui ly Ti m...es " It was ·- ·:.!!r di:fficult to know whatr the:
- ~ -ayeF-S- o ~ o- -rn=Am e-P4-0-a.n- t-e am-s w@-r do i ng.,-b-u
h i-s= k ~ s o.1 L-wa•
tching carefully, ,::i.nd ulti nrn.tely th~re did aeem to e merge s.ome sort of.
patt e. rn, bused largely orr our own game of · Rug_hy. -There are eleyen on.
ea.ch side o·f this gume and ·substitutes a re allowed'! --A ripping contest
no doubt_-a.h we ll Cheerio; old thing 1 From Sgt.John Patterson (
· . ~" I sure; ili.Gke Engl a nd arid have s -e en many plO.ces. th
-at would do justice to your paint brus.h-quaint old b_u ildings -,, o]ld v:ill a.ge s, the churches, the "Pubs" etc. I have acqui·r-ed a bicycle and it
sure s ci.ves o. lojl of walking-have be e n receiving the iJBs and do snjoy
them~I suppose you are making garden-how -are the dahliaa?." Ma.king garde'n? yes-Dahlias-not so hot . Fro fl! __Li aut jgJohnE .Do.vis... ( Ac ornlOPori-t HuenameC al)" After 22 months in Ja.xvi l leFla I have been tra.nsferred ;t,oC c.. l.
This is am ernbarc0:tion point and we do business hc;;re-Of course we miss
our· home in Fla-" Dont let the Cham ber of Com mer ce he.a.r you ·say- that
Jack..--thats poison out there I hear! ~ From Pvt Patsy Deleti.s (APO _8962
Pm NYC)" , I hop e someday to return· to S.R. and take up my colle:g 9 work
from the re on~It s0ems thc:t some people ha.ve o.lL the lu~k.. How I . woulcl
liks to be a Cadet at S . R.u Yes we a.re in th e midst of the 6 week Summer s.ession now Pa.tsy-a.nd dont worry a.bout your j0,b:--ALL af us, ha.va to,
do. things that we dent like to do P ats,y TBuck Up ll From ~11s Co.rl Sink;u].
a.. 11 HE.res my new a.ddress ll70E . Brainard Ave , Pensac:.o la Fla-time short
now more later" F'rom A/$ Ja.ek M.Dunlap (-Gr3i-S,qBBcrr6No.shvill.a Tenn) "I
recently met some fellows here who had been Cadets at S.R., and they
liked it •. The psychameter tests are fun-we call tham1 the "Penny .hrcade 11
We ho.ve: to push buttons c.nd match lightS;-work lights in a. dummy cockpit ,. work left handE.d threaded handles etc. . ·" Come ago.in J o.c..k. FrQrrn Art,
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I was on the sa.me is.land . Columbusa• anchor is here in 0, rnuseurm he: lost
it on his 2nd va,ya;g•e to Ar.16ricn. We a lso have a. Pitch l o.ke-nevGr goGs
dry, Trees h e re in the Kings Bot a nical Gafden from a.11 over the world.
The customs of the natives a.re nlwo.ys interesting_- in a Hindu funer.a.l
the c..ortege goes down the street po.usirig c:t the doorways where most
frequented by the dee e c..sed .. Th·e women in the pr oc es s ion weo.r white. r-o bes
nnd the men in high ho.ts and tux•a. The husbnnd of the olde~t girl is
gro.nted conc..ubinG.gc rights to all the other girls in the fmi1iLy whe.ther they ·are married or singl.e ..They h o.ve peculi ::.r sup e rstitions o.lso"-I
guess you must enjoy the experie11.ce of getting a round some Art.. From Lt,
~eph T ·. LytJ.e.. (iJ.I.S.o&G#,21C.ampDavisNC) "Excuse the dirt on this pc.per
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a.s we have had o. dust storm a.nd it now covers everything a.bour ½t, I apcnt a.n entire evening studying my lo.st VB--n.nd you ma.y put me down us; •
a. Chnrter Member of tha.t group who want a. big Homecoming, when this:, mess,.
is o.11 cleared up--how I would like to llC'..Ve a. look a.t tha.t ca.m.pui;a right
now"' Your on Jo:a. From Pwt JohnJ ,Lottes.(G-oa.ASTP-MissiSC,ollege ,s-tate
Colleg.e.,Miss) nAfter Co.mp Wheeler I went to Alo.be.ma. Po1.y,. Insto.long with
John Lewi.s,,Tom Carey,o.nd .Joe Bonefeste. A .group of us bnsic Engineera
(no S.R. fellows' o.long)ca.me here-we ha.ve been shown genuine Southern
Hospitality of which one could a.sk nothing finer--only I wish to hecJl{
it would rninU It seems like every oneelse from S.R. is an officer c.nd
Ive been in this outfit for 4½months!'-0hcer up Ja.ck the first 3.8 yea.rs;
are the hnrdea;t-then mebby you• lL be a. Corp. From rfcMarcus Holpfel!'(l
646 TSSBrl.!939,TruaxFi 1.e dMndi sonWia,) I am to.king rt. radio mo.chani h.ere and will likely be stationed here forlB more weeka-it is very intcr csying.2lea.se rush me a V.B.: a.s I dont want to loose canto.ct with S
E" fl Your on the list Ma.rcusw:-just remember ~9 keep lJl§ informeg whe~ y_:ou
c h_£1:£IB_6 ,nddr es s e..§-Y o u .m1 gh:t._he._j_nt, ere P. t _ed ~ 1-er.i.rn- that n -e.c.m.p.us-r.um.oo'
fi c:.s 1t thr.t Glorio. DonDero is now writing her name Gloria. Stoner--I~gu
-ess we'ed better c:.sk,K0ith to verify this· for us. EfiijM_ Ens J.W.Mc::1..ra.-_
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} 11 -On ·ban.rd we are quite . :tuoky when we get mo.il us regular a.s I e.ve gotten the last · 3 VBa; • I . ha.VE.
only seen David Frnzier n.ncl 11 s· eed 11 a.stin s since boing in tha service-did not get to see ·Frc1.rier o.fter we: put him off-he wc.s right wh~n
he so.id he thought we were in tha.t vacinity.anw Hastings once a,fter we
le ft him off-think it was he who almost clippe.d off our mo.st in a. fe:w
salutes in a.nother occnsion. Our bo.::-,t wa.s one of the first put.. in t1ec7th-w o o.re still going strong. 11 Thu.nks-come a.gain .§.QQ!:I-.From Pvt Tom
Curey(4thCoSCU.#3409STAR-lmburnA1a) 11 Wa.s glc.d to get the lc.stVB o.md the
Commcnc ement progr :.. . m-I wt:1.s left here when other S .R •.men , 11.Bansf err~d ':'
F!:.Q..m Lt Kenaley Miller(
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beon doinB a lot ofnying over water,bomber escort etc-Weve been pOJU•
nding, n.11 the well known isl ands off ,a fricn. lve -covered the c oa.st over here in Afric.n f 1~om C a.iro to _T unes.ia-perha.ps some da.y I 11 '.have n
bit of luck.. Perhups one of ·these . do.ys well. be operating from the iala,nd ba.se closer to Italy so we wont have to fly so far-Getme't 0-ur o.utf it
works with .the 8th a.rmy so Ive caught on t~ ~ good deal of British alang. Tell £\ny S.R. fellows hrmdy the 11 Ca,pe"to look me up o.nd I would
lil-ce to buzz my pla.ne to see any . of them I can-If I knew their AI'0. "'==
-We 11 Kensley a '. reo.l Sil.LUTE to Y.OU for fina.lly getting "tho.t 1.ucky da:'f
und "'a. . Mes:rnr1fc1l1nitt- fl:rcl eive n"fa.rm in 5pc.inl\ to ne-a:f yo ur- story of i.t.
Rec'd your V mail letter o.ls.o. From A/S-S .H.Ho.rr is(i~reo.C 5,-rl at 3921 Camp
Peary Willia.ms burg Va) "I believe Im the first fellow from S .R. to ba
in the &coBee.s-theres work here and it ho.s done wondE-rs-Ive lost sc:xai:
weight but do not know how mucll" From Lt,.Gero.Ld R, 0rr(Hd EBS APO
PmNY) " I sure clo a.pl)rec i ate every copy of VB u.nd hc1.ve a com pl.et e f'i l .e
an~ they are more appreciated when far from home-I haven:J;, met up wl.th
a.ny S.R. fellows since joining 11 -GE.ralc1 why ca.nt you see Thor Olson . or
Doug' Lehman . .ovor there-why not .write them.Etwm I:.,t • J .B •.Hetrick (Per.son
nell HdqrsC.SCRTC-Camp Crowder tto) "Mrs H. o.nc1 I have bE.cn here for the
last 6 weeks-like it fine so fccr,,we ha.ve o..n o.pt. in JoplinMo..:. All mw
career hns ho.d to do with paper work -a.m still a.t it"' From1 Pvt To:rn w.
Green(CoC-li546SU-0hio S.-tate U-Columbusa) "Ifuve been sitting here in my
room looking over VBs .and the Sax-they bring back precious memories. &
I hope to see you on the campus when I ca.n get there a.gl'.inM FromiL~ F~
La.desia.(a:9th Bom')j:)oo6.J;ct~q Mont.hon Field-Tuscon Aria) 11 Note my new, address which now will be-Student 0fficers.J.foil Rm-School of Applied Tact •.
0rl:mdo Florida.~•;
From P-fc R.C.MaGregor(USMCR-CoH-30th Cand.HCSMa Q,manticoVa) " I really dont know how a boot lil(e me rec..lly rated officar
tra ining but Ill do my durndeat-they work us from 5;30 to 11°0 at night,
most of the time-If l make it and get a. few da.ys off Ill be over to S:!1 1'
- --::ffo - sure a.ml come Bobtl- F'rom, f.t .lJuvlcl Thaler (Ba se'.'leatherSta-Ba.fnfuriclgi'
eGa.;) 11 After finishins in NYU, I went to Turner Fld Go..-then I was oi-derecZ
here. I c.m the weather officer here-responsibl0 for the operation~nd '
mnin.,of the s.ta-I deal directly with the pilots-no · ship( excopt loca.lJ.
flights) leave the fie:Ud without weather c ~lea.rnnce-I saw ~:iey Harris
in the Officers Club-he wo.nts on your mc..iling list Mr M"1• -Do.wid get me
Hc.rrisos a.cldress o.nd he 1 11 be placed. From Lt C .E.Gla.dd(foR~: Stevens.2A3
Perrine i~v,.ElbertonN.J .) 11 Wa.s the recipie.nt 1$,f a._ :Lettor from Dale Pierce.
through the VBs addream-he is enjoying his stay in the Near East-Dave
Frazier wrote me a. V. letter-it is gro.nd to hecir from these. old friends.
-I am doing special work in message center work -signo.l corps" From a~
G.yphert(Hdq NAAC-No.shville-Tenn) 11 I c.m still pushing a. penciJL in the
c l a. sifi.ca.ti on center-some of the Co.clets who were at S .R. came thrc;rugpi.
o. few days a.go-I a.lwc.ys like to 4 c.lk to them-I keep on the Look out for
S .R. f el lo_ws alwa.ys:-My wife ( '!iandaKrupc.r) and I a.r.e enjoying this summ
er here" .From Ja.a.k Willia.ms mother-Sharon. ~, Will send you Jae.ks address,
'us $0.0n as I hear from himi--Hc was aboa.rd the usslrughLScotti'. 1 c.nd it with.
2 others were torpedoed cmd sunk Nov.12, five miles from shore nea.r Casa.blanca_.J ac ks bunk mate wa.s killed-but Jc.ck wc:i.s able to rea.ch a. boat aft c
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b e ing in oil Ma.ck water 20 minutes a.nd it wna getting dork-they were
br oui,ht back to US C'.fter t.. ni ght on shore neD.r . Ca.snblc.nc.m-He i .s now. on
USS Turner-will send new address soon!I. From f'vt Ben Rebel 1./s NSNR" V7
Notre . Duma 'Ina.) llt Every miqute · ).s pla:nned here-Im to.king Ord.Recogni t,ior;Ha.th ,,S~amn.nship ,,c.nd DRIL~~i t keeps getting to ugh er l We get e;xcel lent
fo od, a.nd I hope to be c. Midshipmo.n a.fter June 27th11 From Lt L.G. McE].r ,oy(CoM-15SigTrBn-FtMonmouthNJ) 11 1\!y first copy of VJ:!nrrived, a.nd I co.n
s.0e im late in catching up wi:th the newa,,.how I lil-rn itl I atten .-J .ed''Hook ✓1i amples wed cl ing -hes the only S.R. ma.n Ive met in the servic.e." From
©p l T.Bukowski(A.ntiTtmkCo-222InfCampGrubcrOklc..) 11 /.,ft cr n ye!l.r o.t NeviGum b e rl und they sent me here c.nd Im· in the Rc\ inbow Dii.11.-detc-.il work, g e.c..r d
duty•,t·ruck driver,c..oncrote mixing,,a.nd o.n- a.pp etite· lj.k c c. hor s e a.nd a.
COUj? l e of el e;:,h cmt s "' From S/Sc,t Wo.lterR.Ra.mscy(2 2 '7? 2.s e Hdq&~.B grBl dg
. A') Lowry FieldDenverCol) 11 I ro gret thO:t I canriot suP,ply yo u with J o. ck:
~' t"; nbows a.d dre s s but here is his brothers: r:v:t i.lfr ec.rt <:.J ..:bov1-35S ps c i ~l Se:
:, t(;e:s- C·o F t Hec~d·e , r\:cl •. You mny be inter es t e d t o lmo w that Jo a Kell y i s
:.,·1 the T h• _Tr .: De p :t with me
h er t : Lo v.rry Fi e l cl. t1 _9 o.pT Fr c.,nk E .. 'Jo.re
,v-- ~te s_ S ClyJ.n[; tha.t h o tl1inks his stc.y- c1.t i"urdue U will enL.. very shortly c.. nd t ho.t ~ h o will IIJ.Hcely be _ tro.nn ferr ed east-his f .:i.mily will in o.1 1
IH' obo..bility re main in S.R •. until la.ter •. From i.rchieS onnt~g ~~vt,(4 22 B.
Hq a.ncl f.1._.'B.Sqcl-28.th A.B,.Det-Venica,Fla) t1 Aft e r Mio.mi Bench I s p ent o.
miso r qble mohth in the StiJ.gnal Cor.ps. o.t Dre.w F1.cl-in s pite of whc.t A.rt
.i\.mmon a nd H. Ho.rtzcli s riy, I thin~ the S i s no.l Corps the worst~ mixed up
b1~::mch of tho sorvio~e.--t.hon I was sent to Ma.cDill Fld for o. two do.y
s t ?p-then shi 9ped 75mi. S, of Ta.mpn -11E.re W€ h::.ve Bombing Rc.nga Det-2. nd
my ,job? I o.m Chief Ro.dio operntor uncl genero.l clerk in th range of :fi 2.. n <.: I talk with" ' bombing rc.nges; 'p lane·s; -----..'- mrt r :1.VGl ~ rv y.nu -in-"-Jen ny t he Je 0p1~--t he ne c:.re s t ... t own is s-ci'r a.sot n 1BnJi
l'.wa.y •••• " i ·~ g o od l otter J:•rchi c but wh c:.t we were r. 11 ···1 00kinc; fo r WD.S
t !.1~ a c co unt of th o.t d. a.te you o. nd your p ('. l wc:.s to nc.ve. with the . Rin;_;; l,in
Bi Je show lo.dies-How unout this ?
· Two ·groups of men from · the c.o l l csc
r-cc cntly wer e sent to:-Na vy Detachment o.t S.T .. C. n.t Blo omsbur g ra.;;
~• ~~oq~~, ·•;2_t:!!..._!Iei~ c,,_ .-I~ Bov!er, F...!_~nmpb o ll,, ~a;y_{:shcom,;· J~---~~vi~$.~ _?n,
c. _ll itzg 1bbonrn,F. Ned\Eidelt.,, D. Ca.rroll 1 ·Bill Messmcm·- --the otlier c roup· w€nt to the Mo.riri_Q,71Jet C1.tchm0nt r.t F'ra.nk lin c.nd Mo.rsha.ll College o..t
La.nc o. stor ?a:~ Bob L0wis,, Blo.ir Hilc~ebro.nd, Lester ~· c.tton, D. Sprou:L,,
Bo b Buxton ·o.n cl tr out f i sh er mo.n -F ra.nk D011.nis ;-· Hl 1 of tn c sc la. tt er r:1o.n1G: c.1
ho.VE: in f p,ct . jus-t;, C'.I Ti ved' in th i s·e ·c-0Tfe[i0-s-T:-10y l\T6 o.slrnd to keep
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c ant o.ct (e££.h OU£.._p 0rsonqJJ.i). for tho nev; n ~'!.tlress when they finish or ··
Ctl" . t--h ro.wi1~ -- --~ _
• S o)!re urtfi urcy~ho. o:rii s e n in trying ~to ·Re e p r:n: tt ouc h with the larg er grou p~-t h o.t · went ca. rli e r · to: Co.mp ':Jheeler--sori:e of
t h is group o.r e l o st on our _mo.iling _list · and evic1.ently a.r e not.. re~e:l.v:ing thi s. new s 1 ett _e r. - 1~1 s _o we ho.Ve yet t o h.e G. r · f r o1~1 o.ny one who knows
whe r e St o.nl $Y Robson . or· Jo.ck, .F J. or o. c\re -l occ:tGcl •.•• send the se acL:r es s esi
in if you· happ en t .J kno v1 ·as s e ver c:. i : h a.ve o.ske c1 f or · them..
·From :i::lfc.
M.E .Curl €.SS( 654 .T~ Bks ll21J. Sioux. Fa. 11 s$ .Do.l~} 11 Wel 1 here I c.m mo-wed
·a g e.in, a.nd · Im atten,_1 ing a sch ool to ·lea.rn: t o · be ·. a radio operc.tor. Have,
g ot the 11 g remlins 11 but· ·o f my eye c.nd hope tci ta.ke another er a.ck a.t the
c o.dets in the neo.r future. M'iKe Mnmula 1i v es ri ght o.crooa the streG:. t
fr om me..--1 _ read his . ln.test · VB toc.lc.y-o.s ·ft will be quite c. while be:ffore.
mine ca.tches up with me-hope to s0 e you in a short while."'---Thunks for.
t he note a.nc.l TI-L".NKS for J.oc uting Mike. Mo.mu:lo.--we ho.c: thought that he.
was o.t the· southern tip of New ·zeo.1-c.nd ortlic Northern point of Attu!
.Q..q_trectiQ,U-:-in #19 ws re ;io rteC.. Dick J ones in HonuJ..ul.c,-this wa.s. u .. ,srecit
mi s take.- - disc over 0. .:: Just a.s the let _t .ers:.. ( i1bv1 numberin~ about 2JO)were go-inc out in the ma.il-- Dick is on boar ~l the USS 11 Cowpens" Pm N".YC o~'/qy ne Go ~ t CoB-736.Ta.nk Bn ftKnox~Y..• -~•irnniy Cox ·(o.nd 9ho.rl:otte) 4J.5
Gotho.ni StVfotert own NY. The Ha.nf o r(1. Wr ght s; 9.60-16·th St S o.nt a Monie c.:.--.Gal
.~n-Jy !\.r ovonak-C oA.-343 MedDetFtDixN .J •-, Frcc1Pa.Me.olo--. ·· ·
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Pm $an
F r cmC-a~)--Lt Arthur Sillman AiJlTC B-try4_•3.4!,hB~ Cam·?_ Wa.llD.rua.Tex .. G-eoMar
,:, ha ll 0 utherin CoB 7iZ51iIT'coC:ampI'e r ry Lihio , , Ke-4th \·i'ooster-~Bldg 1.213., Rm.
1 32 Satin Fld fensacol a Fla. Lt. J ohn H. Gra.hQ.nrNTSQl)Ft Schuyler Br onx
n;;z e, _§_gt Fra.nces •1 c bster, Med. Det Finney GcnHosp.:£homasv.ille Gn.f[IP
YOU r e ceive 1n y our""envel ope a., la.rt.e size POST CARD all printe~ rca.dy
f or your mess a.ge and a d dress it is a. SIGN t}1at we are NOT SURE if you
a.r 0 receiving VICTORY BELL--in other words we some how f :eel tha.t your
a i:LL ress ho.s been t oo long nt the orrn place o.nc1 won Llor if you ha.ve m.1ov0d
c.nd h c.. v e n ot n otifi e d us of the. fact---Busy as yd1,1 ·are.1 try w c.l g ive · a &
t he cho.nges of your a.c:dr e ss JUST 115 SOON AS· THEY OCCUR-thi s wi 11 t ie lp
us ksep up with you.J) And now a. s this #,20 i s su e r,o es t o mi msos raph
he re a t SR the 6 we E.k S urnmer Se s si on is c..bo ut h a lf over, in these ]. a.st
3 weeks cr ops o.11 over the US a re better-lil::: itly will b e alm os t a.s go od..,.
( with. lucr.k) us J.; a.st yearR,,-ru.1.d all is pretty nic G on .t hE- cnmpus.,)1.0re at
th e colle g a with n o si gnifiscant news. ~lo rd r e c.ches us that the pric.a
of gas will incre tis e -lik e ly o.wdy out 9 f bo unda in the futur e --which · is
a.n .indicati on tho.t ~ lo.r g e stock · is oeH:i:g built up--for you know what.i I
.B.e do.rn sure tho.t we. here at the college o.re · -wery J.:?roud of you--be
a.ssuted th c.t we will bend avery .effort to help you--Y/ho.t can w.e do
f or YOU?, C.h.eerio a.nd best wishes.. from a.n old friend
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