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tha~ cani1ot· ·p arry its lightning-like thrust it _'/};::-\-( ~};;;,..(
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Loosed upon startled Japan and stur.ned Germany_,_,.:. :i\__ · ··· -~
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t:1 ~se l a st - several weeks have· be~n th~ most, fe r- ··.,-,::. __ ,."::·'-.-.,_ -:'·· , r
. ocious and supe r- power attacks t t1a t tnes-e t -nug_ ··::-;-·:·:· _., ...
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directed . natiorrs'· have so far faced from America .. --·. ;.-.•.· . . - ·
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o ff e·- ns1ve on all fronts • . Ti'1e_ devastating att ;;i:;;ll -·
ad)<: on Truk not . ori.ly suprised- t he Japs.~ - it
s uprised t rie world 1 It rna·r l<:ed one of t l11.e i :m~ ~
2 or~an~war ipocs this jear . AND two thousand plan ~s
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· ··:.,i :r e .a lo;t of planes ove r anybody's c o untry ~ l
Hi_ss, scream , scrat.. ch , fume and plue1mE;,t , :· square , hard, ·and sure, Americ an Eag le t U Rent
to shreds the s e deEitroyers of peace and. happiness , and bririg the wo·. rld . q -u:ickly back to · peace an,d quietnes.s,and love ...Our ,men vrnnt t :o
come home for a hot bath , .a shav~ an d . ~ h~ircut i i a ba r ber shop; ,a
car to tJ.ke .the girl.. friend out to a double featLlre movie , aad ar; :
ice c_ream. sundae .t Sh a rp en thos.e fan g s Ame_ric an Eagle, whet u.p ti1 a t
pE:! _a k - :-bring. our . boys b~Qk\to an . Americ_a whe re tney 1,1ay wo.rk at · a
respectable job , live in a con{or\ able ~ome, ijnd go fis h ing or go lfing whe never t::1ey da r ,n well please · . B ri n;,; the n1 ba c k to an America
(not pe rfect,of c ourse nott) ~here he c a~ live as a res pe cted g~ nt·lem a n among his frie 11ds and.w:i,th his ,-loved ones 1.t PLU:,II'IET Eag le,. ·
sur~ a nd.li ghtning ~f is ttt\~~
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· e c'4, s 1 0'.t t ed. -i 0 b-i t'f 't't'I e· s e e n -~ ·· L-:"e~ .'rll!wn~r-t>-.::,,---.---,
your old Al ma .Mater; and Lie buds- on the r110.p les down .a long Long '.'ialk
· are swellin'g . :A :fe w farmers out on S.R . · creek a re maldng map le syrup,
as th e 'ii;ea ther still ', keeps 'rnild • .· J-1lre:::idy a . few a ll - g irl i: roups have
_, left with picnic basl( 9 ts to haunts among t he se hills/and dales that
you have tramped ov e r so _ often , and where you have k i ndled fires for
your steaks an d · bacon . Do a little refl e cting U
Ah t Those WERE very
sweet days ! t1
The chief concern a t Slippery Rock just now , however , is not piciiics-- it is the future of, the c.o1lege - and t i1c1.t is a
~ concern~ , Its future , as with ti"1e future of many a n other coll ege,now hangs in t~B ba lance . The Cadets , now l eaving in groups , will
probably al l be g one in May, a nd the prospects fo~ new students , now
that industry o f fers so much , is not promising. CoL1Cerned , but not
jittery a re all of us . ·-:vell , college is just darn e d q uiet Vi ithout
___ you felL:5ws r1c re to a dd th& -z ip, p·1,,mch and g o t'.1 a ~we h c:.ve a lw ay s been
used to.- Every b ody is lrnen to know v1here ~
a re\an d wrw t you a re d..D:i..ng ~ . Be . as sured; a s you r ead t h is away out V1ere son1e p l a ce, someplace
so different t:1a:t, S . R. , t;1nt you : h a ye r iot bee_n forg-otten , and be sure
a nd cert a in that you a re not out there a lone t t ! t 1 . :1ecently, one
hund red copiee of t~e last · V. B. we re ~ent to g irls of the l a st three
cl asse s . You- shoul'd see .h ow interested, from t i1e ir lett e rs , t l1e y a re
in .you • L . Here a re s o,n'€.. it ems. I t, icksd up from tl1e l ette rs : I~·la ry
White ( Mrs Lt . Pete So·;va ) is . non wit l1 i1er folks i n 3l:wr on , and Lt . Pete
is no w v;1ith the 2nd Ferrying Group. at ;Vih1ing t oh 0el.
'ililma Banks
is now in Denver Col~, -doi ng sec~et ~r .ia~ n ork~ a1s0. wearing a sparkle r
;.. a nd fr.om .~ Denv e r ri1an in t i1e service .
,1.lice lho rno son ( h:rs '!I.B_.!,_Ha rri~), .is • teaching in Cumbe rl a nd Md .
Eliz ab eth Czar ( Mrs Lt . Carl
Smithson) is in Ellwood C_i ty - ~1er: hubby is ,in .England ., .Csp. Leroy Bre st , was recentl v home ~n Sh a ron on a furlou ~h ~h e is stat ion ed in Cub a
.and .other poi11t~ .south . Ma r y. Jane Hall is ~orking for her ~I.A. a t
Penn State.
Martha Ube r wears a s parkler . Its a Mr Orr of Hickory .
Mrs ~e llie Patt e rsdn , for ye a rs ma t~on of North Hall , passe d away in
·, 1 il k insburg,-w,as. buried in S.R •.
. "P.op" ivlcC1Y,:monds , the pop ular ne wsdea ler down town , now is gr a vE.ly .ill in ths Grove City hospitnl.Ruth
Massha ll ( ~rs Wilson Shilling) lives ~t 318~Alderman Ave , Sh a ron .
Ma ri an L . Smith(Mrs C. R ~Peffe~) lives at . Ta rerttum Pa RD#l , and ha s
~ brpther a nd a . hubby in the serviQe . Rhea Jean heckert(~rs Elrner~J .
Stratton) left l as t week to be wit.h. _him L1 Calif . Ruth Jones(:';Irs H. W
Irons) li V E. s .at 912 E . Pearl St ~ ,Butler - her b u b by is . a Lt . V'.'i th th e
Marin 6 s naw .on t .c1e South Se a s .• • Lt is 1vicDougali (6rr) n ow lives a t
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p. 2 .Y,B. .#, 21- • .. __ _.·23 Chambers Ave_., Greenville, Pa. Its a sparkler for E§_g_gy Griffith
of 528W .wash~·t,':NewCast·1e·: and AlC J,ack Dunlap (44D Gunter Fld I i/lontgomery Ala).· l§liibe·1 Barker -_i§ . t _~achlng at . 1913 S. First St.• Louis,vi_l..:.
le, B,Ky. Lucille Y:oungert teaching at'l40\'!alter Lane.,Springd. a le,Pa.,
Charlotte GI"ufit, teacl'J.h1g. o,t Bgxl62 , Meyersdale·,P a. ,Marjorie Lindsey,at
1811East Washin~ton St~,N~~CastlePa~i Car6lyn ~illi a ms 6f _42 ~tVernon hve ,Pgh~2'Jl mee·,t,s·: wit-h ·Louis. Andersorr Fallon,J,ia ry E. Jackson,. Elsie
Sarrac ks Mt:Gn.rv ey'. ,: Mary L. Fritz., and Eliza beth Hawkins for S .H. reunions monthly:. Donna Mc·;1a 11:i,qm:s;teachin3 at Box 15 Irv1i1:,Pa •. , Pe ,2g y.
Wa rkal :te a ching at 512 E.Mtii~,RoarinG Springs,Pa.,Betty Je an McCord:
2..zs,w. 1vlain St Grm{~ City .. ,Gladys M. Perry at Box322Mars , Pn. 1 Ethel V.
Murray at Pgh.St.Chesvlick 1 Pa ., ~farjorie L. ~'i agner a.t 336 E:-,rtt.E~ J~v.c .. ,,
Beaver, Pa., __Lt,'Viac . Iwtty Coval r (Sta Hosp#l FtJacl Marjorie Hall at 426-3QthSt·McKeesport ,Pa,_Sara J. Frederick, at 31 !Yia rlin .Or.Sharpsburg,RD#2,Pa.,,Priscilla McCoy at RD/rlEiqersRidge, Pa .
Hary Ellen May at579Montg'ryAve ,C hambersburg,Pa.,and Helen Cochr a n at
lllBrilliant Ave,Aspinwa!l,Pa.,
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· Furl6ughirig on the campus, a nd
always walcome. :. Qpl. Bi 11 Elder and. Sgt . Johp •Qonwav bofl:;i. o iJe d . Det ~ .
558thAA.i"( AW(J)bn Shreveport La,, Sgt John Br i eh of HdqDet .. 2n-q. S;eg. Aberd- ·
ee:n Prov.Gr . Md , a/s _R ussell .Lieed , soon to go to ColumBia :U, Lt. i->.rt
Vine ent, saying good luck, everybody, Capt. Frank Ware -li kely now on
th e high seas for ?i Pvt . Archie Sonntag, all steamed up about his Sp.
Service work, Csp.Leroy Bresi phoning from Sharon .when his car·failed
him, and Lt-j g .Geo.Wagenho rst hOme _.from his Flotilla on the South ~eas
sayinc; that the air power of t l1e _Japs is definitely
th_e decrea:s·e ..
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AND now brothe.r--lets -have a loolc inside: the · old MAIL BAG' H
,From::
Cpl Ed Kruse(.Base if) eather St-A.;:..• B-RomeNY) 11 Sorry to h a ve missed 'Lt
Lytle at Chanute Field. Than~s to Capt Joe Fuszek for ge tting me o.n
V .B's list'"
•From Sgt w.. w. 0 r andon(Class578-15-59TrGrKess1erFldMi/ss)
"I have bee_n accepted into the air corps-am now await ing to be .s,erit
to college-am now with men who have seen ovefseas service and hear
s o ::ie int ere sting tal es."·.Dont believe I Ive rece iv E.d the ·pic:t u:re. you
wrote about Warren-mention it aga in plec1se.. •Fro m Ens.,Roy VanHorn
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(Atlsea) "Finally rec0ived the Dec.VB. Since le av ing the Sta te-s, my ,tr- .
a~els would sound something like a . Caok'~ Tour of the battlefield$ as
I've been. all the way from Casablanka to Oran and several trips ta,
Italy thrown in-Had hoped to visit S.R. but my leave was cancelled at
the last moraent" ,Fro m:Ist Lt Peter Sowa(2nd Fs'rrying Gr . VVi lmington
_ .1,)__elJ Note left at my home::J'Im driving through from Columbus ,.Mi.ss ta
Wilmington via Sharon where Mary(White)my wlfe ,li ved , W~·we re mighty
sorry to have missed you as we came. this way just .tor that re ns.on-BUT count bot h of us in. for t :10.t BIG REUNION V'-rdi g hty sorry to have
been out Lt.Pete-come again !t
•Fr om PfcBlair S. Hildebrand(M.A.D.
Navy Pier-.Jiesel 0 chool·,Ghic ago Ill) " So Ive. ch ~.. nged addresses aga in
-this time to the windi city. They say there is a future to diesel enginest and Chic ago is a wonderful town-plenty of nmusE.ment and: room"
t.o get ar ound"
•From Lt.A.T.Barnett(SqF · ..SaltLake City U)"It wo.s swell
to receive my first copy of VB~I do not know many ,of the S.R. me~ it
mentions but may run into some of t ,hem.-i ts a s.mall world.Yie are now
a.w aiting shi_pment to combat zone. I like Snlt La.ke City but is is
cold and lots of snow-we have,n' t gotten out to see much 11
•From Sgt.
John Grossman( Btry C 69th AAAG' nBn CampHaanCal if) "Our. outfit have
been in BanDiego since Pearl Harbor-now ~e ~ill likely move into some
more strategic area, as we con_s ider :the, west coas t sa.fe from the J ap-s
now. Riverside is a beautiful tcn:in-and v_1e hetve lots of C:..,.,liJ.liquid
sunshine now" •From Tom JoosJs sister 11 Lo..st week we h,a.d .a 1·ette r fin ... ·
ally from Tom. We dont kno:w: _v-~11,er-e he is but do know that it is very
warm. His boat was torpodoed,.and they lost their boat but thank God he
came hut of it safe. He spol e--1-.1-e-g- a-ncl- was--g-re-t-ecf--ttl-f'"0 r the . I e rrrenrbr-o:n--ctr'-'---.--Frunr'fiS-g t '"'tJ"tflrrrirat:s- - - ~
_Q.Q (Engl an d) 11 I m_et (brother) Tom here, · o.nd spent the day wi th him.
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cmd was he a sigi1t for. my eyes... He V'JD.S ; so suprised to see me · he cou- ef
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ld lrn.rdly speak. Capt Bill Temple droppe4i in to see me,-:w e.. hnd a good
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hours convers~tio n about college days-.I hope to see Jake Elliott very '
soon--I supr:ios.e he goes ~r_out fishing every chan ce he gets•• ••• Bet he
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casts a wicked fly !
•From Lt Johll Drake ( Dinner Key Hi -:-im i 33 Fla) 11
followed me to Guada.canal and .other South P. Is lands. I sure do want . to · · ~ ..
get back there to sc:.y hello to my friends in S.R ."
•From }Irs H . H .,
Rosche( 1!30 1 VahlE.n 1weMadison4'v7is) 11 The r,:ajor is ·at Camp .Javis N·.C .
today-but soon le aves f?r N.Y.City nhere he will spend.a. Jew days a t
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the port of embarcci.tion-:-th_en to N.J. and t ·o '//8.,sh D.C . After he co mes
bacl~.fro~ th.is "~xpotition'".· he _ ·e.x p.ect- ~ a neVi.V ass_·~gnment-v:'he r .e_ 1.rve_· -_ know ·
not-in tne meantime _ Ed an d I ar e holding down t lus place- plealse $end . - - ·
the VBs here, t hen. I . can see them and s0nd them on to -the Mr.tj or 11 ', O .~!
•From Ens .. Fred Darlin( Camp 2-Ft •.Pi ere eFla) 11 We :i re now . on . our f ina-1: ph· '
ase of t r :1 ini ng in as s u,lt b.oat··•_s. Its gr and - a_nd \":arm down h-ere now .11
•From:Pvt Tom Johnson (Co D 3205 SCSU Syracu.se U.N.Y.) "Thanks fo,r
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the VB newsletter-I can ke..ep in t _o uch with-1my friends -. I would li~e
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cont .:1 et i;in.rk Holpfer if h6 receives this copy"· • •• He will 1'om. ,From, :
Lt. Jae k Hetrick( Pers onne 1 Hq .C a mp Crowder Mo) " We ~l umni of the old
college do not forget our associations th3.t we had there. ·,Ve like to
thinlc th::i.t -it will be there ·for us to come back to just like it was.I
, ~m still on · the same job at th6 same camp-Keep those VBs pouring out"
· • From P:f c. Geo .Sipe( ;:..po ) 11 I mi ssGd a date with one of the boys here in
Italy-but cOrrespond with ot(i.e-rs through the acldres s es you h::1ve g iv.en
me in the envelopes. ~hen this is all over my wife and I will ma ke
t.he big reunion a "LIUST," and we v-:ouldent miss it" •From Lt Bob C.
~dcGregor(A.PO) " I have ,been G).bo·ard ship for three weeks, hetve seen &
ex per i enc ed a lot of new ancl int ere sting things -nnd likely there ' is
more of this in store for me:. Today we ho,d the finals of -our boxing
tournaments on deck-they took almo~t ell ~fternoon. I spend most of
mt time lecturing , and physic&l drill , -but the decks o re generally
pretty well crowded 11 . . . co,i1e 1:-:.gain Bob. •From Capt C.J.R,einha~dt:
( Ner1 port 1-•.nF ,Newport .irk-)" '!Jhile ma.1y of the. S ~R . personnel a re now
str::i.ngers to me VBgE-t.s prompt atte,nt~on-Keep them coming"
~From:
!\•lrs Corp. ClD.s Kro.use: "Charles is still in England - v: as released from
___the hQspi.._t :-i. l.=)'J.Qe_re b..e.. h a§_ l:)v;en_ ponf lned singe_l-1.u._g._u st and is n~w assigned to the Speci a l ServicE. s co· ,,;here he now re pairs wa tche, s unt i 1
his legs get better" ••• Good luc _k to Chuc k l 11 •From Phm3/c. Margar::~
Sloan(Dentil Clinic NorfolkllVa'' My a ddress will re ,: 1.dily tell where I
am and what I am doing. VBis getting more interesting-c ount me in on
the Home Coming"
• From Lt Bill i,ia.nke. (J~PO) "The nevJS finally reached me concerning~Sta~ and~ori~may God gr 2nt that they havent left us
in vain. Five ye ::1 .rs ago there we.sent a. fellow in our clnss that had
any idea they would be where they are now . I guess most of us took a
little too much for g ranted . Well , ~r hl.I am in Sardinia n~w. Ive
found the people a shade different than the French , but their goal is
the same as ours ; to finish this war up r i;:;ht and get home . 11 • • • And o.s
I was just v'/Ondering v1hnt had h..Q.P.Q€ned to you - here etlong comes this
· fine VlHc.i 1 le;tter-Of course your busy , . who isent? Do try :ind keep in
touch with your old college--and were sure interested in ·heo.ring from
eiery one of you-often! LL Thanks 3ill~ ~~ •From Pvt.Winfield S.Kiester
( Bn.i;,6 i)et F.-;.,.F Bks 132 Fl onsnceSC) "I have, bis en working as a P. T Instr_iwhi le a v:aiting for ?_adet call\ Its a lon 6 schectuie 6Very day, and
I'm tired out . by night but fE- e ling greett.I sure n p preci a. ted t h e Xm a s
cards sent from t l~e. 3irls _:.1.t college-nnd ·the VB for keeping me in
touch ..with everybody .. " •From Q_pl O.E.Willi ams (APO)" .Lnny of my frinds OVfr here , ,--, 1_i,hon,-:,h t >1ey tHJ[E't bi;or:a of s B reqd ,rn ;from, c6v_er to cov{r E::ach time I .get it .I ar11 somewheres in N. Af ri ca now., c.':.nd
was transfefred to.the band wh\le in t~e_C ~ lif.desert-cnnt seem ~6
keep av1b.y from music ·. I ·a m looking fonmrd to the dny v1hen I ca,n .coma
back to S.R., renew old fri e ndships , ~nd ~o fox squirrel hunting out
on the Kelly farm"
, Fr;om ~\J C Nark ·aayne (305 1..1:,F Garner Field Tex)
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h~d onli beet~ here 3 weeks when I g ot an 6'.nerG;ency f~r~ough - v1~nt
home-01.,1r 6 4 1b s.on w2i.s bor11 Jan l 7th-:--hope: to n nve them Join me 111
ba,sic training at •1 n.~,o Tex . about .. ,pri~st . Geo Swearingen and 11 ~i i n;i "
asked me to ,sa.y"Hello to youJit ,iey put me on the plane v1hen, I v1ent home 1
• From Tec .. Hep. L.N . Beaver( APO) '-' Happened to be in Honolulu· o.· _f e\'ii month :
back-stopped to eat , when the pl i ne was not ready ca~~ back to . me$s
hall for .n second . cup of coffee --Lo c.nd Behold , who r 1ns 9 i tj.:ng intent
on food ~1..od una~'lc.re .of his surroundings but Sam Ristich-I assure :you
it was :J. p leaso.nt s uprise --we really chewed the fat .unt i 1 my plane.
,3incE- E:arly 1942 I have .beE:n employed ns Se r vice EngineE:r , in the, ' Aircraft Inst r ~-..:spent 18 mo • . in thE: bddle e ast - 11.frica , _India , .~ersia,.
d.nd .am now operati_ng in thE. s.w . Pncific . Have s e en many ptE:c;~s _oj' 3.rchitect:ure and mcmy · f!,ems of· art pert ctining to niany _races. When t2:1.l( ing Art ,~ppreciation .L_ nsver:- reD.lized I would somE. :ctn.y. . see many pf' the
examples we; discussed in c L.1s s . I hope ,to · see China bE.f ore_ r_eturp!i.ng
homell For a goad letter t hanks '.Lew ~ . tram Lt Loy2:l.Liken(_I-~~te,l J~ am ac
71st and Broadway N ~ Y. C) 11 . Ha.v e been on· the move ago.in70.ft ~r _leaving
· ;,1 _b ahy , I spent 2 mo . in Br o\"msvill1;:; Te x, and c:m no\'J: here : in N._y .c. I am
C .o. of the Hq and Hq Sqdn ;..keep me on the list -_I . dont: v1ant_ to .miss - an
issue" · ·ybur ihl .L.oyal . •Fr·oin 'Jayne · GarraU:x(3gt) · (APO)" Last night , I ran
·across BillTemple · i-~e:.re in the Red · Cross-:hE. is c. v a pt :C~in
mid told r,
about V13-,,so G·mnt to_ ge t on th e list . )Olrnt a big time \~~ ~ad talking
over good old. S.R. days .r! ___ .1\nd your on· 'Ffnyne - just ke e p me ,posted a nd
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eve;r,y novv a nd then .
- From T/3gt .Jo.vid- Fraz.ier(l1PO) 1.1 I _ have
teft rrry lust a.ddres.s r,hich was at thP Fiji Islands . It has. b E-en suprising how I h iwe peen able to explore these 3 , 3 (:;. ;:.t islands--! h c.d al.w o.ys
~ti.o ught they were beautiful ·, · a.nd full ·_ of lovely.nc. tive,girl_s . I.still
h t1.V G cm island like tha t to find . I d. h1 p.J.tiently a tv G.iting the dny when
(g s t _ b ,J.Ck to S.R~"
~From Pvt Diel{ Duda (Sorri swheresin Italy)'' _Ive
b.een plenty busy h1oving arOUQd he.re , . a ;-id , a m now starting on _IT)Y 2nd_ year
overseas}'
• Frain Sam I\lanrulu(LJ6GompD- 30$~1eepsh6ad Bay BrooklynN. Y) "I
rec'd the int ere sting VB le.st hight-h o. d· to s.et, out of bed and. finished
re a d:img it in the wash room a-ftE-r· te1:p.s-., !11· be s a iling for ? in about
6 weeks-a ~1d ma.y · ¢l.ig ·up·s6 n1cth1rig inter$st1ng for you " • • • Do~ t!
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•Friom .. :Ph.M2./c Jac_k_ D.West(/.PO)" 1~t present we. ?',re again in the combat
;.~nd this time more action than the las.t.• We have quiet a few bombings
and other attacka but they are not _as heavy as before.The ~aps are fighting a l.oosing battl.e and they know it.Some, times I pi t.y them, but
they wont give up, so its until the end for them~ The last VB was sw&
~""a'nd-I would like to compliment who ever wr e te \hat l_ittle 11 pep 11 t~lk,
as I have never r~ad anything ao enthusiastically written. I on~y wish I could d~ half as much as some of the other fellows of the colle,ge are doing in. this war . Chow is _waiting and I l l h.::we to stop" . _, From
LLfguc k H:ough( 837BombSq .Alamog,ordoN .M) "Our outfit wi 11 so9n be going
over, ns we' re we 11 trained in the last l.½years - we are getting aqxi ous
y'.o u know. Alamogardo is referred to c1:s "ne,xt door to hell 0 -a desertd"
white sand suur.ounded by mountains L2p00ft high . The field is so large
we use taxi~s to go from B.Q . Q. to the flight line , 3 or 4 miles away.
Eo an~iou~ ~re we that w~ bave caught somq ,of the fellows cutting out
paffer d:o1ls, othe.rs playing in the white sand with shovels_ and buckets, .some Lt 1 _s wanted a . furlough bacause , as they put it 1 1f1H ere only
;three and a half years old'' . Furiboughs, however aEe as scarce as '.'ii 11kie . buttons down here - but we
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this will ·_s how up _same. _qay ~ i~h ~ u y of PHOT0'1Ri\PHS of ALL
thi ~a~e old Chuck!·! • From; Pf~
service people, both men and women
Jimmy Kearns {.,PO) "Every hos pi ta
fr o;;i c allege wi 11 be placed on the
I go to gets a little better . I
. first floor: hall of 11 0Id i•f o.in~ IF
just carit _seE.m. to stay out of . · ,i •
haven't as · yet sent . in an untrouble. In oct.ober maler ia had
mounted picture of yourse If in
me-then a.Qtion. 1 .and back.here
uniform--PLli~SE .DO SO within a weeD
ain, but I _ q:m up and walking ar.
or so after you receive this VB.
I
ound nov1 .. . ..:soon want. to get tha
Those. overseas( and elsewhere) ple-l'
• pieture ,of ...Dons gr a v:e • . I'd give:
as e write home . a.sking that this be
a months pay to see -one of the.
done . Ther' es room for YOUR pictuS . R. boysT-:sure would iike ~o .
re-and ple a se - do not forget?! t
run into Mosaa,tebel, or Jonea
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and you can tetl them a-nev:order just ca~Q through--Im now on New
Caladc>nia.,.,.;tell ME,nober I've oe.en Looking at coconut trees for eighteen months!.\ • From Ens . Bob Varnum ( Harvard U) 11 Today I . happened .t .o get
in touch with "Bill". 'Cunningham 1_ ac s a.ports writer who . helped put S .R.
on the map--am hn.ving dinner .with , him1 next ,S at •. evening-he seems. very
·- anxious to talk with a:. S .. R~ .man "· .From £2/cJohn Beving!:.on(Bar644F N.
~,T _.....~.Bainbridge,Mo.) '!__I hci.1ie been transferred to t h e , fl eE: t ,and a m n ow
e~pecting -0all to motor machinists . mate school-I wish this mess was
. over so that I could . go back to college" •From T/Sgt .John Pa.ttersc,n
(England)!'. Just had an ·8 day furlough in Edinbur;;a1Scotland, •• visited
: the 'palace of Ma:ryStuart, .Que,en o f Soots.I met Jimmy Ijinos and Doug
Lehman .h ere-its · _gr.eat to run into some, one you know ov:er here! 1 • From
Harry Truman(Red Gross ii.PO) · "i~nd am I sorry Ive misse~d tne other 24
VB's, as I am now working my . 16th month of overseas. duty-if you will
J,.ook at VB#25 I am at the .>second. word mentioned. I worl;<. out of Cairo,
but travel all through the.·· Ivliddle East qperations;. and my work has be•.,
en a grand experience. , My wife is living ·in Yonkers with our daughter
Lynn ( who I h a ve never seen yet) as she was ~orri July4,1943 1 and I
; sure a:s .hell am looking for~vard to the day when I will . Have. spent time i ·n Syria, ' and aiITJ_ost got to the .Holy Land for Xmas-please send me
Olair ,'ixte lls address II Its inc losed, Harry 1 ! • From Ca.pt Bi 11 Temple
(i~Po) IIYou really get to see many things in England,-cmd I'm concerned
in that :ma,st. of the world is the same.,.--but there is no; place like ,1.m-erica~ .11.L5 .yen.r old newsboy . said in.my heo.ring "Th 'ell with this country ••• I'm goi 'n to save 60 pounds nnd go to I.mer ico." --the. Yanks have
:taught the English girls to jitterbug and use . good old. slang ••• kids
· on the street say ''toity toid street" etc.,..please try and get my addre~ _ M t.o aob R_!l.
. " 'tb,a.!lJ.{.s ,- nnd _it , Ls . c.J..o.s..a.d-=1;io.t.l:::i._ "~s~.i-ll-.----F~ L J.L.LytleCDeptWeatherChanute Fldill)"Through VB our family got to see
· Bob Rumsey in Denver at Xm,a s time.S v ent 2 af.t e.rnoons with Bo.b and we
talked S.R. most of -t-h e time ••• he hns .cf wonderful .set-up there as: he
is T/Sgt. in charg e of running th_e bJg. l..l'ym. n~ .L owry Field, and he :8i vs
calisthenics to officers. thanks fot thuse pictures from Tony Loriso
in India. I ran int.o Bi 11 Schmidt here to.king thE- we::.i.ther obs' n c ours
-e-expect to see him longer ·some ·day. Jack. Merrit.ts .is on this post,
. now~' T}Ld'-JKS .Jimrnyt • Frorn Ens Geo Nai-smith( 1~.TB Camp Bradf ordNOBNorfo lk
( 11 )Va) '' ,ifter .being in l'io;vy 2.½ye a.rs . getting re nd;y to go to sea-I 11
soon be at Litt le Gree le .Va-t i1 en to GunnE.ry School. Ha vent he nrd f~om
Rny Banks lately" Neither hc:w e we-Has iJ'1"Y130DX? Geo .you dident tell
us a bout getting n gold wn t .c h as a gift from your men out at u. o.f
iilinn. That wa s great l ~ •From Pvt. Erma L.Moore(1TiacDetFtHonmouth NJ)
_ 11 ~ le a s E.
sei:id me . VB!'-H1:1-ve~ ·•Fr,?m En~ John Joy(i~ .. Guar.~. Sc,Norfol~\( ll)V1~ )
·''ciur.e vias interested in• cipeed Hastings l.e.t .t .er.Chuck 1.Ioore and Ed J ie
Patni k are here-Ours wil 1 be ru gged duty 'Ni th res ponsi bi lit ie.s in. the
Merchant Marines" iiND . I wi.sh t i1 ere wer.e space g alo·r e forr.1orei1,
WHEN :the. g.oing gets ~QtJgb-hang on _like he 11 l ~l· · ~ - e . o ~ ~ 1
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attention to its own matter- of - day ., ~ Al"C~·JQ.t~-~-::t·
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strittng fury , baring its needle-lilte talon~f?_:'.,.-v
: · and its razor - sharp beak· and woe be to ' the enet1} . • .
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tha~ cani1ot· ·p arry its lightning-like thrust it _'/};::-\-( ~};;;,..(
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Loosed upon startled Japan and stur.ned Germany_,_,.:. :i\__ · ··· -~
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t:1 ~se l a st - several weeks have· be~n th~ most, fe r- ··.,-,::. __ ,."::·'-.-.,_ -:'·· , r
. ocious and supe r- power attacks t t1a t tnes-e t -nug_ ··::-;-·:·:· _., ...
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directed . natiorrs'· have so far faced from America .. --·. ;.-.•.· . . - ·
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"'-! -,, ;d-·' . t wo- tho usan d planes h a ve knocked. ga lly-wes t
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o ff e·- ns1ve on all fronts • . Ti'1e_ devastating att ;;i:;;ll -·
ad)<: on Truk not . ori.ly suprised- t he Japs.~ - it
s uprised t rie world 1 It rna·r l<:ed one of t l11.e i :m~ ~
2 or~an~war ipocs this jear . AND two thousand plan ~s
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· ··:.,i :r e .a lo;t of planes ove r anybody's c o untry ~ l
Hi_ss, scream , scrat.. ch , fume and plue1mE;,t , :· square , hard, ·and sure, Americ an Eag le t U Rent
to shreds the s e deEitroyers of peace and. happiness , and bririg the wo·. rld . q -u:ickly back to · peace an,d quietnes.s,and love ...Our ,men vrnnt t :o
come home for a hot bath , .a shav~ an d . ~ h~ircut i i a ba r ber shop; ,a
car to tJ.ke .the girl.. friend out to a double featLlre movie , aad ar; :
ice c_ream. sundae .t Sh a rp en thos.e fan g s Ame_ric an Eagle, whet u.p ti1 a t
pE:! _a k - :-bring. our . boys b~Qk\to an . Americ_a whe re tney 1,1ay wo.rk at · a
respectable job , live in a con{or\ able ~ome, ijnd go fis h ing or go lfing whe never t::1ey da r ,n well please · . B ri n;,; the n1 ba c k to an America
(not pe rfect,of c ourse nott) ~here he c a~ live as a res pe cted g~ nt·lem a n among his frie 11ds and.w:i,th his ,-loved ones 1.t PLU:,II'IET Eag le,. ·
sur~ a nd.li ghtning ~f is ttt\~~
ite-0 0 cd d i "' ·
· e c'4, s 1 0'.t t ed. -i 0 b-i t'f 't't'I e· s e e n -~ ·· L-:"e~ .'rll!wn~r-t>-.::,,---.---,
your old Al ma .Mater; and Lie buds- on the r110.p les down .a long Long '.'ialk
· are swellin'g . :A :fe w farmers out on S.R . · creek a re maldng map le syrup,
as th e 'ii;ea ther still ', keeps 'rnild • .· J-1lre:::idy a . few a ll - g irl i: roups have
_, left with picnic basl( 9 ts to haunts among t he se hills/and dales that
you have tramped ov e r so _ often , and where you have k i ndled fires for
your steaks an d · bacon . Do a little refl e cting U
Ah t Those WERE very
sweet days ! t1
The chief concern a t Slippery Rock just now , however , is not piciiics-- it is the future of, the c.o1lege - and t i1c1.t is a
~ concern~ , Its future , as with ti"1e future of many a n other coll ege,now hangs in t~B ba lance . The Cadets , now l eaving in groups , will
probably al l be g one in May, a nd the prospects fo~ new students , now
that industry o f fers so much , is not promising. CoL1Cerned , but not
jittery a re all of us . ·-:vell , college is just darn e d q uiet Vi ithout
___ you felL:5ws r1c re to a dd th& -z ip, p·1,,mch and g o t'.1 a ~we h c:.ve a lw ay s been
used to.- Every b ody is lrnen to know v1here ~
a re\an d wrw t you a re d..D:i..ng ~ . Be . as sured; a s you r ead t h is away out V1ere son1e p l a ce, someplace
so different t:1a:t, S . R. , t;1nt you : h a ye r iot bee_n forg-otten , and be sure
a nd cert a in that you a re not out there a lone t t ! t 1 . :1ecently, one
hund red copiee of t~e last · V. B. we re ~ent to g irls of the l a st three
cl asse s . You- shoul'd see .h ow interested, from t i1e ir lett e rs , t l1e y a re
in .you • L . Here a re s o,n'€.. it ems. I t, icksd up from tl1e l ette rs : I~·la ry
White ( Mrs Lt . Pete So·;va ) is . non wit l1 i1er folks i n 3l:wr on , and Lt . Pete
is no w v;1ith the 2nd Ferrying Group. at ;Vih1ing t oh 0el.
'ililma Banks
is now in Denver Col~, -doi ng sec~et ~r .ia~ n ork~ a1s0. wearing a sparkle r
;.. a nd fr.om .~ Denv e r ri1an in t i1e service .
,1.lice lho rno son ( h:rs '!I.B_.!,_Ha rri~), .is • teaching in Cumbe rl a nd Md .
Eliz ab eth Czar ( Mrs Lt . Carl
Smithson) is in Ellwood C_i ty - ~1er: hubby is ,in .England ., .Csp. Leroy Bre st , was recentl v home ~n Sh a ron on a furlou ~h ~h e is stat ion ed in Cub a
.and .other poi11t~ .south . Ma r y. Jane Hall is ~orking for her ~I.A. a t
Penn State.
Martha Ube r wears a s parkler . Its a Mr Orr of Hickory .
Mrs ~e llie Patt e rsdn , for ye a rs ma t~on of North Hall , passe d away in
·, 1 il k insburg,-w,as. buried in S.R •.
. "P.op" ivlcC1Y,:monds , the pop ular ne wsdea ler down town , now is gr a vE.ly .ill in ths Grove City hospitnl.Ruth
Massha ll ( ~rs Wilson Shilling) lives ~t 318~Alderman Ave , Sh a ron .
Ma ri an L . Smith(Mrs C. R ~Peffe~) lives at . Ta rerttum Pa RD#l , and ha s
~ brpther a nd a . hubby in the serviQe . Rhea Jean heckert(~rs Elrner~J .
Stratton) left l as t week to be wit.h. _him L1 Calif . Ruth Jones(:';Irs H. W
Irons) li V E. s .at 912 E . Pearl St ~ ,Butler - her b u b by is . a Lt . V'.'i th th e
Marin 6 s naw .on t .c1e South Se a s .• • Lt is 1vicDougali (6rr) n ow lives a t
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p. 2 .Y,B. .#, 21- • .. __ _.·23 Chambers Ave_., Greenville, Pa. Its a sparkler for E§_g_gy Griffith
of 528W .wash~·t,':NewCast·1e·: and AlC J,ack Dunlap (44D Gunter Fld I i/lontgomery Ala).· l§liibe·1 Barker -_i§ . t _~achlng at . 1913 S. First St.• Louis,vi_l..:.
le, B,Ky. Lucille Y:oungert teaching at'l40\'!alter Lane.,Springd. a le,Pa.,
Charlotte GI"ufit, teacl'J.h1g. o,t Bgxl62 , Meyersdale·,P a. ,Marjorie Lindsey,at
1811East Washin~ton St~,N~~CastlePa~i Car6lyn ~illi a ms 6f _42 ~tVernon hve ,Pgh~2'Jl mee·,t,s·: wit-h ·Louis. Andersorr Fallon,J,ia ry E. Jackson,. Elsie
Sarrac ks Mt:Gn.rv ey'. ,: Mary L. Fritz., and Eliza beth Hawkins for S .H. reunions monthly:. Donna Mc·;1a 11:i,qm:s;teachin3 at Box 15 Irv1i1:,Pa •. , Pe ,2g y.
Wa rkal :te a ching at 512 E.Mtii~,RoarinG Springs,Pa.,Betty Je an McCord:
2..zs,w. 1vlain St Grm{~ City .. ,Gladys M. Perry at Box322Mars , Pn. 1 Ethel V.
Murray at Pgh.St.Chesvlick 1 Pa ., ~farjorie L. ~'i agner a.t 336 E:-,rtt.E~ J~v.c .. ,,
Beaver, Pa., __Lt,'Viac . Iwtty Coval r (Sta Hosp#l FtJacl Marjorie Hall at 426-3QthSt·McKeesport ,Pa,_Sara J. Frederick, at 31 !Yia rlin .Or.Sharpsburg,RD#2,Pa.,,Priscilla McCoy at RD/rlEiqersRidge, Pa .
Hary Ellen May at579Montg'ryAve ,C hambersburg,Pa.,and Helen Cochr a n at
lllBrilliant Ave,Aspinwa!l,Pa.,
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· Furl6ughirig on the campus, a nd
always walcome. :. Qpl. Bi 11 Elder and. Sgt . Johp •Qonwav bofl:;i. o iJe d . Det ~ .
558thAA.i"( AW(J)bn Shreveport La,, Sgt John Br i eh of HdqDet .. 2n-q. S;eg. Aberd- ·
ee:n Prov.Gr . Md , a/s _R ussell .Lieed , soon to go to ColumBia :U, Lt. i->.rt
Vine ent, saying good luck, everybody, Capt. Frank Ware -li kely now on
th e high seas for ?i Pvt . Archie Sonntag, all steamed up about his Sp.
Service work, Csp.Leroy Bresi phoning from Sharon .when his car·failed
him, and Lt-j g .Geo.Wagenho rst hOme _.from his Flotilla on the South ~eas
sayinc; that the air power of t l1e _Japs is definitely
th_e decrea:s·e ..
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AND now brothe.r--lets -have a loolc inside: the · old MAIL BAG' H
,From::
Cpl Ed Kruse(.Base if) eather St-A.;:..• B-RomeNY) 11 Sorry to h a ve missed 'Lt
Lytle at Chanute Field. Than~s to Capt Joe Fuszek for ge tting me o.n
V .B's list'"
•From Sgt w.. w. 0 r andon(Class578-15-59TrGrKess1erFldMi/ss)
"I have bee_n accepted into the air corps-am now await ing to be .s,erit
to college-am now with men who have seen ovefseas service and hear
s o ::ie int ere sting tal es."·.Dont believe I Ive rece iv E.d the ·pic:t u:re. you
wrote about Warren-mention it aga in plec1se.. •Fro m Ens.,Roy VanHorn
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(Atlsea) "Finally rec0ived the Dec.VB. Since le av ing the Sta te-s, my ,tr- .
a~els would sound something like a . Caok'~ Tour of the battlefield$ as
I've been. all the way from Casablanka to Oran and several trips ta,
Italy thrown in-Had hoped to visit S.R. but my leave was cancelled at
the last moraent" ,Fro m:Ist Lt Peter Sowa(2nd Fs'rrying Gr . VVi lmington
_ .1,)__elJ Note left at my home::J'Im driving through from Columbus ,.Mi.ss ta
Wilmington via Sharon where Mary(White)my wlfe ,li ved , W~·we re mighty
sorry to have missed you as we came. this way just .tor that re ns.on-BUT count bot h of us in. for t :10.t BIG REUNION V'-rdi g hty sorry to have
been out Lt.Pete-come again !t
•Fr om PfcBlair S. Hildebrand(M.A.D.
Navy Pier-.Jiesel 0 chool·,Ghic ago Ill) " So Ive. ch ~.. nged addresses aga in
-this time to the windi city. They say there is a future to diesel enginest and Chic ago is a wonderful town-plenty of nmusE.ment and: room"
t.o get ar ound"
•From Lt.A.T.Barnett(SqF · ..SaltLake City U)"It wo.s swell
to receive my first copy of VB~I do not know many ,of the S.R. me~ it
mentions but may run into some of t ,hem.-i ts a s.mall world.Yie are now
a.w aiting shi_pment to combat zone. I like Snlt La.ke City but is is
cold and lots of snow-we have,n' t gotten out to see much 11
•From Sgt.
John Grossman( Btry C 69th AAAG' nBn CampHaanCal if) "Our. outfit have
been in BanDiego since Pearl Harbor-now ~e ~ill likely move into some
more strategic area, as we con_s ider :the, west coas t sa.fe from the J ap-s
now. Riverside is a beautiful tcn:in-and v_1e hetve lots of C:..,.,liJ.liquid
sunshine now" •From Tom JoosJs sister 11 Lo..st week we h,a.d .a 1·ette r fin ... ·
ally from Tom. We dont kno:w: _v-~11,er-e he is but do know that it is very
warm. His boat was torpodoed,.and they lost their boat but thank God he
came hut of it safe. He spol e--1-.1-e-g- a-ncl- was--g-re-t-ecf--ttl-f'"0 r the . I e rrrenrbr-o:n--ctr'-'---.--Frunr'fiS-g t '"'tJ"tflrrrirat:s- - - ~
_Q.Q (Engl an d) 11 I m_et (brother) Tom here, · o.nd spent the day wi th him.
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cmd was he a sigi1t for. my eyes... He V'JD.S ; so suprised to see me · he cou- ef
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ld lrn.rdly speak. Capt Bill Temple droppe4i in to see me,-:w e.. hnd a good
v'\
hours convers~tio n about college days-.I hope to see Jake Elliott very '
soon--I supr:ios.e he goes ~r_out fishing every chan ce he gets•• ••• Bet he
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casts a wicked fly !
•From Lt Johll Drake ( Dinner Key Hi -:-im i 33 Fla) 11
followed me to Guada.canal and .other South P. Is lands. I sure do want . to · · ~ ..
get back there to sc:.y hello to my friends in S.R ."
•From }Irs H . H .,
Rosche( 1!30 1 VahlE.n 1weMadison4'v7is) 11 The r,:ajor is ·at Camp .Javis N·.C .
today-but soon le aves f?r N.Y.City nhere he will spend.a. Jew days a t
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the port of embarcci.tion-:-th_en to N.J. and t ·o '//8.,sh D.C . After he co mes
bacl~.fro~ th.is "~xpotition'".· he _ ·e.x p.ect- ~ a neVi.V ass_·~gnment-v:'he r .e_ 1.rve_· -_ know ·
not-in tne meantime _ Ed an d I ar e holding down t lus place- plealse $end . - - ·
the VBs here, t hen. I . can see them and s0nd them on to -the Mr.tj or 11 ', O .~!
•From Ens .. Fred Darlin( Camp 2-Ft •.Pi ere eFla) 11 We :i re now . on . our f ina-1: ph· '
ase of t r :1 ini ng in as s u,lt b.oat··•_s. Its gr and - a_nd \":arm down h-ere now .11
•From:Pvt Tom Johnson (Co D 3205 SCSU Syracu.se U.N.Y.) "Thanks fo,r
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the VB newsletter-I can ke..ep in t _o uch with-1my friends -. I would li~e
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cont .:1 et i;in.rk Holpfer if h6 receives this copy"· • •• He will 1'om. ,From, :
Lt. Jae k Hetrick( Pers onne 1 Hq .C a mp Crowder Mo) " We ~l umni of the old
college do not forget our associations th3.t we had there. ·,Ve like to
thinlc th::i.t -it will be there ·for us to come back to just like it was.I
, ~m still on · the same job at th6 same camp-Keep those VBs pouring out"
· • From P:f c. Geo .Sipe( ;:..po ) 11 I mi ssGd a date with one of the boys here in
Italy-but cOrrespond with ot(i.e-rs through the acldres s es you h::1ve g iv.en
me in the envelopes. ~hen this is all over my wife and I will ma ke
t.he big reunion a "LIUST," and we v-:ouldent miss it" •From Lt Bob C.
~dcGregor(A.PO) " I have ,been G).bo·ard ship for three weeks, hetve seen &
ex per i enc ed a lot of new ancl int ere sting things -nnd likely there ' is
more of this in store for me:. Today we ho,d the finals of -our boxing
tournaments on deck-they took almo~t ell ~fternoon. I spend most of
mt time lecturing , and physic&l drill , -but the decks o re generally
pretty well crowded 11 . . . co,i1e 1:-:.gain Bob. •From Capt C.J.R,einha~dt:
( Ner1 port 1-•.nF ,Newport .irk-)" '!Jhile ma.1y of the. S ~R . personnel a re now
str::i.ngers to me VBgE-t.s prompt atte,nt~on-Keep them coming"
~From:
!\•lrs Corp. ClD.s Kro.use: "Charles is still in England - v: as released from
___the hQspi.._t :-i. l.=)'J.Qe_re b..e.. h a§_ l:)v;en_ ponf lned singe_l-1.u._g._u st and is n~w assigned to the Speci a l ServicE. s co· ,,;here he now re pairs wa tche, s unt i 1
his legs get better" ••• Good luc _k to Chuc k l 11 •From Phm3/c. Margar::~
Sloan(Dentil Clinic NorfolkllVa'' My a ddress will re ,: 1.dily tell where I
am and what I am doing. VBis getting more interesting-c ount me in on
the Home Coming"
• From Lt Bill i,ia.nke. (J~PO) "The nevJS finally reached me concerning~Sta~ and~ori~may God gr 2nt that they havent left us
in vain. Five ye ::1 .rs ago there we.sent a. fellow in our clnss that had
any idea they would be where they are now . I guess most of us took a
little too much for g ranted . Well , ~r hl.I am in Sardinia n~w. Ive
found the people a shade different than the French , but their goal is
the same as ours ; to finish this war up r i;:;ht and get home . 11 • • • And o.s
I was just v'/Ondering v1hnt had h..Q.P.Q€ned to you - here etlong comes this
· fine VlHc.i 1 le;tter-Of course your busy , . who isent? Do try :ind keep in
touch with your old college--and were sure interested in ·heo.ring from
eiery one of you-often! LL Thanks 3ill~ ~~ •From Pvt.Winfield S.Kiester
( Bn.i;,6 i)et F.-;.,.F Bks 132 Fl onsnceSC) "I have, bis en working as a P. T Instr_iwhi le a v:aiting for ?_adet call\ Its a lon 6 schectuie 6Very day, and
I'm tired out . by night but fE- e ling greett.I sure n p preci a. ted t h e Xm a s
cards sent from t l~e. 3irls _:.1.t college-nnd ·the VB for keeping me in
touch ..with everybody .. " •From Q_pl O.E.Willi ams (APO)" .Lnny of my frinds OVfr here , ,--, 1_i,hon,-:,h t >1ey tHJ[E't bi;or:a of s B reqd ,rn ;from, c6v_er to cov{r E::ach time I .get it .I ar11 somewheres in N. Af ri ca now., c.':.nd
was transfefred to.the band wh\le in t~e_C ~ lif.desert-cnnt seem ~6
keep av1b.y from music ·. I ·a m looking fonmrd to the dny v1hen I ca,n .coma
back to S.R., renew old fri e ndships , ~nd ~o fox squirrel hunting out
on the Kelly farm"
, Fr;om ~\J C Nark ·aayne (305 1..1:,F Garner Field Tex)
11 !
h~d onli beet~ here 3 weeks when I g ot an 6'.nerG;ency f~r~ough - v1~nt
home-01.,1r 6 4 1b s.on w2i.s bor11 Jan l 7th-:--hope: to n nve them Join me 111
ba,sic training at •1 n.~,o Tex . about .. ,pri~st . Geo Swearingen and 11 ~i i n;i "
asked me to ,sa.y"Hello to youJit ,iey put me on the plane v1hen, I v1ent home 1
• From Tec .. Hep. L.N . Beaver( APO) '-' Happened to be in Honolulu· o.· _f e\'ii month :
back-stopped to eat , when the pl i ne was not ready ca~~ back to . me$s
hall for .n second . cup of coffee --Lo c.nd Behold , who r 1ns 9 i tj.:ng intent
on food ~1..od una~'lc.re .of his surroundings but Sam Ristich-I assure :you
it was :J. p leaso.nt s uprise --we really chewed the fat .unt i 1 my plane.
,3incE- E:arly 1942 I have .beE:n employed ns Se r vice EngineE:r , in the, ' Aircraft Inst r ~-..:spent 18 mo • . in thE: bddle e ast - 11.frica , _India , .~ersia,.
d.nd .am now operati_ng in thE. s.w . Pncific . Have s e en many ptE:c;~s _oj' 3.rchitect:ure and mcmy · f!,ems of· art pert ctining to niany _races. When t2:1.l( ing Art ,~ppreciation .L_ nsver:- reD.lized I would somE. :ctn.y. . see many pf' the
examples we; discussed in c L.1s s . I hope ,to · see China bE.f ore_ r_eturp!i.ng
homell For a goad letter t hanks '.Lew ~ . tram Lt Loy2:l.Liken(_I-~~te,l J~ am ac
71st and Broadway N ~ Y. C) 11 . Ha.v e been on· the move ago.in70.ft ~r _leaving
· ;,1 _b ahy , I spent 2 mo . in Br o\"msvill1;:; Te x, and c:m no\'J: here : in N._y .c. I am
C .o. of the Hq and Hq Sqdn ;..keep me on the list -_I . dont: v1ant_ to .miss - an
issue" · ·ybur ihl .L.oyal . •Fr·oin 'Jayne · GarraU:x(3gt) · (APO)" Last night , I ran
·across BillTemple · i-~e:.re in the Red · Cross-:hE. is c. v a pt :C~in
mid told r,
about V13-,,so G·mnt to_ ge t on th e list . )Olrnt a big time \~~ ~ad talking
over good old. S.R. days .r! ___ .1\nd your on· 'Ffnyne - just ke e p me ,posted a nd
, ~-vrite
eve;r,y novv a nd then .
- From T/3gt .Jo.vid- Fraz.ier(l1PO) 1.1 I _ have
teft rrry lust a.ddres.s r,hich was at thP Fiji Islands . It has. b E-en suprising how I h iwe peen able to explore these 3 , 3 (:;. ;:.t islands--! h c.d al.w o.ys
~ti.o ught they were beautiful ·, · a.nd full ·_ of lovely.nc. tive,girl_s . I.still
h t1.V G cm island like tha t to find . I d. h1 p.J.tiently a tv G.iting the dny when
(g s t _ b ,J.Ck to S.R~"
~From Pvt Diel{ Duda (Sorri swheresin Italy)'' _Ive
b.een plenty busy h1oving arOUQd he.re , . a ;-id , a m now starting on _IT)Y 2nd_ year
overseas}'
• Frain Sam I\lanrulu(LJ6GompD- 30$~1eepsh6ad Bay BrooklynN. Y) "I
rec'd the int ere sting VB le.st hight-h o. d· to s.et, out of bed and. finished
re a d:img it in the wash room a-ftE-r· te1:p.s-., !11· be s a iling for ? in about
6 weeks-a ~1d ma.y · ¢l.ig ·up·s6 n1cth1rig inter$st1ng for you " • • • Do~ t!
Send in a pi'cture
··U:-nif·orm-a nd turn the page •
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•Friom .. :Ph.M2./c Jac_k_ D.West(/.PO)" 1~t present we. ?',re again in the combat
;.~nd this time more action than the las.t.• We have quiet a few bombings
and other attacka but they are not _as heavy as before.The ~aps are fighting a l.oosing battl.e and they know it.Some, times I pi t.y them, but
they wont give up, so its until the end for them~ The last VB was sw&
~""a'nd-I would like to compliment who ever wr e te \hat l_ittle 11 pep 11 t~lk,
as I have never r~ad anything ao enthusiastically written. I on~y wish I could d~ half as much as some of the other fellows of the colle,ge are doing in. this war . Chow is _waiting and I l l h.::we to stop" . _, From
LLfguc k H:ough( 837BombSq .Alamog,ordoN .M) "Our outfit wi 11 so9n be going
over, ns we' re we 11 trained in the last l.½years - we are getting aqxi ous
y'.o u know. Alamogardo is referred to c1:s "ne,xt door to hell 0 -a desertd"
white sand suur.ounded by mountains L2p00ft high . The field is so large
we use taxi~s to go from B.Q . Q. to the flight line , 3 or 4 miles away.
Eo an~iou~ ~re we that w~ bave caught somq ,of the fellows cutting out
paffer d:o1ls, othe.rs playing in the white sand with shovels_ and buckets, .some Lt 1 _s wanted a . furlough bacause , as they put it 1 1f1H ere only
;three and a half years old'' . Furiboughs, however aEe as scarce as '.'ii 11kie . buttons down here - but we
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a re getting good training and ·
~9EC\Al ! ~ 'f/ithin a month the
this will ·_s how up _same. _qay ~ i~h ~ u y of PHOT0'1Ri\PHS of ALL
thi ~a~e old Chuck!·! • From; Pf~
service people, both men and women
Jimmy Kearns {.,PO) "Every hos pi ta
fr o;;i c allege wi 11 be placed on the
I go to gets a little better . I
. first floor: hall of 11 0Id i•f o.in~ IF
just carit _seE.m. to stay out of . · ,i •
haven't as · yet sent . in an untrouble. In oct.ober maler ia had
mounted picture of yourse If in
me-then a.Qtion. 1 .and back.here
uniform--PLli~SE .DO SO within a weeD
ain, but I _ q:m up and walking ar.
or so after you receive this VB.
I
ound nov1 .. . ..:soon want. to get tha
Those. overseas( and elsewhere) ple-l'
• pieture ,of ...Dons gr a v:e • . I'd give:
as e write home . a.sking that this be
a months pay to see -one of the.
done . Ther' es room for YOUR pictuS . R. boysT-:sure would iike ~o .
re-and ple a se - do not forget?! t
run into Mosaa,tebel, or Jonea
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and you can tetl them a-nev:order just ca~Q through--Im now on New
Caladc>nia.,.,.;tell ME,nober I've oe.en Looking at coconut trees for eighteen months!.\ • From Ens . Bob Varnum ( Harvard U) 11 Today I . happened .t .o get
in touch with "Bill". 'Cunningham 1_ ac s a.ports writer who . helped put S .R.
on the map--am hn.ving dinner .with , him1 next ,S at •. evening-he seems. very
·- anxious to talk with a:. S .. R~ .man "· .From £2/cJohn Beving!:.on(Bar644F N.
~,T _.....~.Bainbridge,Mo.) '!__I hci.1ie been transferred to t h e , fl eE: t ,and a m n ow
e~pecting -0all to motor machinists . mate school-I wish this mess was
. over so that I could . go back to college" •From T/Sgt .John Pa.ttersc,n
(England)!'. Just had an ·8 day furlough in Edinbur;;a1Scotland, •• visited
: the 'palace of Ma:ryStuart, .Que,en o f Soots.I met Jimmy Ijinos and Doug
Lehman .h ere-its · _gr.eat to run into some, one you know ov:er here! 1 • From
Harry Truman(Red Gross ii.PO) · "i~nd am I sorry Ive misse~d tne other 24
VB's, as I am now working my . 16th month of overseas. duty-if you will
J,.ook at VB#25 I am at the .>second. word mentioned. I worl;<. out of Cairo,
but travel all through the.·· Ivliddle East qperations;. and my work has be•.,
en a grand experience. , My wife is living ·in Yonkers with our daughter
Lynn ( who I h a ve never seen yet) as she was ~orri July4,1943 1 and I
; sure a:s .hell am looking for~vard to the day when I will . Have. spent time i ·n Syria, ' and aiITJ_ost got to the .Holy Land for Xmas-please send me
Olair ,'ixte lls address II Its inc losed, Harry 1 ! • From Ca.pt Bi 11 Temple
(i~Po) IIYou really get to see many things in England,-cmd I'm concerned
in that :ma,st. of the world is the same.,.--but there is no; place like ,1.m-erica~ .11.L5 .yen.r old newsboy . said in.my heo.ring "Th 'ell with this country ••• I'm goi 'n to save 60 pounds nnd go to I.mer ico." --the. Yanks have
:taught the English girls to jitterbug and use . good old. slang ••• kids
· on the street say ''toity toid street" etc.,..please try and get my addre~ _ M t.o aob R_!l.
. " 'tb,a.!lJ.{.s ,- nnd _it , Ls . c.J..o.s..a.d-=1;io.t.l:::i._ "~s~.i-ll-.----F~ L J.L.LytleCDeptWeatherChanute Fldill)"Through VB our family got to see
· Bob Rumsey in Denver at Xm,a s time.S v ent 2 af.t e.rnoons with Bo.b and we
talked S.R. most of -t-h e time ••• he hns .cf wonderful .set-up there as: he
is T/Sgt. in charg e of running th_e bJg. l..l'ym. n~ .L owry Field, and he :8i vs
calisthenics to officers. thanks fot thuse pictures from Tony Loriso
in India. I ran int.o Bi 11 Schmidt here to.king thE- we::.i.ther obs' n c ours
-e-expect to see him longer ·some ·day. Jack. Merrit.ts .is on this post,
. now~' T}Ld'-JKS .Jimrnyt • Frorn Ens Geo Nai-smith( 1~.TB Camp Bradf ordNOBNorfo lk
( 11 )Va) '' ,ifter .being in l'io;vy 2.½ye a.rs . getting re nd;y to go to sea-I 11
soon be at Litt le Gree le .Va-t i1 en to GunnE.ry School. Ha vent he nrd f~om
Rny Banks lately" Neither hc:w e we-Has iJ'1"Y130DX? Geo .you dident tell
us a bout getting n gold wn t .c h as a gift from your men out at u. o.f
iilinn. That wa s great l ~ •From Pvt. Erma L.Moore(1TiacDetFtHonmouth NJ)
_ 11 ~ le a s E.
sei:id me . VB!'-H1:1-ve~ ·•Fr,?m En~ John Joy(i~ .. Guar.~. Sc,Norfol~\( ll)V1~ )
·''ciur.e vias interested in• cipeed Hastings l.e.t .t .er.Chuck 1.Ioore and Ed J ie
Patni k are here-Ours wil 1 be ru gged duty 'Ni th res ponsi bi lit ie.s in. the
Merchant Marines" iiND . I wi.sh t i1 ere wer.e space g alo·r e forr.1orei1,
WHEN :the. g.oing gets ~QtJgb-hang on _like he 11 l ~l· · ~ - e . o ~ ~ 1
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