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DEAR JOE: It’s a lovely spring day we're having here at home, full
of birds and sunshine
and green grass. It’s one of those days when. you stop at the building entrance
and stand in the sun, hoping that something will happen to keep you out there just
doing nothing but blinking in the sun. Haven’t got my gar- den started yet. Hardly
anyone has. It’s been nice but just a little too cool. Farm work is slow, too. Like
last year, the season is a mite behind. But this sunshine today is almost too good
to be true. I wish I could bottle some of it up and send it to you. For that matter,
wish we could send you a lot of things, ice cream and coca cola and pop corn, a
good steak, some fried eggs and bacon, and a couple of quarts of cold milk. Yes,
it doesn’t seem right, us living here in this land of milk and honey and you living
dangerously and meagerly in many barren places... All I can say Joe is this—they’ll
be here when you get back. And we'll see that you get “seconds.”
OVERSEAS. He makes it cold for ’em. Stanley Gordon Stine,
in the navy since Pearl Harbor, has charge of all refrigeration on his ship. A chief
petty officer, he was in the Pacific until recently. He’s now somewhere in the Atlantic
on an aircraft carrier . . . He’s better now, Pfc. Geo. E. Belthius,
now in Italy, was in the hospital with malaria, contracted in Egypt... Pfc.
Richard Culver, with the 313th Infantry, writes from some APO; but
what his out- fit is doing and where they are is a military shh-hh-hh . . .
Jim O’Connor is a navy corpsman, doing duty over in the Marshall Islands
with “the sea-going bellhops’—navy politesse for Marines. Listen, Leathernecks,
the language is Jim’s, not mine. Anyway, come April 1st, Jim’s been promoted to
PhM 3/c. And one of these days he’s going down the center aisle with Evelyn
Coleman, of Monroe, N. Y. Congratulations, fellow ... T/4 Roy K. Christ-
offerson is now in Italy. He was one of the first to go. He’s served in Ireland,
North Africa, and Sicily. His sister, Mrs. Myrtle Long, is now
in Los Angeles, living at 426 South Union Drive and writes that she is always glad
to see anyone from Fort Dodge . .. Somewhere in England is S/Sgt. Harold S.
Strong. He’s with a bomb squadron... Sgt. Ray Anderson
is now in England. He’s with the engineers . . . Harold Daniels,of
Duncombe, formerly with the 34th, is now with an engineers depot in North Africa.
Wounded in the African campaign, he spent a number of months in hospitals and when
able to leave was transferred to this depot company. He hopes to rejoin his old
outfit soon .. . Over in North Ireland, or maybe it’s Manchester, England, now,
the officers’ club is decorated with pictures of the Iowa home towns of the officers
—and 1st Lt. Bill James would like one of his old home town—Fort
Dodge. We are taking care of that, Bill, Watch the mails... Watching our bombers
blast the Jerries is S/Sgt. Clarence Cooklin, of Gowrie, occupying
a front row seat on the Anzio Beachhead with the 3rd Div. His outfit has been fighting
ever since it landed in North Africa on November 8th. We're taking care of that
request, Clarence .. . She’s in England now, Lt. Dorothy Anderson,
of Dayton, in A. N. C.... Tom Timmons, S. F. 2/c, of Lehigh, on
a destroyer and making his seventh trip across, managed to get off a cablegram to
his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. She got it Easter Sunday morning . . .
He’s in England, Cpl. Kurt “Bob” Chalgren, with a squadron of P-38’s.
GOOD FELLOWS GET TOGETHER. In the same squadron of Liberators in
Italy, Lt. Bill Stagman, navigator, and Sgt. Eugene Briggs,
gunner. Bill and Gene have been with the same group for a long time but only recently
with the same squadron, Gene was transferred to Bill’s squadron . . . In an officer’s
club in Italy, Lt. Howard Green, Lt. Weiss and
Lt. Don Hauser. They are all in Fort outfits . . . Ensign Bob
Durian and Ensign Paul Hannon, on an island in the
Pacific. Bob’s a flyer on a carrier, Paul is an oxygen officer . . . John Burke,
with the marines in the Pacific, and Capt. Joe Tierney, and
Glen Stockwell. They met some time ago somewhere in the Southwest Pacific
. . . Gary Rabiner and Bruce Lefler are aviation
cadets at Maxwell Field, Ala.
MOVIN’ AROUND. From Armed Guard center at New Orleans to Sub Chaser
Training Center at Miami, Florida, Lt. (j. g.) A. C. Kramer, Jr.
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. . From Camp Phillips, Kansas, to somewhere in the east (military secret),
Sgt. Deno Gardini, of Lehigh . . . To St. Mary’s College, Calif., pre-flight
school, A/C Don Dillman and Red Hambleton . .
. From Memphis, to U. S. Naval Air Station, Minneapolis, Harold Rohrer,
AOM 2/c . . . D. C. Noland, S 1/c, has a transferred from Groose
Ile, Michigan, to Port Hueneme
OVER HERE. Francis Kennedy, 1st Lt. in the Signal
Corps, is now at Ft. Monmouth, N. J.... Pvt. Bernard F. Guggisburg
is in Camp Blanding, Fla. . . . Cpl. Ray Finck has been driving
a truck in Texas for 28 months. He’s covered 75,000 miles and, having seen a lot
of Texas, doesn’t like it. He has met only one Fort Dodger, a girl with a U. S.
O. show unit. Her grandfather is Paul Felciai. Ray, I don’t know
now who sent in your name but am glad you are a subscriber.
DOWN UNDER. Down in New Guinea when it’s really hot, Pfc. Darwin
Brand remembers the snows of Iowa. “Man what I couldn’t do with some
of that cool beer at the Hi-Ho or a big ice cream cone at the Dutch Mill. Met a
boy from home here. Name is Brighi” (Can’t do anything about the
beer or ice cream but we'll take care of that tune for the folks.) ... To Australia
from New Guinea on a 19 day furlough, T/S Glen Hanson. Glen’s been
overseas two years. Hopes to be home this fall . . . Somewhere in the South Pacific,
Donald E. Eslick, S 1/c, of Lehigh, and Neil Willie,
G. M. 2/c. They’ve been together since September 9th of 1942. (O. K. Don. We'll
say hello to everyone in Lehigh. We're saying
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hello for you, too, Neil.) . . . Cpl. Carroll L. Olson, of Gowrie,
is now stationed in New Caledonia .. . Now in the South Pacific is Lt. Harold
Kullburg, of Harcourt ... Except for his friend, Walter Hagen,
Pvt. Bob Carlson, serving in the South Pacific, hasn’t seen a home
town boy since he’s been in the army—a year and a half— but he’s still looking and
still hoping.
HOME TOWN BOYS MAKE GOOD. He's now Pfc. Olin Maage
and has a good deal with the Marine flyers as material man at the Marine Air Corps
station at Cherry Point, N. C. . . . Pretty swell. Lavern Sinclair,
PhM 3/c, has a desk and two assistants in the hospital on Treasure Island .. . The
air medal to S/Sgt. Jack B. Weaver, waist gunner on a Fort based
in England ... An oak leaf cluster to S/Sgt. Osear J. Olson. He’s
tail gunner on the Fort “Little Boy Blue” but now his 25 missions are completed
and he has been relieved of combat duty . . . Wings and a commission to Delbert
DeWitt April 8th at San Marcos, Texas ... He’s Sgt. Joe Cahill
now—and in the Post Office at Fort Knox, Ky... . Wings and a commission for
Leland Holdren. He got them at Pensacola last week ... To Capt., Joe
Tierney now on duty in New Britain in the Cape Gloucester area.
PERSONAL—to Pvt. Catherine Lennon, Camp Le Jeune,
New River, North Carolina: Y. L. F. H. comes to you because you are an American
soldier from Webster County. It is sent to you with the best wishes of the firms
listed at the top of this letter. They hope that you'll like it and that it will
help to keep you in touch with many of your friends and that it will remind you
that we are thinking of you and that nothing will ever amount to much until you
come back. As long as we have your address, Y. L. F. H. will follow you wherever
you go as long as the war lasts. Until that day comes, we'll go on printing all
the news we can get on both sides of a sheet this size. We're like that midget paper
in New Guinea. ae print all the news that fits the print. Please write again.
MYSTERY. Some time ago a young lad dressed in Navy uniform stopped
at the station. He said he was Ronald Flickinger, of Callender;
that he had been in the Navy a year and a half and had been discharged because he
was under age. He had a long and salty story to tell of his life in the Pacific.
Now, another Ronald Flickinger writes from Bremerton, Washington,
that the first Ronald Flickinger must have been an imposter and
that he is the Ronald Flickinger of Callender and that he has been
in the navy only three months. We are sorry to have caused the second Ronald
Flickinger embarrassment. Have any of you fellows seen any sea serpents?
CAMP PAPERS. From the “Forty Fiver,” the publication of the 45th
Battalion of Seabees in Alaska: “A none too prosperous London clergyman reluctantly
accepted the offer of a commercial firm to supply his congregation with free books
containing the standard psalms, with the stipulation that a little advertising might
be injected. When the books arrived, the minister, to his great joy, found no advertising
at all. But on the following Sunday, he was horrified to hear his congregation sing:
“Hark the herald angels sing, Beecham’s Pills are just the thing. Peace on earth
and mercy mild, Two for man and one for child.” Thanks Bob Rile,
S 1/c . . . Tom Merryman contributes the Photo Graphic—a New Guinea
sheet printed on photographic paper—one side only ... From Sgt. Earl Sapp,
somewhere in New Guinea, copies of “Guinea Gold”, “The Cockatoo” and the “Observer.”
Thanks, Earl. They are swell ... From Pvt. Paul McDonnell, Camp
McCoy, Wis., “The Real McCoy.” -' Thanks; Paul . . . From Robert O’Connor,
“The Pine Bur” from Ft. Benning, Ga. Thanks, Bob. Bob’s now at Camp Livingston,
La.
YOUR H. T. C. is one of the luckiest guys in the world. I’ve had
the pleasure, the genuine heart-thrilling, sometimes heart- breaking joy of reading
about 2,000 of your letters from all over the world. Some have been written from
shiny desks and others - have been written by candle light and in the mud with a
stub end of a pencil. They are wonderful, all of them. They all spell love of home
and friends and country, without any frills or burbelows . .. But you know what
makes me mad. About every hundredth letter some horny handed son of Baal will take
a scissors and cut the daylights out of it. It’s mutiny. In the last war, Joe some
of us used to hate the bugler; but he’s a gentleman compared to this guy with the
scissors. This letter from Clarence Suer down in the South Pacific-is
a horrible example. I wish I could send his censor some paper dolls and a place
to cut ’em out in. About all I can make out, Clarence, is that you and “Bud” graduated
from high school. And that’s no military secret.
S/SGT. FRED BARKLEY, of Gowrie, is dead. A nose gunner on a Fort,
he was killed in a raid over Italy on March 23rd. He was the sixth Gowrie boy to
die in this war.
HOME TOWN. Harold Rice took fourth place in the
Stransky bowling classic in St. Paul Saturday night. He had an eight-game total
of 1590 . . . Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is back in Iowa. A state contest was
held to find the girl in Iowa who sings most like Snow White. June Lowry,
sophomore in Fort Dodge high took second and a $50 war bond . . . “Slip” Madigan,
“Pops” Harrison, head coaches of football and basketball, spoke
at Rotary last Monday. With them were “Dad” Schrader and Glenn
Devine . . . In the evening they were honored guests with the Gowrie
Girls and the Harcourt Boys basketball teams at the Warden. F. D. Retailers gave
the dinner. Fred Cooper introduced them and afterwards joined Madigan
and Devine in an informal vocal trio . . . No one over 26 is going in the draft
right away. Last minute reprieve by Selective Service. Stout family men and burglers
like Police Judge Elmo McCormick, William Carroll
and others slated to go this week will now start recovering from a series of farewell
parties .. . McKinstry brought the Dodger baseball squad outside
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this week. First game is against Thor, the 17th .. . Dynamite Dick Woodard,
Dodger all state fullback last fall, is now playing on the U. of I. baseball squad.
Got three hits in his first game—one for a home run... The Apollo Boys Choir is
coming to town, sponsored by the Men’s Civie Glee. Club, April 18th ... Harry
Scott, of Tobins, father of seven children, was inducted the other
day. He’s at Farragut ... Beb Schmidt, who is listed to go soon,
is selling his grocery on North 15th to Mrs. Hazel Winston and
Mrs. Verna Hanson . . . Fort Dodge was awarded first place in the
state traffic safety contest—no deaths by auto accident in 465 days... Dr. and
Mrs. W. F. Carver celebrated their golden wedding anniversary April
3rd . . . 200 people attended the luncheon at Harcourt given in honor of the Harcourt
Boys and the Gowrie Girls Basketball team. Rev. Robert Dahl spoke.
Vernon Gustafson of the Harcourt team and Joan Blomgren
of the Gowrie team introduced their team mates . . . The Sargent Machine Company
has been sold by E. T. Lizenby to J. E. McGrath,
of Omaha... Mrs. Pauline Carberry is a candidate of the democratic
ticket for Clerk of the District Court . . . Frank Spirik, Elkhorn
township farmer died by his own hand last Thursday morning . . . Had a couple of
robberies lately, Mrs. Geo. Timmons had $139.00 stolen from her
apartment in the Warden and the John Spal home was robbed of a
radio and silverware. Jack Mackey, 16 year old high school boy,
was killed last Saturday in a hunting accident. He was shot by John Dessinger.
WEDDING BELLS. Dorothy Oldham, of Los Angeles,
and Capt. M. P. Alger, in Los Angeles, recently. Pete, who shot
down four zeros and saw plenty of combat in the New Guinea theater, is now an instructor
in P-38’s at Van Nuys, Calif. ... Lucile Law, of Clare, and
L. A. Pattz, of Rutland, April 4th at the Calvary Church near Barnum
. . . Helen Lynn and Frank Nunamaker, of Ames,
April 5th, in Fort Dodge. He’s a navy torpedoman . . . Yolan Nagg,
of Coalville, and Robert Ward, S 1/c, of Burlington, at Burlington
April 3rd . . . Elizabeth Hiarding, of Jamaica, New York, and
E. H. Ulm, Jr. Ulm is a radar engineer with Western Electric in New
York City ... Phyllis Boozell, of San Diego, and James E. Messersmith,
S 2/c, in Washington, March 25th.
VISITING THE HOME FOLKS. From Camp Carson, Colo., Pfc. Fredrick
V. Brown, with the field artillery. He's been 8 months on maneuvers.
In the same outfit are Lt. Stowe and Arnold Johnson
. . . From Minneapolis, Richard Swanson, 5 2/c, of Gowrie ... From
Camp Upton, Pfc. Irene Miller, of the WAC . . . 1st Lt. Lyle
Jensen, from England. He’s completed his missions and will go from
here to Florida for reassignment. He has received the air medal and three oak leaf
clusters . . . Capt. and Mrs. Roscoe Klinger at Dayton ... From
Lake Charles, La. Fred N. Alsitrand, S l/c... From Camp Chas. Wood,
N. J., Pfc. Lloyd Reberson. He’s been taking special telephone
training . . . From Camp Livingston, La., Pvt. Ray Martin . . .
From Glenview, Illinois, Naval Air Station, Lt. {j. g.) and Mrs. Mack Bruce
and daughter Mary. Mark is on his way to Mankato where he will be executive officer
in a naval pre-flight school . . . Alva Merrill, S 2/c, of Otho,
from Great Lakes ... Pfc. Richard Olson, from Ft. Leonard Wood
. . . 1st Lt. Herb Smith, enroute from Columbus, Ohio where he
has been attending instructors school. Herb is a veteran of the Southwest Pacific.
He goes to Lincoln for reassignment . . . From Camp Thos, A. Scott, at Ft. Wayne,
Ind., Sgt. and Mrs. Cliff Cahill . . . A/C James Williams
from Liberty, Mo., ... Cpl. E. L. Severson, from Indiantown Gap,
Pa . . . Pvt. Karl Jones, from Camp Edward, Mass. ... From Ft Jackson,
5. C., Pvt. Ray Stanek. Mrs. Stanek has been ill.
S/Sgt. Morris Vieg, from Topeka, Kans. . . . Art Hoeflin,
S 2/c, from Great Lakes . . . Sgt. Harold Bradley, of Badger, from
Greensboro, N. C. . . . T/Cpl Richard Berrier, of Badger ...
Pfc. and Mrs. Ronald Folvag, of Badger, from Indianapolis, Ind. . .
. Pvt. Duane Klinger from Camp Cahler, Calif. He’s in the signal
corps . . . Cpl. Curt Sprick, from Camp Campbell, Ky. . . .
Lt. Robert Anderson, just in and out on a training flight from Deming,
N. Mex. . . . Lt. (j. g.) William Carroll, from Bermuda.
FROM THE FIVE CORNERS OF THE WORLD. Pfc. August Kastendieck,
Italy, “I met a lot of the Fort Dodge boys coming over here, Paul Reedy, Ray
Peed, Emmett Numier and several others. I also saw Colonel Marchi
but didn’t get a chance to talk with him. I had a nice visit with the boys. They
were all interested in how Fort Dodge was when I left. It’s been so long since I've
been back there that I hardly recall the old home town. Well, keep up the home front
and we'll keep things rolling here.”
Pvt, Marvin Bowers, England, “I'd write you a letter only I’ve
got a date with one of these English gals so will have to cut it short. I received
Y. L. F. H. today and was glad to receive it so keep them coming.”
2/Lt. J. W. Bice, England, “I haven’t been over very long, but
most of the time I have been traveling about either alone or with a small group
and my opportunity to see England has been great. One novel experience was being
the only American at a Royal Air Force station for a couple of weeks. I got quite
used to sipping tea and mumbling English phrases, but believe you me I was glad
to see a Yankee again. It was quite an educational experience, though. A few days
after I hit this country I ran into Roy Dreier who also had been
with the G. & E. there. I've seen Lt. Vyron Anderson who graduated
from high school with me. I told him about your letters and perhaps he has sent
you his address by this time. The other evening I was visiting in a city and ran
into a fellow I roomed with for a year at Iowa City. So it goes—there are so many
Americans over here now that anyone is bound to come across an acquaintance now
and then. Right now I’m with five officers that I lived with in Florida. It all
helps. I’ll be interested to hear how the tournaments come out as I expect they’re
on about now. It'll be a good day when I can again hear “Come in, John”—or did we
throw that out the window before that last football season was over? Let me again
say that your weekly efforts are a grand idea and every Fort Dodger I’ve seen agrees.
Best personal regards to you and to anyone around KVFD I might know."
Sgt. Roy Blunk, China, “I see where Buck Walrod
said hello. Well, tell Walrod “Hello” from me. “Ding How,” is the Chinese hello.
I have just come back from a week’s vacation. Sure had a fine time with the Chinese
girls. Pretty nice looking, too. Two of spent $60,000. I don’t suppose you believe
this. But it was Chinese money. Our hotel room and board was $900 a day. They sure
think these American soldiers are Ding How—also millionaires. Ha!”
Pvt. Donn Richey, England, “I see there area lot of Fort Dodgers
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here in London, even though I haven’t found any as yet. I have found several natives
that know where the town is so that is sort of a welcome—also see Tobin products
in store windows. A smail can takes 11 points and costs about 2 shillings or 40c.
Spring is in its full glory here but the weather is chilly. What this city needs
is somebocdy to teach the taxi drivers how to drive. They are worse than the Californians—never
use their horns.”
T-3 Eugene Carlson, APO New York, “Thanks a lot. It really was
swell of you to play a piece for my wife Ruth’s birthday. She wrote and told me
of your wiring her on the day before and how happy it made her when the piece was
played. So again I say thanks to you and everybody who helped me make my wife happy
on her birthday. And thanks for sending me “Your Letter From Home.” I pass it on
to Bob Sorlein from Humboldt. It’s lots of fun to get all of the
news from Webster County because that’s close to home.”
Capt. W. C. Thatcher. APO New York, “We are parked on the Anzio
beachhead on what we jokingly call Jerry’s own private game preserve. He has some
nice duck blinds and deer stands all set up and takes pot shots at us just like
the boys do up at Mud Lake. Seems he has an open season on nurses and medical officers.
Hope he closes it soon or runs out of shells. I think he has his bag limit now.
This beach head is about the size of a used car parking lot and he can cover every
inch of it with his pea shooter. But the son-of-a-bitch has missed me every time
he has shot at me—once by only seven and a half paces. I fooled him— I was in my
fox hole.”
Pvt. G A. Samuelson, APO New York, “I thought you'd like to hear
that two more Fort Dedgers have gotten together again. Right now Ray Johnson
is lying in my bunk reading Y. L. F. H. of February 18th. He lives about a block,
from me. So, of course, we have nightly bull sessions and every time I get a copy
of Y. L. F. H. we hold an extra special session. Ray hasn’t been receiving any mail
from good old KVFD so how about adding him to your list.” (Ray is now a subscriber.)
Capt. D. M. Steiner, Burma, “I am getting pretty lonesome for a
familiar face. As far as I know, there are no other Webster county boys in the section
I am now in. The only Iowan I have met was Col. Verne Peterson
of the
University of Iowa Surgery staff. Until recently, we were under very strict censorship.
It has only been in the last couple of weeks we were able to report our presence
in Burma. Living in the jungle is quite some experience. Only recently have I secn
a white woman over here— a nurse and a Red Cross girl. They were the first women
I had seen since my arrival. We have almost civilized the jungle by putting up in
my company electric lights, built a baseball diamond, badminton court and running
water, thanks to a bamboo pipe.”
Jack Bartlett, SK “D” 1c, England, “When we were leaving Africa
after the invasions we stopped at Oran and I found Miss Mary Dolliver
there and it wasn’t two hours later I ran into Gene Johnson who
is in the CG. Aside from ribbing him about how much better the Navy was than the
Coast Guard we had a swell “bull session.” I have found that even war sometimes
has its humor. While living ashore in Biserte we had air raids quite often but most
of them were dry runs so we stayed in bed at night. One night they came in a stronger
force than usual and we were still in our sacks when all hell broke loose. The guy
next to me in the barracks was much faster moving than I and had put on my large
size nine shoes and taken off and left me his size sixes. Well, I still don’t believe
it possible as I have since tried it, but I managed to get into them and was only
a few yards behind him in the race for cover.”
Lt. F. H. Helsell, FPO New York, “The trip over has been rough
and a little exciting. Don’t know exactly where I’ll end up but after 18 months
trying to get sea duty or duty outside the continental limits I am going to have
to like it.”
2/Lt. Dewey Edwards, Boise, Idaho, “I can sincerely say that in
all my five years of service, one of the things I've most enjoyed from home is your
timely little letter. Through this, I have been able to follow the movements and
deeds of the fellows I know and the current events at home.”
Pfc. Gordon Martinson, India, “Soon the monsoons start and then
we can expect the worst because the average annual rainfall is 400 inches per year.
With all this moisture they receive the vegetation makes rapid progress. You know
they say you can hear the corn grow in Iowa in June. Well, here they say you can
hear the bamboo grow.”
Morris Moore, S 2/c, Camp Parks, Calif, “I’m here at Camp Parks
near San Francisco. It is in a pretty valley and the camp isn't too bad. I have
seen three Fort Dodgers since I have been here. I met Dr. Dawson,
Lt. Commdr. now, and Jack Caughey, who is stationed at Fort Ord,
also Gladys Goodrich, who is employed at Moore Drydock Company
in Oakland. Dr. Dawson is stationed next door, practically in the
Naval Receiving Barracks, which adjoins Camp Parks.”
Cpl. Gordon R. Foster, England, “Reunion in England!! Gordon
Foster, Gordon Crouse, and Jack Brown. The three of
us spent Sunday and last night together and we are to meet again tonight and tomorrow
night. It’s a small world after all. Although it isn’t every day that three old
buddies get together in a distant country. We are really enjoying ourselves in this
short reunion.”
Pvt. Gould Campbell, Truax Field, Wisconsin, “I want te express
my appreciation for my copy of “Your Letter From Home.” It’s a grand idea and I’m
sure all the fellows in the service enjoy getting it as much as I do. Particularly
the men overseas.”
And there were other cards and letters—lots of them—that are acknowledged here and
there throughout the letter and these, too. that we deeply enjoyed.
Pvt. Ralph W. Gambach, Chanute Field, Ill. . . . Al Nilles,
G. M. 2/c, FPO San Francisco . . . Neville Halbach, Camp Parks,
Calif. ... Sgt. Ted Rule, San Pedro, Calif. . . . Glen P. Averill,
San Pedro ... Pvt. Carl L. Reed, Camp Crowder, Mo. . . . Cpl.
Joe Ivory, England .. . Pvt. Walter E. Lehne, Camp
Hood, Texas ... Pvt. Merwin D. Bowman, Alaska ... Corwin D.
Dudley, FPO, San Francisco ... W. C. Nowlin, San Diego,
Calif.... Clarence L. Suer, Pacific and Lt. W. L. Stagman,
Italy.
Down at that same corner again, with spring in the air and the back yard waiting
to be raked. It’s almost Picnic time. Loomis Park is opening tomorrow and soon the
boats will be out on the river. Be seeing you, Joe and Jane, how about those Pictures?
Good luck.
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