Mrs. T. L. (Jug) Moore was
a welcome visitor to KFJJ
Said really .enjoyed
paper and wanted her to|
come in an(i ' thank; Rotary|
Club and entire staff* (l|
told, you;so -.who ‘wantsl
any more pay^ than to help^|
out an appreciative G-. I.
Joe like this. Our pieas-^*
ure, , Capt. »jug»». ■
Benar'd P. Cannon finished
boot training, at. Camp Pea-,
ry, H^jme on 10 day fur
lough. ^ Training rough, he
says, • but most all guys
want tp get in 'shape "Just
in c.nse". Tha:nks HFN prd-
fusely/ • .. :
Office^
Ho M £ '
FROAjT^
/\j £* *w S -
Cpl. John Pittman, Jr,,
flew in from »Lous'e-ianna'»
Says he was-gold bricking
in hospital when ward came
through.issuing furloughs,
that’s when he broke out
Well, the army v;ill always
emember John V7as in ther e
^And the WACS call on us
too; (I see now why Bill
.’Babcock hntod so bad to
give' up this Job.) Pfc.
^Maude Sykes, .sister, of T/S
Bud sykeo, called. She is at;
Camp Campbell. Duties with
motor pool requisition and
re li evi ng that G-. I. fo r
»out there». , Maude sends
HFN camp paper.
Capt. .Russell Edmondson of the Marines, son of Mr.' & -Mrs. , B* S. Ed--
mondson, was a welcome visitor of the HFM, Russell related his ex
periences* on Guadelcanal, landing there in August, »^1-2., He said
they surprised the Japs ' at early breakfast, who left hot’ rice on
their pl'^tes. We remember that'this landing-feat was undertaken be.
fore We h^d ample, or but very little air or sea-power prptectipn.
Russell told us that the Jap- subs would surface and fire shells at
them almost daily; that Jap cruisers patrolled them without inter
ference and that things did not look so hot for the 11,000 .marines,
subjected to a new warfare and with lit tie/or no protections^ But
he said the Japs had to be stopped there, and we .set- about to do it
with rifles, grenades',■ a few light .field pieces, knives 'and with
the never-die spirit of the American Marine. He said that they
could get along very v/ell in the day, * but that the night s ^ways
brought the dirty, treacherous type fighting by the Japs. Oft.en,
he said, japs, would make their apDearance; wit.h one hand raised- as
in surrender, but with the other_ behind his head or body" and with, a
hand grenade conealed to throw at you. In• these, instances the ma-;,
rines would cut th^m down; , in fact, he shid, they were not inter:-:
ested in taking ,a lot or prisoners. , The l.anding'and, taking -of Nev.
Britian, Russell-said, was 4uite differerxt. Thousands of planes,
cruisers, destroyersV tanks and heavy equipment, .made the’Japs look
like the monkeys',ther' are. Our comnient - a fine soldier with ' a
splendid record and one"who has really dgne’his sharp. Raymond,'^
the battery-mate brother, a flier in California, witl> the- youn,^?ar^
brother. Dink, training' with the Marines at Paris Psland. / V
rera,ember these fine boys, the athletic records they made and ’the ex
ce llent family who awrit' thf-^ir return.- ,
For'^ st Bt’yant, ^1/C, 20 ; yrs. old '.and • who lived at ,2212 N.f Main,-'
dropped in to see .us the ot.he.r day., I immcdi-ately iriquirci'd i.f he
had Been ^action and the t-ale he told me will long rem*ain w.ith *me
^'Action'*,-he said, ” Iwa-s on one of the-faet'.destroyers, the; U^S
Rich that was',, sunk off Morman.dy on D-Day,(' A story of this ship
and her gallant, crew appeared on tl;ic front ’’p^.gc of the Herald Tri
bune on July 1^), . Forest told me ...that.the sun was, Bhining . bright
on that morning while they sped along the copB.t,- firing; ,at planes
pouring shells over the heads of the doughboys as they
a .sudden theystruck a German mine that
seconds later a second mine that blew men
the air and into the sea; and then'the
that' tore the.ship apart in the middle,
the air .and overboard in the high-running
everywhere and cries for help filled,.the air.
for the explosidn-torn life^^prrserver. Forest would ftot hrvcj
1
ashor^^. All of
the box: A few
ment high, into
third explosion
blown high into
ing men flop ted.
struggles
crippled-,
and’equip'
terrible'
He WRs
seas; Dy-'
But-
been-:
with the five or six survivor?5, He ' regainod consciousness while
afloat and swam 100.’’yards to a Plj boat picking up the wounded. His
Jaws v/ere locked and ,he could neither speak or nat. This condition
existed for 5 days v/hile he hung in the balance in
pital. \ He also bore, ether .body wounds, > ,;i'hislad
•’survivors l^ave’’ and when asked if he would.return
he replied, »You-bet-you. Can*-t stop now.” So 'We
an English hos-
is on a 30~day,
to.active duty,
sriy to you, T^’or-