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1944 THE ECHO I. PAGE THmTBBN ews horn Former Employees Now In Service training horses Remount Depot Front Royal, Va. thought it would be a good to Write and let you know I ejto: overseas some place, as I ^iev f I was home last. Hit,- .^^J^sferred me out the eve- kl • I am down tlepg/^^i^'ginia in this Remount t^.’ Their job here is mostly W horses for the cavalry. I % T ^ swell place iL here for a while. I jj^Sot here on the 13th and this . 14th. I have never seen an . Camp such as this before, j beautiful, sitting up on of these Virginia hills. It ^ike being at home. j I didn’t receive one for ^^j,^®3son and would like to see B some of my old friends are. for this time, William H. Tritt (Pfc.) SASN’T FOUND JACK Mr. Wells: New Guinea, May 5, 1944 ,^®ceived your letter today and ^ Was glad to hear from you. here now. We fortunate in having the ^e must have to carry out ^ns. The fine job that you doing back home is what guys furnished with the that we must have. surprised that I have- bn able to locate Jack Mor- I have looked and in- W ^hout his outfit but no one \\ to know. I found other sig- ^Panies but not his. I sup- oj( has moved out because IjUj^^tfits don’t stay here long. l|Ujj^^®eping my eyes open, for him yet. Sure hope so. 2d the Echo last month . glad to get it. I always \ 5 over two or three times ^ ^ pass it on to my bud- t "Sure is a swell paper. Very truly yours, Rastus Smith( Pfc.) Military Police Pfc. John C. Whitmire is a member of the military police at Key West, Fla. He^ came in re cently on a visit. First Overseas ^nderbolt Pilot Pfc. Hovey E. Waldrop, above, first Ecusta employee sejit over seas, recently received a com mendation from Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon. Lt. Gen. Harmon is a South Pacific army command er. It read, “Your promptness and courage despite extreine danger from burning ammuni tion cases, and a flaming net, averted damage to valuable ma terial and injury or possible loss or life of troops. Artilleryman Waldrop’s action prevented seri ous explosions and made possible the immediate resumption of fir ing on the enemy.” Pfc Wal drop left Ecusta in 1941. He was an employee of the Pulp Mill. M. Heaton, above, w'h iL flying a Thunderbolt ^ ^ Eighth Fighter Com- / f? ®*^gland. Recently he \ ® of Lt. Col. Ga- ,**®*“isylvania. He was ** in th^ Machine Room ,®^tering the service in jftoK ^942. His father, William Y ^orfei in the Machine LIKES ENGLISH PEOPLE Somewhere in England May 26, 1944 Dear Mr. Straus: I have just received the April number of the Echo and have en joyed it very much. It is about the only means I have of keeping up with the men that I knew at Ecus ta. Needless to say, the offer of a magazine subscription has prompt ed me to write this letter so soon after receiving the paper (quite a mercenary person, am I not?). If possible, I would like to have the Readers Digest sent to me. I have made friends with a very fine English family and they have been so nice to me and have shown me quite a few of the interesting places in England. My latest trip was to some of the colleges at Cambridge. I enjoyed this very much and went through King’s, Queen’s, Caius, Trinity an(J St John colleges. Sincerely, Ben Maultsby (Pfc.) Located for Duration pfc. Ralph L. Case, above, is now with the army air forces, stationed at Liberty Field, Camp Stewart, Ga. He expects to be there for the duration. In Infantry Pvt. Martin Turbyfill, above, is in the 100th division of the infantry, stationed at Fort Bragg. He has been In service about 10 months. His wife, the former Miss Alice Bowen, has been visit ing her father, J. P. Bowen, here. Pvt. Turbyfill Is the son of Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Turby fill. SEES REAL MOUNTAINS New Guinea April 25, 1944 Dear Mr. Wells: I’m in New Guinea now with the Troop Carriers. I like the out fit fine. We do quite a bit of mov ing around and aren’t long in one place. I hbpe our next move will be into India or China. My brother Ed’s in China now. He expects to be through there in a few more months. I expect I’ll be over here for some time. The Australian people I’ve met are a pretty nice bunch. Course they use a lot of slang and are hard to understand at times. The natives here speak Pidgin English—very hard to catch on to. They are a big help for putting up grass huts, cutting trails, etc. They work for almost nothing. Talking about mountains, North Carolina has nothing compared to the Owen Stanley Mountains. We flew over them. A wonderful sight. Sincerely, Norman Singletary (Pvt.) STATIONED ON CORSICA May 14, 1944 Dear Mr. Wells: I received your letter a few days ago. Was glad to hear from you and to know everything at Ecuatt was going along in good condition. Jackson and I have been sep arated for some time, now. We are both on the island of CorsicA, but our camps are too far apart for us to visit. I am with Sam Gremmit’s brother—we are on the same job, live together, etc. There’s not too much I can write; would like to see you and talk awhile. Of course, all of us are like that. I will say, though, that I’ve seen something I’d like for everybody back there to see; War Bond drives wouldn’t be necessary any more. The people of Ecusta don’t know how lucky they are- I know they have responded to the limit in every cause. I won’t say I like it over on this side of the pond, but I’d gladly stay a couple of years, if necessary, to keep our American way of life. It sure makes a fellow stop and think, to see people hungry, rag ged and homeless. I can’t help but feel sorry for them, in a way. Then, too, it’s through their being so stupid, that the condition is as it is. Ralph wrote me that Stockstill had been killed; was sorry it had to be that way. Give my regards to Mr. Bennett and all my friends at Ecusta, rU enjoy letters from any who care to write. As ever, Raleigh T. Waldrop “HELLO” TO INSPECTION Somewhere in England May 8, 1944. Dear Mr. Wells: I have received the Echo every month and sure enjoy reading it. Thank you for sending it. England is a pretty nice place, but nothing like good old U. S. A. Everything here is so different from in the States. I hope to be back at good old Ecusta before long. Regards to all at Ecusta, and say hello to all my friends in the Inspection Department. Your friend, Howard Lawing (Pfc.) At Cherry Point Pvt. Paul Laxton Cantrell, U.S.M.C., Is in an engineering squadron now stationed at Cher* ry Point, N. C. He was employed in the Machine Room and left In February, 1944. Pvt. Cantrell had basic training at Parris b> land, S. C., and ^slted us May 17, im.
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