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1 February 15, 1943 THE MILL WHISTLE Five ON THE JOB FOR UNCLE SAM A Corner For Our Boys in the Armed Forces. Above at left is Cpl. Tosie O. Meadows, and at right is Cpl. Luther G. Meadows, sons of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Meadows, of North Spray. Posie has been in the service since April 9, 1941, receiving his basic training at Fort Bragg. Gladstone entered service on June 24, 1941, and received his basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., later going to Indiantown Gap, Pa. He is now somewhere in the South Pacific, his destination unknown to his parents. Posie’s address is: A.S.N. 34110823, Hdq. Btry, 44th F.A. Btn, Camp Gor don, Augusta, Ga. Gladstone’s ad dress: A.S.N. 3411482, APO 37, Care Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. (We are not allowed to print company, in fantry, battery, etc., of men overseas). Thirty-four letters this time! All of them good, many of them three and four pages in length. It seems selfish not to let everyone share those letters but it is obvious that we cannot print them all. So, this time anyway, we are picking out the first ones received here and save the others for a later issue. Dear friends: I wish' to try to ex press my appreciation of the paper, as I’ve been away from home nearly two years now. I think Marshall Field & Co. is doing a- wonderful thing for the morale of us boys by sending us news of the places we’d like to be. Give niy regards to all my friends and thanking you again for the paper.” Sgt. Roney Church, APO 826, Care Postmaster, New Orleans, La. Dear Sir: I wish to express my thanks and sincere appreciation fqr your most generous gift which I received about a week ago. Here’s wishing the com pany much success in these war dark ened days.” Pvt. Henry Kirks, 577 T. S. S., Basic Tng. Center No. 4, A. A. F. T. T. C., Miami Beach, Fla. “I am here at Norman, learning to be an aviation machinist mate, or in other words, learning to repair' the big bomber motors. Boy, I love it! Sailors, soldiers and marines are here by the thousands—and I don’t mean a few thousand, either. We live in barracks and are really in this man’s army now. First time we’ve lived in barracks, 200 to a barrack. Well, good luck to the Whistle staff.” Mildred I. Harris, S 2/c W.R. U.S.N.R., Naval Tng. Sch. (A.M.), Building 93, Norman, Okla. We did not get a copy of Barney J. Carter’s letter to Mr. Boone, but from Mr. Boone’s answer we learn that ‘‘Big Man” (by the way, fellows. Big Man’s a brand new daddy! A boy, born Feb. 3, 1943) has been moved from Califor nia to New Orleans. You’ll want to jvrite him and tell him about passing out cigars when the war is over, so address it: Barney J. Carter, Jr., Co. I, Pro. Casual Det., Jefferson Branch, N.O.S.A., New Orleans, La. Dear Sir: I wish to thank you for your letter (Mr. Wilson) and the en closed check. I assure you it was a pleasure working under your manage ment and the supervision of my fore man, Mr. Shumate. This, in my opin ion, is the finest army camp in the U. S. A.; nice hotels and the beach under , Army regulations. For July in Janu ary, this is the place.” Frank Boone, U. S;a.A.F., 598th T.S.S., Flight B.B., B.T.C. No. 4, Miami Beach, Fla. “I got your paper today and was glad, to get it. I wish I could get one every week. I like the army okay, but it is a hard one. Have to drill every day except Sunday. I haven’t much to write about and am getting ready to go to town now. Just wanted you to know my present address.” Pvt. Ar thur, Boyd, Co. A, 3rd Tng Btn, 4th Flat, Camp Wheeler, Ga. Dear Sir: I would like to thank the company for the nice gifts. I entered the army in November and am getting along very well with my work, although I miss the bunch back at Karastan mill and hope to be back with the company when the war is over. Pvt. Colonel D. Evans. (No , address given except Fort Bragg, N, C.) “I have just finished an October copy of The Mill Whistle. It’s the first one I’ve received since being overseas, and although it; was two months late I en joyed it. ' I want to thank Marshall Field & Co. for making it possible for Here we have a pair of sailors, brothers who help to make Uncle Sam’s navy the finest bunch of fight ing men on the seas. On the left is H. D. Hopkins, on the right is Truman Hopkins. They are sons of Mrs. Irva Hopkins. Both boys received their basic training in Norfolk, 'Va., and we’re, sorry we cannot give their ad dresses, as we cannot link the name of a sailor with his ship. Write us, or Mrs. Hopkins. us fellows in service to get-news from home. I am stationed somewhere in England ,but am closer to home than I was while in the States.” Sgt. L. V. Francis, APO 634, Care Postmaster, New York City. That’s all we have space for, I fear, but we’d like to give you a few new addresses. Remember, Secretary Stim- son said that next to food supplies let ters from home are of vital importance to the men in service. Write that boy, NOW. Walter F. Griffinth, U.S.A.A.F., care 98th T.S.S., Flight BB, B.T.C. No. 4, Miami Beach, Fla. (That’s also Frank Boone’s address). Clarence H. Harris, A.R.T. 2/c, Sqdn. 'VB 2-1, U.S. Naval Air Sta., Sanford, Fla. (Clarence i-s a radio man). Pvt. Mouer Wilson, Btry A, 311th C. A. B.B. Btn, Santa Monica, Calif. Sgt. Andrew Mullins, 33047141, Co? B. , 112th Inf., APO 28, Camp Cara- belle, Fla. T/4 Dock M. Martin, Co. D, 80th A.R., APO 258, Camp Campbell, Ky. Cpl. Tech. John Hager, 33046543, APO 29, Care Postmaster, New York City. Pvt. Lawrence L. Clark, 598th T. S. S., Flight BB., B.T.C. No. 4, Miami Beach, Fla. (That makes three we have there: Clark, Boone and Griffinth). Pvt. Henry P. Adams, 3521st Ord. M.M. Co., Pomona Ord. District, Pomo na, Calif. V . . . — Passenger: ‘‘Fish Hqok—that’s an odd name for a railroad station, why do you call it that?” Porter: ‘‘V/ell, you see, it’s the end of the line.”
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