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Rocky Mountp No Co August3 1943
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' THOUGHTS Al^ TCMO-\RCy^‘
a’uQ Is this tomcrrowf Would th&t all of us could ansusro Wa ere all thinking
the same tomorrow®=that tomorrow of peeco-oa world of llfop liberty^ and pursuit
B^lnesso Yea and we are all confident that Ihe f^nal victory grows nearer each
Thore are many pitfalls and disappoi ntraents in our way^obvit we can take Vto
T*t today our job Is incompleteo We have statcea a m^esion which wc must oompleta
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th* fell mankind must realize its benefitRo Jlhlle go'ng alon^ our way,
»8 Tee , wb have pensive moBurnta even in the m^clst 6d the rusbo j'n those thoughts
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our plans for tomorrowo Via can assure oui* tomorrow by tba wpy which we
Ui ®ct todayo Our service tbddgc will snaps the nat ire of things to comoo l«et
'“’■cur thoughts of today will be manifest in deed'j and actions tomorrowo
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yrSTTORS fTiai TiW UNTTT’lt STAT’^ ARiiFD FORCES s
lANlJi'TBg Second Lieutenant Ijandon (soon to be First Lieutenant) Jias bsen in
for two years and two months1 He was inducted at Fort IJragg and remained there
months o He then went to Officers Canlda-.e School at Camp J-iat* Virginia
"^t a Second Lleutinants He has been stationed 'n Atlanta, H«,, Meridian, Mias,,
Florida, He is the cominanding officer for hie outfit whore they train othar
*hlf^ °®®psnl88 6 His work is admlnistrat" ve muinly. He worked up wesrtrer cn the first
®^)re his induction in the army,
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ORF6 Seainan Crkokmore comploted his boit tialni.rg In seven weeks, and states
^^0 *®“^TTo hard after the firrt four weeks, Vlio mora jcu stay tho more you like
o Since there arc eleven boys from Rocky Mount in the same barracks, ho
homosioko He states that It is mainly physical training at prenento
ranked about twentieth In a group of one hundred anc thirty«eight, Good work®©
« Sgto Tnacoe has been In the army for two years and one month© He was
V •*^ni»,» Bragg and then sent to Barksdale Field© La© He received his M© p©
likes the army fine©
* vi'i. Dragg ana Tnen s©r«Ti bu atirK^uaxa if&g ne
then went to Shrovport© La© for Mo P© duty at night© Ife
®rs home© He was home on furlough recently for the first tim
I mo since September© 1942©
Cpl© Barnes has been in the army for two yeare end two monthw© He waa
*sForY Bragg and then sent to Ctunp V^heeler, Qa© From 'ihere ho went to For't
® Co© then to Panama© and then oversees © lie »a» hssdud for the South Pacific