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NEWS FROI-i THK FRONT Dear Jin: Thr.t publication is certainlj’- imiquc and is ri^ht down uo earth to make us all feel like MQ are again "chcwinf' the fat" around the Hoover r.ail. I've had the last copy in my foot locker fibout a v;c.ch \iD.xting 'till today to read it iuid it s-urc helped to make me feel like I was hoKC for Christnu'.s. llo arc confined to the post but that edition helped me get off the post in spirit for a short \/hiie cJ'xy.vay, So.t.ae complain about food, clothing, living; quarters in the ai'ra;^, but vie are treated swell and those of us ivho are still over here trainiiig ard haven't seen ajiy combat yet have nothing to ji-u.nbjn over except that v;e haven’t yet had a chance he j'orj.ly do somethinf;,. l/e'll get it though I*m sure, nwx-w's noping i.nav nexT, unrxs:inf.s ue can shoot a few "firecrackers" and nothing else around the Hoover Roil. Kind regards to all. Corporal, '3ob Forney. Fort Monmouth. -;f- -:s- * Dear Sir: Iju.it received your paper. It sure is swell, and really nice of you fellows to send the paper to the boys in scrv::.ce. I enjoyed reading it very much. I am if’ the medicrl corp .oiid 3.iice it fine, and I lile Texas pretty well. It sure is raining and slceti.ng hci-c todpy. Pvl'-, Fred iiorrison, Caup Barliey, Texas 'A- To the Editors of "Hot off The Hoover Rail": I have been waiting to write for sometime cjid tell you all how much I have enjoyed reading the paper that you sent to me. I was especially glad to find out where my old friends are stationed. I am assigned to an anti-aircraft unit of the Coast Artillery and an; talcing up the machine gxin. It is all ver;; interesting and I like it fine, V/c are on' duty and working from twelve to fifteen hours a day. Tao things I enjoy most of all are reville at five A.M., K,P. .'j:d guard duty. The \/orst thing is the cold v;cathcr that we have up hero. Our barracks are onl;'- about two hundred yards off Lake Michigan. It’s a little rough on us southern boys. Incidontl;’' about njjicty percent of the soldiers in our Tatallion aj’e from the south, many of them from Forth Carolina. Considering ever:rbhing I tliinlc the men in the ^5th Coast Artillery arc pretty lucky as we get gcod food and sleep in sterxi heated barracks. Well all you good pcnplo keep up the good work rnd j'-ou can depend on the boys in the sci’vicc. Respectfully ours, Clyde D. Robinson ii- -5:- -;>■ Hello Jim: I'm getting along fine ar*d sure ivas glad to hear from all you follcs back hcmv.; and to gv,t all the boys addresses. Keep up the good work and mc ;/ill keep then flying, Dewey Canipe. Carw Rlanding, Florida
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