'Jivs;
■^.cooivcd 3^our copy of the "Hoover Rr,il" and enjoyed it vei-y much,
o'ud ti'.y -Ghr-nks to the people who talting their vc.luablc tir.i.e rJid goinG to tno
tiroublc tc lot Uf5 )-.Tio\7 ia hr,ppcnin£- at hoKio,
I hr.vcn't r.a.ich tc say, jast a fcv; v’ords. I ar'. now stationed at Camp Pickett,
Vir^jjiia ?nd have two and one years service and also like the Arny fine. It
rrij.de mo feel £ood to Iq\om the people back homo v’cre thinlcin^ of us and backing us
up. 1 think people like that are dconj-, a creat part in vjinninr this War.
I havo me brother in the service and one beirig cal.lcd this month, I guess
that \d.ll .-nr-kc three of from that to\;n, do.ln^j o'.U’ part in ivinning this fer and
I osri sure the rest of the feliovs feel the srjie v;ay I do abrut getting this war
over v'ith.
I will bo looking forward to getting your ne:± copy of the paper.
figc. A.H. Pi ice.
C-.'jr.ip Pickett,, Virginia
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Dear Jim;
It was very nice of you to thinlc of a paper to send us service men - the news
of the Hoover Rail.
I m liking the Nav'' fine, there is notlnng like it at all, I v/ill advise my
pals to join me,.
The papt.r helped mo lots, thoi'e \;ere se>ne aadi'ecses I wriited to kno\; and I
found then iu'ycur fine paper.
How is old nan C.r. Forney, getting along, I hope and I guess, he is still
T.’atching the boys do their \icr\: in the old dyehou.se,
VJell, I am hoping all of you have a Merry Cnristr-ias. I hope I get to be
hone soon,
Roy Elnore,
Norfolk, Virginia
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Dear Mr'. Osborne:
I h."'vc just fxniahed rerding ny first copy of your "Hoover Rail" and I think
it is the best I have seen yet. I have shown it to all the boys in the barracks
and it showr: up papera ’froa all parts of the country.
I Ov3peciaily liked tlie letter fron the ''Mothej;* of the Month" this one having
been written by Mrs. Bax'ns, inr.’ces it even raore interecting, as she is toown and
loved b3»- so r.'ir.ny boys throughout the United States, at this tirao.
Pvt. Durham C. Griggs,
S obring, Florida.
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Tear Folks:
I have just finished reading ycur little paper and I certainly enjoyed it.
I thinl: its a swell idea j^’cu have, in letting us know wh-:.t you are doing back
hone, sincc we left, for that is always of great intei-cst to us.
You said you \vc.u.ld like to kn^n •.•h.at v.'c have been doing since entering the
service - as for nyself - I've been in school for th^ past two nonbhs. It hf.s
been a long wjjiding road - this learning to be an airplr-r.e nechanic, Uo were
puzzled at first by the various mechanisms bat thrrurh constant adaption of our
'wocik' brains, v;c managed to understam' thciT' functions, and now, the end of the
road is in sight. Our class will graduate about the 12th of January. I don't
think any of us will be scrry to leave although vio have had some good times here
at school .'jad wo *13. niss then ivhen we-re gone.
L>..t me vdsl' y^^u oil now, the best and merriest Christirr.s over, and bigger
and better things in this Ne\; Year to come.
Pvt. Charles II. Carpenter
Tu]. s a, Oklahoma
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I have been reading your "Hot the Hoover Rail" rnd I appi’ociate it verj^ much. .
A’’'‘Out nyself, I can't tell you raich, but I cpne up here for Radio and I just
couldn't mr.ke the grade, so I want to thi.; Engine Rc on and I [ct c. First Class
Rating in a month. I like my work very well.
Adlev I.dlkii'ison,
Gallups Island