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Dear Sir: I received my copy of "Hot off the Hoover Rail" today. Sure was glad to get it. It had boon out tn Cc?xp Barkley then back here. I an sorry I neglected to T^rite and send ny nev; addjress. I shoveling pills here in the dispensary and like it. There isn't very rauch work to it; and you probably know I nxa a guy that never did like work. New Orleans is all tha.t'it is cracked up to be and then some. It really is a swell city; but, for ny p.?rt. I’ll take old Lavmdale any day. Thanks a rrdllion for sending ne the "Hoover Rail", rjid keep the good work up. I m sure it is appreciated by every one; but there isn't rny one who enjoys it more than I do. I will be glad when I can bo back there v/ith you all again. As evv'ir. Pvt, Grover Ledbetter, Ne\; Orleans, La, vvvwnviwmn'iT''/w^TAn,^^.'^n'\^rvim^nA-^A';wATA^^vv^.rmr\Awmvvwvvvvvvvvwwvwvvvvv Hi Editor of Hoover Hail: I received ny sccond copy yesterday. Vfould have v/ritten v;hen I got ay first copy but did not know the correct addrc-ss. Sure did enjoy both copies-kcep then coning. As you already knov; I an not a resident of Lawndale; but I know a good many people there. In fact, I have played a little baseball there. Vfc are in a game now, but it is for higher stakes. Those dirty axis po'jers have a couple strikes on them already. I sec that Lawndale has quite a bunch of boys in the service, I lilce the array fine; but I have been in now nearly lU months and know ny way around, I an a crew chief cf a bomb crev/ in a, dive bonber squadron, lly duty is to see that bombs are properly fused and finned and hung in the racks, I like my work fine but would like to get across and drop a few on Japan. I'iy brother wrote saying he ivas having his teeth pulled—sure would like to see him now. This army really be]j.eves in moving you around, I have been in eleven different camps since I came in and are leaving; here soon. Sure will be glad to. This desert is getting hotter every day. The closest town is 50 miles av/ay. Rice is nothing more than a Post Office and a ganeral store. The only tine you see a girl in when you go to town. I have been to Los Angeles tivice on three passes and it sure ia a swell place for a man in uniform, Tlie rumor is that v;e will be coning back East. I sure v/ould like to get somewhere near hone long enough to get a furlough. We have just come back from Boulder City, Nevada off of nanuevers, slept in pup tents there and lay on the ground. Every night before we v;ent to bed v/e had to shake our blankets out to see if any snakes or scorpions had crav/led in them during the day. It sure v;as tough; I guess it will comc in handy later on. I have been out here over four months now and think I have had enough desurt training. Thanks again for the paper, and keep the copies cordng, Sgt. Wilford G. Hartsoe Rice, California vwvvvvvvvvvwvvvvwvvmwvmwm^/vv\Tmvvw\^\n^vrvwv^.^wvvvvwvwwvvvvvwvvvvv Dear Friends: I have received the nice little paper and sure v;as glad to get it. There Isn't anything that can take it's place. Vfe all like to hear from back hone. I get the Rotary Gram that is published by the Rotar;;r Club of Shelby and think it very nice, too. So long pals—^keep the work up. Pvt. Henry J, Ilartin Ft, Jackson, South Carolina wvvv\nA/wmvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvwvvvwvvvvvwmvvvv\nAmA/vvvvvvvwvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvw Dear Jim; I received my first copy of the "Hoover Rail" and sure did enjoy it, I am in the hospital; but when I get able to leave, they are going to give ne a 10 day furlough. Boy] will I be glad to get back to Lav/ndale again. I like the Army fine, but like Lawndale better. Thanks again for the paper. Please send me a copy every time, for I don't want to miss a copy. Yours sincerely, Omer H. Dobbins.
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