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The Editor of "Hot off the Hoover Rail" It's very nice of you folks to remcnibcr no ?.nd I T^ant to tske time out to say^ "Thaiik you"5 for the copy of the paper I receive every month. Words cannot express the good I think the paper means to all of us vjho are av/ay from home. I have been kept very hnsy in my spai’e time tryinf to keep up v;ith my correspon dence, Yfould you like to hear about my experience in the army? I arrived in Taccoa, Georgia on October 31st, on the southbound train. Thie car iii ifyhich I v/as riding stopp ed about I/2 mile from the depot and I entered Taccoa v/alking. From the looks of the pla ce, as I first saw it, I v/as beginning to v;i.sh I was back hone. My orders read, "If nobody meets you at the train, call »Post Headquarters’ and transportation will bo sent for you." I was beginning to think the depot didn’t have a telephone, but thanks to the M.P »s.. ,Tliey saved my 3.ifo. I arrived at Post Headquarters about U P.M. and all this Army regulation style of doing things v/as roallj'' getting next to me. For the first tine in my life, I was glad I didn’t have to report in uniform; there for I was saved the enbarrasenent of trj^ing to salute. I’n still just a "rooky" but learning slowly. The station Hospital is located about 12 miles from the Post* The Hospital was once the only all "Stool Hotel in the world"- Guess we can still say the only all "Steel Hospital",too. This is a "Paratroopers" outfit; and after seeing v/hat these boys go thru, should all stop cind give then a hand. Because, running a 3 mile mountain every day in 50 minutes is certainly nothing to laugh at. That’s only one minor event of their training. Most of the enlisted men are the a^;es-18 to 25. They put their v;hole life in their work and hope to see this thing thru. I have been bu.”^ring tv/o bonds every mcjntli since I car.ie into service, and hope to increase them when I crjri. Our Hospital is snail corpared to the larger Posts; but I have lots to be thank ful for-landing in a snoJJ. place first, v/c have 5 doctors and 10 nurses on our staff, and it’s like one big faj.iily, al3. vovy nice to v;ork with. I’ll have to say everybody is working for the same purpose. The Colonel states, unless I put on some extra pounds of weight, my chances of over seas duty vdll be slir.i; so, I’n takirig vitardns again and have reached 110 pounds aga?Ji. Here’s hoping I can do ny part no natter whore I am. Very sinccroly yours, Margaret I. Green 2nd Lt., A.N.C. Taccoa, Georgia T/vvvvv7vvwmwirmwmv\"v^.r7^m'Tm^/vv\a'vvvvv\w\AArrv/v\wv^n/7Wvvvvvvww\w\m^vvvv pRaiOTiais * 2nd Lt, R. C. ViTiggins has been promoted to 1st Lieutenant and after spending a fur lough with his family has returned to his base near Boston, Massachusetts, Lt, Wiggins pronotion was effective in January. Pvb. Jimmy Osborne has been promoted to Private First Class. vwwvvvvvvvvvw\rmv^.^w7w^mn.r\Ar/vviw\mAAnr/vvvvvvwwvw\^vwvvvvvvvvvvvvwvvvv HCm on FURLOUGtl Roy Elmore of the navy, stationed at Norfolk, Virginia is here for a few days leave, Pfc, Avery Sloan of the Medical Detacl'iment, at Fort Douglas, Utal:i, is spending a 12 day furlough with his sister, Llrs, Shannon Blanton and his family at Statesville, North Carolina. Pvt. Ijane Price spent last week-end v/ith his mother, l.{rs, Mag Price, Lane is station ed at Camp Croft, South Carolina Harold Cobb, of the Naval Air Station at Deland, Florida spent the v/eek-end recently with his parents, Itr. & Mrs. W, H. Cobb. Pvt, Divight Lue of C.imp Croft, South Cc’rolina spent the weekend \;ith his wife. Lt. Cartwright Hart spent a fev/ days recently with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Geo. H. Hart,- Cartwright has just completed officers training at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland and has now been sent to Miami, Florida.
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