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have read it throu^ a dosen times. I saw Jack, my brother, while I was^ in'the hospitals It had been alirost two years since I last 'saw him, so you can Djnafdne what a happy reunion that v;as,’ Wc3Jl I gotta.'.V m ncm^ I hope I’ll be able to write more often from novi on„ Thanks a million for the Hoover Rail, ■ ‘ PfCo Foy Southards Belgium ' Hello J:lm; I received my January issue of the Hoover Rail and I sure was glad to got'it. All afternoon it l£i.y on my work stand in front of me, and believe you me, I sure did some svjeating trying to catch up so I' could loo^t at it. As I look at the ,picture on the cover, my thou^ts drift'back to the days' xvhen I was one of Lawndale»s Boy'Scout's, They are truly a fine bunch of boys, I sure wish I could be 7 H £ C O P trim that mustache for Forrest and J, B, Goofy Gink to lay away a fev; boards for me I {^t back, Thanl can't find By the wayi if the lumber shortage gets worse, have T-rif? fnr* I think I'll be needing a-bee gum when :s to all T/ho make it possible that I may receive'the Hoover Rail, words to express my appreciation to you, Hugh Wallace SSMB2/c c/o Fleet Post Offic6 ■ San Francisco, Calif, I .lust ■it •3i- Dear Hoover Rail; - ' I will offer no excuse for not writing before, I just don't have any, I am ashaired to have been hero in Italy a j^ear and not to have written sooner. Things here in Italy arch^t as bad at present as they'have been in the past; although, I disagree vdth a riews commontator I heard the other day. He referred to us as, "Patrols", I have here with me a tnie copy of a letter of commendations from a Cornm.anding G^^neral of a certain division^ I was going to send it to you for public ation, but it contains so much military iTiformation tliat it would not pass censorship; The General praised us hir^ly for supporting'his division, in a ve'ry important mission, cjid for breaking up numerous coT.intf-r-attacks, Yes, we men are ver;,' proud of our Battalion and it»s leaders, I*notice that since I-last wrote the Hoover Rail, sore of our boys have been killed in action. They v;ere all good friends of iriine, I want to offer my deepest sympathies to their fairiil- ies and friends; and you caii rest assured that the magnificent job they were doing will jiot be left undone, I thinic it was a'very beautiful and unselfish thought on the part of the family of Cpl, Glenn Yifillifjp.s, in starting a memorial fund to honor the memory, ^d keep in rev^Trence, the boys who make the supreme sacrifi.ccc In closing, I wish to thcink the entire staff for tlie littlo paper that I receive each month. There is nothing that makes rae feel closer to the folks back homo than the, Hoovei* Rail, Sgt, E.'Go Champion c/o Postmaster . New York, New York
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