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
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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