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Earl Rawls A/S Co. 4530 Bks 425-L U.S.N.T.3. Bainbridgo, Md, Pvt. O.Hj^nith Josoph Terry S l/c Platoon 936, Recruit f’ ‘ Troasure Island Roc Depot, Marine Bks. Parris Sta. Gen Del. Island, South Car, Sgt. Julian Ruffin Cpl. W.H., Spilth, Jr. 3266 Ord Base Depot Co Co B, 3rd, Tfng. Bat. O.D.T.C. Mississippi Camp \Yheeler,' Ga. Ord. Plant Jackson, Hiss. Pvt. Melvin Sexton Co.'C ASTP SCV 3421 Section 24, Bagwell Hall, K;C. *Sta"te Col Raleigh, N.’Car.' Pfc, Johnnie Simons Box 3^0, IJ.S.M.C. Parris Island, S.C, Ensign W.T.Simpson U.S. Coast Guard Bay & Powell St. Sa n Fran cisco, C al. San Francisco, Gal. A/C Borijamin Tru'e- biood. Class 44-D Gunter Field Mo nt g onery, Ala• Pvt. Robert C. Vick A/C James Smoot, Jr. Flight 7, 44D ■ ' ■ Shaw Field, Sumter, S.C. . Co B, 1st Repl Bn Bks. 513, Pitts- Samuel Stell A/S Co K, 11 Bks 110 USCGTS, Curtis Bay Ba11 imore (26) Md• burg Repi. Depot Pittsburg, Cal. A/C Henry Slaughen- haupt,' A/C Det. Class 44~5- pit A /uVFBS' Big Springs, Tex.' S/Sgt. T.3. Strickland AAF 670 Bomb Sq (L) ' ' rimy Air Base,. Laurel, Mississippi Lt. Bordon Triylor Hq. 26th Bn, 1st Regt. IRTC, Fort McClellan, Alabama Pfc. Mark W. V/ebb Co. E, 323. Inf. A.P.O 81, Camp San Luis' Obispo, Cal, Pvt. Johnn i e "^'/il 1 - i'ams, Co. ’»C” 755th M.P. Bn. Aberdeen Pr'o-^ing Gr ound,' Md • Herbert Taylor A/S 3rd Ro,^. 12th Batt. Bks 316, U. USNTS Bainbridgo,Maryland ■ « OEO. R. GAI4I40N JR. COMMENDED MIZELLS HOME' FROM 'ALEUTIANS Pvt.' Thomas V/ooten 209s Qin Co 50th Se'r Gp.. 'Dy 0 r s burg■ Army Air Base, Dyer sburg, Tennessee "Thanks for. a'nother very interest-r ing;,cbpy of the HFN.' The article about the Town , & : the effects of rationing was- especially interest ing and from all indication War ie pretty bad in the Zone of the In terior. Attached liereto is- a copy of a Commendation v/hich I received for working,at history-making Mena Conference...1 was lucky enough'to get -a trip to Palestine & saw all the Historical.places in Jerusalem & Bethlehem. Five, days ‘after my re turn I received orders placing me on Detached Service at ’this Mena Conference .Inasmuch as my work x^ras all done in the Mena House I was able to see' all the *‘3ig Shots”. I feel that I was indeed lucky 1d get the assignment as only a small per cent o.f the Yank Soldiers here- were thus assighed-. Sgt., Dan Mizelle,after- 20 months in the Aleutians is home on fur lough. Sg’t. Dan is in the Inte'll .igence Attached to the. Air Corp and during his 20 months north ern stay he touched all the Is lands, in the Aleutian Group. He never ^ sax-; a V7oraan - any, woman - period. He never saw any tree- period., . Had contaot ■ with, the . Jax)S to them.as a smart, mal without a soul .- . a tree personal & refers tricky. a'ni- does not un SUBJECT: Commendation, To T'/Sgt. Geo. R. Gammon, Jr. dei^-Qstimato; the, as a f igh .ting man. Listened'to’ Jap Radio Propaganda broadcasts, that bo-, gan ' wouldn' t you'- like to be homo vrith . mother this morning or out x^rith ' that .blond or drink ing.some of .that good.beer’ /'and then they would olay 'a Lombardo ', record. ' Dan said this‘^‘.only made the boys laugh -'what'’.did the .boys dovzn was reading,.^a old nex^^st)aper that told of "a Strike. .got 3rno u.a The above named soldier having be en selected bedausc of his outstan Saxf whales,, caribou,' polar bears din-: qualities to participate in‘a .porr)oiBes & blue fpxos;. sav; the most important mission ha.s merited 'seals at mating time & ate, moc30 commendation. Hence it is the de-. steaks ' was well'‘.satisfied sire of the Commanding Officer to with" the'food .but after 20 mo's so commend him for the manner'in of powdered eggs thinks the ;Tar which he has responded & performed boro fresh’pnes taste, funny. Had his duties in conjunction with the "Mena Conference", during the mon ths of November - December, 19^3* ,3y order Colonel BELLM, a little .trouble • .x^rith some butt er‘that, was meant for the South West ■ Pacific & xvas guaranteed- not .to melt in ■ 1^0 .degrees and certainly melt v^ith wasn* t calculated to in Aleutian' Weather. The men lived in tents or Quonset huts v^ith coal or oil for heat;candle & lamps & later electricity for light. At first only liad card Dlay ing for amusement but later got movies every night. The weather xms like you read about only worse; didn’t see ten days of sunshine all together and due to the x-zind, the sno^-^, rain and sleet alxmys came dox^^n horizontal - and that fog. Saw Wm. (Peck) Hart for an afternoon is noxv headed for a base in Florida to ??et lots &lots of sunshine.
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