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m ■ P^o M G TI 0 a; S //I I t>^4SAAA4«*#4»4Mi»«4 Cpl* Melton R. Cherry | M/sgt, Win. K, Prescott | Ffc.‘ Rlcharcl Babcock H T/Sgt, c. K. Gardner ; i 2nd'-Lt, Burton H, Taylor z 2nd Lt,Henry G. Bourne 5 A/Cpl. Geo, Bradshaw,jr 5 1st Lt. Dallas L,Alford H - Cpl. Tony H. Owens = Sgt. James M, Thonpson ? Pfc. Jack H ag'*^ns i Ffc. Helen VJilliamson ' i lst*Lt. Marsden Bellamy h Capt.^ Irvin T. Blanchard "i T/Sgti A* F. Baker | Chas^H, Cullen, , | Radlonah 3/C I T/Sgt,,Richard B, Phelps i HITHER.& YON It Is wonderful how people's tastes change with the years. When they are small, girls love dolls' and little boys have soldiers, get older nre crazy a yen for When they the girls about'sol diers and boys fall in love with dolls. Former Tax collector, Sgt. Rufus Worsley 'se nds a rare Army -WAC sketch that would get a belly-laugh from .any of you, but my censor said ••No»», Seems that lota - of the old army equipment not built for VACS, rxcerpts fi>om Little, Johnnie’s Din.ry- Got air rif;lc for chri stmas* Dec, 26th, raining, Dec, 27th, raining, Dec, 23th, more rain, Dec. 29th, SHOT GRAND MA, A SWELL LETTER June 21st, 19^^-^ Dear E^itor, H, F, N.: ., , For sometime now I have received HFN and yesterday the June 20th issue arrived The news doesn't concern my home town; how eve r, for over twelve months I liTVed in Tarboro and learned to love your town. It ’ ,was then that Snake Henry, Solly Myers and many others first arrived to entertain us , in your ball park. It was then that I . learned to appreciate parched peaJiuts and coca colas. Then, Bill Babcock hadn't found the wife. Geo, Fountain was practic ing law with his dad. Runt Fountain -vas free lane ing». Cam Weeks wasn* t referrt^d. to r\B “Judge”, and Alice Evans, was Alioe ■, Abel. I^en I read 'HFN, I get,, homesick- the best feeling a man ever hpd,‘ I oniy wish you could know Just how much I appre ciate your paper. In return, for , year words of cheerfulness,' I shall.strive to, do my part put here in the . Pacific 'wit;i the hope that it will in some way aid you boys get home a little earlier. May 1 suggest thaf^ you^ change my APO number from IbloO to 95^* Th/^nks a million. Pvt, John V(, Beaman, glOth M,P, Co., A,P.O, # 95^ % P. M,, San Francisco, calif, (John teaman was formerly associated with Atty, Cameron Weeks a law partner,) . Excellent reports coming in on Bill Babcock My prediction come true - he will make ex cellent soldier. And a guy'with a map like his is at home ’the world over,,. .‘Frank Arens says M, S. Brown* has ’'done it again" with girls pic,tures. Craves photos of Main St. and familiar Tarboro spots,.,A swell le tter from Sgt, "Bo" Sheffield inH:iwaians Lucky the outfit that claims ”Bo".,, •.Wm* Riddick writes , from England very nice let-^ ter, ,,.sgt. Johnnie 2* Rawls complain? of leeches in Burma, Here too, Johnnie, and if you find euro, wire us collect. I • Sgt, Bynum Eason now in Russia, compli ments the Soviets but little difficult to talk to, Bynum, when you cone home by way, of Berlin bring us a. bottle of vodka. Thank you, Cpl* Paul Hartman,, In service 23 mo. Has seen Iceland, England, Africa, Italy. Thpt is enough Paul, so come on home,,Craig Harrell sUrely keeps us post ed from south America, Yes, Craig, v;;*), still want pictures - send 'em,*.T,A#Phelps SF3/o drops . a line from south pacific. Been out there since '^2,' ' CQrtsiiin- ly. writes, newsy letter,,,,,, Sgt, James E. Allen at Camp Swift, Texas- was a’c Carap Hale with plenty snow and ice,,,T/Sgt,■ Frank Batts recovers from malaria in ;ho3- pital \n Italy Pfc. David Hyde sends
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