riorky Tfebb .enrcut'e from nt, Lou If? to T^'^xn.s, o.ro>.T'»^d in to b .e. ub. Is
in Air Oor-T)F; r,a5:.?r t-raln.rnn'. Looked fine r..nd spys evythi.n,*x■ -G, K-.
. Bi*other To vie conlrr^ opck ficom otp.tes from P.^clfic wnere he has
>5een' sick ’se.ver.aX ’nori'ths'. Bro’ther Bill at West Point— now *••wpiois
an pt P]?. Too bi^ for a man and too littlP! ,for a horse. . A
trio rnd h^^ve what, it reallrf takf^s. .,.
James'.r.. Knox, .^l/o,. a ^ lad • ,of Ic, paid .us a sv7f-,ll visit, B-^id he
.had been in- Navy Vrs. ' ' ’''fas .. abOf?rd destroyer p'scort •■• (Bur.i^.e) anc,
has made S‘ orcssinp's of the .Atlantic to Africa, and. Fraiioe
James- whoiae; .on ■•-7 df?y X^ave and-looked fine. Ho .said tho;t RudolT'^h
B.oP’?-rson was on ■ a sis'‘/er ..shir) — that h'p saw him 0 '’ten, ^^erbc rt Rpwls
came* in with , - j amt. s, he. be3 n-g- home'.■ 'on J day •le.-aye.,. •••' _H.frbs»rt st.ill
with aiider Airborne Outfit ar. ]:'oColl. . i '
Remember Hai’old and Allie Atkinson boys? '■'.•ell, Lt, Faro id vir^itsd
us early in January« Said brothrd' Allie was aboard ship: •(A^K-^/C). in
?^’cific, Harold has bepn '.out' ’to t'^est Coast for coudIc years and is
now- Bilot . in. Arizona, ‘.Faniiiy lives in ^ay^^tt'evi-lTe, ^ A fine
■T)n±r of boys, werf^ eood athletes .here in sc.Viool rnd le.ave sr^or^s of-
frlends who wish them well out therr', ' ' ■ . ' _ ' .
.’ve were .!?lad to se^- Roland Harrison, who T>aid ,us^ a call* Is ;at; B'^1--;
man Pi eld, Monroe, La., and has bo/n' there . Has 'be^-n in • 3p Hos,. Is
with AAf • Base Unit and wouldn^t -mind P’Oj.ng over. Says .rain ,_ rain,
rn.ln in La ., and would welcorti-.. change* Ha-s borti- :i’- ThomaS; H. -in G-er-
many, ' ’
Big Marine' Rcy' Ki lie brew, Just in ,from 2'-.mo s, in Pacific,. - .scarf d
hell out of\is when ha came in, Roy h/-.s ?rosida;itial citation ‘and
numerous other medals ' strrvrn,across his chr st. About 3 ",; and-
brpwn\as" a. ,be2|:*ry.. ' Th5 s o:vy can really tell you of early cays at
Guadalcanal, New G-cor^ia and other outsorts in Pacific, Roy h^^d the
terrible misfortune to los/-; his father and brother Louis while 'he.
wafe away, .Lbuis was oaratroTJrH/r and- kl-lil.c'd in Invasion in France, •
Joseph Jones, ^1/6 on U. ??, Edmonds (: has partlcipat.;d in J.
Invasio'ns and entitled, to me.^n.bershio In-' -‘fest of Tokyo Mlssion»--ry. Bo-
ciety, this founded by'' Aen. 'Jimmie Poo lit tie. !'"as in invasion, of
Leyte. Joe* s mother called on us nnd, exhibited a citation for gal
lantry won by him — said he had been in Navy thre^' years. ;
Turner A. Burnf.tte’came. in to chat with us.' Hn was on short fur
lough a.nd had been in training in Ce.'mp Hoo'^, , '-exas. '^nroute to ^t.
Meade and 'ap-narent ly" Oh' the wp.y, but says 0, H, by him, ■ -A fdne-
yr. did godd-looking .lad, bU;t unafraid, .(Hapi:\y 'hun,tin.e:,’ Turner, a.nd
keep your eyes o.n thosr^ enemies of ours.)_ ' ' , ■
Private'' Bi].l Babcock grabs ■ 07’f a ' furlough from 5an Antonio;
spends several days at tom-'. ; everybody grinned a^t Lawyer-editor-sol
dier-playboy ,■ Rill' an-T if;.i^.-ll reports are true’ he really spread Joy
while here. . 'C'f cpurs© - pill cam^e by several ’times and ino;ulred of
.his boys in the' .service:. ;4nd offered his best to HFH., A heck- of -a
■good guy., We hated to sb'nd him on to • you, ■'>^r. Hersey said', »»nqm'e
along, Ri.11,*', and ,he.;dldn ’ t know, a.ny be'ter than to ,gd. • ,
Sam .Brown called on .us, having' ' returned from hso;pita.ls, In' prance,
England,' Germany,* York and' West Va'.. Sam was wpunde«?v‘^ In. Germ.any, .
was picked off by a snipeP,.' cutting .aWaV: the bone in h.is uoPer right'
ai'm.r He ca.rrios the linlb in a parriage effect wViich will be removed
when modern surgery .Partial.jLy restores/his arm. The story .Bam Tells
of. the,;3.if e 'the - CC * s -live out .'there wi't*h the/infantry, is , blooVl*7c;apc~.
ling,_ Ee'- says the Krauts am, good 'soldiers but .yellow'bastards wh,eh;
the chlps.-are down, Always ready to take advantage If the -.ups .ape’
in their favor but ”Kamerad .>■;. If, the. chances- are even, ‘‘'^’Jha.t a Pity
our boys ,hn.ve to Journey thousahdj'.of .-.v.railr'S and be subjected, to such
'as this - what -a pity the/y could not - be extermiriated with -the;.tihrav;-
■ lug of some' gadget, or switch. And this .goes, for the. slit xjyes; call.
• ed the sons o'f niooon. . Sam wears the,-purPle •He.art and Presidential'
'Citation.