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Marc^943 THE ECHO Page 3 WITH THE BOYS IN MILITARY SERVICE Pvt. Arthur Leob, who is in the Corps stationed at DeRidder, ^uisiana, visited Ecusta recently on a furlough. He is an instruc tor now and Bob Bolt, our landscap- was also located there. Art’s ad dress is 317th. Hq. & A. B. Sqd., De- ftidder Army Air Base, DeRidder, La, Lieut. Bob Bolt also paid us a visit ^‘ecently. He is in the infantry. His ^ork takes him back and forth from Ump Polk, La., to Fort Knox, Ky. address is 48th. Armored Infan- Fort Knox, Ky. Ernest Burch, former chief inspec- who left for service in October, p2, was another visitor here. He pS completed training in the Quar- jsrmaster’s Corps at Camp Lee and flas recently been transferred to *fansportation. His address is Pvt. f-rnest Burch, Co. D, 491st Port Bn., p^diantown Gap Military Reservation, L. Thorne, a Machinist Mate 1st iass in the Navy, was a recent visi- at Ecusta. D. L. has been as- igned to convoy duty in the Atlantic, has just returned from his third rihh Africa.The funny little colored obon he wears over his breast poc- with the tiny star on it has a iple meaning. One half the colors ®note Convoy duty, the other half / the colors are for being in the vasion of Africa and the tiny star t having participated in a major attle. He was in the battle of Cas- siiK when there is a omarine attack he begins to see g ? ^egro Chaplain’s viewpoint. He I ^ on one trip over they had a of negro soldiers on board L ^ at night he often went down to jv them sing spirituals and hymns. bi?f morning and night SM ^^Sht the Chaplain preached the Negro services were much interesting than the ship’s j^^'^ies, but one night during the ser- and alarm on the ship as usual everyone supposed 'vas a submarine attack. They ®6gan to scram but as everyone ch ^ for the gangway the negro quietly admonished, “Now, Lo rt just take it easy. De Ann either fo’ you or agin’ you.” fort- ^ rather com- ^^og way of looking at things. ’*[ECH. SGT. JOHN SOUTHER safely in North Africa **^etime in January according to ord received from him by his JJ>'ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Souther Horse Shoe. Since arriving ®fseas he has received two med- “The Flying Medal” and the Leaf Cluster”. Before joining 194 Corps in December, he was employed in Machine j^^oklet Department of Champagne. ® Writes that mail is sometimes setting to him but he would from friends at Ecusta Would like very much to re- ive the Echo, which he enjoyed much before leaving the Congratulations Moultrie H. Smyth, formerly in ® Maintenance Dept, in the Ma- Shop, is now in Rhode Is- from information received ^ ^ his wife, is expected home in Dla weeks, at which time he to visit Ecusta. “IVf were also notified that oot” is now the proud father lint L. ounce son, William tioh Smyth._ Congratula- shft ’ ^ ‘‘Many thanks for cigars. j^®njoyed helping you celebrate.” cigars yet from Carl Hend* oy ®x-machine tender, who is ^here in the Memphis, Tenn., oth Training Station. He’s an- Pi'oud father of a fine son. ^^bvlr-Crary Hendricks, and a*"® doing very well tijjj and it would seem a fine ® furlough ®ome see them—and us. LETTERS HOME; January 9, 1943 Dear Mr. Wells: Safe and secure here in California. I am on a 9-day leave from camp now but it is too far from home to get there and back in that time. It is a swell place here in Los Angeles and Hollywood where I am spend ing my leave; it is nice and warm, pretty flowers and green grass. I ex pect to be shipped out soon after we get back to camp. I appreciate all the letters and the paper you sent. Nothing means more to a service man than mail and news from home. My new address is permanent and I will receive mail addressed there whether I am in the states or in foreign service. Well, best of luck always and keep everything moving smoothly at Ecusta. We boys in service will keep fighting and will be thinking of you and the fine plant which is established there. Yours truly, LEWIS TOWNSEND. February 16, 1943 Dear Mr. Wells: I received your letter today and was very glad to hear from you. I want to let you know that I am receiving the Echo now. I got the November is sue soon after I last wrote you, and the December issue last week, I surely do enjoy reading it. My address is slightly changed now. However I am still at the same place. It seems that the Government has stopped all mail service other than V-mail to the boys in the Army. So far it hasn’t affected the Navy or Marines. We have direct air mail service out of here. So far I have had one letter reach home in six days. That is very good to travel about nine thousand miles in that length of time. There are two other fellows from Brevard in the Marines in this vicini ty, but I cannot menton their names. One is a First Lieutenant and is in this group. We have a little visit quite often. The other is Pfc and is about thirty-five miles from here. He was one of my best friends when we were at home. I have only been able to see him once. Well, I must close for this time. Give my best regards to Mr. Wilbur and the fellows in the Pulp Mill. A Leatherneck, JAMES T. WILLIAMS. March 7, 1943 Dear Mr. Bob: I am sorry that I haven’t written you sooner but I just haven’t had time. They are really working us and you have so many bosses here you just can’t dodge them all. I am studying Gunnery and am liking it fine but would really like to be back at Ecusta. I am not sure yet but I think I am going into the Armed Guards and if I do I will be home on my leave about April 3rd. Boy, it’s cold here. I haven’t seen the ground except two days since I have been here and it’s still iSnowing hard. Tell all the fellows I said “hello” and that I will try to see them when I come home. Mr. Bob, I really enjoyed working for you and maybe after we finish this little job I can come back. My address is: DOUGLAS P. DeBRABANT, A. S. S. V. Company 156, USNTS Camp Green Bay, Great Lakes, 111. Dear Mr. Wells: Hope that I can finish this letter, they keep you going from five A. M. until you have a chance to go to bed. Believe me this man’s Army keeps you on the move. Wish I could cook one more cook of flax and maybe that will be possible in the near future. I sure do miss all of the boys and all that Ecusta did for me. It sure is a swell place to work and all of the men are regular fellows. Not like the most of them that you meet, and MR. STRAUS is one in a mil lion. I wish there were more men like him and this world would be a bet ter place to live in. Be sure and give him my best regards. This place is sandy and it is a good thing too. If it were not I am afraid we would have mud up to our knees as much as it rains here. I am sending my pass card and would like for you to send my check and Bonds too if it is not too much trouble. It is a long time between pay days in the army. Pay day is not like once a week and it wouldn’t do you any too much good anyway for there is nothing that you can spend it for here in the Army. However it comes in good to have. How about sending me the Echo and then I will be able to keep up with the people through Ecusta. Yours- truly, PVT. DAVID M. BLACKWELL 593 Technical School Sq. Flight 663 Keesler Field, Mississippi February 1, 1943 Dear Mr. Wells: We have really started to work now. We are going from six in the morning until ten at night. The planes here are just a little heavier and faster than the ones that we flew in C. P. T. They are technically L 3 B’s, Aeroncas. This is not an Army camp at all. It is controlled by a civilian, but army officers are in command. We are right in the middle of town, so we don’t have any worries about getting to go to town. We are only here for one month and I have about two more weeks. We go from here to another pool and wait around to go to another school which will be basic glider. We have been informed if we get through here that we will probably finish all of it. Tell ^ of the folks there hello for me and that X would like to hear from them. By the way, tell Walter Straus that I would like to beat him another game bowling. Respectfully Yours, A|S DAVID SAMS 24th A.A.F.G.T.D. Okmulgee, Oklahoma Don’t Forget Those Victory Bonds! At Keesler Field PVT. Z. CECIL SMATHERS be- fore volunteering in the Army Air Corps in October was employed as Shift Supervisor by Ecusta. Cecil was first stationed in Nashville, Tenn., and is now at Keesler Field, Miss., but expects to be sent on any day according to a letter from his mother. Refining “D” Several changes in personnel have taken place, and are continuing to be made, on our shift, for the past few weeks. New faces are replacing the familar ones in many instances. We heartily welcome all our new comers and wish our old friends the best of luck in their new fields, even tho’ some of them may be destined for battlefields. Quite a few of our members have been taking their week’s vacation. They report working hard on the farm in some cases, but each and every one seems full of good spirit (don’t be misled) when they return to work. Fred Bishop, Bill Wells, and Fred Wallin were among the number who had vacations recently. Our sympathy goes to Mr. and Mrs. Alton Hubbard whose baby died recently. The infant was found dead in bed. “Speedy” is located at Keesler Field, Mississippi—“Keep ’em fly ing,” “Speedy,” old boy, and we’ll do our best to “Keep ’em smoking.” Fred Bishop is leaving us soon for service with the tall man in the high hat and whiskers on his chin, who’ll probably be needing many of us as time moves on. We’ll miss you, Fred, good luck, always! Latest reports indicate that our Red Cross drive for war funds here has gone over in a big way—here’s hoping it will be one hundred per cent plus for Ecusta. Plant a “Victory Garden!” Get Bill Wells to tell you the latest joke about rationing. Quit worrying about your draft status—“Uncle Sam” will probably get us all anyway, sooner or later. Keep on the alert for signs of spring. Be proud you contributed to the Red Cross war fund. Make your ration points last as long as you can by eating with your friends. Keep buying Bonds and Stamps. Have Burgin Kilpatrick tell you the names of Transylvania “Runts.” Write to our boys in the armed Service. Be good to your wife and children, they are valuable at income tax time. Take life easier, you’ll live longer. So long, KING We extendi our deepest sympathy to Fred Fendley whose mother passed away March 18th in Seneca, South Carolina. Arthur Bowen» of the Job Printing Department, is confined in Transylvania Commumty Hospital following an opera tion. A speedy recovery, Arthur!
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