1943
THE ECHO
PAGE FIFTEEN
-etters From Ecusta Employees In Service
'’Allowed one mistake
c-o Fleet P. 0.
New York, N. Y.
Straus^'*'
that you must think I
all of you who are
igh T u Ecusta. r have not,
_ 1 have been very busy. As
know I am afloat
l)( y Wat means work day and
the until one and two
up
atti again by six a. m.
We ^ ''^hich means
Its A depart-
% ti that means lots of
iiigf You do a lot of wor-
ay you know that now lives
on your decisions and
Wan p carry out according
1 vq,' ^'^^''ything has a system
1 sq follow that sys-
all o*r ^^ you will correspond
g ships. You are not al-
ilo mistake. You have
ex(>u„ the first time and
It cl f® accepted. You sleep in
9rt}i5 all ^^^swer all kinds of
'Hr ^ , ^ay and night; stand
your depart-
coni alert;
'itigoti. • the shooting is
“5g 9|. ’ other words, do every-
4li Qj time and no slip-ups.
,goo(j ^ay sound like a lot
'* it io^,,^'^3shioned bellyaching,
''ery^ ’ ^or I truthfully enjoy
Part ^ the work and
foriw play. However, I still
to returning to the
and this is all over
■^^ces.
the people there very
•til,
^gain renew old ac-
Wg . am looking ahead to
^ Pean r ^6 together again
t 'vorld when the big-
Sn ^”ts going on will be
s Uptt, over the neigh-
JpC ^»net.
to ^an find time to
soon, I will close.
Sincerely,
JIILLENDER (“Sam”)
Lieut, (jg)
^illender M. Matthews
J^ETTER in print
. Tucson, Ariz.,
> lastT^®’
M tjjp I received an is-
0 '''rv ^
N’'^yed Denver, Colo,
tv ^as . much
ovi,h H^P^ised to read a copy
hai/ ®^ter in it. Since that
f to Salt Lake City
lihi.. ^rom there to Tucson. I
Uly
H'
,, enjoying the scenery
We came by way
KOf to get here. This
5^(19 a Sood old North
A 9ny especially Bre-
b ''Pe
f -f ^ furlough before
Jf I do I want to visit
x..:,; ^y friends at Ecusta.
good to see
V l>Ur-
and
iH Vou of this letter is to
u is address. If this
Jiiy fHolished in the Echo, I
Ss a^‘®nds to take down my
u please write to me.
®Vp,^. to hear from each
iiri' ^ oi«
2^1‘ette, I look at it and
^^ich one of the
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boys
to and give my best re-
Se«i ^^^Ployees of Ecusta.
iw,, ^0 v,T iiext fssue of the
R-Tlf friend, Pfc. Lewis P.
‘i? Squadron,
^ '^^than Field, Tucson,
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FROM THEIR MAIN BASE on the upper Yangtze, Japanese columns are
reported pushing west and south in what may be the initial stages
of a new drive on Chungking; Chinese provisional capital. Chinese
report the invaders within 275 airline miles ctf the city, with one
column said to be approaching Wufeng, 50 miles southwest of the
main Japanese base located at Ichang. (International)
TRAINING NO “BUGGY RIDE”
Fort Monmouth, N. J.
May 30, 1943
Dear Mr. Straus:
It has been some time since I
wrote you. I have been quite busy
most of the time since starting
my 0. C. S. training. We seldom
have time for much letter writing.
I trust everything is going fine
at the plant. Had the pleasure of
enjoying the news of the folks
down there in the Echo which I
received the other day There’s no
way of fully estimating the good
it does, and the pleasant thoughts
it brings to mind to us service
men. Some day perhaps we may
have the chance to repay the
kindness.
Well, Mr. Straus, I have only
five more weeks of this training
which, by the way, is no “buggy-
ride.” So far, I have been doing
swell, passing all my subjects,
getting satisfactory drill grades,
etc. I received the distinction of
being chosen, among others, as a
student officer in my company. I
hope I can actually be the means
of changing it to real bars. I think
I have a pretty fair chance, any
way.
Tell everyone “hello” for me,
please, and I will be down to visit
you about the 15th of July.
Respectfully yours,
ANSEL R. JONES (T-S)
Co. V, 803rd Regt.
GETS THE LATEST DOPE
Navy Yard
Charleston, S. C.
June 4, 1943
Dear Mr. Wells,
As I have only a few minutes,
I thought I would drop you a few
lines to say hello and to let you
know how much I enjoy getting
the Echo. I enjoy it as much as
the newspaper, if not more, be
cause I can catch up on the latest
dope on what my buddies are do
ing back on the job. To top it
all,, I hear from all that have
entered the service.
Time is going so I have to be
going too—but to put out a wash
ing. Thanks again and I’m wishing
the Company, you and all the rest
of the employees the best of luck.
Yours truly,
Pale Siniard, Jr.
ECHO LIKE LETTER
FROM HOME
May 17, 1943
Dear Mr. Wells,
Here I am in North Africa; and
have been in Africa since the lat
ter part of January. Sorry that I
haven’t taken time to write of my
change in location and address be
fore now.
I received the March Echo yes
terday, I always enjoy reading it
for it brings back memories of
my days at Ecusta which each of
us are hoping may return soon.
Receiving a copy of the Echo is
the same as getting a letter from
home.
The fighting in Africa js over.
The question with everyone here
now is where to go from here. We
all hope that we can go somewhere
that we may throw a powerful
downfall to the Germans and Japs.
Give .my regards to Mr. Finck
and the other Filter Plant mem
bers. Hoping soon to return to be
a member of the gang. Thanks for
the Echo. Give my regards to all.
^ I remain,
Cpl. Lee F. Beatty
DESCRIBES GREAT
EXCITEMENT
May 5, 1943
Dear Bob:
Today I received the Echo and
I just can’t express how glad I
was to receive it. It was the Feb
ruary issue, and I saw Roy’s pic
ture in it, I like to hear about my
old friends, and the Echo is the
best source I have.
There’s not much news from
the jungles of New Guinea. There’s
is still lots of excitement, the Bis-
mark Sea Battle included. I guess
you have read about it in LIFE
and NEWSWEEK. I could tell you
more if it were permissible.
Last night I had a coco cola,
the first one in about four months,
so you can imagine how much I
enjoyed it.' I hope to go on leave
very soon, and then I will be able
to get plenty of coco colas, good
food, and milk.
Today has been very pleasant,
and it’s the first day. that I can
remember that it hasn’t been mis
erably hot. We have free movies
here and lately I’ve seen some real
good shows; I go almost every
night even though I do have to
sit on log seats.
Last night one of the native boys
who works around here came by
the tent and tried to teach me
some card games he knew. Some
of the natives can speak our langu
age pretty well.
I must close now as it it almost
time for supper. I suppose we will
have corned beef again as usual.
I’d like to hear from you when
you have time to write.
Sincerely,
Lt. William B. Long
(Editor’s note: Bill has recently
been promoted to the rank of First
Lieutenant.)
RECEIVED ANOTHER
PROMOTION
GOING TO SC'^^OL AGAIN
May 22, 1943
Dear Mr. Wells:
It dawns upon me that I haven’t
written to you in some time so
will do so now.
I am here at Aberdeen going to
school again on a six week course
in half tracks. I will only be here
until June 26 and then I will re
join my company in Mass. Sure
would like to make it on down
to see you all but will be unable.
They keep us on the go most of
the day and several nights during
the week.
I have been receiving the Echo
very regular and am very glad
to get the news from the plant.
Continue to send it to Aberdeen,
Mass., unless I write and let you
know of any change.
Hope this will find everything
O. K. with you all. Hoping to see
you soon,
I remain as ever,
?‘Mac”
Cpl. Melvin McCormick
32ttd Ord. Co. (mm)
Auburndale, Mass.
Camp Crowder Mo.
May 30, 1943
Dear Mr. Wells,
It’s been quite a while since I
wrote you, but that doesn’t mean
I haven’t been thinking of you,
Al, Speedy, Mr. Rhodes, and all
the rest. After so long I still miss
all of you. I look forward very
much to when we will win the
war and we can all be back to
gether at good old Ecusta.
I haven’t missed any issues of
the Echo and please don’t leave
me out on the mailing list.
Since I wrote last I have receiv
ed one more promotion. For two
months I have been “Top Sgt.”
with one more promotion to go
to make the grade of 1st Sgt.
“Here’s hoping.” I’m very happy
to know I can be of some service
that will help.
Give my regards to all. With
best wishes,
JOE ROY JOHNSON (T-Sgt.)
Co. C, 848th Sig. Tng. Bn.
RELISHES ECUSTA WATER
Sunday Morning
Dear Sir:
Well sir, I am on my way down
in Georgia and, boy, is it hot! I
sure would like to have a drink
of good old Ecusta water. Be sure
and send me the Echo as I will
be stationed here for a good while.
Most of the boys that left with
me from Brevard are here except
Karl Straus. I sure would like to
get his address. My address is:
Pvt. Wade M. Scroggs
Btry. “A” 794th A.A.A.A. Bn
Camp Stewart, Ga.
Sincerely,
Wade Scroggs
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