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1943 ir OCTOBER, 1943 THE ECHO PAGE THIRTEEN wws^rom Former Employees Now In Service J^EAR gulf of MEXICO ftp \ Sams writes from Texas Field, Harlingen, DiPnt- previous letters I high ^^ntains. Well, we don’t even abnm-4 ^ole hill here. We are Upv- from the Gulf of the elevation is some K ® o^tween six and ten feet, therp • ^ hot during the day but If if ^ breeze most every night, little for that ^e would 'be aer crisps ... I am in gunnery school. . CARTOON TELLS A SIGNIFICANT STORY ^pS UP WITH CHANGES Jr., writes iB;?. Nashville, Tenn.: “In read- "'litp I see there have been Wn changes made since «s there. I have noticed also . e IS a great popularity in brides J orides-to-be . . . Miss English Miss Johnson, may the fol- ■•‘esi the more happy iv' • • • There are quite a few here in my outfit who used ill»! ®”iPloyed at Ecusta ... To friends, a jolly hello . .. Ms BEEN TRANSFERRED C. Gevedon writes lat Minn.: “I hope L everything is going along just % f Pl^wt. I hope to be ^is f 1 plant sometime f. or early winter. . . I am to get a furlough some- ]o^ >®®on . . . Since I last wrote i^ij. p have been transferred to the j.^orps and I like it better than the Engineers ...” TO SEE JAPS FIGHT Clj Buchanan, Seaman, Second W ’ ''^^^tes from Casco Bay, Port “. . . I have volun. Wn ^ hope f this cruise I will get to f|o .the West Coast and see how ^ can fight . . . Tell all the ®t Ecusta hello for me, and Cg ^ am going to do everything ^ to speed up victory, so I can around to see them all. ECUSTA DOING WELL V' Allen, Motor Machinist’s ■’ • First Class, writes from his '^Ij^fday and after reading it I good I figured the least I do would be to drop you a t to show my appreciation . . . o{ jL like a horse and growl all i time. In the Navy that’s ^ sign a fellow’s feel- i j>^®tty good ... I saw the Ecus- ^ otior Roll and the list of all ^.^olks that have left for the I would never have ^ «ht that many had already left li(f I think Ecusta has done 3ob well and will continue to a job, so that every man \ ^oman connected with her C always be proud to say ‘I at Ecusta.’ ”... jiJj'I*RECIATES THE ECHO t, jT* C. P. Costanza writes from !t)3’iox, Ky.: “I appreciate your ^ j.% me the Echo. I hope to '{[j^ceiving one every month . . . my friends in Ecusta that u and hope to write one of them in the future.” ^^^^KING police COURSE ■tio have just received some in- \j^tion about Pfc. William M. 'Vii ^ase. He is in Miami Beach, I received the Echo afel»te; If' ipn m ^tsTmrm r V .taking a s olice Course. six weeks Mili- When he has i]^^6ted this he will be sent as W‘ P. instructor to some other V]' Before leaving here in of 1942, Pfc. Case was an m Endless Belt. He has been V.Jed at Lowery Field, Colo., ^a, Wash, and Blyethe, Calif. LETTERS MEAN A LOT S. A. Kent, Fireman, First Class, writes from a Fleet Post Office: “. . . Haven’t gotten around to thanking you for being so thought ful in seeing that the boys in the armed services get the Echo, as those good letters mean quite a lot to a fellow who has to be away from home and the job chosen as his life’s work . . . Will appreci ate your looking out for me when the next Echo comes off the press ... I realize the task of trying to keep in touch with all the boys so you can be assured I’ll remem ber that each time I receive the Echo and also a word from you.” SEES A FUTURE FOR ECHO CpI. Jack D. Morgan writes from somewhere in the Southwest Pa cific: “I see a good future for the Echo. It is fast becoming a real magazine and I think it would be a good thing to keep all origi nal drawings and mount them as other magazines do ... I am wooing on a number of ideas to try to turn out something your readers might like ... It is a pleasure to draw regularly for your fast improving magazine . . . Hope to see you in the not too distant future.” echo like a big letter Cpl. Dewey S. Winchester writes from Fort Jackson, S. C,: “We have been here for two weeks. I have no idea why we are here other than for me to be close home. Ha! I like it here o. k. Please keep the Echo coming my way ... It is like a big letter from home . . . And do letters from home cheer a soldier up!” SUN NEVER SETS ON SOLDIERS FROM ECUSTA Pfc. William H. Laughter writes from somewhere overseas (Note: It takes the Echo 3V2 months to get there sent via 1st class mail): “A few days ago I received the Echo for April and was glad to get it. It was a little old when it reached me, but just as new to me as if it was fresh off the press. I surely do enjoy reading it . . . Glad to find out what is happen ing at Ecusta and most of all I like to read the letters home . . . They say the sun never sets on the American soldiers and judging from the different parts of the world the boys from Ecusta are in, I don’t believe the sun ever sets on soldiers from Ecusta ... I am still in the Southwest Pacific area . . RECEIVES DECORATION Sgt. Edward Runnion, former employee in the Finishing Depart ment who left here in February of 1941, has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustain ed during an enemy air raid over the field in Sicily where he was stationed as an aviation ordnance man. Before going overseas he re ceived training at Fort Bragg, N. C., Camp Blanding, Fla., and Fort Dix, N. J. HAVING A Good time Gordon Leslie, Apprentice Sea man, writes from the Naval Train ing Station At Bainbridge, Md.: “I am having a good time but it is a bit hard . . . Please send me the Echo and tell all the boys ‘hello’ for me ...” GETS WINGS AND COMMISSION Ben M. Rickman, Aviation Ca det, writes from Freeman Field, Seymour; Ind.: “. . . We have real ly been busy here from 5:00 a. m. til 10:00 p. m, We have even started flying on Sundays now . . . Am scheduled to graduate and get my wings along with a commission Nov. 3rd. We have already been granted permission to buy our uniforms and have signed officer’s identification card as a rated pi lot . . . Hope to get home for a few days after graduation if possible . . . Have seen a lot of the country from the air lately Flew to Scott Field, 111. and Louis ville, Ky. and Indianapolis, Ind. last week. Will probably go to Cleveland this week . . COVERED MOST OF SICILY Sgt. Ed Runnion writes from ov erseas: “Have moved around quite a bit lately'. Have covered most of Sicily and our mail hasn’t had much chance to catch up. It’s been a long time since I saw a copy of the Echo . . . Hope everything at Ecusta is all right. Have heard from Bill Baley quite often and would like to know the addresses of some of the other fellows. . . ” FOUND NEWS OF FRIENDS Sgt. Robert Oates writes from Cornwallis, Greg: “. . . I thorough ly enjoyed reading it (Echo) and found the news of several of my friends that have entered service very interesting. Their progress has been excellent ... I took spe cial note of the’progress Ecusta was making buying bonds . . , Best regards. .
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