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February, 1944 THE ECHO PAGE FIFTEEN ^ews From Former Employees Now In Service MACHINE SHOP NEWS A] y* C. Gevedon writes from shift u '*• • • I work graveyard ^0 Th Wte ^ write watp[* read and also keep a Whv • three generators . . . ShoD Ecusta Machine Pane has any news in the tubJ' the rest of the'depart- Shon T Machine from tu like to hear some there once in awhile . . ^ANSPERred to KENTUCKY *^ainn ^^ter R. Davis writes from W hft “• • • I School attending Quartermaster wijg 3t Camp Lee, Virginia, • ..'ve had a course in Admin- ^«turl!S Supply . . . Since I Wk Camp Breckinridge, I ^®en assigned, to the Quarter- Hequj,j,.^^operty Office in the Uiost 1 Section ... It was Dfajj^^^^esting to learn of Dewitt lUijjg ■ He is a special friend of the ''^e were inducted into the same day . . .» ^JjungleF OF NEW GUINEA Smith writes from ® ^ Guinea: “ . . . I Placg wonder what kind of *ists tv, f ^t’s a jungle that con- ^rai coconut trees, sev- of mo wild animals, plenty insej,^®^itoes and several other here white women ® are several natives, Plenty u friendly. It sure is •lights during the days, but the ''ery ® nice . . . There isn’t ^e I can say, except we I f S a fine job over here, that you all back home ** true ft ^ too. Yes, it tou'? tough, but we • •, and much smarter ^llo 0^ niy friends I said ti j k®®P t)uying more ^in We’ll keep ’em on the CORPORAL ^ J. HiU writes from 3 Army Air field, Colo- Colo.: “. . . I enjoy- , hiie 1 I made to the plant 5 Of h home ... I saw a Ujj , eVV faCgg ^gg through the plant, to the things I ^ v! Ai* ‘ ■ things move slowly 3ce(i I have been ad- f ^°^Poral as a Christmas Sam . . .” f MILLWRIGHTS Torrance writes NisT^d: . . Hope every- nicely there in the Of f 1, ■ ’ • Sure have seen i’v country since I was kt ®een Army, and of aU Ik North Carolina regards to on C shift and my for the plant and '“illT l,\'‘ ECUSTA. FAMILY C- Kaxt. S. D.: C. Raxter writes such S- D-: “• • • To ^itn‘ are backing you b„ e ^ «es a fellow do just a in. ^01*0 “ i^ixi.v>»y \ji\j juob a ^es\^6go: keep on going % n, ^ tough. He rea- Hk ^ight f has to train for a.*°r ... We still feel Ecusta family; ^\u table from the ' > ’ 'Ve 5 Christmas dinner. Sc I’ni dream, can’t we?) WJup .. aking radio mechanic .'•et «ah.i ® lauio luecnanic finish in a few where? M. S. (Mili- BOTH FORMER ECUSTA EMPLOYEES ■■ JOHN H. BUCKNER, Gunner’s Mate 2-c, and his wife, the former Orias Wilde, are now in Rhode Island, where he is stationed as an Instructor at the P. T. base. He was an Ecusta Inspeictor be fore he left in 1942 to enter the Navy and she was employed in thei Hand Booklet Department. John writes that he likes the Navy but he would also like to be back at Ecusta, that he is “always anxious to know what the folks back home are doing.” In North Africa Now On Ocean SGT CLYDE R. ALLISON, has recently been stationed at Wend- oveir Field, Utah, but is now somewhere in North Africa. Be fore entering the service he was was employed by Champagne) as a gumming operator; he left September 18, 1942. IN CHARGE OF LAUNDRY Pfc. Edward Pitts writes from North Africa: “I am still in North Africa and getting along fine. The weather is getting bad, raining and is very cold at night ... I am in charge of the laundry here which is a pretty good job when you don’t have to be out in the rain and mud. I have visited several places and have seen lots of in teresting things since I’ve been here. Now I am ready to move on, especially if we could be headed for New York, Won’t be too soon for me . . .” FRANK G. RHODES, Jr., Sea man 2-c, is now on a destroyer. Wci learn news of Frank, Jr., from his father, who is a fore man in the Machine Room. Be fore going into the Navy, March 17, 1943, Seaman Rhodes was a member of the Landscape Creiw at Ecusta. ENJOYS SMOKES Pfc. W. Glen Simpson writes from somewhere in Italy: “. . . We really enjoy our smokes and, as you know, cigarettes are rationed to us boys . . . I’ve been in Italy for about a month. Spent three months in Africa ... I am look ing forward to this racket ending soon and getting back to the States .. . I still say Western North Caro lina is the best place I’ve ever been and Ecusta is the best place I’ve ever worked . . WONDERS IF THE CHEM. LAB. STILL EXISTS Ted Bryan, PhM 3-c, writes from a Fleet Post Office, San Francisco: “ . . . I like the little paper swell but I think someone should wake up the Chem. Laboratory. Where is" their little comical bit? I would like to know whether they still exist or not . . . On the edge of the jungle we do have palm trees, and the tropical moon does look swell. I think with Ecusta’s won derful dance music and some of their beautiful white girls this life would be wonderful . . . We don’t have any towns or villages . . . The native men visit us and talk with us . . .” ATTACHED TO BRITISH ARMY S-Sgt. Ben Bakowski writes from somewhere in England: “. . . I was attached to the British Army for several months and really met a swell bunch of boys. I ate and slept with them, and also enjoyed their company during time off. It was a grand experience which I shall not forget. I am now back with the American Army attached to Headquarters in London. There are many things I would like to say about my experiences, but will only say I am glad to be wearing an American uniform . . . We all had an opportunity to see Irving Berlin’s show “This Is The Army,” which we all enjoyed. Outside of letters from home, these shows help keep up our morale, and I hope it won’t be too long before we can see another (on Broad way) . . .” SLEEPING ON FLAX Pfc. Jim McCormick, who was in the Parachute Infantry, writes from somewhere in Italy: “. . . I am sleeping on a bale of flax. The flax in the raw sure reminds me of old Ecusta and the fellows there ... I have been on the move and not much time to rest. We Jumped in the Sicilian invasion and also in Italy . . . Sure would be good to be home again. Just two years ago the Japs pulled their dirty trick . . . I see by the paper where there are a lot of boys over here from there but I haven’t seen any of them yet . . IS GASING BOMBERS Pvt. Paul E. Merrill writes from the Army Air Field, Las Vegas, Nevada: “. . . I sure like this old desert and I like the Air Corps too, of course I had rather be at Ecusta, but since this is Impossible I suppose I will have to perform my small part of duty as well as I can ... I am awfully lucky to get into a line of work I like. I am driving a 2,000 gallon gasoline truck, gasing bombers—and that is something too, for it isn’t every one in the Army who has a job he enjoys doing . . . Give my regards to the boys in the Refining Room on A shift . . .” SNOW ALMOST EVERY DAY Cpl. G. Earl York writes from Tobyhanna, Pa.: . . My biggest shock was reading of the death of Ted Gentry and I know you all miss him as a friend and a very valuable employee as well . . . The winters here aren’t very much like ours there because the tem perature has gone down as much as 35 degrees below zero and that is too cold for me. Snow almost every day now . . . I’m still doing statistical work and find it very interesting; I hope to see more action one of these days, but I can’t count on it too mudi . ,
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