1944
THE ECHO
PAGE FIFTEEN
Kews From Former Employees Now In Service
^lES LEAVE HURRIEDLY
^ Morrow writes on French
^onery .taken from the “office
ojE a Jerry garrison. They
5 in a hurry, and didn’t have
r to carry their equipment
. I didn’t get here on D-
but managed to get into some
‘Oe “hedge-row” stuff, and the
experience of the dash
5 France. . . . Credit can be
, to ,the machines and the
^cians, but for the real work,
J the lion’s share to the dough-
he is the man that takes
“^eal beating and keeps on go-
j. • • • I get a thrill out of read-
^ibout the people I remember
'“e Echo.”
likes trisco
t wishes to everybody, writes
lu J* MerreU, F 2-c, EM» from
Calif. “Oakland and
are beautiful cities. ... I
the bowling league is going
.impressed by ruins
jK • M. Winchester has visit-
^^®^ool and London. He writes
^ impressed very much by
^ins; often wonder how the
here made out. It sure shows
^ar can do, to look at the
^ buildings lying flat on the
. . This British money
|K ^e sweat at times, too, but
I have it now. Still seems
using pounds, pence, etc.
^ars and bikes are quite a
’ Wake up that gang in
^hem. Lab. and give them
^gards.’’
NAZI TARGETS
Sgt. Lawrence F. Dixon,
^ngineer and waist gunner
“'24 Liberator bomber, holds
Medal and one Oak Leaf
•J** Recently he received a
'jential citation. He has flown
attack many
Nazi targets and partic-
(J* in D-day. T. Sgt. Dixon en-
A. A. F. in January,
iflj He received his wings at
Field, Texas. David
> A.M.M. 3-c, of the Naval
orce, is an engineer gunner
(j^tioned at San Diego, Calif.;
^i^cts sea duty soon. Both are
!ii^
‘®nt of California Central
Nice to soldiers
N. C. beats France,
C Raleigh Waldrop. “Al-
the people are nice to the
and seem imable to do
for us. The girls always
smile and that really helps
a fellow’s morale up,
no one need worry about
Crying. . . . Have me a job
. the next day after I get
please. . . . Have talked to
^ German prisoners and they
to get the news from
but couldn’t tell them
more war
^an we do.”
NOT FORGOTTEN
^ Sansosti writes to thank
■C for Christmas package.
did the packaging did a
^ jJob. Our quarters and camp
lijj^ked like a giant picnic
Kp’Judging from the volume
A^^ages received each day,
^>) *^>t nearly the “forgotten
S ^ think at times.
at the plant a Merry
V^as and a Victorious New
Ex-Refining Room Foreman In New Guinea
Shown above is a picture of Enno Camenzind, former Refining
Roomi foreman and a group of natives taken on New Guinea. Enno
writes “weather hot as the dickens and the dampness is pretty bad.
Right now I would gladly contract with pleasure to change my place
for a nice cool spot of a back tender and I would probably freeze
to death in the beater room. It is not quite, that bad but pretty near.”
Gets Purple Heart
PFC. BILL H. NICHOLSON,
above, recently was awarded the
Purple Heart for wounds re
ceived in action October 20th.
For 10 months he has been over
seas, having participated in a
number of major battles, in
cluding the capture of Rome,
under the leadership of Gen.
Mark Clark. Pfe. Nicholson, an
expert rifleman, trained at Ft.
McClellan, Ala., and Ft. Meade,
Md. He is a former employee of
the Cafeteria.
CHEERED BY PACKAGE
Howell Medford, F 1-c, says is
is good to know that the men far
from their work and loved ones
are still remembered by their com
pany, as he thanks Ecusta for his
Christmas package. “Let’s remem
ber that the things we are fighting
for are Victory and Peace. Let’s
keep pushing on until we achieve
just that. I am looking forward to
the day when we can return and
earn a living by a justified day’s
work in a grand company.”
RADAR INSTRUCTOR
Richard W. Pearce, Radio Tech^
nician 2-c, of the navy, is now a
radar instructor at Camp Brad
ford, Va. Seaman Pearce was a
machinist and has been in service
two months. He trained at Michi
gan City, Ind., and at Naval Re
search, Washington, D. C. A bro
ther, Bill Pearce, also a former
employee, took part in the Anzio
beachhead attack and the battle
of Rome, and is now with the in
fantry in France. He wears the
silver star.
Is Now In France
PFC. PULIUS LEE NICHOL
SON is now in France. He has
been in the Army 26 months and
overseas 18 months. He trained
at Fort McClellan, Ala., and
was employed in Champagne
Mechanical service before en
tering military service.
IN “LARK” CREW
1st Lieut. Boyd “Ikey” Meixell,
of the Army air forces, recently
visited his parents. After comple
tion of training he was stationed
around Australia; on one of the
islands there he was wounded. Lt.
Meixell has been in service three
years; at Ecusta he was employed
in Refining. He was a member of
the crew of “The Lark,” as writ
ten in the August 19, 1944, issue
of the Saturday Evening Post.
Lt. Meixell was assigned to a com
bat unit engaging in reconnais
sance missions against enemy
shipping. He reported to a redis
tribution center in Miami, Fla.
GETS ARMY DISCHARGE
William H. Tritt, formerly em
ployed in the warehouse, received
an honorable discharge from the
army November 12, 1944. He was
stationed at Front Royal, Va., with
the Quartermaster Remount De
pot.
HEARS NIP BROADCAST
Edwin McCall, S 1-c, hears Jap
anese broadcast. He writes, say
ing that the Japs claimed to have
sunk the whole Pacific fleet. “Won
der whom they think they are
foolin’,” he asks. . . . “It’s so hot
here tonight that the Machine
Room would be cool in compari
son. ... If any of the guys have
any hunting tales, I’d like to hear
from them, but tell them to be
reasonable; no tall tales.”
PHOTO GROUP CITED
AN EIGHTH A. A. F. AERIAL
RECONNAISSANCE STATION IN
ENGLAND—Sgt. Joe; A. Perry, 34,
is one of the soldiers at this Eighth
Air Force Aerial Reconnaissance
station in England who recently
was awarded the War department’s
Distinguished Unit citation ribbon
by his Wing Commander, Colonel
Elliott Roosevelt. The award was
made to all personnel of a photo
group, commanded by Lt. Col. C.
A. Shoup, of Beverly Hills, Calif.,
for “extraordinary heroism, gal
lantry and determination” during
the month of June.
Sgt. Perry is an aircraft mechan
ic for a photographic reconnais
sance squadron, whose assignment
in the fight against Nazi aggres
sion is to obtain the valuable aerial
pictures of enemy military, mari
time and industrial installations.
During the week preceding the
Normandy invasion, and three
weeks following the Normandy in
vasion, groHp pilots flew exceed
ingly dangerous low altitude mis
sions to photograph German com
munication lines and troop supply
movements.
Sgt. Perry is the husband of Mrs.
Ruth Perry, of the Inspection
Dept. At Ecusta he was employed
as a machinist in Champagne until
entering the A. A. F. in September,
1942.
FIGHTER PILOT
Capt. Chas. C. Cook is now
serving as pilot of a fighter plane
in the Air Force in Italy. He re
ceived his wings and commission
in March, 1942, and was an in
structor at various camps in the
States prior to going overseas.
RECEIVES MEDAL
Pfc. Andrew D. Surrette has
been awarded the good conduct
medal for “exemplary behavior,
efficiency and fidelity.” He la a
telephone switchboard operator at
a P-51 Mustang base in England,
from which long range fighters
escort heavy bombers to their tar
gets. Pfc. Surrette has been over
seas 14 months and was employed
in Ecusta’s Inspection department
prior to induction.
WITH SIGNAL CORPS IN
FRANCE
Lt. Ansel R. Jones, of the Sig
nal corps, is now somewhere in
France. He has been in the Army
30 months. He trained at Ft Mon
mouth, N. J., and Camp Crowder,
Mo. Lt. Jones was employed as a
blender at Ecusta before entering
the Army.
GREETINGS FROM HAWAII
CpL Kenneth McCurry in Hawaii
wishes all Ecustans a Merry Chris-
mas.
PROMOTED TO T-5
T-5 Elijah Mooney was recently
promoted from private to the
rank of technician fifth grade. He
is assigned to a Quartermaster
Laundry platoon at Camp Lee, Va.
Prior to induction in April, 1944,
he was an Ecusta office porter.
GOT CHRJSTMAS BOX
Marshall Ballard, S 1-c, writes
from hospital in Earle, N. J., that
he highly appreciates receiving
his Christmas box from Ecusta,
especially as he is still in bed from
an operation. Hopes to be home
for Christmas and wishes Mr.
Straus and all Ecusta employees
a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.