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News From Out Former Employees In SeTvice Has malaria in pacific Enno Camenzind, Y 3-c, writes the Pacific theatre, “I re- [«ved the Echo just a.couple of nours ago and finished reading it ® few minutes ago. The sailor in '''e bed alongside of me has it and by tonight it will proba- “'y have made the tour of the whole ward . . . December and January are the hottest months and I mean hot, and the ^egetation and air are putrid—in |?ct, so much so that a scratch or «tle skin opening usually devel- Ps into fungus (“jungle rot” to I am one of the few who have een spared that so far by being careful, but I caught malaria have been hospitalized for while, I hope to return to duty because monotony is bad *'ywhere, but worse out here.” gets a transfer Bruce Pe,titt has been ^iisferred to the air base at Enid, (^?'^-.,from the Miami, Fla., redis- j, ^tion center. Sergeant Pettit .Gently returned from the China- ®®a-India theatre of war. A member of the 14th Air force, he u.f radio operator on a B-25 ^‘‘'=liell bomber. MERCHANT MARINE Mackey, U. S. maritime ser- 5 has returned to Charleston, it V spending several weeks “IS home. He was employed in anrt department here, entered service in October, cli,! ’*''35 to return to a mer- ship. Hopes fro] TO RETURN TO JOB Woodrow W. Smallwood writes »v, OllictliWUUU VVAIVV-O Camp Parks, Calif., “The from Ecusta made me Whil Passing through the plant ® I was working and speaking friends.- Here’s hoping you tur? ®''^®rything on, so I can re- ^0 my job.” Home in corsica Corsica, Sgt. John H. Jack- t®. "^tes, “Glad to receive let- to ’ also Echo. I’m always glad from home. Hope this will Soori {jjl? •,; . Am still at the same home here now.” J'lLlPiNos AID IN WAR A Serviceman’s Postwar Problem "jOHN.DtAU, OME OfTWOSE „ IM the south pacific 5 H6RE. Stationed In Md. Is In Belgium RUNNION IS OVERSEAS Sgt. Edward Riumion is in an Ordnance company active in over seas combat. He landed shortly af ter D-day in Sicily, Italy and Southern France. The company operates a repair service for truck ers hauling supplies to the U. S. seventh army front. These shops , accept any job that can be han dled in reasonable time, with spe cial emphasis on first aid to car buretors, ignition, gas lines and brakes. They send out a roving emergency patrol, manned by ex pert mechanics, to search out driv ers flying a distress signal. Jobs too complicated for the on-the-spot cure by the roving squads are towed in by the company’s big wreckers. This ordnance group was activated in the fall of 1940, training at Ft. Bragg and Camp Blanding. Its members took their initial step on foreign soil No vember 18, 1942, at Casablanca. These combat ordnancemen, dur ing the Tunisian campaign, made personal delivery of tanks and half-tracks in the Kasserine area. Sergeant Runnion has been in service four years. He was em ployed in the Finishing depart ment at Ecusta. APPRECIATES PACKAGE Lt. “Gus” Tucker virites from China, “I can’t tell you how pleased I am with the package from Ecusta — mostly that you thought of us who were not able to be home with you, and I think I’m expressing the thoughts of all of us when I say that it has made me feel a great deal better about being here . . . You’ve no Idea how good something from home tastes when you’re out here away i from it all. Sometimes I think I’d give my place in heaven for a piece of fried ham and a big help- I ing of grits and ham gravy ... I had a letter from Arthur Loeb to day and he seems very much pleased with conditions where he is. He had a little news about some of our mutual friends which I en joyed.” ^ Philippines, Cpl. War- tn Hooper writes, “I took part t‘hiv ®. I^'day operations in the j'iji *?Pines, and I’ve found the people friendly and a Partner in this war. The it) . here is much better than Pacific islands . . . atid Sood work at Ecusta, tOfB be winning this war be- ® long.- . J^ONGS TO BE BACK V Matthews writes from lovp “I am not too much in to(jb^*^'^ this big place. It is still in f for me and too many people "'hen ^ rush. I shall be glad taj^ A Can return to the moun ts j like to think of Ecusta '"'ent of serenity and content- iiigj „ ®midst wonderful surround- WAC Pfc. above is ELIZA BETH P. KIMZEY, who entered the army January, 1943. Pfc. JKimzey had basic training at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa, and is now statione,d at Ft. George G. Meade, Md. She was employed as slit ter operator in the Finishing de partment. BUSY IN NAZILAND “Have been too busy to write, says Pfc. James F. McConmck, writing from Germany . . ■ Re ceived the Christmas package, and it was nice. Thanks a million.’ WELCOMES ECUSTA NEWS Pvt. John B. Baldwin, in the ETC, says, “Tell all the boys hello for me, and that I hope to be back with them soon. I’m looking for ward to the next copy of the Echo and all the news of good old Ecus ta.” SGT. CLIFFORD McCRARY is now wiith the Army engineers in Belgium. Sgt. McCrary has been in service 27 raonths. Prior to induction he was a backtend- er in the Machine room. He trained in Kansas and Camp For rest, Tenn. He arrived overseas shortly after D-day and has been in France. I>.^AYS MIGHTY BUSY Raleigh Waldrop writes Hev, France that he is now in a (Ordnance) and Ms t.*'® very busy. He wrote on "it dday off in three weeks, seem possible I had so “ time off while at Ecusta,” VISITS LONDON AND PARIS Pfc. Jesse K. Hyder writes from Holland, “I have seen several Eu ropean countries, Scotland, Eng land, France, Belgium and Ger many. Have been to London and to Paris ... I’m writing this in an old school house by candlelight I still cook for our boys and like it better every day, although we do see some rough times . . . Tell all of Finishing Dept hello for me.” BOX FEEDS NINE Lt. Fred Yelton writes from Mountain Home, Idaho, The Christmas box was swell, and thanks very much. I looked all through it, though, and didn t find a gol-darn cigarette. We went on a 1600 mile cross-country trip the day after it came and your Iwx was the only nourishment the nine other members of the crew and I had. After ten hours without any thing to eat, it’s hard to tell you just how good the contents of that box tasted.” IS SLIGHTLY INJURED Sgt. Charlie Russell is temp orarily hospitalized in Italy due to a minor injury from which he ex pects to recover very shortly. When he wrote to us recently, he spoke of flying missions over beautiful country, but said, “I wish I were back in North Carolina. We hope that he will soon be fine, and sending us some piore car , toons, REMAINING JAPS FEW “Natives are friendly,” writes CpL Hovey E. Waldrop from the Philippines. “They do our laundry ■ and like to help us all they can ... We are having lots of rain, and 1 it stays muddy most of the tima There are a few Japs left, I but most of them are in bad shape . . . Some of the boys got one down by the river last night.” ARTICLES BUOY UP SPIRITS S-Sgt. James A. Whitmire is in France and writes, “When a fel low gets something from home, it kinda helps him forget some o£ the things he is having to go through with over here ... We all have a job to do, and I hope that it is nearly completed. I’m looking forward to the time when all of us can be back punching the old clock and listening to the hum of the machines. So, keep ’em all smoking.” YULE BOX BANISHED DOUBT Pfc W. E. “Buddy” Neill, over seas, writes, “Being overseas so long has made the average sol- dier wonder if he has been forgot* ten, but if I had any such ideas, they certainly vanished tonight when I received my Christmas box from Ecusta ... I receive the Echo, and appreciate it very much.”
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