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PILE UP THE JAPS Ptc. James Dunne writes from 01(inawa, “The past five days it has lained like some of those rains we set in Brevard. It’s no fun trying get around with mud Icnee-deep. “S Out of the question to find a % place to lie down. This place ‘‘ss turned out to be a tough nut crack, but it shouldn’t take ®uch longer. These litUe yellow ®en sure have taken a h. of a ''mating, I see a lot of them piled "P like cordwood in the hills and taves. We used to get a kick out the natives on Guadalcanal, but I'ere We are dressed like them. If •[were not for all the fun we have, [“is place would be dull, but there laugh a minute when all these ttiaracters get together.” “IT’S ALL WORK” Pvt. Harvejy L, Souther, writing Camp Lee, Va., says, “Life this man’s army is just about as .'"'Sh as you have heard that it I speak from experience as only yesterday I had to tile- loilo - in the kitchen from 4:45 un- ®‘45; that’s 14 hours—a mighty 1 day, if i were to work that in the office. But as yet, I ®ven’t found any offices in the This is a quartermaster but we won’t be assigned S % certain branch until we fin- j our basic training. Last Sun- We were at Ft. Bragg, and don’t know the difference ,, Sunday comes, as they work the same.” Sgt. Charles Russell Has A Dream 4c Delivers the mail j^smes A. Hammond, S 2-c, writes the Marianas, “This trop- sun really beats down in the j^ime, but sometimes at night V,** Cool enough to sleep under a ,‘8nket. I like the huts we live they are nice and cool. We r^dle radio supplies; my job is j^Uvering mail. Guess the Navy - lust trying to make me feel at Have been getting the and really do enjoy them, helps a fellow out a lot «now what’s going on at home.” ^ITES from PHILIPPINES Lawrence Richardson tej from t h e Philippines, I *®ce I last wrote to you, I have j:®** in an invasion in the Philip- « It was easy to make, and suited me just fine. The peo- ji 'Vere certainly glad to see us (,5 siire I would be, too, if I’c. under Japanese domination three years/’ ^ LIKES THE ECHO tj Miriam R. Poore is sta- at McGuire Gen. Hospital, (,3*nond, Va., and writes, “I re- the Echo regularly, and it L ® is nice to know that you are King us up so well. After read- Echo, I can go about my I "'ith that certain feeling that ijj be home soon. So keep send- i„*j^the paper. I would feel lost an ASFTC at Camp Clai- La_^ pyt, Frederick G. MU- iT ’vrites, “The Mill sure would ij - 8ood to me now. The climate lot different here. The sun hot, and it rains a good . I will be here for about w’^eeks of basic training and {^?°ling, then I hope to have a ^ *ough and see Ecusta ... We u. ®bout 200 miles from New Or* *Hs.” IS AT CLAIBORNE TELLS EXPERIENCES Cpl. Paul E. Merrill writes from j Scherwin, Germany, “On April 1 I landed in France and went to Hoermond, Holland. There I was put in a ground force replacement pool. I stayed there for about a I week, then moved to Munster, Germany. When the war ended, I [was in Wolfenbuttle, near Han over. I was on my way up to the I front. I have been assigned to a 1 Heavy Weapons Co., whi± I like very much. The Echo is like a big I letter from Ecusta and I enjoy it I very much. Even the fellows in I my company like to read it, so it is passed around.” WE HAVE ADVANCED TOO FAR.THIS IS DAVIDSQ/f river/ Somewhere in Italy Sgt. RusseU evidently Reamed about being back home in Transylvania County—about fishing for trout in good old Davidson River. Home From Italy Home On Leave T-5 naEODORE HOXIT is home from Italy, where he was a heavy truck driver with a Quartermaster Truck company, of the 15th Air Force Service command. Cpl. Hoxit trained at Boise, Idaho. He had been ov erseas about nine months. Cpl. Hoxit entered service in Janu ary, ’43, while an employee of the Fibre; Warehouse. IT REALLY RAINS In a letter from the Philippines, C. D. Cagle, S. 1-c, says, “We really have a nice camp here, af ter much hard work and sweat. We call it Coconut Grove. It’s quite hot here, and when it rains, it pours. The natives are friendly, and some work for us. They live mostly on rice and what else-the jungle affords ... I hope to be home soon, so save me a seat on the front row.” PLENTY TO DO Hal R. Keener, A-S, writes from Baftibridge, Md., “I like it O. K. here. The weather has been pret ty cold and bad, but has wanned up some now. The food is vei^r good, and the place is clean. Hair cuts are plentiful as long as your hair lasts. I’ve got just about as much as Leori English . . . There is plenty to do around here— shows most every night, a canteen bowling alley, ball games and plen ty of drilling.” GOOD WITHOUT GUNS Cpl. D. S. Winchester, writing from Germany, says, “V-E day was not celebrated very much here, as we were so happy we could not begin to realize what was happen ing. It sure feels good to live without guns being fired all the time ... I crossed the Roer at Duren with short halt at Co* logne; we hit the Rhine at the Re- magen bridge, and then on to Dessau on the Elbe. We stopped for nothing but gas and a few hours sleep every two or three nights.” FEELS BETTER NOW Pvt James S. L. King writes from Battey Gen. Hospital, Rome, Ga., “I am thinking of the peo ple of Ecusta and the neighboring towns. Am feeling much better since I spent a few days at home and in the mountains. It sure makes you feel great to get back home and see all of your friends again.” FRANKLIN KERBER, S 1-c, visited Ecustans May 22 during a 21-day leave following 14 months’ sea duty in the South Pacific. Seaman Kerber was a summer employee of the Land scape Crew. He volunteiered in Jime ’43 for Naval service, and itad boot training at Bainbridge, Md. He wears ribbons for the American theatre, Asiatic-Pacif ic theatre, with one star for the Saipan invasion and the Philip pine campaign. His father, Frank Kerber, is of Champagne’s Printing department He re turned to his ship, a fleet tank er. PREFERS N. CAROLINA From Point Hueneme, Calif., W. W. Smallwood, MM 2-c, writes, “It’s sure fine weather here, but had rather be back in N. C., get ting some of that good mountain air, and working at the plant Have met several buddies from N. C. and they are fine fellows.” TAKING TRAINING CpL F. C. Justus, Jr., in Nayon France, says in a recent letter: “It’s a beautiful day here in sun ny France; reminds me of the sum mer days in good ole N. C. I’m tak ing six weeks’ training for the In fantry. Don’t know just what we will do then, as rumors travel fast, now that the war is over on this side.” THOMAS EVANS WRITES From the U. S. Maritime Ser vice Training Station at St. Peters burg, Fla., .Thomas L. Evans writes “Am getting along fine and like it all right here. Would like to hear from you all. We have all the sports you can think of here, and the food is fine.” PLASMA SAVING LIVES From Oakland, Calif., Naval Aux. Air Station, Fritz J. Morrell, F 1-c writes, “I have been playing softball right along. I have pl^ed 3 games with the Station team, and we won three out of four games. I am going out to play baseball this evening. I feel like today will be a good day; the weather is almost perfect except for a cool breeze blowing . . . We . liave transport planes flying out of here every day to the Island.' It would be nice to get on one of them and fly down and back, but when one goes, it’s not for pleas ure but for a definite reason. I wish you could see some of the planes that fly out of here and the loads they haul. It’s hard to be lieve they could get off the ground, but they do, and that’s what is helping beat the Japs in the Pacific. The blood plasma they fly out of here is saving a lot of lives.” HOT IN PACIFIC Eddie T. Moss, S 1-c, is sta tioned in the Padfic theatre, and says, “I am doing fine, except the heat is ‘on’ over here. The sun is hot, it seems like you are in an oven, but otherwise I’m 0. K. Please give all my friends a “hello” for me. Tell Arthur to hold on to the station wagon imtil we finish these Japs.”
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