LETTERS
FROM OUR BOYS!
Please bring or mail us inter*
rfsting letters and cards you get
from your boys in the armed
services. Their friends want to _
know where they are and what
they are doing I
France.
Dear Editor:
Tonight I am thinking about the
good old place called Roanoke
Rapids, and all my friends there.
When a guy gets as far from
home as I am he really thinks
about those things and you don’t
have to be told how much I’d like
to be back there. I’ve only been in
France a little while but I’ve
learned that there is no place like
home.
France nas iuis ui wauumi
men but I don’t think they can
beat Roanoke Rapids in that line.
Besides, I don’t know how to talk
to these anyway.
The people in Roanoke Rapids,
. as everywhere, are always squawk
ing about foods being rationed.
Well, if they knew what the Eng
lish and French people were go
ing through they would take what
they get and feel proud of it.
Back home cigarettes are hard
to get and I figured they would
be even worse over here, but to
' my surprise there are plenty and
I we get them free (Camels too)
(Nope I don’t drink).
| ;> Since I’ve been over here I’ve
$ run up with two guys that I
knew very well before I went into
the army. One was Kelly Edwards
I from Roanoke Rapids and the
other Kenny Barnhill from En
| field, N. C.
Of course we naa to taiK aDoui
Roanoke Rapids and the people in
it. Infact we would have been talk
ing now if it was possible. But the
Army don't give you much time
to do anything.
At the present I'm in the hos
pital with pneumonia. but I’m
about ready to go back on duty.
I live at 232 Washington Street,
or did live, I should say, before
entering the army. My mother still
lives there and I sure wish I was
back there.
As far as I’m concerned they
can give all this place over here
to the Indians, just , let me get
back to good old Roanoke Rapids
;,,i| all in one piece. That’s about all
;4’ I do want (as if that wasn’t
'j enough).
!'1 Nothing over here is as good as
#1 the States. I don’t care what it is
>i or where it is and you can take
my word for that.
Well, I guess it’s stopping time
| i so Til close for now hoping to see
T'\ Roanoke Rapids within the next
y j few years.
Yours truly,
Robert L. Spence.
P. S.—This is my address and
'■ I’ll like it printed that I might
;J.| hear from my friends there if pos
I sible. Thank you: Pvt. Robert L.
Spence, 44013996, A. P. O. No. 109,
I Care Post Master, New York, N.Y.
March 25, 1945,
Germany.
Okinawa Island,
April 7, 1945
Dear Mother:
Just a few lines to let you hear
from me. I am getting along all
right so far. I landed Easter, and
this is the first chance Tve had
to write. The battle was nice-going
up until yesterday. I ran into a
lot of Japs and it was hell for
a while. I was in the lead when
we walked right into them, and
talking about a war, but it was on
for a while. I thought my time had
come when grenades and lead
started flying all around me. I
held my nerves and went right
into them. I made a break for
one and I cut him down and about
that time I looked around and
three more ran almost on me so I
knocked all of them down. That
was the bloodiest battle I have
been in yet. Well, it’s Very quiet
around here today. Expecting to
run into some more tomorrow. I
will write again the first chance
I get. Give my love to all and I
hope that this battle won’t last
much longer.
Love,
Sam.
Pfc. S. T. Pulley,
A. P. O. No. 7,
Care Postmaster,
San Francisco, Calif.
Somewhere in Francs.
Dear, Mr. Wilson:
Will drop in this w'onderful
Easter Sunday to wish that you
had a nice Easter. It was very
nice over in this part of the world
except there wasn’t much to do,
if you understand what I mean.
Well, it looks like my address
has changed again from the last
time I dropped in on yovf, and
hope that it will be possible for
you to make the correction on
the paper that I have been getting.
They have been coming through
slow lately, but had a couple the
other day and it sure was nice
reading about the home town
news. They were dated in January.
The boys enjoy reading them
whether they are yanks or rebels
for it is something from the good
ole U. S. A. The people over here
in France are very friendly but
it sure is hard to make them un
derstand what you want to teli
them. I have picked up a few
words of French, etc. The country
reminas you or out in tne west
and where I sleep you can look
out and see a nice field and some
mountains. Have taken some pic
tures and will send you a couple
when I get them developed. Well,
I have been over here two yeari
now and that is a helluva long
time, but wouldn’t think of com
ing back until it is all over with,
and I don’t think that is long the
way the boys are pushing the Jer
ries back on every front.
Heard ole T. B. was home and
hope he had a nice time. Maybe
I’ll make it back one of these
days.
Ran into Curtis Butler the other
day and he is now a Capt. Sure
did all right for himself didn’t
he? Never thought it of him.
Well, must close this time as it
is late and I need the rest for a
hard day lies ahead tomorrow and
every day until it is over.
Always,
Wendell Young.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the white
and colored friends of Roanoke
Mills Number One and Cafeteria
patrons who gave flowers to our
daddy, Ralph B. Prince. We also
thank the many friends who came
to our rescue to help find him. ■
His daughters: Blannie P.
Vick, Mary P. Wilkins,
* Cook and helper of Roanoke
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