Marathon News out of Army camps and homefront notes
Letters from soldiers in 1943 describe long service in the CCC, air corps, and overseas in North Africa, with travels from Chanute Field to Long Island and New York City. Local items report visits by cadet wives, hospital news, and a poem from Bandera soldier Clyde Wright about duty, freedom, and resolve.
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N. Rica
Aunt Low
CCC
Air Corps
Este
Army
K. P
Chanute Field
Long Island
New York City
Frith
North Africa
Marathon
Oscar W. Guthrie
Ray McKinney
London
Shorty Shannon
S. R. Coffey
Clyde Wright
Bandera
New Guinea
William Clyde Wright
Haiti Girl Enrolls in WAAC School at Alpine Alaska?
Altagratia Rizk, a Haiti born daughter of American citizens, joined the WAAC after basic training at Daytona Beach. She speaks eight languages including French Arabic and Haitian Creole, studied in Lebanon and Italy, and lived with sister Mrs. Rachel George in Wilkes-Barre while learning English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
WAAC
Alpine
APC
Rink
Alps
Afc Rizk
Rachel George
Prospect Street
Wilkes-Barre
T Atta
Waac Acts
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Katherine Young
Charles Walker, Jr
Ft. Davi
B. S. Laimbert
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Ft. Worth
Rowdy Shackelford
Marshall Roberts
Marfa
Me. W. A. Hopking
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WT. Burnham
Lloyd Wade
W.D. Dea
Chari
Odie Roberts
Ft. Riley
Katherine Arnold
Int
Jett Sansom
W. T. Means
Gage Heel
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Ray Willoughby
San Antolo
Mr. Chigger McKinney
E. D. Bardwell
Arp Jolly
Rom Temple
Leakey
Sul Ross
America
Luca
Italy
Port-au-Prince
G Bend Abstract CO
Depenante
Brewster County Abstracts
AR. W. Taylor
Mgr
Tex
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Amicable Life Insurance
Crawford - Baines
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J. C. Epperson A
Alpine, Tex
J. W. Shepperd
Turner
P. C
T. A. Beard
Mobilgas Mobiloil
Sylvan Sanders
U. S
Storey- Whiteside Lumber Co
Mitre Peak Guest Ranch
Leonard R. Mauldin
Etter
Lette
R.ow
Alpine Drug Store
Gulf Servicenter
First National Bank
Jimmie Doolittle
Bataan
Joe
City Drug Stop Model Tailors
Williams & Vogt Grocery
Alpine Lumber Company
Cross and
Motor Inn
Adams’ ‘M’system Grocery
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