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firmary. I told them, *1 have both a eohi and athlete’s feet.’ What I really have i- gastric ulcers but, 1 know when to keep my nmuth shut.“Well that's all 1 have time to write today. 1 have to rush to the mess hall.We're having hominy tonight,Oh Boy.” - *# # Jfeall blankets, and we wear our own )4~*vt.I. (government issue)'•■'ats vfor calisthenics at 4 :50 a.m.I’ve had a lou^y cold ever since 1 I’ve been here and is so damp and 'chilly that 1 can’t shake it Most of -the others are the same way. '* .Well, it’s chow time, so I’ll dost11iGordie McComb. a private in theQua: tei natt r Letachment, is nowstationed at Fort Sm iling, Minn., heinforms u. He has been transferredfrom Fort Francis E. Warren at Cheyenne, Wyo.i:4 •My ambition for the past five months and 11 days has finally been realized,*’ writes Jos. B. Kllis from Kelly Field, Tex.1 am a member of an army band.Word has been received from Ft.Kustis, Ya., that Pvt. Forre-t Renhas been given a promotion to staff sergeant. He has been in the army only four months. He supervises the| school and lias from 1200 to 1500men in classes. He is the son of Mr,and Mis. Forrest Reid, 1’114 llal-sted st.llis address is Sergeant Forrest (iReid. Battery C. 8th Battalion. Bar-'1 ! racks 1210. Ft. Kustis, Ya.He would like to hear from any1 turned in all of my equipment at j of frjends hereFort Sam (Houston?) on Friday,Nov. 21, and made the trip to KellyField (a bus ride across San An- A coat of arms with the harp snr-tonio) Saturday morning. mounted by a crown and bearing theThis Kellv Field band is just be- Gaelic motto Fior Go Bas . marking organized and so far we have M lt;»» the stationery used by lan onh seven members. Consequently. ! Smith who writes to us from Camp we have no duties as vet and after Hebert, at Hebert. Nova Scotia. Ian's seven weeks in Company L, 38th In- letter is the first this column has ro-fantry, where the daily drill sched-; ce,v?«* t''n™ a ™an in ™ Canadian ule of hiking, drilling, instruction service 1and athletics ran up ’till 4:45, 1 find that I've lost the art of loafing.His regiment, so he tellsJ .....'-...“r US, is Jthe 11th Infantry Dofens« Platoon,fWF' ^ ?Lome Scots.“I’ve been told that service men Melvin G. Edwards, private in the w]1() write to The Tribune may have310th School Squadron, Might I) at ; sent, to them, but maybe thatKeesler Meld, Miss., says his intro-. doesn’t apply to me as 1 am in theduetion to his letter sounds like a j Canadian active service,” lan writes,speech: ; Could you send me the addre s ofDear Mr. Lambert, I he 1 iubunf; Alec Halas for 1 would likeand friends in Harvey,” he writes. ThF introduction sounds rather likevei vmuch to get in touch with him?4 41wrote him over a month agothe beginning of a speech Hut don t ' (n)t far have received no reply.get worried—-it isn't.1 don’t know whether my folkshave sent a request to you for The Tribune or not but 1 would certainly iappreciate it if you would send it to j me. 1 would like to keep up on what my alma mater is doing in the sport world as well as to know what m.v ■ many friends in Harvey are doing.I signed up with the Air Corps Tech. school on Nov. 12 and immedi-; ately went to Fort Sheridan for processing for four days. We left on the i Dixie Flyer for Biloxi. Miss., on the j following Monday morning, after aweek-end leave at home to say good-b ve. iFAMOUS• Sai\Ve arrived here at five o’clockfa sTuesday afternoon in time for some chow that almost turned our stomachs. However it has been better since but still is nothing to rave over. Boxes from home come in mighty handy.“Since coming here we have been engaged in recruit drilling and lectures on everything from A to Z. Besides this we have been taking more shots for diseases and signing up for the courses which we want to take. We probably won’t enter courses until two months or so from now.• *In general 1 like the Air Corps:life pretty well. At least it is different, and that’s no lie. Don’t let any- ; one ever tell you that the weather here Ls perfect—it isn’t.4 4True, it is warmer here, MOSTof the time, but not all the time. Thenights are often so cold that we useJav.vv
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Harvey Tribune
Harvey, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 11, 1941
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