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Ift'drM.1..______50ctax 40c tax 30ci!cal7TATcsi_„29e_„65c__69cCalls ghan 1$Mo^Slnionihs o:i island of: Alaska.home onspending a smaltis.and ilt; Kodiak,home cfv^'a: Kodiak bear, biggestNar and one of the most savageV **America:-, continent. Thea bleak ar.d mount sinous•aar....*-v»: m the ocean north of the Aleutian cham, is 150 miles long ,-ctc clt;1 ti'ide, and Jim didn't set foot off it cr.ce in nearly twcyoars,H-s outfit arrived there a: :h. time the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor and the island was fortified for expected Jap attacks. v*'.v Hilt at all flmes.for Quite awhile, the Yanks were prepared for them On several occasions at right the alert was scunced and the men hurried toI Curley S in the tvx leave in middle of Alice Conv ed in a week. Curl of the Boli the good i South Pac: on active c In the ser [metsburg s wife or o:3 months. ^ managing since herwweekstheir battle stations expecting immediate action-Not Too ColdThe weather isn't* so cold a* you'd think, due to the Japanese current winch moderates the cold waves up there* The coldest it had been while Jim was in KodiaV was ten below. But there is rain in great quantities, 65 inches a year.Jim never hunted the Kodiak bear but he saw several of them and the hide of one which indicated that bear would have weighed 1300 pounds. He saw one which looked as big as a bull in his binoculars.inagestationed Naval Tra written frl Neary, son and Leo Mrs. Cha: |boys are Catholic 1 life O.K/Major ! Mi*. EL . in Engl an fied recen metsburg a doctor, at Topeks Jersey meat. Hissas.The natives on the island are an Indian-Bussisn cross, small in she and not too clean. Jim said* They I infantry live in huts and shacks whereverPvt. Klt;Calif, isthey find them- .• En:ertairmen: was limited for ithe Yanks although Jim found ’plenty to do in his spare time i^ith app .during the fishing season. He-liras on avalescentmother,| Emmetsbicaught countless silver salmon, using s casting rod. heavy line and spinner with a feather on the'hook for a lure. A red rag instead of a feather would also work.Big SalmonThe salmon range in weight from S to 20 pounds and are delicious eating when smoked, he 'said. Jim will report May 16 in Virginia, a long way from the 'island outpost where he has been stationed-.He is one of four brothers in the service and a fifth is await-ing his call. Another brother. Staff Sgt. Frank Callaghan, lias been convalescing with a fractured leg in a Sanie Fe, N. M_, hospital and is expected home ontc-ni1lt;a .Tim ?c 'hArfaPvr_ Joe Callaghan is with the i signal corps in California while Pvt. Julian Callaghan is in the air 'corps In Florida. Mike, local letter carrier, awaits his calL Mrs. i Joe Callaghan of Minneapolis is visiting at the Callaghan home this week.manuever ground a jeep tb station, rough-rid Emmetsbi jwhen he ter a dri doctors soperationl full V- P\nicely frcfurloughT-5 Hayi Whittemc Ms parer Higgins c Yanks ec last 11 n with the eal air i have mi who will of Rav’s
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Thu, May 04, 1944
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