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The Progress-Argus is in receipt of a letter from Private Lamar H.Thaxton, United 'States MarineCorps, now stationed in. .Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He is va formers . . •, fJackson high school . student and. • * I % r •U. S. McCawley. Traveled fourdays and three'nights. Ran into 30 hours stprm out at sea but no damage done, therefore everything turn-very mountainous with very little vegetation. Lots of wild goats ro^m over these hills. The people are mostly Spanish, Cuban and mixed breeds. I dare say you wouldn’t know what they were., They speak a lingo which I know nothing about. Some speak broken Englialflbut not many of them. The climate; here is | very-hot. It has been raining herej lots, as they have 3 months of raift and this is the beginning of the rainy season. II We have about 150 planes here, as you know I was lucky enough to j get into aviation. The bay here is always full of destroyers. Several I battleships stay on hand. The U. S. S. Ranger, one of the biggest aircraft carriers in the world; is here [now. It brought about .70 planes down from Norfolk several days ago. I How is everything around Jack-1 son? Wish I was there, for awhile at least, although I enjoy this kind of life pretty good. Give my regards to my friends around Jackson and in Butts county. I
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Jackson Progress Argus
Jackson, Georgia, US
Thu, Oct 31, 1940
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Janice R.
GA, USA 02 Feb 2018
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