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♦ Wider—wider the fronts extend, and the boys get farther and fartherfrom home. One of those most distant at the present is Pt. Clarence Turngren, at an air base in China. China — and certainly not the“As you canfrom my addresstjS215th Battalion. 66(Com parRegiment. Platoon 2, Camp Blanding,Fla.) Pm in sunny Florida, accordingcoast, , but probably just outsideto the times it1 w'warm ani rsBurma environs-—we re just speeulat- mornings areing over the small V-mail message: “Have been receiving the Trib quiteregularly lately but it is still going to the camp in the states where I was stationed. I've been overseas for quite some time now and believe if you would send it to my A.P.O. I would get it much faster.of Commerce. At sunny, but thelike backJUS*home.“The in the backbone ofis supposed to be the army. Well, I hope that they don’t break mine first. Our training ilt; tough, but it’s scheduled to make a man out of you.’wouaroiChrthreongrotupto £Thisis IC o r* »beeijamgoo.★San Antonio Aviaton Cadet Cen-of hnater, Tex.—At the pre-flight school ofthe San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center 238 cadets from Illinois, including two from Harve training designed to mold them into Armv Air Forces pilots. The localm en arec. rNelson, 379 Calu-and Robert King Tender, 124 west 158th st.The nine-week course at the Cadet Center prepares the cadets for actual flight training. Curriculum includes physics, mathematics, code, naval andaircraftidentification as well as rigorous physical training schedules. Completion of preflight school will bring promotion to the aerial class“Pm at a new air base in € with the Air Corps, working A.T.C. air freight. I like it reallywell. As you know, I was in India for a short while, for 1 sent you a letter from there. 1 hope that you have received it. Do you know. Ed., that The Trib goes a long way? Well, to explain myself, there are a few fellows that bunk with me, one from Georgia, one from southern Illinois, and two boys from New York, and they all are anxious to read The Trib just as much as I am. It just goes to show you what a home town newspaper will do to some of the boys when they are overseas. '' '“I know that I can proudly say that I’ve enjoyed the paper at all times, but especially overseas. Tell the rest of the gang hello and to keep their rooms of primary schools, chins up. It can't last forever.’’We don’t need to point out thatsuch letters make us proud to havesuch Harvey men in service and proud to see that they get their papers.★Coxswain Jack Walter Wrighthad a reunion with Frank Dale, Ma-rine, but where?—does not say, but anyway the talk revolved about the old homecity:“I was ashore on liberty a fewweeks ago, and who did I run intoiin but Prank Dale. He is a marine. He ploye of the Buda Co look good and healthy. We talkedabout Harvey and old times, both Wishing to be back in the states and Harvey.“Well, if we do as well next year (the letter was written about Dec.30) as we did this one we may our way toward victory. The biggoa flt; a n 11be 11re receivingmanbe rsysti★Frardres as flt; “1 Ga., wa i t eour livin coid “1 addr★ Miami, Fla.—Joseph J. Nieekula,seaman second class, U. S. Coast Guard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Nieekula, 15810 Woodbridgeave., is receiving intensified trainingin anti-submarine warfare methods le submarine chaser center, Mica re“P.oil.’atf redHazeor dntech)Ten;LiSeaman Nieekula, husband of Mrs. lian Nieekula, 14423 Sherman ave., Posen, enlisted in the Coast Guard1942. He is a former ern-Evdevil e n co:ue★“At last I am located again at oneon★piace Trib u n kyour list,' terbauer. For—“1tion inenough to receive Tyou will put me back on deads Ensign Anseli Win-Jpart oi tne sailors bonds. 1 am pupay each month.ow are buyinghere for aam at the naval , Okla., and few months. 1asr sta-will beCitrhalf mvhaven’tbeen here long enough to see muchof Oklahoma but the station is well“I get a lot of enjoyment readingorganized and veryandinand‘With the Colors m tne paper notice a lot of the fellows are s the states.“Well. I was on liberty yesterday and kind of celebrated New Year’sas 1 will not be able to do so New Year’s Eve. as I have duty.“Would like to celebrate it in Harvey. I had some turtle steaks and was back aboard by 4:30. I suppose we will have another big dinner New Year’s day, turkey, ham, and all the trimmings. I hope by the next time I write you that I will have a new rate,boatswain’s mate second class.“It means a lot more work studying hut it also means more money. I have also run into one soldier from Harvey, a fellow by the name of Wolfrum. I think he said he used to live on the west side.“1 have exchanged letters with lt;4eorge Wills, but it takes quite a while to get a letter from him. (Note we wrote George giving him youraddress. Jack—editor.)“Thanks again for the paper, as it almost makes a fellow feel that he is back home again. Wishing you a hap--py New Year; that goes for all the fellows there.’’★ We’ve received application the paper from Pvt. Anthony Groot, from North Africa.★Pvt. William Sandusky is “writing this letter with the hope that youmiles from Oklahoma tv tv. as inn i c e. 11 r-is only1ft M ■v‘Aftcwe have access to a big city.I left Minneapolis (the lastOiI was receiving the paper) 1placespent some time at the naval air station in Seattle, Wash., and then down at Burbank, Calif. Not being a nativeof California. I can talk about their weather, but I won’t. All I’ll say is don’t go down there without your raincoat during December and January.“My present address is Naval Air station. (B. 0. Q., here*).”★While his wife and daughter are in Florida, Aviation Student Hai risen Taylor’s studying at the skyscraper University of Pittsburgh, liegives the story: *“I am now an aviation student at the University of Pittsburgh. I was classified at Keesler Field, Miss, about four months ago. We have a tough schedule., up from 5:45 a. m. and don’tR... *....*❖•V❖*❖❖♦• « ♦****❖Vt*VAforDosend me The Tribune weekly so thatstop till 10 at night. My wife and daughter are still in Miami, enjoying the Florida sunshine.”The cuirent address Harrison gives is 00th C. T. D. (Air Crew), Squadron B Sec. (And in writing put “Pittsburgh (13).”★“It seems that I'm another one of those fellows who write only when he wants hic address changed.” remarks Chuck Armington, of class 11-D. Aviation Cadet Regiment, at the naval station at Corpus Ohristi, Tex. “1 should have done this long along but you know how we are. “I’ve been down here in Texas forlV, seven weeks. The Tribune has beenI can catch up on the home town forwarded from Ottumwa .In.)■ews.where I was last. I imagine they
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Harvey Tribune
Harvey, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 03, 1944
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Kenneth L.
NA, 04 Sep 2021
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