Show with our men I 1 in the service I 1 we wish to thank the men and women in the service service for theman tho many y lovely christmas greeting cards received from all corners of the globe these will be treasured i remembrances of this yuletide isaason season i wa howard ii B nielson son of mr and mrs freeman nielson of bluff has been graduated from the gulfport gulf port field miss school for airplane mechanics avin having g specialized in maintenance of cargo and transport type planes during his stay at gulfport Gulf port field 1 pac nielson received a highly technical course of instruction covering days of mechanical instruction at the conclusion of his formal schooling he spent eight days in gulfport Gulf port fields guadalcanal Guadal canal graduation field test area where he lived in a pup tent and put his knowledge to work under combat conditions dit ions 1 the area is nicknamed guadalcanal Guadal canal because of its rugged setup set up pac Niel nielson sn was an aircraft worker in civilian life employed by consolidated aircraft co of san diego california 0 I 1 melvin K daton dalton writes that lie he and ted bronson are in the same battalion somewhere in rhode island 0 dear mrs ogden I 1 would like a subscription to ithe the san juan record while I 1 was in tha states I 1 moved around so much I 1 think it could I 1 keep up with me I 1 am in england maybe you can find out from someone around there what I 1 do its quite hard f for or us to tell anything about our work here you probably know myrtle dalton there in monticello she is my sister heres wishing you a merry christmas and a happy new year sincerely yours james E hu hunt nt blanding mrs ruth bailey received word from lt loile bailey stating that he has been transferred again and is is now serving in the personnel department as assistant personnel 0 officer this means service at a N naval aval air base instead of aboard ship and his location is sie somewhere where in the south pacific with address co fleet P 0 san francisco 0 mrs ralph robson received a cablegram from her husband lt ralph robson and also a letter stating that he had been released from the hospital and was assigned to duty in the adjutant generals office lt robson was seriously wounded in the south pacific engagements and was hospitalized five months dear mrs ogden hallie and I 1 have enjoyed the paper since leaving monticello it has served as a means of hearing about people ahorn we know now I 1 would like the paper sent to mrs hallie T jensen at north 2nd and east provo utah you may be interested to learn that I 1 have been inducted into the marines I 1 leave salt lake on december 30 for training at san diego I 1 am looking forward to this new training and service we enjoyed our summer at lowman idaho the people have been friendly the work interesting and the country very different from monticello you people in monticello may not believe it but the wind does not blow at lowman the last ten days while we were there the trees never ever moved a twig this is hi decidedly in contrast with the constant wind at monticello the good people and the friends we made in san juan we miss very much even though we have been away from monticello only a short time we often talk about making a trip there to visit we extend to you our best wishes for a merry christmas and a pleasant new year and this is also meant for everyone in san juan we hope that the coming winter aill be made to your order sincerely yours hallie and ralph |