Show John Holbrook I Writes Of I War Var Experiences last Int seek eck by h the Bonn Bonn- I I I Junior J I on nor chamber t lit r of commerce r. r I father of the tile wilier WI W I iter now overseas was as a il g letter and null poem which lies I forth the need for or purchasing war ar e ar bonds Is as ni n nc never before Technical ii lea il-al I Serg en in t John J oh a Hol I I ol l rOk of the Jay- Jay y t 1 holbrook II cees crl neatly typed the letters He li II e tells of or his war experiences and an d asks us ins to buy huy war bonds Sergeant 22 has haa served ser sered v- v ed cd two years in the army and has h as been overseas since December 1942 19 42 f Educated in Utah schools be tic was w as I employed on art construction at their thc t he IM I'M t small arms plant j in Salt Lake City prior prier to entering n ng service Here litre is the letter and the th poem po em will wilt be found on found n tac No S Sot of h M P w and alet tl r a ato L 1 much good goodIm it did to my m mor morale ale rale Im I'm glad you enjoyed my last let let- ter ten and the pictures As to my experience might In t I Isay I Isay say that we are arc now allowed to tell much more in our letters so I will give you a few details of my over overseas ov er- er seas life We first landed in fn Casablanca and after staying there about a month moved to Rabat I have bave h ave seen just about all of North Africa ica from Tunis to Casablanca I have h ave been in Tunis Tun Mat Done Constantine Constantino Algiers and all aU the the small towns between We Ve had some interesting exper exper- experiences exp er- er at our last stopping place pla ce Jerry J rry certainly favored us with w ith some heavy raids which nearly al always at- at always ways occurred at night The flares fla res their planes drop give you the queerest feeling I They light up the whole area as a bright as day You Youcan Y Yran ou ran can read a paper from them You feet feel that every pilot is looking at you y and no one else In the last raid which lasted las ted about four hours twenty of us were crouched in a large hole ole h tight Right next to me was the Major M ajor with nothing on but his bis underwear ear Every time a bomb would whistle wb close we would all hug t the ground gro und One plane dove right on us When V hen he ic pulled out the plane was about bout a thirty feet above the ground All the A A guns were firing and the tracers were just jUtt clearing g our head ead h You should hear the whistle of a bomb Its It's just like the sing of a snake rattle Nobody has to tell you what it is If H the people in America only realized how fortunate they are All the thc little litile things they do seem like real luxuries now How many people consider a shower or ora bath ball balla batha a luxury I went from the thc middle m iddle of May to September without ut a bath or shower The Tue closest thing I had to one was a bucket of cold cole water poured in my steel helmet helm et to sponge s off in Nice going on the bond selling se I It I t must be a big job and anda a lot l ot of work for you Remember this though hough t it is for a wonderful cause and a nd soldier every overseas appreciates a lates e it it Well I must say goodbye goodby e for this time but will write again soon Please KEEP THOSE TH OSE |