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Show T Si e eez.-" y F. C. Joe Salisbury ing but we're glad it's over. I believe you can envy us for our weather here, though the nights could be warmer for maneuvers. maneu-vers. It's seldom too hot In the daytime, for there's always a cool breeze from the ocean. Of course, there's a great deal of interest in camp in the news on the radio and especially the late consideration of keeping us in training for a longer period of time. What are your views on these things? Be sure to write again before we leave for maneuvers, which will be soon after August 10th. Many rumors say what we'll do after this big Washington maneuver, maneu-ver, but we have no idea what that time will bring. Hoping you'll keep us posted on all Springville activities. We think of you constantly. Yours, Private Pete. Dear Folks: Last Thursday meant the end of another month in Uncle Sam's service ser-vice and pay day, giving me another an-other fresh start, and new life to tell you what's going on around Co "A" 155th Engineers (C). Something new is always showing up to variate our training program, pro-gram, 'so we're still accomplishing a great deal, and the time continues con-tinues to fly as much as ever. However, with the passing of summer, sum-mer, our hearts are no farther from home, as most of our spare time while on maneuvers is spent reminiscing; yes, even yearning, about the old school days, fishing fish-ing trips and all the diversions typical of Utahns. It seems our buddies from the selective service can tell some pretty good ones, too, and they're all farther away from home than we are. In particular, par-ticular, Bill Dalton of Decatur, Illinois, tells some good, ones about "the soy bean capital of the world," but he hasn't much chance with Quinten Ivie and the "art center." What do you say? All operations of the "Sunburst Division" during the past month point toward the big fourth army manuevers to begin near August 15th, with emphasis upon brigade combat practice and final conditioning. condi-tioning. With at least two night problems weekly, long marches, and basic engineer drill, we're hardening up in fine shape, so we'll be prepared for the worst. Remember how it sounded west of Springville the opening morning morn-ing of the pheasant season ? That's how Chorro "Valley resounded when the 115th Engineers declared "open season" on the 80th brigade combat com-bat team in an early morning mock battle with blank cartridges. We have had four similar problems in which we move up to the assembly as-sembly area under darkness, plan an attack, and meet the enemy at daybreak, sleeping only when time and location permit. These maneuvers maneu-vers give us good experience in infantry assault, and we're getting get-ting so we can sleep anytime, anywhere. any-where. The safety of Camp San Luis Obispo was in the hands of Company Com-pany "A" last Wednesday night, when they stood divisional guard duty. For 24 hours this included posts on the camp headquarters, warehouses, water purification plants, the new dam, two reservoirs, reser-voirs, the finance department, and other camp stations. Every man was used, day and night. Interest- |