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Show r rWithOurBoys WithOurBoys WithOurBoysInthe With Our Boys BoysI Boys\ Boys BoysIn I \ Inthe In the US USA U S A A- A AArmed & , - , Armed ForcesBest Forces - , Best Ship in m the Fleet rJeet rleet FleetSeaman rleetSeaman Seaman Second Class Dale VPeterson V VPeterson VPeterson Peterson son of Mrs H S Rutledge Rut Rutledge Rutledge ledge writes The Times Inde Inds Indspendent Independent Independent pendent the following followmg mterest interest interestirg mterestlrg interestirg lrg irg letter from Somewhere m in mtre intee intl-e intl e tre tee - PacificDear Pacl Pacific PacificDear lc Dear \ Mr 1\Ir 1 Ir Taylor and Fllends Fiiends FllendsJust FiiendsJust Fi lends lendsJust Just thought while I have al alfew a afew few minutes mmutes I would drop you youa youa a few lines It has been sometime some sometime sometime time since smce I left the good oldUSA old oldUSA oldU USA U S A and a lot of things thmgs havehappened have havehappened havehappened happened to me in m that timei\es timei es time timel1es timeYes Yes : ' \ at first fust I got seasick ald ard aldhow ardhowl } } l1es how howl ' But now .that that jhat . doesn t bother both botheX bother eX- eX er eXme - methae mer me- me - that thae way any more f I am amnow amnow amnow now on an aircraft 31rcraft carrier carner andit and andIf andil If it I do say so the best ship m in mthe inthe inthe the fleetSmce fleetSince fleet fleetSince Since Smce I have been on my shIp shIpwe shipwe shipwe we at one time crossed the equa equator equator equator tor Before crossing crossmg it we werecalled wereColled were werecoiled coiled called Pollywogs but afterhe after afterthe ! the ( initiation mltIahon thev they gave us fit fitwould ( itwould It , would make the Freshies Freshles imtiation mltI imti mltIabon imtiatmon Hlghllook abon atmon of Giand Gland County Highlook Hlghl High Highlook look like hke kids play ) They alsoclipped also alsochpped alsoclipped chpped clipped our hair short But nowl nowlthey now nowthey nowthey they call us Royal , . Shellbacks ShellbacksWe Shell ShellbacksWe backs backsWe backsI I We at one time bme cro crossed sed the the180th the180th the180th 180th mendlan-m mendlan m meridian-in meridian in meridian - in other wordsthe words wordsthe wordsthe the international mternahonal date line lme That Thatmade Thatmade made Thatlmade us Golden DragonsAnd Dra Dragons DragonsAnd ons wordsI Thatl I And many more things thmgs Iiavehappened have havehappened havehappened happened that I am not permitted permIt permItted permitted ted to write about So you seeno see seeno seeno no grass has been growing growmg undeiour undel undei undelour undeiour our feet feetSunday feetSunday feetSunday Sunday Mar 13 I was walt walk waltmg walking walking } met\LaMar met LaMar mg ing down the street and metLaMar met metLaMar \ LaMar Perkins Perkms It sure seemed seemed11:00d seemedgood seemedgood 11:00d 1100d good : to see some one from homeHe home homeHe homeHe He ' said 'laId laId that his brother Rayhad Ray Rayh Rayhad h had d been with him all day butwhen but butwhen butwhen when thev they went to a movie and andcouldn andcouldn andcouldn couldn t sit together be wns w\s w s wins ' \ gome go goinr inr ! to meet him later But I hadto had hadto to leave and go back to the shipand ShIP ShIPand shipand and didn dldn t get to see Ray andwas and andwas andwas was very much dlsappomted disappointed disappointedabout disappointedabout dlsappomtedabout andI I about ItI itI it itI I gue guess ItI s I can say for myself myselfand myselfand myselfand I and all the rest of the boys lIl in inthe mthe , the service that the letters fromfriends from fromfriends : frIends and the home town pa paper paper ! per do more to cheer us up than thanmost thanl thanlmost thanmost most anything anyth111g can happen to tous tous tous us I have to close for now hoping hop hoping I mg ing this tIus tins letter finds fmds all well inMoab in in11loab l\Ioab l Ioab 11loab mllIoab \ and trusting trustmg to hear fromsome from fromsome fromsome ml some of you soon , As soonAs alwaysDALE alwavsDALE alwavs always I I IAs DALE V PETERSEN S2 ci c |