Show ofifcial ofIfclal offifcial Supplementing Supplementmg the above of TheTimes Ifclal fifcial army press dispatch The TImes Independent today recelV receiv received recelVed ed a letter from 1st Lieut Lleut Lfieut Paul PaulS theinvasion S Shafer of Moab now with the InVaSIOn forces in m France WhICh whichpays pays OfficerDuncan a tribute to Flight Officer Duncan and his fellow glider ghder PI lots pilots who were first to reach the theNormandy theIormandy theI I\ormandy I ormandy I \ : ormandy coast Lieut Lleut Lfieut Shafer Shafermclosed Shaferinclosed Shaferinclosed mclosed inclosed a letter he had receIved from receivedfrom F 0 Duncan Both letters follow followFrance followFrance lettersfollow lettersfollowFrance France July 31 Dear 31Dear BlshAll BrshAll Bish Blsh Brsh BishAll Francehave All of us over here in m France have a lot of respect for those thoseellows thoseellows eHows ellows who spearheaded this m in invasion mvaslOn invasion vaslOn vasion depended The success of it depend ed on the job to which they wereassignedthat were wereassignedthat wereassigned assigned-that assigned that - that of knocking knockmg out outmstallatIons outinstallations mstallatIons and securing securmg key points inland mland They made it eas ens easler for those of us who came cameafter cameafter after cameafter There were many who lost assignedtdsk assignedtask their losttheir lives doing domg their assigned tdsk task against agamst great odds oddsLoys oddsI Loys Duncan flight officer officerof officerof officerof landedI of one of the gliders that landedsomewhere landed landedsomewhere somewhere in m France before I'H IH I before1'H before1H beforeI'H beforeI about"his abouthis H ' ' hour has written me about- about - " hIS experiences which shouldprove should shouldprove shouldTprove prove peopleback interesting mterestmg to the people peopleIback [ back home His letter is inclosedherein mclosedherem inclosed mclosed inclosed'reading Iback 'reading reading ' herem herein I m sure It would be goodreading good goodreadmg readmg reading material materialSincerely materIalSmcerely Sincerely Smcerely vours yours voursLT yoursLT voursLT LT PAUL SHAFER SHAFER"Following SHAFERFollowing " Followmg Following is Flight Officeruncan OffIcer OffIcerluncan Officeruncan luncan ) " ) uncan s letter to Lieut Lleut Lfieut Sha Sha- Sha- Sha Shafer Shafer Shafer - - fer _ _ _ _ July8Dear .July July . 8 8Dear 8Dear Dear SilasGlad Silas . Glad to hear from you Take TakeIt Take Takeit Takeit It easy and I may see ) sou you OU agam again againoon agamoon againoon oon Hope so anywayYes anyway anywayYes Yes my glider is over therem there therem France If you re far enoughinland enough enoughmland enoughinland mland inland you may see it et I paintedMoab painted paintedMoab paintedMoab Moab Meteor all over the noseOf nose noseOf noseOf Of course after lodging lodgmg it between be- be - beB - tween ' ween 'een een ' a couple of trees there thereght B not be much left of it and andSInce andsince andsuice SInce hedge rows are better cov coy coyer cover . er than gliders I dtdn didn didnt t stick stickaround stickaround stickaround around long enough to look over overthe overhe overfhe the ; he damage damageGot I damageI | Got my men and eqUIpment equipmentrin equipmentin " m in without a scratch so I felt feltkmda feltkinda feltkinda kmda kinda lucky about ItI itI it itI I ItI I sure have a lot of respect respectfor respectfor respectfor for our ur mfan infantry ry . . airborne mrbone ! . and d ' paratroopers ' ' levrdays days over there and the wonderful wonder wonder- wonderful wonderful - ful Job ] ob they did against agamst such suchgreat suchgreat suchgreat great oddsWe odds oddsWe We had no ChOlOO-lt ChOlOO lt choice-it choice it choice - - it was all allwork allwork allwork work and no play right in the themiddle themeddle thesmiddle middle meddle of everything everythmg and no noImes nolines nolines Imes lines It more or less came carne from fromInstmct frominstinct frominstinct Instmct instinct and I mean I can reallY reallydig reallydig ' a foxholeWell foxholeWell foxhole foxholeWell Well you can tell me all allabout allabout all'about allabout about it et now-you now you now - you re domg- domg doing domgplenty doingplenty doing-plenty doing plenty doingplentyI - - plenty plentyI I got my rest in m Scotland It Itwas itwas it-was it was - was really swellLyman swellLyman swell swellLyman Lyman thinks thmks he 11 Il be over oversoon oversoon oversoon soon Not much news from fromhome fromhome fromhome fromhomeSo home homeSo So longLOYS long LOYS |