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Show . GirIsr of ofWith With Our Boys and Girls GirIs GirlsIN GirIsIN r IN the UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES ' \ Moth \lo1.b lo1.b 'ilo'mb ilomb ' . ' Sailor Writes boywrites Flc F11c Flic WritesFlc WritesFlic | Leo T Monks Moab boy wntes Writes from somewhere in 111 the follosDear PaCific thePacific as follows follo\\-s follo s follos \ \ - % Dear Mr Talor Ta lor br writefor have been meaning meanmg to wnt write ( ! for quite some time tune but haven t thad had much to say I have been getting beengetting the paper quite regular regulari regularly i I ly ( even if it was several severalmonths severalmonths severalmonths months late ) Have been follov follow following follov/ing follov ing / ! Boysin mg ing the column With Our Boys Bo s sm sin m in the Service rather an"lOusly anlOusly anxiously " anxiouslyI an"lOuslyI I have been beerl trying trymg to locate locatesomeone locatesomeone locatesomeone someone from Moab that I knew Iknew , , . , , . but so far it has been nosoap no nosoap nosoap soap JI J I / ' I am in 111 the New Guinea Gumea area arearight arearight arearight right now but we are bemg being , censoredI transferred beingtransferred bemgtransferred to the ( censored ) ) 'I I ' publish pubhsh I would like to have you pub hsh lish my ship number so thatan3 that If Ifan ifani an an3 ) fellows from Moab see It they itthey can look me u up . upThere There is one other fellow on the onthe ship from Utah but he Is IsqUIte Isquite Isquite qUIte a bit older than I am and andhe he s been in m the navy for 7or 7 or or8 8 ) sears ears now so we haven tmuch tmuch t much to talk about you can send me a few of othe ofthe the fellow fellows s 5 addresses maybe maybecould I Icould Icould could knowI find fmd some one one'I oneI ' * ' I knowI knowsure know - Isure I sure wish I was back 111 in 111good ingood 11good good old Moab Moth for some of the thegood thegood thigood , good I haveI haveI times we used to have theMoab I was sorry to hear about the Moab boys that were kllied killed klliedHopmg killedHoping killedHoping Hopmg Hoping longAnother to see you before long Another boyLEO Moab boy LEO FllCUSS F11CUSS T MONKS FllC F11C F1C F1CUSS USS LST 1018 1018clo 1018cjo 1018do clo cjo Fleet Postmaster PostmasterSan PostmasterSan PostmasterSan San Francisco Calif CalifBuddy CalifBuddy , Buddy J Hector F21c F2c | US USnavy USnavy USnavy navy a recently had the good for forItune fortune atune tune to meet his brother in 111 law lawWalter lawWalter Itune Walter lawWalter Gnsby Grisby on Mindanao M111danao ISland isand is land [ and in m iii the Philippines Phllippmes Buddy . BuddyIhas Buddyhas has been in 111 the Pacific theater theaterfor theateror theaterfor . Ihas for or over two ) iears ears and partlci partici partlciIpated participated Ipated 1 2ated in 111 two major naval battlesdurmg battles 1furing during durmg furing the invasion 111vaSIon of LeytePfc Leyte I IPfc . Pfc Lee Cox was an arrival arrivalMonday Monda L\fonda3 L fonda3 \ ) morning mornmg from Englandand Englandand Englandand and will spend a month months s fur furtough furlough lough tough with home folks before beforereporting beforereporting reportmg reporting back- back backto . - - to toduty . -duty duty .duty - in m the thePacific thePacific Pacific theaterCi theater \ Ci \ CiKenneth Kenneth Westwood son ofIfr of Mr Ifr and Mrs Niel Nlel Westwood of ofMoab - - Moab recently was given anhonorable an honorable medical dischargerom discharge dlschaqe from rom the navy in 111 which he hadserved had hadserved served for the past year H Ha He b iaow i ; > noemployed novi no\\ no aow ' \ , employed in an aircraft aircraftfactory aircraftfactory factory at San Diego No \ Mail 1\lall 1 lall 1 . let et ' ' I KWood Aecol Accoidmg Accoiding d1l1g to Pvt Alien Allen h K . K.Wood KWood . Wood \ Moab l\Ioab l Ioab soldier in 111 trainingat trammgat trammg training Iwood at Camp Hood Te Tex " the matter matterof matterof matterof of getting gettmg mail mall from home IS ISabout isabout isabout about the most important thmg thing thmgconfronbng thingconfronting thingconfronting confronbng confronting the serviceman at athome athome home or overseas He sends sendsalong sendsalong sendsalong CplM along a poem written wntten by Cpl M K Lynds to illustrate his hispomt hispoint hispoint pomt point It follows . It am t the hea heat t nor the theblistered ' bhstered blistered thebhstered theblistered feet nor the meals of ofspam ofspam olspam : spam in 111 place of meat nor our ouiturn ourturn turn at guard None of these lione IS ISone isone one half as hard as the jolt we weget weget weget ' get after all the sweat when a acheery acheery acheery cheery voice says No mail mall ) eAnd eAnd e eAnd And it am am aint t the breeze like likea likea a dragon s sneeze that peels the thehide thehide ththide ' hide and weakens the knees nor norIthe northe noithe ' Ithe the dirt in your gun nor theboiling the the.bollmg theboiling .bollmg bollmg boiling sun these are forgotten forgotterwhen forgottenihen ihen \ \ hen day is done-but done but done - - but our VOIC VOICes voices voices es fail fall and our faces pale if we wedraw wedraw wedraw draw a blank when it s time toi for formall formail mall mail We stand the Hies flies and the thesand thesand thsand sand in 111 our eyes the orders Qrders thrumors the therumors therumors rumors the truth and the lies liesthe liesthe liesthe the mosquitoes swarm and the thewater thewater thewater water warm and the wards that thatreek thatreek thatreek reek of chloroform What takes takesour takesour takesour our fight and makes throats throatstight throatstight throatstight somebodydidn tight are the letters somebody dIdn t write wnte / , , - Sgt 0 E ( BIll Bill ) ) Boulden has hasarrived hasarrived haarrived arrived on Luzon in 111 the Philip Philipp1l1e Philippine Philippine p1l1e pine islands for active service in inthe inthe the Pacific theater according accordmg to toword toword tcword , word received from him by byrrs MrsBoulden \rrs rrs Mrs rrsBoulden MrsBoulden ' \ Boulden who is residing resldmg at Bur Burbank Burbank Burbank bank Calif during durmg his absence absenceIFnends absenceFriends absenceFriends IFnends Friends may write wnte Sgt Boulden Bouldenat at SgtOliver the following followmg address 1st Sgt Oliver E Boulden 38005170 H ' & S Co 1299th Engr C BnAPO BnAPO Bn APO 70 ' 70 co do cia | Postmaster SanFrancisco San SanFrancIsco SanFrancisco ' FrancIsco CalifPvt Calif Pvt Ralph Miller Jr who IS ISundergomg isundergoing iundergoing . ; undergomg undergoing basic army trammg training trammgat trainingat traminat ' at ; Camp Hood Tex is recov recovermg recovering recovenng . I ermg ering from a severe attack of ofpneumoma o'pneumonia opneumonia ofpneumonia ' pneumoma pneumonia ] according accord1l1g to word wordreceived wordreceived wonreceived received ' by his parents He IS ISrapidly israpidly irapidly : ; rapidly improving Improvmg and will be beback beback bback : back in 111 regular duty soon MrsMiller : MrsMiller Mrs MrsMllier ' Mllier Miller CampHood is visiting vlsltmg him at Camp CampHood CampHood CampHoodPvt Hood . HoodPvt Pvt Ralph Dalton was an ar arnval arrival arrival I nval rival Tuesday from Camp Wol Wolters Wolters Wolters I ters Tex where he had been beenservmg beenserving beenserving servmg serving : in m the army Mr Dalton Daltonhas Daltonhas Daltonhas has ] been given an honorable diS diScharge discharge discharge I charge from the armed forces |