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Show ' With 'With the Men inTHE in inTHE inTHE THE ARMED FORCES FORCESTrIdcU ORCF TrIdcU TradeD TrldcU Soldier Writer Wrlte8 VVrltesr " Fromr FromSoloJOons From 'Solomons Solomons 'SolomonsCpl r ' SolofnonaCpl SoloJOons Solofnona Cpl Ben Den Flop M WUson VVUSon Wilson son of Mr Mr.and Mrand . I aqd Mrs Mfa Mra John T WUson Wilson of TrI- TrI Trf- Trf TrII Trfdell Tri-dell Tri dell - I dell enlisted ! in n the Marine Marisa Corps last Corpslast January Ja.nual Janual . ' } , . and 1 Is $ now servtng serving Ilast CorpsIlast In servingin servtngIn the Solomon &lomon lomon dolomon & Lslands islands Ws Wsmother H&Smother HSmother & mother received the following letter let- let letter let letter - ter recently recentJy recently"I " "I I " 1 got your letter lettel ' today , , . and waa was waaI wasI waaI I gl glad d to hear from rom front ! home horne I canread can canread canread read the letter bacitwarda bacltwards bacxwstYls , * . ' t i f want some of you to eat eatlittle a aIlIttle alittle IlIttle little extra exb'a exba : ' Thanksgiving Thankaglvhrg for tor me me.Boy meBoy . Boy soy do I remember last lut year"It year"It year year"It "It It " aurely surely seems swell 8WeD to fo see set seeon seton seton on your YOllf gout sack Back for tor a lew few minutes minutesand minutesand minuteaand and hear heat hoar ' the rain from the Jungle . ' 'Now Now ' Mom , . , whatever you d0 do dodont . , . don t worry aorlly about me , . because itwouldn't It Itwouldn't 16wouldn't 16wouldnt wouldn't wouldnt ' ' ' help , . as I am well weU ancl and andhaPpY anclhappy andhappy , happy learning larntng lgarttlttg , . the t.he things I'Ve IVe I"ve I'Venever I"venever XTonever ' " never known JcnOWt1 before ] In ln fact tact iwould I Iwould Iwould would en enjoy Joy doing my ltJy share shari shard verymuch very verymuch verymuch much if It I knew ld1ew khew every one at homo home homowas homewas homowas was well weU and happy too.How too'How too too'How 'How How .How ' . d does es Melvin like the a.rD17 arD17 army . armyby a.rD17by armyby ! by now nom ? I'd Id rd Td ' aurely surely like l1ke Uke to see sae seehim saehim eeehim I . him do his hils right flanks tlanJa flattta and etc'Well eta'Well etc eta Well 'Well ' , , . m ru have to sign off oft fortonight for fortonight fortonight tonight , , , as sa Is D gets bets dark dart quick hent here hereand , . and I must mint m t ' & go Co &o o to work wank . . ' " "Beep Beep "Keep Keep " ep eveyone evfsgone happy , , and writeOften write writeoften wrlt wrltoften often " " Melyin MelVIn mentioned ! In n . the above aboveletter aboveletter abovletter letter ts fa is also ,1s 1s , 1s0 the eon son o of ! Mr and slid andMr.s slidMIa andMrs Mr.s Mrs MIa . 'wllson wllson Wilson VVil9on ' He He- HB HeI - ' l-s l s I 1s . ! - serving 8ervltlg ! In n the th0 th0medical themedical th thmedical medical corps , and was stationed at atFt atFt atFt Ft deorge Oeorge peorga 0 O Meaae Maryland Marylandbut , . but 1.1 11 1s is . now on active duty overseaa overaeaa . , . , . . - . w " . EnrUah Eol'll.ah Eolll.ah Eolllah Enptah ' . Customa Customs Cmdatna PozxieGusher aszle aszlef3aaher e eGu.s.ber Gu.s.ber Gus.ber Gusber f3aaher . Youth Yoath YouthSgt ' Sgt Lowell A Duvall Duval Duv 1 wrote the thB thefollqwing thBfolltnving thefollowing follqwing folltnving letter home from P EQi- EQi EQiland End-land End land ig- ig igand - ] land and to his mother Mrs MnI Lucy Luny Du Ult Du- Du Duvall Duvall - . vall volt of Qusher OUBber Quaker Quaker"Dear Qusher"Dear ' "Dear Dear .Dear " . Mot Mother er . , T.hla Thla Thi . * ts Is tb the firSt ilrst firSttime tinttune time bate that have had a chance to towrite towrite towrite write you"I you"I you you"I "I I " have arrived amved at my destina dest111a- dest111a d dest111atlon destination lna- lna lnatton - - tion tton tlon and end Ita its oJk o.k ok . . tor for me to tell teU you yopi youI yopiI youI I am- am 1LIIr tart amsomewhere - somewhere sOtnewhet'e sOtnewhete aomewhete ' In England Eng1and Pstgland . . I ar- ar - arrived arrived ar arrived - rived safetly satetly and am sin working wotking evImsyt ev- ev every ev-"cry ev "cry cry - - " " ery dayULast day day"Last "Last Last ULast " Imsyt night was my first tlrst ex- ex a- a experience aparlance ex experience : - perience parlance > In n a s blackout"Boy blackout"flop blackout blackout"Boy "Boy Boy "flop flop " do o we have a time t1me to keep keepour keepour lour keeplour our money straight atralaht I 1 cant can't ' ' tllf- tllf f1g- f1g tllfUTe f1gare fig figure - htglLUtado ure UTe are in pounds pounda the way the Enartlah htglLUt Enartlahdo I Engllob.do Engllobdo + . ado do yet The food la 1.s 1s . good KOOd , . , and . we wesure Weaura wesure sure aura have the tea I waa was WOf WoIkUtQ workingIn , ? ' in the office today , , and tverlr tverlronce everyonce once In a . while white Rome 8OD1e some English EngUab AtgUah 1I01d- 1I01d aold- aold 1I01dler aoldter sold soldier - ier ler ter would come coma around atmtad with sometea some sometea sometea tea ' " 'I I ' 1 hope this thJa letter latter finds rtnds you 10\1 10 1 \ , aD atE . atEweU altwell wen weU , I t atu aurely surely ely would hare have liked Uked to tohave tohave tohave have gone RODe deer hunting hunUnl t this 'ear ear year ) ' 'earbut yearbut yearbut but I guess gueM gtteaa 111 I71 have to limit Utgit t , m- m tnTT , . - tnTThunting mhunting myhunting hunting to Japs Japa Right now rm I1a I1ahungry rmhungry rm.hungry rmhungry . hungry for some aome good lJoad old homecooking home homecooking homecooking cooking ' 111 rIl I71 , be able to b write Writs m re mpra aK > re of a & aletter aletter &letter letter letter next time and will wU1 ewpectto eupectto eupect e epect epectto , to hear from you soon coca ' | . * . . 4 . - 4'Likes 'Likes Likes Llkea ' nanansn IJaDaDu Battaoaa and Coconuts Coaonnta CoconutsIn CoaonntaIn In HarrellIIIra HawaU Jlawa Harrell HawaUMrs Mrs Airs IIIra I Lottie tUe Cottle Winward Wlnward Kidd Ktdd re- re received received re received - - ceived the following letter fromher from fromher fromher her aon son Sgt "moral moral Thoral Thorsl " WInward Wlnward Winwardnow . , now serving servln6 ! In n the Hawaiian HawaUan I- I Ia- Ia & - Ilands Ialanda la-lands la lands lalandsDear - lands landa landsDear landaDear Dear Mother Just a few Unea Ilnea Uneato Ilneato linesto to say I am feeling tine fine line Every Every- Everything Everything Everything - thing is 19 0 O K and Ism I am glad to tohear tohear tohear hear you are 0 O KWe KWe K KWe We are > In n the Hawaiian HawaU&n HawaUn & I4landa Islands I4landaand Islandsand Islandand * and I like It here We do abou\ abou about abouthe aboutthe aboutthe \ the same 8IUI1e thing as DB we did In to the fire thestates firestates thestates states statesI I have seen a lot of pineappleFields pineapple pineapplefields pineapplifields fields Por Pbr the first t1rst drat fl tl/c tl c fin Ie / days everybody ev- ev everybody ev everybody - erybody drank lots Pots of itae .be be 411e . ju1ce Juice juice.but juicebut . , but soon t tired ttred ed of It I 1 know I dId didI I am Just getting used to the cl cU- cU cUmate cll-inate cll inate - mate here and having a wond wond- wondt'rtul Wonderful wonderful - ' erful t'rtul trtul time timeI I have a big string of crf banan banan- bananas bananaa - as aa hung up behind behlnQ me now I ea eat eatthem eatthem them afi 118 as they ripen open and do I 1 like Uke likethem Ukethem likethem them ! I ! I also eat a lot of ooco- ooco ooconuts coco 0000- 0000 0000nuts coconuts - nuts We pick thef1 them ! right rdght off oft . _ the I i I ' . ' . ' [ trees - they are a lot tway twayA way wayA A group of us bought a 8 new ra- ra rad10 ra radio radio - dio d10 We listen 118ten to moat m06t of the fire mus1o mu- mu music mu music - sic s1o from frorrr the states"Bill states"BW states states"Bill "Bill Bill "BW BW " la is 0 O X .Ie Ie S . . and I sleep rightnext right rightnext rightnext next to Earl Furl DeJoumette DeJournette . . . . Enjoyed EnJoTed Tharrka ' : Thanksflvinf 'I'I:1anbairin II1anbairin ininr & ' BoxFrom Box BoxFrom BoxFrom From lIome home homeMr Ilo- Ilo IloMr - Mr and Mrs Mra Henry HellJ ' ) Winward Winwardreceived Winwardreceived Winward'received Winwardreceived ' received the following letter from fromtheir fromtheir fromtheir their son Pvt Pot . Irvin Irv1.n Irv1n Winward W1nWard Winwardnow . , nOW ! In n New Orleans LaDear LaI La LaDear Dear Mom , and Dad Oh Ob . . , Mom Momthat Momthat Momthat that was the most mast wonderful box pox boxi poxyou boxyou you sent me I 1 got It today Boy Bay Boythe , , . the chicfcen chicken chlCten was wa.s t6as . wonderful-in wonderful in wonderfW-tn wonderfW tn wonderful - in fact facteverything facteverything facteverything everything was grand . . . I believe I I'was Iwsa Iwaa 'was was wsa the only one who got aThantaglving a aThanbgivtng aThanksgiving Thanbgivtng Thantaglving dinner dlrmet frooa from homeThose home homeThose homeThose Those pickles and slid Jam . . , really reaJl.y reaJly . hIt lilt hItthe liltthe hitthe the spot Tha The ThQ . cookies Cockles remindedme 'eJl1ndedme retntndedme 'eJl1nded eJl1nded retntnded % ' me of the \ times Un\es Un es I1Sed"t.c I Uscd ttsed \1Sed"t.c 1Sedt.c 1Sed"t.c 1Sedtc \ " to . go 8o tothe to tothe tothe the r . , mountain with wlt6 Dad and apd youwould rou you rouwould youwould would alw aJwaya alWgpa J'8 J8 ' fix tiz fis me cookies cockles to CO go COalOIle goalong alOIle . . .1 1 . ) " ' ' "Game Game o'S oS ine 'Bofno Bofno other oUter ' rencn ielt4lla.lielped ielt4llalielped feltoir ' < . )1e 1e ) helped m Gle Gleeptti n & e eeat > eat eptti \ Ahem hem ttrem . , aDd arW anxltald ud atdd . ! thWwe , 'f"re fre ipyartire ' " tl h hbelt belt bolt they tbeJ h&Te hTe h&ye hye here & vms e.ftt eftt ever . taUtd 3tlated . 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