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Show 5 . Sgt .Sete Sete .SeteBanks . Banks takesLions takes takesLions takesLiens Lions Liens to War Front Vernal Lions club recentl recently } < - . re- re received received re received - ceived a letter from one of Its Itsmembers itsmembers Itjmember , members * , . Sergeant . daudls Claud1s Claudia A . ABanks . , Banks naw now fighting undu- undu under unduGener - General Gener Gener- General General - al dark Clark In Italy He wrote It frotr from fromSOmewhere fromSomewhere frotrSomewhere Somewhere In Sicily 81cUy before the thearmy thearmy th tharmy army took Uesslna Messina crossed cro sed the thestraJt thestrait thstrait ( straJt strait to the Italian mainland and andstarted andstarted ancstarted started its it * march on Rome IUs His IUslet.ter Hisletter Hitletter let.ter letter . follows followsDear followsDear followDear * Dear Brother LionsMy Uons Lions UonsUy Uy Myl My ! ! What . a pleasure it was0 was \0 0 to tohave \ tchave 0have have a letter from the club Sound Soul1d5 Sounds Soul1d5as Soundsas : as though you still 5t1l1 have the tn best bestclub beatclub . club in the state Good work . fel let fellows letlows fellow fellowYou lows lowsYou You know It . would be great If you youcome youcome youcorn come * over and spend an even1ng evening even1ngwith eveningwith evenlniwith with me Our meeting would world be besomewhere besomewhere b bsomewhere < somewhere In Sicily high up in inthe inthe Irthe the mountains mountalns w4th w.1th w1th wIth . , groves of olive olivetrees olivetrees olivetree trees * as camouflage As AB the meet meet- meeting meeting meeting - ing la is called to order by our presi president president president dent Lion Ralph Siddoway 8iddoway you youwould youwould youwould would be directed to be near yow your yowfoxholes yourfoxholes youifoxholes foxholes Prom From here you would re receive receive recelve ceive your chow from a Un tin cup and anda a pan-not pan not pan - not to mention menUon what it itwould itwould Itwould would beJust beJust be beJust Just about now someone shouts shoutsIt shoutsIt shoutsIt It s Jerry agaJn-duck agaJn duck again-duck again agaJnduckNow againduckNow again - - duck duckNow Now that thats s over Will have you youall youall youall all face north keeping always on onthe onthe onthe the lookout There will wlll be more morecalls morecalls morecalls calls and next tune time he may try tryhis tryhis tryhis his machine runs guns or drop a bomb bombor bombor bombor or two This won t bother much muchbecause muchbecause muchbecause because your attention Is all fix fixed fixed tlxcd ed on what la is taking place In front - - - - - of or youIn youIn you In the distance you can see one oneor oneof on ( of or the greatest . I fourth ourth of July J'uly iuly ' 1re- 1re fire- fire 1reworks fireworks ! fire-worka fire worka - - works and aerial display displays " you have haveever haveever haviever ever witnessed You re not at . all allafraid allafraid alafraid afraid The bomb crashes and can- can cannon cannon can cannon - non barks are common now Ac Accaslonally Accaslonally Accaslonally caslonally a sniper fires but you- you youre youre you-re you re - - re all well armed and have thingi things thingii thingsI thingsnder I ndcr nder con controlThe control trol trolI I The aerial display holds your at- at atI attention at attention - I tention A nilUlon millIon flashes and andI andstreaks andstreaks ancstreaks streaks race upward to catch an anenemy anenemy arenemy I enemy plane plan * Now the searchlights searchlights"ome searchlightsome " ome in from all directions to hell help helpcenter helpcenter : center the fire A few tew seconds la- la lai later la later - i ter down comes corn the victom In a ablaze ablaze iblaz blaze * blazeAs As TOUT , our eyes drop you can see seethousands seethousands actthousands thousands of ot shadows that disclose disclosethe disclosethe discloethe * the outlines outunes of hundreds of trucks trucksIUns trucksruns trucksuns IUns runs ( and troops hurrying to and andtrom andfrom andfrom trom from the fron front t They seem to move movelike movelike movilike like magic To reveal their purpose purposeand purposeand purpostand and operation would be giving giving11vinl giving3ivinq givlni3lvlnt 11vinl 3ivinq { { away military m1l1tary secretsLions secretsLions secrets secretsLions Lions I wish you could sta stay staylonger staylonger } longer but the time is Just about - up We will wlll all join In singing stnglng 'God God 'GodB ' . God GodB CkxB B ess ass America I hope , you cnjoyd enjoyed cnjoydur enjoyedI enjoyedur enjoyedor ur or mee 1ug lug ln In Sicily Goodnight GoodnightAll GoodnightAils GoodnightAlls I All Ails swell wellthe weU well weUihe . ihe the 1 he letter was published pubUshed In The TheUon TheLion Th ThUon < Uon Lion inte lute national magaElne magazine |
