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Show Korea Letter Tells of Movies From Here A second motion picture of "home town folks", taken by John Rowberry, manager of the local nmlion picture theatres, was recently sent to the men of the 213th Field Artillery Battalion in Korea. As was the case when he sent the first film, the men enjoyed en-joyed it immensely and appreciated appre-ciated greatly the efforts of Mr. Rowberry. This is expressed in the following letter received from Lt. Henry "Ham" Leigh: Dear John: Received your second roll of movie film today, and I've just returned from our little theatre, where we showed the new film prior to the regular movie, and then after the movie, we stayed and played both rolls of film you sent to us, over and over a 3a in. It wasn't hard to tell who's wife, or children were on the screen at the time, as the fellow fel-low who's family it was would make some remark of delight, pride, longing or all three. All in all, it was a sight for sore eyes, and we can never begin to thank you enough for taking the time, trouble and expense of taking them, and sending them to us. Those two films have become a very strong link in our ties with home, and I'm sure they are invaluable to the enire battery. bat-tery. You should have seen me fellows fel-lows hoot and howl, when Milt Jolley's Kaiser rolled up, and Guff Jolley stepped out. It was only a short time ago when he was here with us, separated from those he loves by thousands of miles, and while the fellows were envious, you could see they were happy for him and it was a reminder that one of these days everyone of us will be back home like he is, and this episode over here will be only in the past. Speaking for myself, instead of the battery for a change, 1 feel personally indebted to you for what you have done for me in sending this film. To me it isn't the money it cost you, or the time you had to spend to do it. What means most is that you thought enough of your friends, of which I include myself, to think of some little way to bring moments of happiness into my drab life over here separated from my family. Thanks again John. Hope we'll see you before too long. I'll take good care of the film, and bring it back with me when I come. As ever, Ham |