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Show Writes from Okinawa . . . Dear Dad, Well, I am still doing okay. Nothing exciting has happened to me for quite some time now, but I am not anxious to get in any right away, either. Boy, I surr could use a razor & a toothbrush. I lost them both plus a lot of pictures and addresses. I lost Bill's and Frank's both. This Okinawa Island is quite a place. The .weather here is a lot like home and the people, though quite primitive in method, are basically ba-sically farmers. The farms consist of rice paddies in the low lands and they grow lettuce, cabbage, carrots, and onions in the high lands. It is quite beautiful. All these small gardens are on terraced terrac-ed patches that seem to be hanging hang-ing right on the hillside. The civilian houses are thin wood structures with sliding panels for walls and doors. The tops are either of a thatched grass and bamboo or a typically Japanese style of tile. It's all quite interesting. inter-esting. There isn't much more of interest to write about except that mortar barrage I got caughtin last week. That was an experience that I shall never forget. Why don't you make up a nice parcel of personal gear and send to me. I don't have a thing but clothes. I could use a razor, shaving shav-ing cream, toothbrush, and paste, stamps, stationery and pen, some jerked venison, a wallet with about $5.00 in it, a pocket comb and a mirror. I guess that about covers it. I really need them. Well. Dad, I will try and write again tomorrow, all my love, Your son, Neil. Cpl. Neil S. Bishop. Captain Freddie Banks returned from Salt Lake after having spent a few days visiting with M-S Dur-ward Dur-ward Clark. They also spent one day in Provo visiting M-S Frank Godfrey. George Van DeVanter is home on leave from the Navy this week. Bob Heyborne has been advanced advanc-ed to Aviation Chief Radio Technician Tech-nician in the Navy. He says the main advantage of the promotion is that now he can have a pair of pants with pockets in them. M-S Alma J. Christensen recently recent-ly received word that their son, Lt. A. Bemon Christensen had been promoted to Executive Officer of an infantry training company at Camp Roberts, California. At the time of his promotion Bernon received re-ceived ah efficiency rating of "superior,, "su-perior,, for his previous work as a platoon officer. He expects an overseas over-seas assignment in the near futrue. Pvt. Owen Lovell, son of M-S William Lovell of Oak City, is home on furlough. Lovell is stationed in Barton, Florida, and is a member of the 3rd Air Force. He is an armorer ar-morer at a P-51 base and has had a number of unique experiences with live ammunition and bombs, as he has serviced the planes at the base. Ferrin A. Lovell F 2c, son of M-S William Owen Lovell of Oak City is home on leave. Ferrin is graduating gradu-ating from boot camp at Catalina Island, California. He shipped on a coastwise tanker. He now expects to get a ship that will drop ancnor on the other side of the Pacific. He is visiting with his brother, Lloyd, who is home on furlough from the Army Air Force. |
