| Show lt col hatch sends greetings from england in a letter written to the people ot of Pano carowan parowan warn and iron imn county and sent through the Paro carowan parowan weri times Lieuter lieutenant sont colonel A C hatch thanks eve everyone ne for the fine things they haw have done for him and writes words of encouragement from the E european n war front the letter is as s follows fu february 14 1944 Par parowan maran times gamoran parowan utah dear claude this may be classified a as a card it of I 1 thanks 1 l U it at is y you u may y bill me for the amount ze due in rl dial lings by the time ioime the bill reaches me are I 1 hope rt A will have to be paid in francs or marks instead of shillings I 1 want to take this thas in means on of thanking my friends in iron county i ly for letters good wishes cards and church and civic organization circulars nt sent since I 1 med arrived in the thew theater of Opia operations nations these haw have all 11 been be a source of comfort and satisfaction because be they th first give v 7 assurance that n my y old friends have v not and second that you are concerned not only with us Bs as soldiers but birt ime are back of our effort being bein next door to operations 11 aou would id be interesting to tell you about going on cor but since sim that is as marrable ce I 1 must hold that hat until victory 15 won wair I 1 can say progress looks good however germany is as not beaten beate and uhe the job ob is a much bigger than any we haye haw yet undertaken in our ins his tory which makes it quite imperative P that all 11 of us an must d dig g in as 71 alk al never before there them can be no n slack k ening of ova our production or fighting pare pace if tony tiny of 9 us come back we je must its have ever increasing supplies of guns tanks ships ship pl planes arica food and we are am well trained now our physical strength and endurance is gregat our morale Is is we are an not bonties hitler and tojo TO thought awe we were in 1939 and 40 from this theater hutler knows to his sorrow W that our air forces farces tan can b both tb strike tremendously devastating blows a and nd also take all he can throw against them american arms haw have a glorious record recard of courage couri age stamina tam and drive and your p present ent armed forces do ri not uck lack t the he of them their fathers all AH we need is as the continuous ample flow of war equipment to blast a determined desperate enemy to submission rm or death ne never or ato before re has a home front zone of the interior been so necessary necess amY a part of at the war effort never bea before h has I 1 the whole nation been so important ap n a part of war wha which of couise se in means that not only sold soldiers but brat every num man women and child mt must do all in his power to produce or fight I 1 spent nearly fifteen years in iron inin county trying to sell the american r car way y of life to hundreds of young people most of tine the boys in that group and many girls are oam now in the armed forces the others are doing otheir the bit wa in factories shops and farma my hope now noor is a that they recall a bit of at that philosophy lit if they do I 1 am ain quite sure they will wal translate those impress impressions arma into action as fighters or workers I 1 am quite quate sure sum that it as nut not M eaf sy ito remon reason why all this effort sacrifice and danger clanger without deep lor for the sanctity of our con ati bation but when we consider that hot we mine came nearly losing lit A and are not adut out of the woods yet or we have a a most mart sacred purpose for sacrifice ca and danger I 1 haw have no doubts that intelligent informed id americans Ame iwans will give what it 4 takes sa go swum secure for t us is and our pre 06 ty the posU position ora nd d importance aft each of us as individuals that has been bear secured tor dior us by and through the development of the constitution I 1 mr am about six thousand aulm from rom home and at the moment 50 or 60 and miles from the enemy the enemy is a a little farther from my home and loved ones than I 1 am and there is as little danger that he will wall got get any closer now but if we dollt wm win this war my children and yours wang will lose something thing even wore more aror precious Ts than an lands ands and homes and thair that Is individual liberty so tt 9 is no io small mail stake make we have in th this I 1 fight I 1 not tangible we or ea earthy pha p perhaps ha as the stake th the it russians raw have but as lm to fight figh t to for r the war Is not ot won yet there them is a still a long way to go before germ any is 15 beaten then there them is ia japan both ruthless rait hiew and desperate we will beat them hut but the cost will be ii nor nondous rious both in tre treasure and lives I 1 hope we ere ars fortified fay by a 10 love of individual ro liberty to pay the lost cost the price is not too great whatever it may be very sincerely yours A C HATCH lt col ind Q M C |
