Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], July 05, 1945, SECTION B, Page 3, Image 15

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LETTERS
* FROM OUR BOYS!
Please bring or mail us inter
esting letters and cards you get
from your boys in the armed
services. Their friends want to
know where they are and what
they are doingl
Okinawa Island
June 30, 1915
The Roanoke Herald,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Dear Mr. Wilson:
I have a subscription to "The
Herald” and it means a lot to
get the news from home over
here through the Herald.
While reading through "The
<*. Deadeye Dispatch,” a local division
™ paper here on Okinawa, I note a
poem which I thought should be
before the public’s eye. If you
agree please print the following
poem in your paper:
A NOTE TO CIVILIANS
Yes, the European War is over,
The celebration done,
But, civilians, please be sober,
Until V-J is won.
m Post-war plans we know are thrill
^ ing.
No doubt that you are tired,
But are you by task fullfilling,
Defense work still required?
For the men in the Pacific
Have fought for three long
years,
The results have been terrific.
But rather short on cheers. _
. And the road ahead that beckons
* is filled with blood and sweat,
Well is he who this will reckon
And then will not forget.
But are we, the troops, complain
ing?
You damn well right we are,
Please forget postwar campaigning
Until we. win this war.
—M/Sgt. James E. Berling
Thanks very much,
Yours truly,
' % Pfc. C. M. MILLER, Jr.
Hawaii
June 23, 1945
Hello Mr. Wilson:
Just a line to let you know that
I am in Hawaii and on the island
that Pearl Harbor is on and I
have seen a lot of other things
like Hickman Field, Honolulu and
many others. I have not seen
“Hula Hula’’ girls under every
tree with a guitar in their hand.
Just a word about myself now.
I went in the army when I was
fifteen years old and when I got
out three years later I got married
to the sweetest girl in the world
and now we have two kids, and I
am back in the army and away
from everything that I love, but
life is like that I guess, so we
boys will have to do a job over
here like our brothers in arms
did on the other side of the world,
and then we can all go home.
When I was training down at
Fort McClellan, Ala., I saw some
gun patches that were made in
good old Roanoke Rapids, in fact
I used them. Well, Mr. Wilson, I
will have to stop this time^ so
keep the Herald rolling.
Always your friend,
LLOYD FINCH.
Central Pacific Area
June 26, 1945
Hello Mr. Wilson:
Just a line to compliment the
work of the Herald in keeping all
of us informed as to newp; social
and home front; while we’re do
ing our best to uphold your faith
in us! The Herald isn’t only read
by fellows from home but also by
those who never heard of Roanoke
Rapids. It’s a very good treat both
for the ones who live there and
those who do not. I read the
Herald through and through until
a later paper comes, then I pass
it around to the rest of the guys
here: You’re doing a grand job
of keeping them coming to us and
hope you continue to send it. If
special request is needed for it to
be sent over, then I’d like this let
ter be my request. It brings hap
penings at ‘home’- that I wouldn’t
know about if not for the paper.
Some day, in the not too far dis
tant future I hope, I’ll personally
thank you and I feel sure that
there are others who feel the same
as I do.
Since I have been over I have
met a few from home and a lot
of good was derived by the meet
ing. My brother, Calvin, is sta
tioned here too, with the (censor
ed) and we see each other often
as we can. Helps both of .us to
feel more at ease.
Thanks a million for the Her
ald, and keep it coining to us!
GLEEN WILLIAMS.
Miss Alice Garner and Mrs. Clif
ton Everette spent last week in
Augusta, Ga., to visit Pfc. Clifton
Everette, of Oliver General Hos
pital, who is recuperating from
wounds received in Italy.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Newton, of
Norfolk, spent the week-en<j with
Mr., and Mrs. J. T. Garner.
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Killed In Action ^
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Pictured above is Cpl. Atlas
E. Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Wright of Gasburg, Va.,
who was killed on Normandy
Beachhead on'June 6, 1944, in
the invasion. Atlas was 24 years
old at the time of his death. He
went overseas in October, 1942.
He received his basic training at
Fort Meade, Md. Wright is sur
vived by two brothers, Irvin
Wright of Gasburg, and Pvt. Gil
bert Wright of Camp Gordon,
Ga.
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CORPORAL DAMATO GAVE HIS AN-,
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Pvt. Cornelius Everette Davis
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Davis for tne week-end of
June 23. This was his first visit
home since his return to the
states after being wounded in Eu
rope. While home he enjoyed a
dinner and family reunion on Sun
day. There were about sixty rel
atives and friends present. He
expects to get a furlough upon
his return to camp.
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