-sTORAGE POCKET FOR CLIPPINGS-

I FJ.oyd Marihugh
1 Overseas
PYt. Floyd Marihugh
Ron or Students at Harbor High
F. MARIHUGH SENDS THANKS
Camp W1heeler, Ga.
March 19-43
Dear Friends: , d
I received the present today an-
thanks a lot. It sure is nice. .
Hope up that Is
getting along fme. I am makmg
out allright.
We are plenty bu . .sy now but
we still !have a good time. .
I never . wats a letter
I'll -sign off. Tell them Hello
So long and thanks .a lot.
F. Manhugih
First For Harbor in Ten Years.-
CAPTAIN HANNA RECEIVES CLASS C REGIONAL 1:ROPHY PLAY TONIGHT A'l' BIG RAPIDS
Harbor Springs, a third place Class C team so
far as season play goes, finally h:t its stride and dis-
played a brand of ball that should take them far
into the state tournament.
Left to right are: Ray McBride, who rang up
19 point.. in the final to establish the high scoring
ALTERNATE
FORWARD & GUARD
GUARD
KENNETH DA VERT
Senior
mark f ~ r a single game in the 1941 regional tourna-
ment here; Charles Squiijr (with back to camera) ;
Captain Murray Hanna receiving trophy; Walt
Cosens; Kenny Davert (just peeking over Cosen's
shoulder) ; and Gordon Tabraham of Cadillac, pre-
senting the trophy.-Review Photo-Engraving.
ROBERT KNAPP
Junior
basketball letters; two
letters; two baseball
Three basketball letteris; two
football letters two baseball let-
ters all o n f e ~ e n e football, '39
and ''40; aU confer,ence basketball,
'40 and '41; captain football '40.
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LBFT TIO RIGHT-
Back Row:
, Ooach S. J, Nelson
Goro(}n Hanna
Irenneth Backus
Lee Brower
Na.than Linderman
Rei bert Newman
Jerry Herrick, Mgr.
LEFT TO RILGHT-
Fr,ont Row:
Jack Herrick
Ernest Shepherd
Gerald de Ia Vergne
W McDonald
l'Villiam Moser
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CHARLES SQUIER
Senior
Two basketball letters; honor-
able mention all-conference bas
ketball, '41.
ALTERNATE
FORWARD
,WAYNE ALLERDING
Junior
/
Two
football
lette""'.
basketball letters; two
letters; two baseball
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I MURRAY HANNA, Captain
Senior
I Three basketball letter s;. three
' football letters; baseball let
ter; all conference football, '40;
all conference second team bas-
ketball '40 and '41; captain bas-
ketball '40 and '41 ; Remington's
all-state third team football '40.
Coach KENNETH OTIS, Alma
Second year in Harbor Springs
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' t VERN HERRICK
Sophomore
. : . letter, two
- t 1 la baseball letter-
JAMES RAY MCBRIDE
Junior
Two basketball letters; one
football letter; two baseball let
ters; aH confe11ence basketball,
'41; high point man basketball
two years.
Middle East I - l
January 9, 1943 JACK CUNNINGHAM CA:MP McCOY IS
. REALLY 0. K. Dear Inez and family: . HAS PET LIZARD
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Just a line to tell you I receiv- I
ed aU y.our Christmas cards and Dear :BAM': CaiD!p McCoy, Wis.
how happy I was to receive them. , Jt has been quite. some time April 5, 1943
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INTERESTING LETTER
FROM CHARLES BAKER
March 23, HJ43
never how much it r s-ince I have had the chance to Dear Sta-nley: Dear Dolly:
.mea!ns ;to lhear from the _ folks drop yoru a to. thank you for . -I'd like to take this o,pportun- I can't find the paper right now
b,a,ck home. the papers -and arl:So to let you 1ty to thank .the Buck A Month but I'm sure I saw your name
This is some country, although
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know that I am still kicking and dub fo_r the gift, H was very much listed as an officer in tJhe Buck A
I've seen many interesting thingS ,that I stDI enjoy a good ration for ajpprecJated, Mornth Club
in my travels. One was the Pyra- :every meal. I had a swell time while I was 1
mi.ds. They cert!linlf' are a me.m- I You ,have heal'd stories of and if I 'failed to say i First I to thank the pe ; -
onal to the anc1ent s constructive ' strange pets, but I believe my pet to everyone I hope they will arc- ' sons the club s
ability. The peo1ple here are t.er- . is also strange, perhaps not in a my _ap.ologies. You do;n't f.our:datw:n. I 1t rs the
. dorwn--_trodden and I thmk !sto.ry f.orm" This pet is a lizard, realize there .are SO ml,).ny people est unagmaible. makes 1t
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the most f1lthy class of ;peo.ple who has many names but is com- left in Harbor Springs until y.ou 5eem hke I am gettmg a lot o.f
it has ibeen my eXiperi.ence :to see. moru1y known as ''it". .I first fry to greet them all. mail every time _t he Graphic
Tthey do grow beautiful
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found this little fel1ow in the I see by the pa!Per that Dewey comes. Als.o it makes a
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and haye the most beautiful m.o_rning, :f.oUowing a tearing cloud Gos.ens doesn't think very well of way to one let te_r to a lot ol:
I ve ':ver s.een. . . i burst al1P nJght !ong, Needless to OamiP MetCoy. Several people also pegple w1tho.ut usmg car1bon
1 .. I ve .m yano. It qu.1te \say my blanket roll and myself, told me at .home that dmferent paper.
mtere.stmg, 1f you. can . Jmagme as one, were emerged in a beau- fellows they had heard from did
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Also I want to a"'ain thank the
streets With na- tiful puddle of water. W
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hen I not the iJlace, SO I will have Emmet Gounty 'G;'aphic for the
tJves m long robes (they 1woke I found exact!y one dry to put m my two cents worth for paper. I pian on having some
hke sold- spot and there, apparent1y dozing t4e . - pictures made in the near future
1ers of many natwrraht1es, two in peaceful content wa.s "it" CaiD!p Mic.Coy . IS a new camp so I can get my picture in the
Wiheeled d-ol!key .hor.se W1hen I moved he up and opened m November of last paper to show my grandchildren
.carnages, undec-ided whether to run out in- yeatr. It
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surpposed to be one of if I ever can talk myself into tak-
WJth modern then to the rain. -Or stay in his dry test and best planned camps , ing the time.
have a pretty .g.ood spot. He stayed. He sometimes m this country. The barracks are I had planned on seeing Harbor
Gan;o, ex.cept the smell, w.hich JB g.oes away :f.or days at a time, but very . comfortable. and are heate.d Springs on the 7th of April as I
ternble. . . when it rains, you can always by furnaces havmg thermost_ahc was scheduled for' a 10 day fur-
. The c1ty I :eally fell m I.ove wake up and find that affection- controls. Though some m1giht 1 h Th h
Duvbm, Afnca. 't.e fellow s'haring 'the dry spot think it is very cold here; we had oug> . at .as heen cancelled fo
Maybe tt was .my reactton to .so Jth you. He does credit to the a TI,Iilder winter than was had in present to .the compan
..... ...,.=-= -....;,...-.... __ Gorp, the way. he tackles HM!b-or .Spring$, acc-ording to all 7em.g with the
gras.c; hoppers. One of the other the re'Jl:orts I received while home .es. I :Will still have the
1 many days at sea, but wihen I saw ..,. h ,I... omi:mt two months
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n Missis: though abo:ut .thr.ee weeks after
\ out . Jts . as a parrot who can onlry the uar t I ft d
t hat white i!ity nestled in among s-ay "heDo Mac". (You can imag- this winter and as f!lr as I'm q me IS
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those rolling green hil1s, i t won ine the Jo.ok on the Colonel'.s face concerned they can give it back Srpeakmg of. trammg, I ll . g_Jve
my heant completely. It is very w'h to the Indi!).ns. All I saw there you a small Idea of a trammg
modern and the .pe""le were en ihe walked into the tent and was level land s tr etching as far camp we went through two weeks
was greeted with "hello Mac".
grand. I'd like to go back there
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h k as . the eye .10ould see with nouhing ago. .
s,o metime when this is all over. nee agam t an you Keep but mud and swamps. I'll talie the . We marched .o_ut on SundJJ. Y
,No matter what any .o.f these up the g.o.od work. . J'forth with its snow' and cold any- w1th fu.ll combat packs, 19
co:untries have to offer, I'll still Sincerely, Ja:ck trme. At least there is some var- and got our area ready to hve m.
' take the good old U. S. A. If I iety in the 01cenery here. Then . fol' five days it was up at
wasn't a patriot befo.re, I s ure- ARCHIE M'cFARLAND The camp is situated in a val- 5:45, chow at 6:00, police up area
ly am now. TRANSFERREO to GALESBURG ley surro.unded by a large range arid be rea,d'y to !hit the ob.stacle
Gue.ss I'd better close for now of hills . about !ike those out by course at daybreak. Next came a
and get a little shut-eye as we . GaJesblurg, Plea:santview. Although the trees .four mile march with packs-ga.>
have ins pection tommrow. Bye
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Nov. 30, 1943 are only Ja.ck Pine an(! Scrub masks and canteens, which had t o
for this time and all of you write Dear Stan: Oak, at least there are trees and be made in 50 minutes, and then
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' a.ga'in soon. Be!1eve it is about time for me plenty a strength test. The stren.gth test
As ever, !to cO.ntribute _a few lines to the . I'll B::qnut. tf!at ;ve !have a b.et- c?rusistcd of 33 pushups, 11 bur -
Andy "Serviceman's page as it has been ter set-UIP there m the statwn p1es (to be done. in 20 seconds), ,a
. - P. s. Got rating a Complement .than fellows 70 yard course of run ten, creep
rl:nonth and a haLf ago and the ex- get tr{l.mmg at the ten, run ten, crawl ten, etc., to be
money sure ooJlles in good as quite some time since I have doiJe LI.mJted ServJce scho.ol, but we made in 30 seconds, a 300 yard
'? ve-rything is s,ky hi'g:h. Cigarettes .s.o; to express appreciation a r, still adhere to the same sch7d- dash over uneven ground to be
$6.00 a carton. ,the gifts theB,AM Club has sent ule. We have to stand made in, 45 seconds, and finally a
me. Also appreciate the Graphi c . . and have of an 7'5 yar<i run in 20 with a
I was tcansfered from Ft. Brad I hour .of dnll or mstructlon every man Of your own we1ght on your
THANKS FOR to Ft. Sher:dan the 1st of we Ego to the o!- shoulders. Tha t brings us up to
GIFT AND GRAPHIC b I . . - . 11-.- m. very once m h t '
East Point Nahant, er. remamed at S!Jendan for a while they call u.s out in the c OW Jmc agam.
AprH 5, 1943 i albout 18 day.s then was moved on evening, as they did. last '1\hurs- The. usually, started
Dear Editor: fhere to the new Genera! Hospital day, fo-r a six or seven mile hike. out :V1th a two ho;ur cla.ss on some
I arrived back at Camp, Ma'I'ICh at Ga_les.burg. " '1\hat isn't: m)lch of a hike for men special came the ob-
31 from a 14 day furlO'Ugh, of 1-.-. A nt .fellows from Harbor in .combat training, but for us stacle agam to warm
which I spent most of my time in ".ho !have Jomed the army si nce I ofrfJce workers {Ty.pewriter Com- up f.or an and a half calls-
Harbor Springs an.d Good Hart. d1d .. have been overseas quite a mandos) it is quite a jaunt. Thll.S usually up
When I g11t ,back ihere my pack- .whJ. e now, .but. I haven't gott en Everyone here likes the camp, w1th a:bout 15 separate e.Ight-man .
age from the Buck A Month Cl?'b very far away as yet Expect to and most of them have been in battle I had the
and two Emmet County Gl'ap:hlCS stay quirte a while as far a s several others, but they are not Ip. pn twQ of these. and
-------- anybody knows. . fond of .the .surrounding towns. I found a ' good place
, Galesburg is. a nice town, abou:t Whenever we get a pass for more to he dow,n I was done.
t f e 1 very J' 39 000 populatiOn and the nat
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ve:./ than twenty-four .hours we CN\ to Chow time agam and are we
were wa1 mg cr m ... ' ' " M' 1' M'l ' h ? S d dl
I lad to receive them. I think .the . !lppea.r to .be glad to have us sold- ts, 1 waukee, . or Cht- un&'ry o we evour a goo . Y
I tag cord makes a v-ery nice 1\Jem among them. A little differ- . . ' hotf fo-od a.thd start
t i ent tha't way, than .at the & .o __,_ - E<e s were e1 er use .. o_r
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presen . '.l1h' h 't , ' '] 1 compass marches or tank huntmg.
I surely e_ n_joy reading the Gra- lot fs
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:JH a. WI.; 1 cago wh.lCh are all less than SIX . , . ,.
. hie for it seems to bring me near- ,a .
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. pa once !t gets to lhou,rs away by train.
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home an. d IS'UTe it does the
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Will reqUJr_e. nearly f I m going on record say- Then, if YOU can believe it, we
, same for the other .boys in the . to Operate mg th1s 1s the best <:all:liP m the were :fipally turne.d to do
' service that get the paper. It ,Will c,.ose. :nbw and take oountry, but I'll take 1t rn prefer- whatever we wanted to from
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t th k y k' nd-ly his opportumty to "hello'' to ence to a great many I have about 11 :30 p.m. until 5:45 a.m.
e me an you ver
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an my folks and fnen-ds in the heard of. Tthat schedule was held w all week
for .the do:g ta.g c-ord and papers. Harbor and vicinity. . Well I must dose the office except one aftern.oon we had a
I w1ll be lookmg forwarrd W the You.rs, 'ti:l v-ictory, for night,, so will put an end taste of battle conditions, (no
nex.t copy. Pvt. Archie to ,: thiS ramblmg. casualties however).
1 Sincerely yours A ' M N s ever, Well, I've got to g'et to t he P.O.
1 Cpl. Maurice c. amara Bill B'aker to see if the pony expreSis rider
I East Point, Nahant, Mass. finally got through withl a letter
j P . .S. I !hope the snow isn't as dee'P or not, Don't forget the U.S.O.
rus it was when I was home. Yours truly,
Charles Baker
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CECIL E. CLANCY
---;- COMMISSIONED
Cecil E. G(}Od _Hart,
Mich. was -commissioned an En-
sign .in the U.S. Maritime Service
and received his license as a 3rd
Mate at graduation exercises heid
last Jan. 11 at the U.S. Maritime
Service Oficers .School, F'ort Trum-
bufl, New London, Conn.
The school,, largest of its kind in
the country, with two thousand
Officer Candidates in attendance.
is one of two in the country which
trains m.etchant seamen as Of-
ficers for new merchant ships.
WilLIE WILLIAMS
APPRECIATE GIFTS
At Sea
Dear Frien-ds:
I just received the shaving-kit
and two copies of the home town
paper. .Thoa.nks a lot. shav-
will be very useful and I
surely app;reciate it. I really en-
Joy reading the news of the old
home town and even if the papers
are a couple of months old by the
time I get them they suredy are
welcome.
I hope it won't be !'On!r before
I oan . visit Harbor Springs again,
and bring my w.ife with me to meet
all you peo.ple. I have seen quite
a bit of the world but there is no
place llke good old Harbor.
We listen to Radio Tokio about
every n1ght. The yellow (censor-
ed) must be getting scared be-
cause they are th<rowing o1;1t
the propaganda. We get a b1g
laugh every time we hear them.
Thanks again and I hope to be
seeing you all soon.

W. V. Williams
.San Fran-cisco. Calif.
MATTHEW . ERWIN RECEIVES
LETTER FROM PHIL MILLER
March 10, 1943
Dear Chick: ht
Your let ter finally caug
with me the other ctay .. Sure g a
t
o hear you are still m Harbor.
h h Y
ou would be a
Seems as t oug 't but
necessity to the commum y
the Army sometimes gets other
ideas. b train
A,fter I finished my -
ino<> at McCoy, they shliJlfedw:rk
do;, n here and put me o St
in the -main pharmacy of theof
t ion H-osJ?ital. .There. Staif
w.orking nere mcludmg h
Serreant in charge. . av a
' . set-up and It IS run
r at.her mce der of a prescrirp-
t muc.h the or .
.... n everything is on a
larger scale. We whip up five gal-
lons 00: cough syru'P nearly evry
day and ointments and othel'
preparations on the same scale.
'I'he doctors (captains, majors
and colonels) are required to
write all RX in the metric system.
Makes it sim'J)ler after you are ac-
customed to it. This will probably
turn them from i he apothicary
system after they return to civil-
ian life.
So the WOl'k is rathe:r interest-
ing and not so bad. However, a
Staff Sergeant is about as far as
a pharmacist can go and s till
ibave anything to do with pha!'IIIl-
acy.
We don't get so much in the
line of exencise. Only drill an
hour at a timoe, three da ys a
week. I lQok quite ha ndso me in a
gas mask. Think I will save it to
scare the little children in the
home town.
Best wi shes to you and t he
family,
Phil Mill er.
CECIL MORSE TELI:S CALL
I OF CLOSE
Hawaii, Qct. 12.
[)earest Mother: b an-
ln JUSt a tew days you .J to
other year .older. lt\ l> t I'll
t hink of what to e u
tell you what a Captam told us to
d
Last }!;aster we were . on a
O. .
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asn' t w1th us
ship. Our chap w h' Capt-
for Ea,ster Service :Ze "our
ain to .us. tter
ot hers would appreclate a .,e t .ll
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. 'her we were s l
from us te mg Him as
serving God and keepmg re
our guide we .go" ;mMo-
than she would a niCe t and
ther I can can tell you a d
I that is. w:hat you
\]: ca n say lt IS yours andd me
Nfe and ,prayerHs .that y:: eh&IVe
want :tx> serve lm ..
M'anted to do somethl?g to help
. OU don't realize h?w you
I'll tell you JUSt one
lace but there :.v&e many k
I
, to'd to go a)one after dar
wa& d f y platoon
to co.ntact a squa o m J
thlllt we thought w&e {a
achine gun nest. l w ' t
ef
but something tolod me
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r use . h .__ I remem-
ould be r1g t "";
bered your letters n;d you
were praying so I told him I try.
Before I we,llt,
ed God to go Wl m , A J
I d. dn't even scared. ap
did 1 see me and fired 10 s'h?ts at
me at a range en?ugh lt
almost impossible to miss. but
' th me I got aWa'Y Wl
was w.L a.t,:h That parlicularr
out a " . . d h
place I'm surfe !f
gotten out o l
protecting me. ' . h
So you see you are helpmg wh_lt
re than anyt mg
ylour tfuink I feel that
e se cou 'h h't the
I'm not just as apt to t' e l as f 't
t
ne I know if G(}d sees 1 ,
nex o kl s anyone
be taken as qmc Y a
else but I dO feel I am ready r
whe'n he does and I am not a ral .
I hope all the kids can be there
f your biirlhdaY I know they
try to ,ma:ke .it .a
Please don t spotl tt by . I
bad'lY because I .can'tGbe h::e
etting along fme. ues.s
to close.
Ha.ppy birthday!
Your son Cecn.
E:njoys ihe Review, Soldier
Addresses and Pictures
Dear Al :
Ar.my Specialized
Training Unit,
August 22, 1943.
I want you to know how I ap-
preciated the two issues of the
Review. It makes a fellow feel
more like a human being just to
read ilt. You' ve got a newsy
newspaper there. Those soldiers'
addresses are mighty welcome
too.
You probably don't know me,
but anyway I left for the Army
in the College E.R.C. We were
at Kearns Field, Utah, in the
Air Corps for three months, then
went to the University of Illi-
nois for three weeks in the Star
Unit of ASTP. From lbhere to
Kalamazoo College. By the way, I
it' s pretty nice here.
We are studying engineering
in an accelerated course; the only
difficult part is the mathemati-cs.
We have twenty-four hours a
week of classes, drilL and physi-
cal training plus twenty-five
hours of compulsory study. All
in all, it's a little tough, but we
like it. 'Kalamazoo is a fine town
fo.r soldiers. We are treated fine.
Here rut the college we are
cadets under a rigid cadet sys-
. tern of discip'le. Demerits are
' given out for impropriet ies and
are then worked off by walking
"tours." That is the cadet walks
for a half hour between - two
buildings. They say it's exactly
seventeen steps all 1told, with a
couple thousand when you finish.
Well, I guess that's all. Thanks
again for the Review issues.
Sincerely,
Bruce Morrow.
Pvt. Bruce Morrow
3673 S.U. AST Unit
Room 209, Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo 49, Michigan
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S/ Sgt. Keith Ernst
Meets Pals in Tunis
Al Benge
Northern Auto Parts Co.
Hello Al,
I have had a few days off and
some time to write a few letters
so I thought I had better get
one off to you.
There isn't very much I can
write about that's very interest-
ing. I can say that I've seen
some action, but I don't care for
it too much.
By a good streak oif luck I
met Ken Fritz in Tunis about
three weeks ago. We didn' t have
very long to talk we were both
in a hurry. He is a First Lieu-
:tenant in the Ordnance. He gave
me his adc!ress but I pulled out
the next day. About two weeks
before that I met Ernie Wurst in
Tunis. It sure is good to meet
some one from home.
The way mother talks in her
letters, P etoskey and Charlevoix
are very dead. I suppose a lot of
people have gone to Detroit and
other cities. I hope business is
good with yrou. How are Leo and
Ray doing? Give them my re-
gards.
Well the Japs and Jerries are
getting hell kicked out of them
n,ow. We're just getting a good
start. I have been keeping my
hopes up of getting home pretty
soon.
I'll sign off fur now, drop me
a few lines when you can.
S /Sgt. Keith Ernst
(Ed. Note - Both Ernst and
Fritz are former Northern Auto
Parts Co. employees.)
TIPPETT MEET IN ENGCA:ND
R-obert John Tippet and ' oak leaf clus.ters. At
&1Sgt. Tippett, SOins of
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sent time he is on
Mrs. -,Saz:ah Tippett, Route 1, Har- ' Seo:'bland.' .Sgt. Marion ,
bor .Sprmgs,. met somewhere in I went overseas in October
Engo:a.nld recently and enjoyed two I in a dispensary in the M
days together. J .ohn, w:b.o left Corps. The third Tippett
for Overseas duty in May, has ther in the a.rmed .forces
been on sixteen missi-ons :and has / HoDace E. Tippett h
received and air medal and two Los Angeles at present.
Cpl. Page TJ;ansferred
to Am1y Air Force Station
Corpor al Willard C. Page, son of
'Mr. and Mrs . .Chester A. Page, of
Pellston, recently completed ad-
vanced ground erew training at
t he Army Air Forces Technical
Training Command school at Vega
Aircraft Corpor ation, BuJJbank,
Calif.
He has iben t ransferred to an
Army Air Forces station for ac-
tive ser vice.
MERLIN HARTUNG WRITES
FROM CALIFORNIA
Pvt. Merlin E. Hartung
Pit. 1.215 RDMGB
San Diego, Calif.
'Tuesday nite, 7 :20 p, m.
Dear Stan:
You'll no dou.bt be surprised to
hear from me but I told you I'd
write some day.
I couldn't wait 6 months to get
in the Air Corps so I didn't turn
in my paper and enlisted in the
Marines instead.
It took us four days and nights
to come out here on the train. We
got here a week ago Monday and
st ill have about six weeks o.f
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the
toug}lest training in the world.
No candy, cokes or weeken
leaves. We can't even leave our
tent area unless .our Corporal is
with us.
It gets kind of warm here
ing . the day but ' at night about
freeze to deat h. We only have two
blankets.
Please write the news from
ar.ound there. I haven't even seen
a newspaper since I've been here.
Everyone here is really looking
forward to Christmas packagesj
from home with cakes artd cahdYl
in them. So far most o.f us have-
n't even had so much as a letter.
It takes about f.our days fo<r a
letter to g.o one way.
We work from 5 :30 a. m. until
albout 7 p. m. every day. This is
the damndest climate I have ever
seen. About 100 percent of the
.boys in camo have colds. The old
f ellows say we never will get over
them as Jong as we stay here.
Must close now and clean
rifle. Hope to hear from you soon.
A very merry Christmas and hap-
PY New Year to you all.
Very sincerely,
Merlin.
William Emmona
% Pm. San Franciaco, Calif.
LEE BROWER MEETS
MRS. F. D. ROOSEVELT
Dear Editor :
March 30, 1943
f I am receiving the Gr&P'hic
1 regularly and enjoy reading it,
1
thanks to you and the Buck A
Month >Clulb. I also received the
gif.t sent by the BAM and I want
to take this time to thank every-
one who is making it possible f<Jr
the sending of .gifts to the serv-
icemen of Harbor Springs. I
know everyone of us appreciate
it very much.
Yesterday afternoon I had the
lplea.sur.e of meeting Mrs. Frank-
1m p. fioosevelt at the Service-
-mens Center <Jn Mj.chigan St. As
you PI'?bably know, she has a
very mce personality; and she
to us <boys for quite
aw.hile. The Editor of the Ohi-
cago Sun, <Jr rather one of them
took pictures of her with
the standing ar<Jund
E_veryone of us tried to get ou;
!Picture taken with her but with

it was almost an
lmposs'!bihty.
It !s alanost time for me to go
to. drill and I will have to bring
this letter to a cJ.ose.
I .want you to know that we
serV!'cemen appreciate the thinos
you Peoq>le are doing for us a;d
I assure you we won't let , you
??wn, and we will be home when
It s over, over there

Harvey L. Brower.
P. S. In your issue of March 25
you made a. mistake about my
mother conun.g to Chkago Sh
ca!lle to Grand to meet
T
Whill you please eorrect this.
ank you.
and Mrs. Bohn ave lo-
at 513 Bay-st.
Harold Johnson will con-
the office.
1st:. Lt. Now
The promotion of Richard J.
Case, of Petoskey, from the
rank of Second to First Lieuten-
ant was announced recently by
Col. William A. Hatcher Jr., of
Detroit, commanding officer at
this Flying Fortress station.
, Lt. Case, 22 years old, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Case, of 623 Michigan street.
Before entering the service on
April 13, 1942, he worked for
the Sly Auto Company.
As pilot of a Flying Fortress
Lt. Case has participated in six
bomber combat missions over
enemy Europe and has been
decorated with . the Air Medal
for "meritorious achievement"
during these missions. He is
with the Eighth Army Air Force
Bomber Station somewhere in
PRIVATE PAUL CASSIDY
WRITES FROM CALIFORNIA
Nov. 26, 1942.
Dear Editor:
Though I would let you know I
have been transferred from Los
Angeles to Fort Ord., Calif. This
is about 100 miles from San Fran-
cisco. lt is the big.gest eamp in
Callf.ornia. Can't tell how many
troops are here but they go in the
thousands.
On our way out here by train
we were delayed two or three
hours. As we were coming thru
a "tunnel one }lit of it caved in.
One "'f the soldfers was hurt slight-
ly, -and .one who was
w<>rking on t!>P of the tunnel was
hurt. . The end cars <>f the train
were damaged some. One was the
diner where I was eating. The
troops responded swell to this em-
ergency. One <>four Majors who
had charge of us complimented us
l
;n- the way we .
This isn't quite as mce as m
Los Angeles and near Hollywood,
and the other towns we 'Yere near-
b as you have to go qmte. a ways
tr get to a town. The thmg that
makes it swell is that we a
nice bunch of officers and enlist-
ed men. - d th
On our way out we passe e
Lockheed plants, where we saw
some huge bombers. We also went
through the beautiful town of
Santa Barbara. Yesterday, on a
hike down by the ocean we saw
some large sharks. . ,
Best of luck to the b!lll team.
I certainly apprec1ate the
Gra hie.
February 25, 1942
Dear Father and J\Iother,
I can't tell you where I am but
I am smewhere in North Africa.
I ea t good and have a :barrack to
sleep in so I guess I am
lueky.
I went to town last night but
everything was closed up in the
French part of town. You should
see one .of these towns if you want
to have a good laugh. 'l'here _aw
good paved streets 'but almost no
cars. The .Frenehman ride bieycle
and the Arabs walk or Tide a skin-
ny little donkey. If we want a
taxi we get a cart with a horse
to vull it and an Ara!b driver tha
cannot understand a word
English.
I can count the money all right
and would get along all right i
I could talk French or Ambic. The
money is printed in two languages,
French on one side and Arabfc on
1
the other.
I saw a lot of camels on .the way:
down here lbut most of the Arabs
around here have donkeys.
1
You should see the funny old
trains they have around here.
There is a couple of Englisli
soldiers in my 'barrack. One of
them said he would like to get
into the American Army, so he
could get better pay. The English
soldiers only get $12.00 a month.
'l'he Ara,bs here are very dirty,
'but the 1French people are clean
and live in a part of town by them-
selves.
When we Americans go down
town the peddlers are so thick.
They don't boU1er the French but
they think every American is a
rich man and they sure pester ,us.
I guess we are rich compared to
them. When we buy anything we
pay a lot more than the people
that live here do. We sure see some
funny things around here. Every-
body walks in the street and the
cars look out for the people walk-
ing. Yesterday an Arab came driv-
ing a 1bunch of sheep the Army
post.
I got back last night from a few
days out on the desert where some
planes were down. The Ara!bs out
there were as nice to us as they
knew how to be. They brought the
chiefs tent f<>r us to sleep in. It
was real !l'ancy, red and blue trim-
med in white. We had food of our
own to eat but the Araibs cooked
for us and were mad if we didn't
eat it. They gave us rice and goats
milk for breakfast and chicken the
TIPPETT BROTHERS MEET IN ENGLAND
PVT. JOHN M. CASSIDY
SENDS THANKS TO BAM
Dear Stan:
Jan. 7, 1944
To-day, I take my pen in hand,
to down my note of thanks to
the Buck A M-onth clu,b, an-d to al:
that made it grow. That makes
practically ali of the Haxborites
Ito thank, it? Quite a fbig
order, in a way, but so big,
when one realizes the war column
is read by thousands, civilians and
servicemen alike. (That includes
the women in service, als-o.) To
all of you, responsible for the suc-
cess ()f the B.kM' in the past. -
"Thanks"!
I LT MARION BURNS
AMONG NURSES WHO
WIN COMMENDAT
.Sav just wher d<>es .Sgt, Reyner
hang out? It seems as thougn .we
should !have bumped into each
Mar-
vin !-for the swell letter in the
Graphic. and also .the top art-
kle i nthe Island newspaper, "The
Sentinel". 'Dhe points <>f interest
y<>u mentioned, in .the Graphic, are
S.;Sg,t. : R-obert J:ohn Tippet_ and ieaf clus.ters. At the pre- spots I have also visi-ted,
SJSgt. M."rio_n' Tippett, <>f ! sent time, he is -on furlough in 'Congrats als-o to Sylvester Pet-
Mrs. 1Sarah Tippett, Route 1, Har- Sgt. Marion oskey. - ar.ticles are most in-
bor Springs, met somewhere in went <>verseas in O.cto.ber. and is teresting, and so well worded.
Eng-l,!ulJd recently and enjoyed two in a _dispensory in the Mldical Your letters are a compliment to
days together. J -ohn, who left Corps. The third Tippett b!'lo- '
for duty in M'ay, has ther in the .'armed foTces, Pfc. The year of -1944 now !des ahead
been sixteen missions :and hl!)s Horace E. Tippett. is -stati-oned in of us - what it will bring, is hard
received and air medal and Los Angeles at present. to guess, but I know we'll be aJ.l:
------------------------------- in -there -pitching to win. We can
CPL. D. COSENS all the cards you sent me and
"SINGING IN THE RAIN" I want to say that you f-olks back
home atre sure "tops". Thanks
Gobbler's Knob cfor everything -and if I .ever get
1-6-44 -oversea;
8
I'll try my :best t9 justify
I
Dear Sir:
Just finished reading the front
page my latest Graphic and was
glad to rea-d that Darrel Smith is
g-oing to be stati<>ned in Berkley
pride in me and all my bud-
dies.
Sincerely,
"-Gosens"
for a while. Would you p!ease LEON BURGESS IN
11end me his address? Berkley is BOMBER SCHOOL
only fifteen mHes from here by
ferry and t>hum!b so maybe we cim KEEJSLER F'LEIJD, BDoxi, Miss.
together. I sure hope -so as Nov. 25.:.:_With his intensive Army
it's been -a long time since I was 'Air Fol'ces basic training already
'home and maYJbe Darrel can tell behind him, Pvt. Leon Albert Bur-
me what's g-o.ing <On in the old gess, &On of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn
hotne-town. Burgess, Rt. 3, Harbor Springs,
Dick Greenwell was here at the Mich. has begun airplane mechan-
IField about two months ago but ic-a;} training at Keesler Field's
I think he'.s m-oved now. I had huge B-24 Liberator bomber
a good time talking to !him even school.
though we had about half- Pvt Burgess was select ed for
an hour together. He says he the bn the basis of his ex-
thinks rthe Army is okay .but that cellent marks received on the
he wou!rd much rather be pounding Army mechanical aptitude tests.
/ the -drums at the Wig-wam. , T-he course a;t tJhis unit of the
make it a year of complete victory
<>r we_ -can this confli-ct.
Let's make it a year of victory!
In closing, let me pen this dit-
ty. I entitled it "Thanks to the
1B.A.M."
Thanks to the' f-olks, that
Ha!l'bor
Responded Loyally'-to the call,
AI\d made this small community,
The taJl'k, and the .great pride of
all "
Thanks to the .folks, Har-
,bor,
Who quickly the B.A.M.
Don't tell me that's -not loyalty,
-That they don't .give a D.A.M.
We, in the service, are ,behind you
a11,
We appreciate your gifts received,
O-ur slogam is as YOUirs is, "T{) d<>
all l
We can. 'til victory is achieved.
Wre, in the service, saw the
grow,
We remember when it wa-s a cu.b,
--Then Hke a 'bear, we. saw it grow
and G
1
:ow,
.:_Hats off, men - To the Buck A
Month ,club.
Burns of . Harbor
ISprmgs . 1s one of the nurse-s on
,duty at -the 12th Station Hospit-
al m Australia which has won
c-ommendation for excellence <>f
work The f.o!lowing
letter was wntten on December
13 by P. J. Carroll, Brigadier
, General, U. S. Army, Chie-f Sur-
r
geon, to The 'Commanding ,O;fficer
.Station
I
"As Ohief .Surge-on I wish to
officially COJl!mend the
the 12th Station Hospital for
the excellence -of the work per-
by that unit.
"The 12th Station Hospital
reaened Australia 10 M-arch 1942
a nd on 18 March 1942 'vas -
ed to permanent station in
lwas at that time, a .potenti-a:l om-
The. weather out here righ now Army Air -Forces Training Gom-
i_S! terrilbne. It's raining nearly mand wHl extend over approxi -
all the time and we pra-ctically mately 17 weeks and wm inc:ude
live in our The shack training in phases of "first
I s'hare w.ith six other fellows has i che1om.'' mamtenaJ1Ce f'"r B-24
AJ.oha ljjo all, and to
Best in 1944!
f
bat axea. Lack -o-f proper equip-
ment and supplies in no way de-
terred the organization from
estaJ:>lishing 3:n efficient, we!l-run
StatiOn Hospital. Occupied be<is
b.eds, ,were, at all times, far in ex-
<>f normal' bed capa-city. Med-
Ical personnel. although often less
that authorized by T-0 car-
all, the I ried -on their duties with espirit de
c<>rps not -ofen witnessed in a
until so tremend-ously -over work-
ond under staffed .. Other dut-
Ies required the initiative and per-
characteristic <>f the ori-
a leaky roof and we are putting "I Liberato-rs. .
-o.u,r st.eel helmets to good use. .'The last of the course I
Xmas wasn't so ba.d out here I place h1m m the. under
if you can <>verlook the rain we where!
had on Xmas Eve. Our ,chow is Will get h}s firs t taste of
getting much bette-r n-ow and I'm h1m. Up-on
beginning t<> gain a little weight. he Will ?e for
Before I sign -off I would Hke .me mamtammg stmg
to thank a:l you folks b a-ck home by keel;lmg them,
for helping to make my Xmas 1n g-o-o-d co-ndition, w1H be
. more enjoyable. I really enjoyed to a facto-ry or gunnery school. I
PVT. WILBERT KRAHN
IN OKLAHOMA
Pvt. Wilbert Carl Krahn, for-
mer ly <>f Gl'loss Village, Mi ch., is
now stationed at Tinker Field,
Okla. He is atta-ched to a qua.r-
termruS!ter company at this new-
es t esta.b-lishme!:lt of the Air Ser-
vice Command for the mai nt en'
ance and repair -of airrraft and
the training Oif air deipJ1 ' g-roups.
P-rivate Kraihn hig-h
in Ha1'bo-r Springs, Mich j
He was a building contractor be
fore he enter.ed the Army. His
parenrts, Mr. and Mrs. Arnel l
:KraJhn, re.side in Cros.s Village.
Your,s and Victory,
Jack M. Cassidy
of that un-it.
The -dev-otion to duty and tire-
less efforts <>f the personnel -of the
12th ' St2tion Hospital are worthy
Of commendation."
V . Burn.o is t he of Mr
.and Mrs. W. J . Burns of
[ She . a !t ended
High and obtaino!d her nurses
at the o! d P-etoskey hos-
pital.
Pvt C. E. Armstrong
I
basic training of{)r the Air
I have tQ complete 28 days . ibasic
I
here. After that, if I pass my
classification tests, I wiJ,; be sent
to a col1ege for training as .pir.ot,
navigator, Qr hombadier.
' I will be glad to !hear from a.ny-
bne in Ha.rbor and w.m try to
answer all I geL
Yours very truly,
Pvt. Ivan Greg<Jry

SNOW IN TEXAS
Camp Wolters
Jan. 8, 1944
couldn't wait to t ell you tnat
it is down here in Camp
Wolters. It has been snowing and
Mowing all night. night I
thfght {)f Jame,s ArthU!r Rule,
_ :wh was scheduled to go {)Ut to
B:a ed Hollow Jtast night.
I
' am not. affectsd much by the
weather an-d I'm in go{)d healt-h.
. Many have severe c{)lds and many
!
, Fort Sill, Okk , Corp.oral Robert are in isolation w:ards.
C. Cetas, Harbor 11!fich., 1 I am always looking for ward
has. entered Field ArtJller.y to a !furlough in the near futur e.
Officer Candi date SGhool at this I'm anxi<>us to go skating.
post. , I I am running shor.t {)n time SQ
Corporal Cetas, the son of Mr. I'll cl{)se, hoping everyone is well.
.Mrs. .L. Cetas, iRoute . Thanks f{):r the Gr:a.phic. .r read
1, attended Mic.higan -State f..rom the front page to the back
.lege. . . . '
Up.on completiOn .of the 17-week F' t 't M , . t '
C{)Urse he will be commissioned a . Irs I w!is It s
RAY ELLIOTT ON K,P: . .. I and II
Dear Friends : Tennessee were a d1sap.pomtment.
Th!l Gl'laphic has been arriving They were just extra 1.arge hEls . .
stea.dily and I want to thank It reminded. me a lot of Michigan
eve:ry<Jne responsible. It sure i! but the soil. was c1ay <Jn a lime-
good to hear some news about the stone subsoil.
gang. We s:)Jent . considerab1ie time
W)ould you do me a fa;;v.or? I've d'I'illing and two hours of pretty
lost track of Murray Gleas on and srenui().U.S physical traiming hut
I believe I owe him a 1etter. I'd so far my feet are not blis'teired
l'ike his addres1s if you have it. though they are a bit sore. '
Thanks. . . We are only 1 1;2 miles from the
I'm Qn K.P. and haven't tJ.me for Gulf of Mexico."
anything longer. so I'll close this
n{)te.
Sincerely,
Ray Elliott
Great Lakes,
PVT. ALBERT BESTER
IN SOUTH WEST PACIFIC
Dear Sirs :
Just a f ew lines to let you know
I received my copy of the Harhor
Springs paper.
It' s a couple mont hs o"'d by the
time it gets 'over he.r e, but never-
theless it is ver y interesti ng t o me.
I've been over here about 18 ,
months and I've been on two I s-
lands I can t ell about. Viti Leon,
Fij i Island and Espirt o Sant{), New
Hebrides Lsland. Must c.lose as
space is short.
As Ever,
Pvt. Albert J. Bester
JACK CASS.JDY
, EXTENDS BEST WISHES
Dear Sir:
Dec. 20, 1943 .
second lieutenant of feild artil- go<p.na .be Hitler an? HJr.ohit{).
!<ery in the Army Qf the United , - A deluge of Graphics arrive
States. Pvt. J<>seph E. KishegQ last 'Ilite - in. all, so . it loo
The Field Ar-tiller y Officer Can- l'i ke I'll leave the dime novels alo11
didate School, directed by Colone,Jo A BERT HEYNIG for a few ni.tes, and conceritrai
John J. Turne-r, is a part <Jf the SENDS THANKS on the hQme town news. ,
F.ield Artillery School, of which s.,Srt William Em.mpns ,
1
MajQr General Orlando Ward is Dec. 23. 1943 I know I 'should start 1bi:aggi-m
commanda.nt. __ . South Central Pacifie % Pm . .San Francisco, Calif. about our basket ball team,-
1
Founded in 1.911, the Field tArtil- .Dear F.riends: -------------- would, but--. After a swell start
lery !Scho.ol has trained thousands . . LEE GREGORY IN we ended up with a few disastrou
Of .officers in field artillery tech- ThiS Is: to let you kn.ow I AIR CORPS losses. .No a!ilbis, it 11eems tha .
miques and tactics. The Officer have received the very mce Chnst- we were OUt-played . .
:'Candidate ;S.chool wa.s {)rga:nized mas .. also and The foil{)Wing .a:re excerpts fT<Om
in July, 1941. Qthtlr mce gifts which you 11 that Lee has written his My wor.k here. is Mt what yQU
sent to me. I have .been gettmg parents. may think it is, 'but I wm say it
PVT. IVAN GREGORY tlie Gral>hic quite regularly i;{) .I Dec. 18, '43 !s very interesting, and I do like
TRAI<'NI-NG FOR AIR CORP get most of the news. J: am al- "There was frosif; on the 1t . . Tihat's all I can say, and all
wars glad to get them, even though of the barracks when We ao:rived I wolil'd say, even if it were pos-
FieJ.d, :r.nss. a httle late. . ,but It was soon gone and We we:re eible to tell all.
Dear Sirs-; Thanks a lot for the p.r$sents. ' sweating. We came down through The best <>f wishes fer 1944 t{)
Please send me my Graphiic I will sign off, hoping to see aJ.1 Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, all in Harbor.
(subsc-ription in . name Qf Lee >f you soon. I Alabama and M!i.!isissippi. We May God Bless yQu aD!
GregMy) to the ahove address. Yours sincerely were {)n the train two nights and "Yours and Victory"
ii am stationed here taking my A!<bert Heynig a day. , . Jack
(
KENNETH BURDETTE !,MEL V,JoN HOWSE JR.
SENDS THANKS JOINS
Dear BAM Members:
I a-m sor11y I <haven't written be-
fore, but have just been trans-
ferred to Gulfp()rrt, Miss.
I at last received the dollar you
sent me in August o0f last year
and a,' so rece.ntly received t he very
jhandy kit f or Christma.s. I want
to th:ank y.ou very much f.o r the
gifts. It makes one fee-l so good
when vou know the folks at home
are tih1nki.ng of you.
I am real1ly enjoying the Gra-
1 phic too. It is surprising how <you
[
see names of peop:e you know at
home with, some of tJhem. str-ange .
addresses.
I have been in a stra'Ilge place
for 15 and believe me, it
is darned nice to be back in tht!
goo>d old U.S.A. Wi sh everyo'Ile
were hack here too.
My best wishes o.f good luck go
out to every One Of them. here
and abroad. Thanks agai.n for the
gifts.
,sincerely,
Kenneth -Burdette
NAVY LT. MARION BURNS
Hello F-olks:
KENNETH E. DA VERT
GRADUATE OF ARMY
FLYING DE1TA:CHMENT
l
ED MULDER SEES
Aviation Cadet Kenneth E. Da:
I am just f i ne but very warm vert son of Mr. tE. J. Davert De-
for it is about a< hundred in the troit, Mich. graduated fro0m the
jsha1de here all day. : 1'6th A11my Air ,Forces Flying
I
I received the Xmas present and Training Detachment, W\icken-
thought is was s'Well. I w1as over burg, Arizo.na, Jan. 7, 1944, and
to see Marion Burns. Bory, what w.ilil h e semt to '3: Basic Flying
I
a surpri se. I was in the 'hospitJal BdJOOl to continue his training.
where she wcxks f or tw) weeks tCadet D.avert entere-d d'lying
and neveil' ran 1!1to her. She is on- training Nov. 3, 1943.
ly about two miles from where I
am stati oned.
You'll have to ba'lld it to Aus-
tra1ia. Everything here is over-
they have big spiders a1nd
lizards that are four feet 'ong,
they run through camp but are
harmless. Austra:ia is only fifty
years behind the U.S.A., other-
wise it is .not too bald.
Thanks for the pa'Per, I apprec-
iate it very much. , .
Ed
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM EARL BARGY
!Dec. 28, 1943
Dear Folks and a!l:
Just a line to let you know I
a:m still O.K. and feeling fi.ne anri
hope this finds you the same.
Received a letter from you to-
day and iWas glad :to get :it. Our
maiH service hasn't been so good
lately. I guess it is because of
Ohr:ilstmas, .the-re have been so
many otJher things to do. But I
think it be gertlting be.tJtelr
no;w, I hope.
LAWRENCE PETOSKEY Well I
1
h>a<Ve a more to
1
N HA W.AIIAN . ISLANDS write about this time, about Xmas
and other things. We sure had
Dec. 12, 1943 Dear Editor: a swell Xmas dinner this ryear.
Dear Editor: We had turkey and everything
I wish to expre'"'s my since-re . Having .been lounging ar ound that goes witfu H and it was good.
tha'Ilks to t he BAM for t he today, and reading the Graphic, We had OUr din'Iler at 6:30 and
fine gift kit which I have received. I decided that congmtulations are !then at 8:00 we haid a play that
I know it wHI be very useful and in order for the very fine j.ob the . of the hoYI! wrote..and
har. tdy for me. You know, the Buck A Month Club js doing for ta1nl'y Wa>s good. Had our mess
smallecr- we can pack, the easier PRIVATE WM. PERRY the men in the service. I sincere- hall all fixed up rwith a tree and
it is to carry .our things.
1
PLAQUES lv think it a gesture of warm a'!!! the trimmings. It was a 'better
I've getting the Pvt. Wi.Jliam Perry, Jr., the son friendship which is a .prominent I o.ne 1last year but I still>l hope
regu..arly, but _date IS a ,of Mr. a,nd Mrs. Wi!Ji:am Perry of feature o.f the Norther.n country.
1
I don. t .to !have 'ariother oOnt! up
httle late. However, It all the fl1aJ;bor iSp;rings participated in Although .it has been quite some ihere m these .I s!ands.
.me. I really read- th unveiling of two service time IS'i nce I have visited Harbor Well !here is the best of all. I
1n0' 1 ,, Springs, :J think most everyone saw two women l.ast week, they
"'A . r 'h :t th k th Cl b PHiaques in Lancaster, Pennsy-
g
am WIS' o an e u can stidol r.emember the lad they were the first I've seen in 19
.C th ' ' ft It . t' t h' t on 'Sund,ay January 213 .
.1'01' e g1 1s 1me o 1 e used to caH ''Steamer". A!oao mry months.. They were with a U.S.O.
h
th' .,,, b 1, f t "ht '1Jwo service .plaques honori'Ilg
ay ""' 1s WIU e a ,, or unLg . ff t brother Rhinmd who was known Their 'Ilames were Martfu,a
Best {)f luck to you all. l ,tly m the armed forces for his artistic touc<h with the O'>Drisc-oll and Ruth Connol. The
Sincerely were dedicated. One plaque hon- paint brush. men-....with the .show we.re Erroll
Law.rence P t k ' o0rs
37
men from the 600 b<Iock o.f I have only-. been in the Coast F.lynn, Jimmy Dodds an1d Harry
______ e_o_s_ev_ St.: Joseph >Street, Lancaster, and Guard two .months so haven't ac- Mendoz'a. It sure seemed good to
was dedkated at 634 .St. Josep'h that "salty" touch as yet. see some one besides soldiers and
1st Eng. Henry T. Wiseman
. U. S. Tra;nspott
rour-!YJore Leave
For Armed Forces
. A: Crago, George C.
Thomas, . Alvin ,J. Wakeford and
Charles J. Bleha from Emmet
left last week for Fort
Shendan and duties in the u
, .
They p;;1ssed physical exam-
inations in Detroit some weeks
ago and were .inducted at that
l time.
Street at 2 P.M. Mr. H=y Hes- r 'l f h
siser, state " Vice ,commander of I expect to very soon though. sal ors or once. 'I sure ope ;it
the o .rder Of 'the >Purple Heart, AJ3 .you ;probably know, I have isn't another 19 months bef:ore
been pretty much ove :the coun- I can see another woman, and I
gave :the dedication address, and try having lalst worked at the e- don't tihink it wiH be.
the plaques were un:veiled bry Pvt. u N I ., d 1 ii th' k
Pe.TTY and Miail'ga;ret Mil- lectrical bu,siness at the .IS. avy am nvmg t rue c, m
ler of the u. S. Army. . Yard just out Of Seattle, Qr rath- .I tsent you O?e bf :the pictures I
Pvt. Perry is stationed at the ' er on the edge o.f the .city <>f had taken w1th my truck. I am
Bremerton. Bremerton .is located working the day shift now. We
Ab!'!rdeen Proving Grountd. Md. about 18 miles fl'Om F-ort Lewis. ch>ange every two weeks so that
believe some of the H.S . . iboys isn't so bad.
\
are stationed at Ft. !Lewis. . We SIUre had a real snQW storm
RULE WRITES
FROM T+XA.S
J: undersba'Ild Tom Gm>ham is today, but J didn't mind it much
stationed prettry close heil'e in because todav wam my day off.
[
Maryland 'but don.'t _just Tell that t'he is _O.K.
know where. I woudd appreciate but 1t 1s too warm 1d' you sleep
BAM: his address very much. indoors. I use mine o0nly when we
Have a half hour or so before I have just gotten word that I move 'and have . to sleep on the
going to "Hells Bottom", SO will hav been recommend.ed for and ground. Our huts are nice and
Jan. 17, 1944
quaiified for 'a'Ppointment to warm to live in, sometimes they
write to thank you all .f9r se'Ilding IDlectricians Mate !School or pos- get to-o warm. Wie have good
the Graphic dow.n. I usually g.et sibly Radio. Technician. .J: haven't springs and mattresses and pil-
itt on Monday, so I 'am alwwys at been ,informed as to which .it will lows now, almost everything we
the head oOf the moaB 'line. ' be, although it makes very little need.
,I.n case you're wondering, He.Jls difference. Am having a hard time with t'his
Bottom is the area in which we I wou1d appredate a letter from Jetter. I started it this aft ernoon
spend tihe four days of our :any.one who would .care to write a,n)c! didn't get finished and now
two week fie.J.d training. It winds and promise a prompt answer t'() . the bo'Ys that work the gtra:r:e-
up OUr tactics a111d. for the most any, mail . yar d ,i,:f!t aTe up and makmg
part, our basic training. We have
two rrtore weeks Of basic. Here are my best wishes to plenty of noise. J:ust got mto a
Lee >B:rower arid anyo0ne t!lse who sqt)ahhl e with one of them. Now
I see Joe And Paul doW'Il here has been discharged from the he is iving on hi s bed 'aughing >at
quite often. Sure helps to see Service, indudino- Ike Troup. me. we .have an awful time but
soOme f ellows from home and to "'
have a "bull" se.ssion with them Sincerely, we have plenty of fun. .
Staruley W. Stutsman Am sending a couple more pic-
iliheilep.aper that mos.t of Curtis Hwy, Md. tures in this letter. O'I!e of
self and Carl Cabbage. Ca-rl IS
the fellows in my da.s.s, '43 nave thP. guy I just had a scuffle with.
been home on furloughs ''":ready. I guess r have all o.f my Xmas
Don't know yet whether or not packages now. I got the one with
I'll be lucky em<mgh to get one, the gloves in Ja,st so I guess that
but sWl have my fin gers Cr ossed. is aJ.l of t'hem.
Please excuse this delaryed ans- Guess that is about a1} for this
wer to the Graphi c. It takes twice time. Goodbye .and write soon.
as long to 's tart one as it does to Your son,
finish it. Thanks Bargy
Yours truly,
Jim Rule

IBOB ELLIOTT BACK
IN MONTICELLO, AR
J an. 25
De ar BAM:
Just finished reading the hom
paper and enjoyed the other boy'
letters a J.ot. I can hardly than
You and the staff for the good
work, and news you send to we
boys in service. Just how would
we know what was going on hun-
dreds o.f miles aw1y at home if it
wasn't for t he Graphic?
I have rej.oined my companr
wi t h about 60 other f elJ.ows who
:vere a t the temporary P.W. cam
J.n Helena, and am back in Mon-
ti r eHo. It i s guard duty every
other .24 hours now, with a nice
\ dd 1l _schedule in between. The
grub IS swell here and the weather I
has turne.d warm again. We di d
? a'Ve snow like J.oe Kishigo saw
m Texas. We ha.t! three snow
stnms s.o far, a.t l east that is
what these PeOple call them down
here. The temperatur e got down
to about 4 above zero and 2 inche.s
of snow fell. That was while we Dear Stan:
were sti].] in Kelena. ' This letter isn't going to take
Every.o.ne was standing ar,ound much room in the paper but it
chattering their teeth and look- will let the folks at home know
ing cold. that is except the boys that I am aU right and wish I co' uld
fr.om dear o'l d Michigan. We just be there. I 1 haven't recei.ved a
laughed at ' them an1d ran around' paper for over 4 months and I
(to. keep warm). Anyway it has don't receive n1uch new,s, only
1
really warmed uP enough now so t h:r.ough the few letters I receive.
person sweats once in a while,: I suppose it is Cold and t here
At night it gets damp and cool,
1
is lots of snow in KS. but tpe
but not so ba-d that you get real- onlty snow I 've seen is on top of
l
ly co:d. I'll trade for Mi chigan' a mo]lntain and then I was a long
a.n'y day, bli zzard, m 'nOt. I hea:C: ways fr.om it.
/the snow hasn't been very much I hope you all had a Merry
1
at home and hope when I come Chr istmas and a Happy New Year.
[home in Feobruarv there will be Mine was pretty good for being
some to see. so far from home.
; Well, we\]! tRa'Y was on K.lP We hearing t he Hit .Parade,
fThat was tOO bBJd. But what els but it has a new name where I
lis the Navy good for? Not try- am bu-t can',t put it -down here.
ing to warm up that old !Army!. How's schootl going this year?
Nvvy f eud YOU understand. How is the team lbhis
I read your l ett ers Dizz J .oe year? l heard that when we
J ack, iLee and Ray. The rest of were to play Pellston, orie of their
you guys I don' C know very welll ,pl ayers dield, but that is all I
but enjoy.ed yours too. heard. .
I've g.ot a big l aundry to tio; Well, this is about all for this
imagirie me. SO I'll close for now.Jtime and am ho.ping to 'hear from
Best -of luck to ali, and so long y.ou soon.
for now. As ever, I So 1ong,
Wm. (GEORGE) THOMPSON
WITH CB'S IN HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS ,
Jan. 21, 1944
Dear B-A:M Club:
. I to thank you for making
It possible for all of us to receive
the h ome town news. I r eceived
the paper while i.n "hoot'' train-
ing at Farragut' and enj.oyed it
very mueh, but have been on the
rnove eve-r Since anid am now with
the GB's in the Islands.
I like this branch of .t he ser-
vice quite we!':l and the climate is
wonderful, but I ca n a:ssure
anything you hear .about Beauti-
Hula girls is "Scuttlebutt".
Hollywood has all of them.
Yours very truly, '
Wm. Thompso.n
ROBERT THELEN
ENJOYS GRAPHIC
J an. 25, 1944
Dear BAM Club:
I have , been in the army since
the 16th of Novem;or, 194'2 and
was suPe gll:ld rto get a paper with
some news of what is going on
around home. but most of a];l 'to
r ea d the letters of the other fel-
Jows wlfo are in the service from
ar ound home. S.ome of them from
the f eUo ws who came in the same
time that I did.
The main reaso.n that I am writ-
ing this l etter is to give yo.u my
new .address so my paper can be
sent direct to me instead of to
the place that it us ed t-o be sent.
l have not received any c-opies
.of the Graphic since the first of
J anuary. They may be in the mail
somewhere .and may come as soon
as the mail gets straightened out
again, as it takes about a week
after I move .before it catches up
with me.
is another paper -that I.
iike to read and that is the
"Yank" which is a weekly like the
Graphic.
Wlill c.]ose for now, hoping to
this letter in the Graphic in
the near future.
I remain,
Pvt. Robert Thelen
Ft . .Preble, Maine
Marine Sgt. .Plummer Lang<ford
Overseas '
Granruon, of Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Peterson
.EO FRIEND LOOKS FOR-
WARD TO GRAPHIC
Jan. 23. 1944
Dear Editor: ,
It is about 'tim'e me to say
" Thanks a M.ih:ion", for the grand-
est li ttle paper in the world. ND
one can appreciate it as much as
one !n the service,- especially the
Servicemen's c-olumln, where we
fina -out the location of all our
frien.ds . Everyone of us is look-
ing f.orward to that grand an)d .
gl orious day, the Graphic and
every newspap'er in the country
can .put the big headlines "Peace
DeclaTed" in their papers, so we
can get baclc to .our families and
fri ends, a_nd settle dowri . to normal]
ife again. .'
Aga in, I want vo say thanks anld
ten yoil I l ook forward to the Gni-
phic each week.
Sincerely yours,
Leo Friend
Camp Callen, Calif.
Bob : Bill Davis
... -... -_-_-:.-:_-:_ ___________ _
LOUISE E. SCHWERTFEGER, BAM
BOYNTON BROTHERS WIDELY SCATTERED
S-SGT ANOY BOYNTON
Beth>le.hem in background
SGT. CLARENCE SCOTT
HOME ON FURLOUGH
.Sgt. Olarence Sco-tt. arrived
.Custer, Mich.
I
last Saturdav to spend a ten-d,ay
furl-oug.h with his wife before re-
turning to his !S'tatio.n at Hal'V'all'd,i
Nebraska.

(
lUNG CA:SSJ.DY RECEIVES
ArFRICAN CAMPAIGN RIBBON
Dear BAM:
Weil:t it certainly- has been a
l
lon.g while since I last wr.ote y{)u,
but n-o-w you know why the delay.
Yes, -I am in North Africa, where
I c-anno<Jt reveal. Wi s-h I c-ould te
ybu what I am doing and what a
part I am playing in the North
African campaign, but that's {)Ut
as {)f now. You realize it' s
ce.ns-or but I can tell y-ou after it is
over, I mean the war. It will be
something -to .talk about.
I
Last week I had t he p.: easure
of re-ceiving the North Afr i can
campaign ribbon and al so the {)C-
o<Jf visiting ____ __ , The
customs of the French pe-ople are
l!ure strange but true. As f ar
.as the enter tainment -goes , we have
the l:atest moyies, ball games, card
pl aymg ana such {)ther sports.
By a str ange c-oinci dence last
week l happened to meet a hoy
, fr-om Petoskey. First time I eve1
metsomeone from up that way
,since my induction. As usual we
bald a nice long chat aboQut Emmet
County ana its surr-oundings. Thf
whi stle just blew so I must bl-ow
so until the n ext writ ing break, I
!
must bid you fareweD, and unu :
then. keep writing.
Yours and victory,
Bing Cas si.dy
'RAY ELLIOTT REAL'LY .,
ENJOYS NAVY CHOW
Dear BAM:
Thanks for Murray's alddress
It was further d elayed due to m;
being shipped about t he time YOl-
sent it.
J d<> n't have very much time f.o1
letter writi'ng here. We are kept
, quite busy with -our c<>ncentrated
studies. I'm now in .Pre...Radio
scho-ol in Chicag-o. ,
This is really an ideal pllace. We
get the best chow the navy has t o
{)ffer, weekel).ds anid Wednesday
nights {)ff, and are free to walk
ar-ound the campus after classes
, are dismissed.
Being in Chicago, I thought I
might run acr-oss Smitty but ac-
cording to news from home, he is
far away from here.
Christmas was as good as could
: be expected. I had liberty from
Friday through Sund-ay. I was in-
vit ed -out to a private home
through the U.S.O. in MDwaukee
, and so Christmas seemed a little
: more like it would at . h<>me.
New Years Eve \Vas really
i s":omething. I spent the time in
my bunk getting valuable sleep.
We had to start classes the next
day so were confined to quarters.
Well, l gotta get s ome math
and stuff done f-or today:'s Class-
es, besildes, I'm not g-oing to miss
that delicious chow we have. So
long_ and best -of luck.
'1;
AKL.t. =: I .rll Ln. .H. I. .a. .... , ..
ATES MESSAGE FROM
GOVERNOR KELLY
Island -of Kau-ai, Terr. of Ha-waii
____ January 26, '44
iss Louise Schwertfeger
E;ditor BAM Servicemen.! s Page
Emmet Gounby Graphic,
Harbor Springs, Mic-higan
ear Louise :
' Dear Editor:
About a week ago I TeceiiVed
' two() cop'i es -of the Gr-a.phic. They
were August issues but sure
lo-oked go-od -to me.
I notlcE}d that you are printing
a lot of pictures of the hays and
oam -encl<>sing one of myse-lf taken
somewher e in Italy. It is as large
as they are aDowed to make over
here.
Italy ,js beautiful a.nd I have en-
Joyed .s eeing it but will sure be
gla n t-o see Michig-an again. Good
old Michigan.
I wLsh to thank y<>u again for
the papers. '
Best regards to you and all my
friends.
,sgt. Kenneth Pifer.
ELMER LINEHAN WRITES
FROM FORT BRADY
, Dear Friends:
Jan. 18, 1944
I wish to send my sineere
tha.nks to you friends of the men
and women in the service for the
giHs and the home town newspa-
peT which we aD appl'edate so
much.
It 'is hard to tell you just how
much the paper means to me, but
if you c-ould see us at mail caJ.;i
time {)n the day we expect the
paper :see the pleased look we
have when the paper is han:ded to
us yo<Ju would then kn{)W Wihat a
grand gift y-ou are giving us.
:After been statioQne-d in
several camps in -other states, I
now am back in the home state
otf Michigan and less than one
hundred miles from 'home. Need-
less to say that I am very pleased.
We have been sent .up here to
ilo guard duty in this area. Ac-
oording to the sc-hedule set p for
us, it seems we are to be very
busy, nut nothing exciting and
nothing -that is new to ,see as so
many -of y.ou o.thers in serviee are
experiencing.
Wiould like to send my best wish-
es to y{)u aJl, and am looking for-
ward to the ,great day when we can
all be reuni-ted with {)Ur 1oved ones
at home.
Your frienid,
Elmer Linehan
1
Happy to s av that an amended
censorship now aEow.s some talk
ab-out this island paradise in mid-
Pacific where I'm s!tationed at
pr esent.
'l'he isl-a.nd of Kauai is circuiar,
in shape; -only 555 square miles
and an approximate diameter o()f
23 miles. It's highest mountain
is 5,170 feet in height and is nam-
ed w a i<t leale (,'pronounced Wy-
aliy-aley). Incidental-ly Kauai
is prono-unced "c-ow-eye" and its
principal ciby, the county seat. is
Lihue (Leehoey) . Givilian pop-
js now estimated at 33,-
479. Racial des-cents predominaot e
Japanese, part Hawaiian. F-.ilipi-no,
Caucasian ("mainlanders", most-
ly) .
Sunday a truckil:oad of us went
sightseeing -on the northwestern-
most portion of o<Jur isle. We visit-
ed two wet caves with crystal-
clear water flowing through unex-
plored caverns and one dry cave
which has .never been comp.Jetely
expUore:d. We wallked 3;1!)out a
_half a mile into the dry cave with
f:ashlights. We saw the island's
:largest cattle ranch and a magn-
ificen-tly picturesque and fertil e
l<>nd known as Hanalei Valley, so-
'cal/etd: bec:ws.e -of its bear(if ul
lbeaCih, waterfBi lls and mountain
range. The Hanalei beach is con-
sid'ered the finest and a tourist
attraction in peacetime.
Kauai has nine sugar cane mills.
1
T-he :argest mill and plantation is
I the ' Lihue Plantation Go. Ltd.
which has a maximum production
of 185 t dns per hour. 'l'his is
"96.' ' .sugar which -is partia.lly re-
fined. Lihue Plantation's 194,3
sugar production was just P'ub-
lished arJ:l amounted to 56,598
tons. The L.P. Go., Ltd. is one
-of five plantations rail -
r{)&ds to tra.nSlJ'Ort the raw cane
from f ields to the mill. I've en-
ioyeg a number of times
by riding the locomotives of their
narrow gauge railroad since .drik-
ing a friendship with S{)me Port-
ugese shop-men and trainmen. Was
amused iSuntday ,seeing two s3ilors
-wearing- their dr-ess whites -ridi ng
n onchal-anti'y atop a swaying car
ro f -cane about thirty cars ba-ck of
the. engine. And I've reason t {l
be:ieve they .didn't go to the movi e
) r to a dance with their blackened
whites after they reached the mill
eight miles fr-om where we pass-
ed them!
T-his wUl intere-st thos-e who
have fishEjd Little Traverse Hay.
Last Friday there was a hukilau
(group o<Jf fishermen with large
sea .net) at the _mouth o()f the
Wailua river, our largest island
stream. It was the' first large
catch of the year and war time
m&de the c-ommuniby affair even
more c-olorful than peacetime.
The hug e nets' were torn. by barb-
ed wire and yet 300 b_ilsokets. a-
mtounting: 1to W,OOO poumds 10f
akule were caught. trans-
lation of "akule" mea.ns "old
m-an or woman" so I can't ex-
plain fucrther except these fish
are a b-out the si ze of bNok trout.
'Bob de la Vergn 'looked me up
a few ldays ag-o. Jack Cassidy is
.sutDPOsedly no:w here 10n 'Kauai
island but I've not seen him.
Frank Kaniarz of Pellston works
au Dist.ric-t rr,.te!Hgence. ,There
are boys from Al penR, Boy.ne City,
East Jol'dan under the same oom-
manding general . Unders tand
J.ames Campbel:< and Wlillie Wil-
liams are navy men in Pacific wa-
ters. I'd like t hem to write. Who
knows they might ti c up here, some
day, "
Appreciatel,d the service greet-
ings fr-om Governor Kei:w, pub-
lished on the 1Christma,; issue ser-
vice .page. And I also -extend m:v
thanks in apnreciat i'm of the BAM
Club actirvi ties. '
Aioha from the Islands. -
'Charles l'vl. Reyner
"SOMEWHERE IN INDIA''
January 1-4, 1914
"'!'he BAM Club-
:b<mmet Goumy , Graphic
Harbor bpnngs, 1\'licnigan
Dear Editor:
G-uess it has been quite awhile
sinCJe 1 have written a letter to
-the Graphic. . I started <>n one 3
o()r 4 times but never did fims-h.
Just received a couple of lira-
hies, 2 or 3 days apart. Sure was
glaJd ,to get them. One time in a-
:bout -a week and I received
twelve altogether and it sure kept
me busy reading them. . Sure is
swe1r reading the letters of the
:rest Of the .service men. As yet
,J; have;n',t :foUind any!body flrom
Har.bor :::iprings who- is i:n India
lt looks to me as though I am the
only one, It s-ure has been inter-
esting seeing the co,untry I have
but will be more than gla d to hit
the old shores -of the U.S.A.
Am getting along swell here and
the days seem to really be f:y-
ing. One thing I am really glad
of. It's comica<t to watch the dif-
ferent custums o.f the natives. The
-bazaars here don't lo>Ok anything
like any of the plac:_es back in the
:states. They are usually filled
with soldier's and the like though.
The GI's sure make a rush for the
PX when t he goOd old _American
rations ' >Or supplies in.
Thought I would come 1-:lown to the
-oHice tonight and d-o a little
ter writing. Like my work weJ,,
and we sure have a bunch Qf swell
Officers and enlisted men to work
with.
Well this year was the first
C)lristmas and New Years I have
SlJ'ent -overseas. Sure hope -to be
:home next year at this time. I
wish to- take this time to tha.nk all
the pe-ople in Harbor Springs who()
have helped to "lnake the Buck-A-
Month cluJ>-a success, and I must
say we a)l appreciate it. am
thanking you for the Graph1c, and
may this New Year a
lasting memory o-f the fme Wo<Jrk
you acc-omplishe!d in
of l uck to all the b{)ys m serv1ce.
I also wish to say "Hello", to Ja.ck
in Hawaii and my other brother
'who is als'o in the gervice, but as
yet I d{)n't know where he has
been sent. Guess you kn<>w I
mean "Bing". Will clotSe for
rtow, 'with Greeting from the Far
East.
Until victo.ry,
Sincerelw,
Paul F. CassMy
FRED BARTLETT IN
JACKSON MISSISSlPPI
Jan. 23, 1944
Dear Friends :
Thought 1 had better send YO'U
my address. I am now in Miss'is-
sippi. It is nice and warm here.
We have a. white f r ost nearly
every night, but the days are ,real
warrm and the sun shines every
pay. . .
Sur e wiD be gla d when this war
l s -over so I can come back
t here. It has been nearly three
yea11s since I was there. I was in
Ft. Lewis, Wash., two years.
I want to thank all of the BAM
members for the presents and the
good woirk they are d<Jing.
Sinc-ereloy,
-,
Fred S. Bartlett.
l
Cadet Leona.rd K<>sequat; ho
is stationed at Hope College, ol-
Jand, Mich., spent a few daysj in
Harbor Springs with friends and
spent six daws 10f 'his furi<>ugh
visiting -his mother at Grand Rap-
ids and friends .RJt
MRS. IDA WEMIGWASE J
RECEIVES LETTERS FI{GM
TWO SONS IN SERVICE
I
- Nov. 12,
Dear Mother: I
' Rece<i ved your most welcbme
l etter today and sure was swell to
hear from you. Your let ter f dund
me fe eling fine, a nd am gla ' to
hear you' re all f ine at home, too.
I guess I haven't been getlting
all your letter s. I get a letter fu-o m
you about twice a month, but I
got a letter fr om Theresa a tfew
days ago, and I've been answer-
ing all letters t oo. It surelv is
I
' swell that you heard from Dick . .
At leas t you know where he /s. I
I
would like to be with him. I guess
t he reason why he hasn't f an-
swered my letter, is becaus E1 I
1
must have put the wrong APt on
/ t hem.
Just forget about that old us-
ic box. It would probably ge all
s mashed before it got here
way. l
I probably won't get that kqdak
for quite some t ime yet. Thi nks
for sending it.
Well I must 1b e closing for ., ow,
and I hope my letter finds yoU. all
in the best of health.
1
Will be looking f<>r an answer. ,
Your son, '!
Louis.
Pvt. L. S. W emigwase 3 61 71Z 5
1
Med Let 2nd Bn 58th Inf
fcNAMARA SURPRISED
'
'
TO RECEIVE GRAPHIC
Dec. 20, 1942
Time 14: 00
Emmet C<Junt y Graphic
Harbor Springs, Mich:
Sirs :
Received the Graphic today and
W!IIS sure surprised. Thanks very
much. It sure seemed good t o read
oome news of t he north.
!
Have been her e for f ive weeks
now and cain' t say f or certain
In England much longer our boot camp
Sept. 14, ! 42 Will last. Hope it's not too -long
1 .A!PO No 948 C-o postmaster
I Seattle, Washingt on.
Dear Mother: as I'm sure getting t ired of t his
I finally am getting a detenti?n. Of course we have plen-
merry. I have b een wr\'
ters for two .hours now
that I .JUay r eceive da
soon. I have sk ippe;
I hotpe t hey'll f orgive n: at
I will be here at McCCl
, days basi c training and in
I
kno,ws wher e I'll go afte da
hope it' s Texas. ;
Well it 's "light s out" r j e
minutes so I guess I' d bet
by saying t hat I' ll b e a vi'
py soldier upon r ece1vn
Graphic. I know f rom p
penence nothing r ea
Iter than the home town pa;
Sincerely, '
Pvt. Dewev Gos
Co. 42, Bks 25<
. LSS
Camp McCoy, vf:..
LEE BROWER
ADDRESS .
I
t ime f or fi re dr ill, watch duty of
f our hours or anything e1se that
the , gold braid may think we
sh{) uld do to ma:ke us rough and Decemlber
r ugged. To t he Editor of t he
This is a real boom town. Right Emmet <? ounty GrafPhic : :s
now there are somewher e ar ound I r ecelV:ed the Graph1c wh\-
(six figures) , bluejackets station- was at Camp MoCoy and it su.\s
ed here. We have some good bas- seemed good t o r ead the n'i
ketball games, , happy hours- from home. . . ._
where some ibig name band- My n ew _a?dr:ss w1ll be
comes and entert ains
1
moving nic- Ar.my Recrmt mg and InductJo,
tures etc Center, 166 West Van Buren St . I
w' h Ohicago, Illinois. '
e are ' of g ood I wish t o e ress m tha k t

t he people in ltarbor
!llbout 8 inche a d ' t' . t ' ll . - been s_o thoughtful m send-
. s n I s s I com mg me Chl'l stmas cards
mg down t oday Th
ere ar e lot s of thmO's you
Guess I'll call t his enough f or can do her e that are r e:tricted
now and shove off. in the camp . .
. 'Thanking you agam and wish- Thanks f or the Gratphic. It will
mg all a Very Merry Christ mas be a l ot of company.
and Happy New Year, I remain, Sincer ely,
Harvey L. Br ower.
Resp ectfully,
pomt to answer your letter tht' t I \ ty of time to so it isn't
got las t week I was glad to ar so bad. We hit the deck at 05: 00
from you. I am f eeling fine; and each day and prepare ourselves
PROMOTED cHRISTMAS
doing all r}ght for now. I alsoj got for :. at then we have Lawrence D. McNamara S 1-C
the two .p1etures you sent . 1me. 1;> mmute smokmg per iod which UISNTS Co.
1
7
2
4 Alfred J. Shaw, son of Mr. and
an s or t e stamps. IS o owe y r i mg, lectur es, . v n rs. en !l!W, as een promot-
Th k f h
l
f II d b d 11
. Great Lakes, L Sh h b
You can buy me some cigar- physical exercise etc. , un- ' -' , ed , to Pet ty Yeoman
two cartons anti a t 1l 12 wh en we hit the n oon NOT. HING READS BETTER Class. He 1s statJ.oned at
Cigarette hghter. And that's .lme f or 'beans and coffee. THAN HOME TOWN PAPER Wllhamsburg, Va.
all I need for now. Th1s IS followed by a 15 minute
I went to London about period then it's general
weeks ago and I had a nice t ime routme again until 17:40 (5 :40 )
while. I was there. It :is . very hiee when we have our evening chow.
city, as much as I .saw of it: ; After chow we wash our clothes,
. _
7
- .J steel woo1 a nd wax decks, write
I .
letters and prepar e f or t he next
d;lly's inspection. This goes on un-
til 20 :4'5 ( 8 :45) when we prepare
f or a wond.erfu-1 night of rest
which commences at 21:30 (9 :30)
and may be interrupted at any
\ '
Dear E.di t or :
I under stand that you send the I TO MY SON IN THE NAVY
Grap.hic t o each ,boy in the ser v- It's nearl a r
ice If so then would you pl ease Y yea now, smce you
. went away
send .me t he Graph1c a lso. , . Of '
It is New Year' s Eve and I 'SUP- . cou,rse, you have b een :home
. . JUst one short stay.
POse every.one else I S _ J Yo.u have no idea .of the courage
\I
I it takes
i To keep- smiling. W.hat a differ-
, ence it makes
: When I go into y.om room 'n o
l smile can disguise '
1 How lonesome it makes me
I !br ings t ears to my eyes. '
I don' t 01pen t he blinds-no sun-
. l i.ght I nee-d ,
1
To shorw me how V'il!Cant your
1 roQm is indeed.
i I l.o ok at the maps you put on the
i rwall,
'The bedsprea d uncrumpled no
wr inkles a t all. '
, Your desk is unli ttered, not even
a trlllce
Of unf inish ed work there-not
a book .o.ut of place.
I go to your closet and OIJ en the
door, -
See all your clothes hanging-
! fe el worse than bef ore
f But I wouldn't call you back, my
son, if I could
You ar e doing your duty, as all
of Us should.
You are .one more grand boy who
is doing hi s b est
And I, j.ust one more mother ,
t he same a s the r est

Wor d has heen r eceived that
! Lyle Hei nz is in a hosrpital . in
.H!l!waii.
WAAC A.
Editors Note - The fol
lowing was received from
WAAC Abagail Balgooyen in
response to our letter to her
asking for information on her
branch of service,
anything we experience.
After basic training, the girl
is placed in some special
such as those mentioned above
unless her education or job ex-
)perience in civilian l ife" h as fit-
ted . her to go at once into the
fi eld to r eplace a ;man.
I am now in r adio school. I
was not consulted about being
sent here, but r eceived orders
because ther e is at present . great
need for r adio oprators. I am
ver y glad for the opportunity,
although there is nothing glam-
orous about the process of get-
t ing t o be an operator. The work
is tedious, fatiguing, very dif-
ficult.
As to some of the details of
our life, most W AAC'S still live
in hotels on an average of four
to a room, sleeping on double-
decker cots.
Gentlemen: -
I scarcely know where t o be- During basic training, lights
are out at nine o' clock and .the
gin. You already have infor ma-
tion rela t ing t o the various fields soldier rises at a quarter of six.
Beds are to be made and the
open t o the girls who join the
WAACS. The four main fields room cleaned daily and left im- ,
' d t t' k d maculat e befor e the first class.
are a mi:qls r a . coo s an When the girl goes out into the
bakers, commumcatwns, motor f ' ld
1
. ht t 'l
t t d r d

0
Ie , Ig s may remain on. un 1
r anspor an now a I . R d h k t
worked in the classification de- t en. e c e c IS at a quar er
. of eleven, except on Saturday
partment , I can say w1th certam- . ht B t t
d t mg . as1c rammg IS s renu-
ty that every effort IS rna e o b t th 1 11 g ns
h h n b ous u e g1r usua y a i
place t he girl w ere s e WI e . ht d f
1
b tt th he
t he happiest and the most use- weig an ee s e an
I f 1 Sh 1 d r sult of has ever felt before m her hfe.
, u . e IS p ace as a e .
tests and interviews. However ,, There ar e some types of girls
'it would be well for the girl to who should not join the
remember that when she enters They include the over -sensitive
the service she promises that she type; - the girl who is
1
will do anything, that we a.x:e of . peoJ?le ; one. who 1s easily
l fighting desper ately and that her' upset by - mmor
! own personal desires and happi- such wai_tmg m
' ness ar e not really important. lme, nmse, disagree-
Ser ving her country sh ould be' a?le dlSClplme; and the
h appiness enough. After all, the who likes tQ, get drunk ?c-
.J men go through a lot mor e t han! caswnally. In spite of anythmg
J ACK CUNNINGHAM SENDS I back home. who wer e in the cam-
GIFT TO BAM CLUB paign.
I 'l'hi s pa t ch wi!l l 1be worn by each
, Dec. 2, 1943 ',succeeding individual who in the
HeLo . Harbor: I future years will -do duty with t he
My .lett er s to the .dub I know ' F. M.D. Once the indi vi dua] has
are f ew and far b_ehyeen, but you been t ransferr ed from t he F.M.D
can rr est a>sured It IS of f he wi:J not .be all owed to wear the
t he need and not the hab1t _ pa t ch. (unl ess he is on fudoug'h
You in Harbor ha_ve done so i and !llctually was in t he camp'aign )
much f.or me, even more than the /They say it is not t;Je val ue but
"Buck A .Month Clulb' ' which ha:s the thought behind a gi ft, but I
dor: e more t hen words can ex- I bell ieve t hat the value, or better
press, but then again the "iBuck ' still, the prke, f.or this patch has
A M!o-nth" is Harbor Springs. In been paid it was too high, -but we
trying to show. t o you, my gratit - ,are tha.nikfui it was. no higher, an-d
ude I am sending the Club a the thoug}\t, well, this patch -comes
Christmas gift. To us this s!houl}d- to y;ou .mingled w i t h many
er patch is a symbol, one t hat we ' t houghts. too many, and perhaps
are pil'OUd of. To us it symboQ- to jumMed .to be wri t t en or told
izes the 'Marine Gorp, and even now, tr at any future dat e.
more personal!: y it symbolizes the I send all my f ri en-ds in Harbor
buddies that earned the right to and thos e wh<J have lef t my
wear it but will never wear it . W,e cerest wishes fotr a "Merr.y Christ-
ar e pr-oud of it, proud <Of mas" and a "successful New Year''
it, perhaps even to the point <Of and next year I hope to see the
being overbear ing, but without big t r ee in M1ain street.
t'hait f ier ce pride, you wouldn't Although bor n in N ew York I
have the Mar.ine >Corp. can't seem to caCl any place but
. The patch, was presented to the /Harhor home, s-o
First Marine Division by the Aust - change those h1lls, the f<J r es.t, t ne
rali an Government. The figure Hal:'bor, or those ",bJitz" blizzal'ds
<J ne stands for the divisi on and
1
in the winter because I want them
t he stars are the Southern Cross. /to look just I left them. Also
This patch is woxn on the left don' t change the people
sleeve shoulder hiooh. It is worn I See you after the game - were
only by present of t he leading - can' t let them t ie up.
F.M.D., and those on f ur lough I Gorp. J ohn W Cunningham
you may have heard, drunkeness
and immor tality are not toler-
ated and girls guilty of such
misconduct are eliminated as
soon a-s possible. A girl should
know what she is getting into
bef(,).re she joins the Ar my.
However, after nearly f ive
months in the service, I seem t o
enjoy it mor e each d ay. I have
met hundreds of very f ine wo-
men and there is a c<Jmradship
often experienced among wo-
men. I can promise that she -will
find the officers superior .women,
Well fitted for their r esponsibili-
ties. . Civilian life will be very
t ame af ter this. Ariy girl who .
is h ealthy, optimistic, not afraid
1
,
of wor k and who wants to serve
her country will like. the
W AACS. It is no place for the
the lazy, tlie selfish,
the intolerant. !
Yours very sincerely, I
Abigail Balgooyen l
LBONARD KOSEQUAT
APPREOIATE..S GRAPHIC
.Hi BAM's :
Just a 'l ittle Br eeze up your
way Missed the Graphic f.or
week and being so use to get t mg
it ever y week, I felt sort of empty
not knowing what ' ever yon e was
d01ing. Rea)ly missed it. Read
ab<lut the "Sea Going Bell Ho;p"
Mu!f : aty Gleason today. tGoulJ:d,
y-ou send me the "Doctor Jykell'
and "iMr. Hyde's" address. His
two unif-orms r emin d me of that
story . . It's ok Murl':i.'y, oM C hap
we don't mind y-our "b:oasting".
Save a few J aps f or m'e, eh ! I
like my brother J-oe, joined the
army to get away from "studying"
but here I'm -car-rying the same
t y.pe of bookis. he did I guess.
Wlel'J f olks, I guess you just
can' t realize how .much a home
town paper means t o f eDows a-
way. f rom home. we re-
ceive a>re newsy all nght but the
Grap;hic co.vers everything so that
if anyone of us fe'Jl.ows away f rom
home shouLd. by - any chance be
ab)e to c-ome b<ack we c-ould keep
up the conversation about the
l oc-a'l ha,ppening:s wit h anyone up
thel'e '!'hat alone makes us feel
c:Ooser to home.
.So in c'l osing I wish to sen d a
hearty a,pprecia tion for t he peo-
pl e who maike it p-ossible f.or us t o
get the good old "Home Town
Paper".
Len.
I
ISAAC TROUP PLEASED
TO RECEIVE GRAPHIC
Walnut Ark.
Dec. 23, 1942
Emmet G:O UJ)tv Graphic
D,ear Editor :
_I was very much pl eased .to re-
ceiVE) a copy -of t he Emmet Coun-
ty Graphic yesterday, and I wi sh
jio than_k you sincerely for it. It
surely lS a pl easure to sit down
for a few minutes t o r ead about
t he t hin'gs tha t ar e go-ing on back
home.
I think that your Buck A Mont h
is .a swell idea and I was sur-
pn se.d see s uch a long list -of
names m t he paper of boys who
in the servi:ce. There realLy ar e
Q,mt e a f e_w f r om Hauber Spri ngs
t nat are m the service, when a
pers-on takes t ime to think who
is in.
\ Here's hoping that the war
doesn' t last t o J.ong but in spite of
t hat r:m a long ways from
ho.p1e, a swell 'time a nd
like the army ver v much.
In closi ng I wish t o thank
again for t he Graphic.
Sincerely,
you
PFC Is-aac Trou,
Med Det AAF' BFS
Walnut Ri dge, Ark.
'The foll owi,ng selectees leave
f or Camp on December 30, 194 2 :
Bernard .ShawaniJbin, Benj amin
V. Phelps, Lee WaUace Ferguson,
Pellston ; Roland A. Warr en. Rob-
ert Ear l Ba rnes, A. William Hodg--
kiss,_ J r ., Dale Chauncey Hankins,
.F1ri:eal He,nry Reyner , Pet oskey;
Kepton P. Clark, Carp Lake,
Those wishing to see t he selec:
tees off, should be at the Penn-
sylvani a Railroad St at i-on nt 9:30.
a.m.
De-wey Edgar Cosem , Jr... of
Har'boir Spr ings, did not r e-turn
.fr,om t he I ndud i0n S tati-on and
ent ered Fort Cust er De.cember 213;
1<9-42.
"DICK" KRUSELL
GIVEN COMMENDATION
Dear Parents :
Just received two V letters
from you t oday and they wer e
dated July 9th, not had.
Well here it is t he last of July
already. Boy, how time flies.
Last July about this time I was
leaving the States, but it really
doesn't seem so long until one
starts to think about it.
Today several of us received
commendations to be put in our
records for the fine work we did
in the Sicilian Campa1gn. The
captain told us we demonstrated
a high degree of proficiency un-
der cond1tions of stress. Of
course it is an honor to gert; this
and besides it will go down in
our service record, so it makes
me feel pretty good. Maylbe soon
I can send it home for you to
see.
Well so far I am still 0.
and feel . fine. Hope Dad
my rifle oiled up and our flShm
gear ready because when I com
up we will be doing both.
Well I'll dose now and
of luck to you 'and please write I
G. R. (Dick) Krusell SM-3jc
Fleet PO 232 cjo PM
New York Citv. N. Y.
iii tor
G,EORGE HOVEY IN
SOUTH WALES
I November 18, 194,3
,Dear Sir:
I
I must :take a f ew moments off
from my duties to. expr ess my
1 thank,s t o you f ox sending me s uch
1
nice Chnistm,as -gi! t .. and a use- \
1
ful one t oo. 'I he kit IS very han-
,dy a>h d will fit iruto a field pack
n icer t han anything I have as yet
seen. The litt:Oe metal m.irroT
that is wit
1
h it is a gi ft in itsseH'.
Those sort of things ar - except-
ionally hard to get over here and
shav<ing without a mir ror is a very
ha.rd t a:sk that .is; a har d job to
finish without losing an ear or
par t of yo.uT chin. I consider my-
self ver y f ocrtunate :to have Come
I
from a communit y where the
townspeopl e t hink So much of the
' fe:.lows i n the service and away
I
f r om home. Speaking for
I think t hat we f ellows from 'Ha.r-
bor have a helluva lot to fight fo:r
besi des for our free-dom, namely,
Hfl rhor Spr ings.
I h:we found Gordon Terpen-
nings APO number and I wrote
hi:m,, but as yet I have had no ans-
wer f rom him. It is possib!te that
he has moved. Other than him,
I know of no one that is over he1re
in the United Kingdom I under-
stand t hat my buddy, Joe Brad'l ey
is in Bm ziJ. ( so my f o1ks t old me) .
I doubt if he w:ill like that beer
down there. I sure wou!d like to
hear f r om him.
THANKS FR:OM !
BOB NEWMA
Dear Friends:
This is I must do
now. even If on Gove'l'nml1
time. I am very ashamed o-f m
self for not writing sooner 'S
than'k . you all for the Cigare1
I received some time ago. A e
ple Of my friends got the
ment out of them. k
The ear
day before yesterday and lis
eve.r swe'J!t. '11he size of aU t.
articles .and case make it ve
fascmatmg! and u
ful to the fellows m the s ervice
_Everything is .111bout the sar
I
:VIth me except things are qui
1
mg down he'l'e for us.
. We have plent ' of work
Sides regu!ar time on dut
:-Our U1f.ue :Squa.dJr()ln Det.
. builot a pretty good area and
. are . kept lmsy . busy adding mor
O'l' Improvmg It. .Sometimes w
wo.nder if we're i,n a construction
inste,ad of Communica-
tions.
! I have found time to make my-
l
s.elf a fairly comfortable bunk to
on.. There are a numbe-r in
the makmg now. The frame's
ma.de of two. by four's with
stnps of rubber stretched and in-
ter woven between the frames
It sleeps 'lots better than
c-ots. -
Also Tells of
Life in Hawaii
Somewhere in the Hawaiian
Islands, August 24, 1943
Dear AI:
J
Reflecting on the views and
news from one of the Hawaiian
Islands . . . A free movie was
shown tonight in the messhall,
used as a recreational building
in addition to an .eatery. "Road
to Zanzibar" and "Bulldog Drum-
_PVT. REYNER
lifted to the extent that windows
facing the sea must be dimmed
a.t 8 p. m., total blarckout at 10
p. m. Civilian automobiles are
equipped with headlight black-
out shields for night driving -
Signal company enjoyed an hon-
est-to-goodness Hawaiian hula
dance show a week ago. Not
just one but four lovely maidens
presented several versions of
the hula, before the awe-struc'k
signaliers. Wonder why gyrating
hips and native melodies fas-
cinate these lonesome he-men -
Domestic electricity on this is-
land sells for Be for the first 25
kwh, 5c for the next 75 kwh,
all over 100 kwh at 3c per kwh.
(censored). One U1;(
remams open after seven in tl
evening. The USO is largely
sponsible for rounding up
girls for occ asional dances .
ter an evening show it' s possi 1e
to g-et a cup of coffee and dough-
nuts at the Salvation Army un-
til cur:few at 10 o'clock. Island
stores are closed at 5 o'clock
and by 8 p. m. all sweet shops
are closed - We are awaiting a
part of a shipment of 60,000
phonogr aph r ecords recive d by
the Hawaiian Department Speci-
al Services Office for distrib u-
tion - The army has been good
enough to furnish each organiza-
tion with one or two late model
radios, tropical type, capaible of,
picking U1p Mainland program
on long wave broadcast - Wis
I have one gr ipe -- I haveni.t
seen a Graphic since the fi;zost of
October; and t h,at one was the
f.o urth -of July issue. It .is possible
to send me once in a while? (Geo
Jne is mail ed t o y()u every week).
I t hi nk since thelast time I wrote
;he BAM. I have - been moved.
[ used to be in England, but I am
aow situated in South Wa-l es, 'not
By keeping my eyes open when
on duty .and hurrying I was
to- Pl'Ck up some good rubber
;that wa:sn'-t any go-od for
Its . use a,ny;more. Had enough
strips for a cou.ple other beds so mond" made up the double-bill
some feHo,._s were !rucky. The entertainment - No big-league
t_hing to worry about now ball game box scores in the
.!S havmg the rubber snap and island newspapers because of
wake us up. cable costs - Two identical
Two week a-go I ran int'() Abe twins were awarded the coveted
Cohn, East J:ol'dans f.oi'mers ,coach. Soldier's Medal for swimming
Have a booy m -our Squadl'lon fr{)m
to thank the Blue Star Mothe;
and the Review for a yeaJ
subscrirption to your paper.
Yours for Victory,
o- Pvt. Charles M. Reyr
'
OPEN LETTER TO FOLKS
t
ar f r om Cardiff I under-
tand, is one of the :argest sea
orts i n t he U. K. My wganiz-
ation has just opened up a new
h().spital, complete with everything
except pati ents Everyone is busy
get tin g ready f or them. I don't
like to see- t oo many casualties
but t hat is what a hospitai is for
so i t will seem different to be
very busy a ltl the t ime. Not to get
away f rom the subj ect -- -our camp
East J.ordon who had f()und Abe two hundred yards off shore in
Cohn. I came out of my tent and shark-infested waters fully cloth-
nearly r.an .int\> the two of them. ed to rescue a buddy seized by
It. certamly was a pleasant SUT- cramps while taking a swim -
pnse. - Blackout restrictions have been
AT HOME FROM BII:.L BAKER
Hattiesburg, Miss.
'December 22, 1942
Graphic Publishing Go.
Harhor .Springs, Mich.
To all the f-olks at home:
W e!!, I believe will have to '-----
Thankmg you all again for the
swel>l Christmas gift.
Sincerely,
Bob
is at the ba,se of Sug.ar Loaf
Mountains, one of the largest '
mountains in and boy is I
j t cold do.':"n her e .in .L Doyle. is home on fur-
wa:ke up lil t he mornmg (by re- lough VlSitmg frie.nds and relat-
quest) and see ;th e peaks of t hese ives.
mountHins cov'e'l"ed wdth snow. It _
is especiall y nice ar ound five in
-- -----:;::- -"'-:- West Point Instructor
. . , In the f irst World War General
mormng. when the moon 13 ' Burt serve-d in this country. He
sti!-1 shining on them. If I were was an ins tructor at the United I
cl oser t o t he sea it wo:d remind States Military Academy at' West
me more of t he harb'l r a t home. Point and at Fort Leavenworth
1
It seems odd to look towa'l'd the Kan. He was graduated from the
mountai n.s in the d.ay fthne and see War College in Washington . five
t'()wns builf o'n t he si de of them. years ago, and since then has 'been
It mu_st be nke in peacE) tim;) t o_ attached to the' office of the
see these at night, but n ow we Judge Advo>eate General's Depart-
c.an' t see a thing because of the ment, Washington. ,
black-outs. In fa ct -it is da-rk He was assigned to duty in the
here at ni?ht, the .lightning b1,1gs South Pacific a year ago. .
carry fl Hsh:ight s. , \ His wife is Mrs. Lela M. Bj.Irt
I see I am neai''y at the bottom of Michigan. The Burts have f dur
of the page, and the f 'rst S.gt children. Ernest M., Jr ... the
glaainl' at me . t.o get bus y, so I est, is a graduate of the u.: S.
must cloe. I wi. ;:h you ail a good Coast Guard Academy, New L;on-
wintrr , (wi t h lost Qf and I don, .J!p.d n oiW ensign in the coast
hope I may see of you by next guard on duty in the . Paci1'ic.
Christ mas. Happy New "Ye1r Three .younger children, -Marjorie
you all. Edward L. and Betty are atten d-
. ing private schools in New York
\
City.
RECEIVES PROMOTION !
Karl SchweTdtf eger, son of Mr.
and Mrs. c. H. .SCJh<werdtfeger ,
has been promoted t o Petty
' ficer Yeoman First Class. He IS
, at Will iamsbui'g, Va.
WAYNE ALLERDING I want to take this '()P,portunity
ENJOYING ARMY LIFE to thank all of you for the many
Greetings I have re-
Dear Sir: ceived. I wish that it were pos-
1 would like to have my ad- sible for m_e to write to all of yo:q
dress in t he paper, as I woul d like personally, but ' at the present I
to hear f rom the home foLks, am a little busy for that.
I am enj oying Army life here, I find that the Christmas sea-
but do miss local news. I son away from hoine isn't what it
Si ncer ely, is up to be. It s_ure. w9ul.d
Pvt. Wayne K. All er ding be a mighty lblue Chr,1stmas (It
Co D 87th Inf Ing Bn (sure won't be white) if it weren't
Camp Robert, Calif. fcr the kinds thoughts and remem-
- , ... Tances of you at home. Even
' ]' '!lOW eyery time I hear someone
. <Lars. J ac-obson, who has en- f inging or playing "White Christ-
m the Na.vy, left Monday I get to thinking of 'the
mgJ?t. for Det r oit t o report for Christmases I have spent
t rammg. . . m ,Springs and wonder
Stanley. . huSiband Q.:f how long it w1ll be before I spend
J.anette Kmdig Hatfi eld, has been anoth'er one there. l
pr OJ?!Ot ed t o 'Technical Although my Graphic rea-l:hes
stat10ned at Camp McCoy, W1s. me a lrttle late down here it is
Le:Roy Sterly, who is stati oned still greatly
is her e on furl ough' t mes the other felloWS in my
visrtmg h1s parents, Mr. and Mrs. r.oom wonder how I can find so
Henry Sterly. much to read in it. They it
Pvt. Robert De La Ver.gne, son .1p ;.nd are thrcugh with it in
of Mr . and Mr s. 13. W. J?e minutes OtT less. \ It doesn't
Vergne, is .home .for a weeks fur- ll". UC11 sense
0
.-o but I read
!ough. IS stat ioned at Ft. LeiW- everythil'}g in it .intcluding the
11s, W ashmg.ton. , weighty . de;cisi'()ns of the City
, Dads.
Perhaps when I get back to
Wisconsm in January, I wil be
1 able to get off long enougH to
get h()me for a w.hile but -dntil
I then I will be reading thost
of you in the Graphic. Keep uJ>! the
good wOTk.
1
Sincerely
Bill Baker,
Will Take Up
Gunnery Course
Dear . Momie,
Room 412,
Wednesday.
I got a card the other day say-
ing I have been given a year' s
subscription to the Review by
the Blue Star Mothers. It sure is
good to r ead about one's home
town, especially when one has
been away for so long. I have
received everything you have
sent me since I last heard from
you.
If you want to buy me a pres-
ent, I would like an identifica-
tion bracelet-just a t ag to wear
on my wrist to take the place of
the chain I have to wear around
my neck.
Well, I've been here almost
<three weeks and I'm not tired of
Dear Al,
Received you August 5th
paper and while reading it, it
made me feel like I was at home.
This .college training js quite
a program in training
Pilots, Bombadiers and Nav1ga-

Yours for Victory
Pfc. Tony Slifka
334th C.T.D. (aircrew)
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins, West Virginia
it yet. I went swimming yester- A warded Oak Leaf
day in the Atlantic ocean. It's Cl t p th I
r eal easy to swim in salt water. US er OS UmOUS Y
I'm a pretty good swimmer by Mrs. Leonard Swafford, of East
now. I passed all the tests that Jordan, r ecently r eceived the air
the Navy has t o offer. The las t medal wi-th oak leaf cluster
and hardest was swimming a awarded to her son First Lt.
mile without stopping. Keith 0 . Bartlett, posthumously.
I heard from Mart. All he He was killed in England on
.talks about is the good food he March 31 when the bomber in
gets. I guess he' s having a good which he was taking of.f collided
time. with an incoming plane, crashed
Two weeks ago I flew down to
Cuba and back. I was head
navigator all the way to Cuba
and we hit 1!he spot we wanted
to right "on the nose." Last
week I flew up .to Jacksonville
and back. We fl ew above the
clouds most of the time and had
to tell where we were by the
sun and the moon which was up.
There are also a lot of ways of
navigating by radio but you
can't always be near radio sta-
tions to navigate by them, so
we have to learn celestial navi-
gation whioh uses the sun, moon
and stars. We' ve had this al-
ready but I don't think they
have room for us right now in
the fleet so ,they are giving us
training while we wait. The
more training I get the better
and burned.
BartlE!'tt was awarded the
air medal for five bomber com
bat raids over parts of enemy
occupied continental Europe. The
oak leaves were awarded for the
destruction of om enemy a ir-
plane. Mrs. Swafford also r eceiv-
ed the Order of The Purple
Heart.
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Payroll savings is
our greatest singl e
factor in protecting
ourselves against in-
flation.
I like it.
I am going to try to get some
records to make records on so
I can send you one.
I had a date with a real nice
WAVE who is stationed in Mi-
ami. She is from Baltimore, and
has the funniest accent when she
talks. They have some pretty
good dance bands down here.
Miami Beach is just packed
with soldiers. In fact they have
practically taken over the place.
They have parts of the road
blocked off so they can march.
They have taken over hotels and
restaurants by the dozen.
navigation and star-t on four
weeks of gunnery. There I learn
to use an aircraft ma-
chine gun, which is what you
see in movies, being shot out of
the 'blistters in the sides of
planes. :Still nobody knows
where I will go from here be-
cause the first class hasn' t fin-
ished the entire course, but they
will this week and I will know.
In a week and a half I finish
I '-
I LEO FRIEND SENDS THANKS
. Camp CaDan, Calif.
Dec. 8. 1943
Buck-A-Mont4, Club
Harbor Mich
Dear Friends:
Rave wanted to write you be-
f o:re this, but they keep us very
husy he_re at Camp Callan. They
a:re trymg to_ cram all our basic
training into seven weeks and
what I mean they cram it There
is not one i-dll e moment from the
t!me :yve get up at 5:45 A.M. un-
til after chow at 6 P.M. you have
to have bunks made up and
your lights out at 9 P.M., which
leaves you very little time f{Jr
yo-ur personal aff-ail'!S
I certain!y want tO thank you
for t'he wonderful and useful gifts
you gave me just before I left,
and the party also. I can unaer-
stand now, what the other ,boys in
the service meant when they wrote
for the colu-mn "Harbo-r S(tlrings
goes to- War.''
Well, I better dose now.
So long,
Ens. Rob't W. Reber
U.S.N.R.-Room 412
U.S.N. Air Navigation
HollY'wood, Fla.
Bob.
AV(N)
School
November 6, 1943
Jewell Island, Maine
Review Printing Company
Petoskey, Michigan
Dear Albert,
I have moved t o another is-
land, and it i s r ather hard to
get along without the Northern
Michigan Rev'iew, s o I would .
like to- have you send it to my
new address.
My new home is a solid rock
whic'h is about one mile long
and a half mile wide, sitting out
in the cold North Ocean.
And I am SU['e that I will never
kick about that cold Petoskey
winter weather after a wintr
up here. Albert -there isn't any-
thing that I can write about up
!here, but I say again that
I do appreci-ate your paper and
v1iH expect it at my new address.
Yours truly,
Cpl. Louis M. Domlbroski
***
Cpl. Everett Marihugh isnome 1
on a furlough from Camp Howse, [
Texas, his family. _
.Sincerely yours,
Leo C. Friend
Pfc. William W. Miles
Naval Radio Station
Bainbridge Island
Port Blakely, Wash ..
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Cpl. Ralph D. Compton
340th M.P.&G. Co., RP.W.C.
Roswell,- New Mexico
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Opl. Alvie R Compton
Battery K, 212th C.A. (AA)
Seattle, Washington
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Sgt. Charles W. Eckardt
36194926-702 Or d. Co. M.'M.
A:PO 183-c/ o P.M.
Los Angeles, Calif.
* * *
Pfc. James L. Paul 36192363
1st Bn., APO 4333-A cJo PM
Seat-tle, Washington
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-"Review" ads get
1
78 EMMET
COUNTY MEN
TO DETROIT
16
From Harbor Springs
Are Among Those
Reporting
The f ollowing list of names are
men from Emmet County who .. !eft
f.or Detroit W ed. to take their Pre-
Induction Examination. Those
w'h<> pass make up a pool <>f eligi-
men for theArmy and Navy
anld will be ordered for _Induction
accoTding to Order , Number and
marital, s!;a,tus. . . , ' 1
Hari:ior Spnngs - James H.
Clark Gerald De la Vergne,
Frank E. Francis, Harvey H. Gra-
bow, Lyle D. Griffin, Douglas J.
Hill. Roy W. Johnston, Frank J.
K:us'hak, E'rnest Lauer, J esse A.
Levett, Glenn C. P,arks. Maur ice
E. Phillips, Maurice D. Radle,
Charles W. Shagonaby, Howard
R. Ta;Yi<>r. .
and L<>uis E. Holiday.
W. Andrus,
Gdenn A. Athearn, .Oliver A. Ay-
res, Martin W., Beer. George. H.
Betteridge, John J . Beyer, Rlc?-
\
ard E. BDlings, Clifford C. Chapm
Dale Chew, Gerald L. Cooper,
Richard W. Crick, Trevor A.
Croff .Mike Dainoviec, Paul A.
Danie'Is, Ri chard E. Dickes, Homer
H. Duncan, Floyd E. Engler.
Fettig, Steward J,i'. Gates, E.
Gibes, Vern L. Grams. Ph1lhp L.
Hannan, Fred D. Hoesli, Leo Hoff-
man A1to.n D. Howden, Arnold
R. Jepsen, George C. Keel,
EXCERPTS FROM B
He Is Somewhere
in Sicily
first thing that I look for' is the
service men's column! I have
been able to find out -where quite
a few of my friends are and
What they are doing.
I got quite a kick out of the
letter that my brother sent in
where he says that the only way
tha't he knew he was back in
the state's (Ft. Knox, Kentucky) ,
was because they cut off his
foreign servke pay. We have a
fellO'W her e that is from Ken-
tucky and he is quite a brag-
gart and I only had to show
him that to put him into a semi-
maniac. We all got quite a
laugh out of it.
MAN'S LETTERS ::::sw-
PARENTS
. Nov.7: Ihadave .
mg last night f ry mce even-
writing any <>rgot a!l abo.ut
even-ing in my f d and spent the
Ended up 'th nen s tent ta'l king
/
August 11, 1943.
Dear Al:
Just a few lines to the people
back home and to let them know
that I have a new address. After
having spent the last few
months in No11th Africa
1
I have
now moved to a location some-
Where in Sicily.
Our mail was held up on us
for quite some time before I left
Cpl. WM. WOODRUFF
!\.frica, but it was all waiting
for us over here. 'IIhere were
two Reviews dating back in May
in the batch of mail that I go<t.
most certainly were wel-
news from home. The
HELLO! AND THANKS FROM
HANK KELLER
There is a lot I'd like to tell
a'bout this country but I'm afraid
that it wouldn't pass the 'censors,
so will just hold off. I can say
that the people over here are
not bitter toward the American
soldier. They all say t!hat tthey
hated Mussolini but bad to be-
lieve in him or they didn't eat.
(It looks to me like they didn't
get an awful lot 'to eat, anyway).
I would appreciate it if
would send my paper to
new address. J
In closing I want to n
congratulations to the Revi6
on their ten years of service th '
they have given to all of us.
Sincerely,
Cpl. Wm. Woodruff.
Gpl. Wm. Woodruff 36151489
330th Ord. Mt Co. (Det)
W1 som h
Coa and Vanilla e zyce ot
tasted pretty good wa ers Which
_Took a nap rigl{t . ft . r
noon as I wo:rked ehr chorw
Jng. W'hen I .0 a t e
, washing ke up I did ly
ls'hed m!ne I ' a.s .soon as I fi -
for the three Jre
tent as they were 1' e ows m o
to use the machin a ' wante
and I had it The w .I e we eou
machine wo.rkin ey .JUst got t
.ing Yes its g agam th.is mor
ine.' a rea! wa.shing mac
Nov. 8 : Had
S!!rpr.ise .right afte;ery pleasa
mght. Game walk' chow la
tent and darned ing out of
wasn't wa.Jking th ' Abe Coh
It surpTised th hiOkgh our Aref
of us and we e reecc <>.ut of 'bo
<>ther right ff ogmzed ea
prise wore -;-soon as the su
'H d nyway.
we chat wdth him a
Wia;s prettyo a U:S.O. sho
He1ler san g ' . Little Jacl
for us I"' hg a number of son
" ave to 1 k Al
again as he's onlo be Coh
U:Iles from us and If a coup'l e
smce June. as been he
Nov 10 M'd h
1 mg t ana :r -J
got up fl'?m a nice sleep and n
h!lve to sit up for the rest otf t
Went to sleep about ni
Had been <>ver to
fnends' tent again, in fact t
four out of our tent and a cou
of other fellows neaT by came
We made turn overs with j am j
ly, and Cheese in them. B
WILLAR.o McNAMARA They ":ere good. Then we h
B_A:CK IN STATES some mce rich cocoa too just
APO 758, c/ o P. M.
NAw Vnrlc N V
fore I wen.t to bed. '
No'V. 29. 1943 Spent nearly aD t he day wo
March 30, 1943 He!tlo BAM Club: . around our p'lace of b usine
Buck A Month Club L. I., N. Y. some equipment with
Harbor SIPrings, Mich. Wellli.SI'm back m ti:le C
1
hlef op. This a
P. Kellogg_ Arthur W ..
Wilbert J. Liegl, W1lham E.
Meindl Herman C. Meyer Jr.,
Arlie 'n, Morford, John OliSen,
Eldon D. Peck, Thorrias G. Roil-
auld, Andrew W. Snyder .. 'Bryce
Steiner, Donald H. Sterz1k,
ward A. Sti11, Adelbert R.
Morrell Temple, James A. W1cker,
Robert P. Woodruff and Har<ry H.
Wren, and Do.nal-d D. Wells.
ust a few lines to thank you ddi ' J o I;s p ace so we won't get
1 for the nice gift. I r.eceived it new a :ress so as to get the paper. again; spent part of th t '
Dejr Folks: again I guess I'd better tea you: ni"'\ pt etho.f uls were ,flxmg new Sl
0. K. and it very .I was i,njured. dRring, the in- fooking up things to wor'k !ith.
1
much. We have to wear our d.og vaswn of _I m ba.c'k Yesterday I received four
11;ll the time, night and day, here for a few months w)hch seen;s letters from you includino- ag
so It IS a pleasure to wear them good, although N Afnca wasl?- t hydrated letter (thats .;'ha
on something comfortable and too . Nevertheless, I call the V-Mail down here). t
last!ng such as these spun-glass a:rgumg( wa,th Arab,s, sure <are up in the f ive hund
chams are. was half our pastime. ' bracket now 0 h
1
f
Ala.ntson - .Alrnold L. Allen,
and Robert C. Ulrich.
P]1ston - Wi11Ls
Donald Gro:fi, Robert R. K.abelman
Atrthur H. Laughbaum, Conn L.
Now,':anld, F!I'ank P. Skiba, John
I have been very busy the past ne ec c o a
J two weeks .preparing to go en
2
nd I thank you the Graphic, and of letters. Sure hope I'm h
Army maneuvers in Tennessee. the otJher gifts. befo<re yo.u get to t he thousa
They are going to start so.on and Yours respe.ctfu: y. Just about it. Two years
J. Skiba John J. S1ifka. Fred
W.alsh . J'ohn Wojan and Raymond
A. Zuikiewski.
Bll'utus- Horace W. Bosma . .
Levering-Archie H. Mallor.y,
and Edwin J. Strojny.
\
THE CHARLES BAKf.RRSEUNION
HAVE FAM.LY
Mr and Mrs. tCharies R. Baker
f E
as t Third Street who have
\
o ht the arm.,..
sons and a. daug m t of the
forces are welco.mmg mO<s. k
familY h.ome for a visit thls wJee .
Thei.r daughtet, Lt. E. ol!e-
phine ' B;aker, ;who l.s m the
Nurse ,Cotp at o
Bliss, Texas. a.rrived Saturday for
a week's T. B 'ker their
. Cpl Wilham a ' M' h
son stationed at Fort Custer,
igan, arrived TuesdaY. on : J y
w_ill last from 10 to 12 , weeks. . WiDard McNamara qct. tw? years more so
S I b 1 h - -- ,____.,.. _ _ time m 45 1s what we figur
mce . e ong .to ': p otogr.aphic fore.. Jt's sure pretty "'OOd to down here. '
Co. I thmk I w1ll fmd them quite .,
intez:esting, although they are !J;:Un one yo.u know after Nov. 11: I"ll see if I can't w
cons1dered a pretty tough grind. all time. . . some to you folks r ight now w
I work in the laboratory or dark- D!dn t sleep yes.ter- there .isn't too much going
room so either make or handle all First of the Yesterday I into another
pictures that . Come through. Also fellows the floor m our tent. low [rom East Jordon in f
exopect to get some assignments T:hen I' was just getting to sleep Abe Cohen brought hi:U aro
on which I will get a cihanee to go . when a fellow came after me for The boy remembered me alri
outan ta ce some:- Didn't have to- go and we played basketball aga.
I .as I had J;USt come from working each otheF in '37. They were
see you have thad a ,pr.etty half the mght, took me a whi!e to l'OUnd early in the aftern
tough winter in Harbor and get to 1 aft th t G I Wh I
hope caught up with I . s eep er a . , .uess I . en was away with the ma
y_ou by' tln.s tnne and Wl.ll con s ept three hours t?l'ough. inance Pian, but they were aN
Nov. 13: Wovkmg only one r---- ....
tmue . into a nice summer man on the night shifts again. So
close 1by thanking y.ou we sit up here at night a1one.
agam for the gift and if you pub- Yestei'da.y was a rugged .d,ay
!ish tthis I'd like to say hello and fm; some- of. the boy .. There
best of luck to all oof the other t I t f "'f
Harbor f ellows in the servi'ce qUI e a o o cement poured Was
same old .gang that did most
Untll we have Hitler back of the work. In the morning I
hanging wa!ltpaper, I remain WQrked with "Go'ldie" in making a
gain. near chow t ime. I took them
to chow and then we went to . a
show. S.aw "Five Graves to Cairo"
The four of us aren't anymore
than five mDes apart. The fourth
is, a boy in our outfit from East
J<>rdon but I never knew him be-
d pass and is leavmg o a .
son,
Jr. is unable to leave. hls
at :cam!P crowder. Mlssoun, u
his wife with their infant 4aughtk
is expected to thll! wee -
l
end from G-ould
Sincerely yours, ' II smaU taoble. PuDed my shift in
Hank 'Keller. the afternoon and went o.ut after
' evening chow to help the boys fin-
ish the. job. There were a few
pretty t1red boys when they :findsh-
ed and I was a little tne same way
myself. I gave <>ne O<f the boys
a fair rub down. l)on't know whe-
ther it helpd muC!h or not but :Charles Baker recently . was \
promoted to Gorpol"'ll.
jihe liked it anyway. ' \
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ROBERT CETAS ENJOYS j * * * JOHN M . . CASSIDY REMEM-
11-HOUR STOP-OVER IN
KANSAS C'ITY; MISSOURI I NO. WE DIDN'T MEAN TO I PEARL HARBOR
Dec. 29, 1943 1 DEMOTE YOU, LIEUTENANT! I Dec. 7, 1943
De-ar BiAM Cbb: Dear Sir:
It has been some time since August 8, '43. Two yea,rs ago today I was down
I have wrirtten to t hank you f or I Hello, All at Roy J ohn tson's, when I received
me the Graphic and the ' I've enjoyed reading some of la telephone call. rt ' was from the
!gifts. I sure enjoy r eadi ng the the letters from servicemen late Mayor Gene Pifer He tol,d,
paper and I always r ea d t he let-
l
ters from the rest of the f ellows which you print in the N. M. Re- ;ne to turn on the I turned
ih the service. It sort of keeps view, so guess I'll put in my two It on, and the. shockmg came.
one in touch with them all, even cents worth. that the peaceful Hawanans had
though you don't know their a d- First I t i th k th Bl been attacked r,uth1essly by the
dresses. [ - ' wan.
0
a!l e ue Japan ese. ,
I had a three day epass the 19th. Mothers very smcerely for The lives of millions of people
During that time I was abl e t o pavmg your sent to ;ne changed that day -both men and
get home and see the town and and many others m the serviCe. women. Some e.nlisted readi:: y to
soine of my friends as well as t he )Altho I've been away from Pe- the cause while :others waited for
foiks. Would hae been home f<ilr toskey for quite awhile, I still their turn to be called. Those
holidays hut l}ncle Sam said t hat enjoy reading of the home-.town- that were not fit f or the rigors and
he needed our gu'Oup of f e],Jows ers and I'm sure it's a very worth of militR;rY. trainin'g
down here at Fort :Sill by Christ- while air of the Blue Siar Moth- d1d their p_art by enhstmg on the
mas day. . ers to keep the boys in touch home front .. These latter peopioe
We had a very enJoyable tr.ip with ho folks and events were and :will not be at
down here from Lansing. The , . me . the front m .person - they w11! !>(e
transportation {)ffker at Michi- I m m the
688
th F.A. Battahon in spirit in th guie of shells
'gait State College was abl e t o get working _field ar- bombs. planes, e tanks: and
a couple PullJl!an caTs f otr u:S. all hllery. school m trammg and implements -of war - things that
the way d<>wn. We spent 4 hours teaching officers. It's very in- they made, or were bought with
in Grand Ra-pids, 18 hours in Chi- teresting work with field prob- bonds; war stamp-s, and contribut-
CI,lgo, and '11 hours in Kansas Cit Y. !ems under near battle condi- ions.
Mo .. so during .our waits for train tions and in all kinds of weather It seems on Dec. 7 that rich
connections we explored the towns and terrain. Lately the weather man, poor man, b_eggar" man, t,hief
and had a .grand time. n ld d t
1 f<>und that Servicemen can has merely been all kinds of hot. were a we e m P ._
have a wonderfu:: time in Chi cago Natives he_re claim this to be the call Amerlcll<!)
and Kan-sas City. In fact, if the dnest summer ever, a.nd Today, I am somewhere in Hie
in all towns in the country I m m no mood to w1th Ha.waiians. the same group of is-
gi'Ve the ho&pitaJ.ity that we. found them. My leave, wh1ch I re- lands where Tojo directed' his
in the towns that we went through cently spent in Petoskey, sure bombers. I never dreamed of be-
l know that a serviceman will a!-
ways have a good t ime. We all ap- made me appreciate Michigan's ing here- I am 'the' most su.rprised
preciate it m<>re than we will ever climate. of -all. It proves how ironic
be ruble to express in wor ds or aC(; - .Speaking of .that leave, AI, in is. '
ions. the N.M. Review of July 29, you I wish you were all here to see
The weather here in Oklahoma mentic;med that Sgt. Merrill T. how tru:J y patriotic and American
is veey odd. Her.e it will get ver y Stark was home with my sister, these nati'Ves are. I wish Y:Ou
cold at night, warm up during the Catherine. Not having been of- were here to see how truly peace-
n 'd ful these group of islands are; de-
day. "DY m1 -afternoon it is warm ficially reduced in rank as yet, spite t he installation of milita.iy
enoQugh- to go - Without [ still claim that it was Lt. M. L. defenses and buildings, then y"ou'd
wea.ring an overcoat. We are n-ow St k I
. ar . When was there last understand the treachery an-d
in our ramv and muddy part of .,
I
the year. At the pre:sent we have winter you put me in the Cav- brutality of these loy;tl sons of
l
no snow but expect some in a f ew airy and now you bust me to Nippon, a.s they are I can
weeks. Sincer ely, sergeant. Anyway, Al, I'm still a think of a much better nllome f.qr
. :. Robert Cet as lieutenant and am in the Field them right off the bat. It's ter-
Artillery and proud of it. In case rib.le to think that such a group of
anyone. inquires, by the way, peace ioving people had to be the
U.S. Ar,tillery is the best in the guinea pigs for tl)is war. .
ERNEST H. BURT ADVANCED
FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Col. Ernest H. Bur t , a New
Havener, wh<> as a student in the
Yale Law School, Class of 19. 17,
went int o the Unite d Stat es Ar my
fr om the class of Col. Robert M.
Danfor d, U. S. Army instructor in
military s,cience and tactics at
Yal e, has j ust been promoted to
the rank of briga dier-general, U.
S. A .. upo n nomination by the
Pr esident, for dis:tinguished serv-
ice in combat, somewhere in the
S,out h Pacific.
He is one of 75 high army of-
fi.cers who have ea rned promo-
tions, some by swccessful invasion
of enemy o-ccupi ed areas in the
South Pacific and others in North
Africa.
Native Of City
A nat ive of New Haven, grad-
uate of D.wight Gr amar School,
Hillhouse High, Mi chigan St ate
University and Yale Law School,
I
General B_ur t 's career in the army
has been mar ked by r a,pid promo-
tions.
.. He is the son of Mrs. Susan H.
F. Burt of 476 Yale Avenue, and
brother of Lester A. Bur t, of the
engineering depart ment of the
Sout her!'\ New. England Teleph<>ne
Company. His f ather, the late Ed-
1ward S. B-urt, was a contractor
whose home many years ago was
at 2-'3 1 Pa rk St r eet .
To talk -of the natives, on their
world. reaction to that day of infamy, is
But now I'm bragging, so may- interesting. Their views, I guess
be I should sign off. would be the saine; as if Harbot
Thanks again to the Blue Star Springs or any other town, in the
Mothers and I hope the boys can United States 'had 'been attacked.
continue to read the N.M. Re- Some couldn't believe - news,
view until we win the war. other's ran fO"r cov-er. #hiie
Sincerely, stalwart responded
1
with their
1 help to their hom.e lantl. I can pic-
Merrill L. Stark, their faces, fiVlell with anx-
2d Lt. F.A., 688 F.A. Bn. liety, dread, and fear. .
Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Today the sons -of Harbor are
all scattered over the globe. To
, Herrick, Shellrer
Meet in Africa
- those that come back, there
be much happiness, fcir they will
have succeeded. Those, that fail
t o r eturn. will Pot be forgotten,
Sgt. Jesse Herrick Jr., in a for their cause was upheld, as they
recent letter ito his parents, tells were t aught 'They, too, have
of meeting another home town succeeded.
boy, T!Sgt. Robert . Shearer, son On this dat e, to the B.A.M. and
of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Shearer, its many and atrmed
while overseas. The fact fs they member s, goes my _ deepest re- .
S A gair.ds. May God Bless you all, and
are !both in the same U. keep y<>u
11
afe. We'll return, but
Air Force outfit somewhere m when we do, we'll come bac}\:
Africa. t orious.
Sgt. Herrick, son of Mr. and "Remember Pearl Harlfor", an-d
Mrs. Jesse Herrick, Sr., recently keep your chins. up! . .
commended among 233 other men Yours and ViCtary
for service in transporting para- Jack
troopers for the invasion of Sicily p s Thaliks for the GTaphics I
while serving with the S. today - THkNKS A
Army Air Force Troop earners
Command, says that in the en- ----:---:--"'----
tire year he has spent overseas,
T!Sgt. Shearer is the first boy
from this state he has met.
* * *
November 27, '43
Friends:
I wish to thank you for .the nice
new one doUar bill. I j.U'lt received
Really it is grand to have home
f.o1ks remember Y'ou.
I kn.ow you are all b.usy getting
;ready for the ho'J,idays, It is hard
to become in:tere.sted over here as
we lack the weather to remind us
it is winter. We are now com{ng
1
into our summer and l'ainy sea-
sons.
Our unit wi.Jl hold "open-h<>use"
for a,J1 of -our friends. who are in
this Base Section. We had a
very nice time last yea,r.
Another Thanksgiving has
come and gone. We didn't fare
:bad:J y. We had chicken, gravy,
pota:toos, jelly rolls
ice cream. Some of our'
had pumpkin pie. So you see
we did a:l right. We fixed
baskets and put candy in them for
our patients. In the e-vening we
had moJVie,
The Special Service and Red
Cross wor k together and pwvide
some sort of enterbiinment each
evening fo.r our ambulatory pat-
ients. We had a movie three nights
a week, a band concert one night,
a bingo party with American can-
dy bars and ci-gars for prizes.
Sunday evenings they have a song
M-ost e'VIJirything takes
place in the street. Our patients
are pretty we]'] entertained.
Ed Mulde'!' is in our M .. P. un.it
within .a few miles Of me. He has
been -over twice to see me and
each time I have been out. I am
hoping soon to get to see him.
T am on night duty at present.
We draw a two- week turn about
eve.ry four months. I am ha'Ving
a snap this time. I drew three
wards and three very fine corp
men. It certaini'Y means a lot to
have men who are capable and
trustwol"t'hy, YOU :should see my
corp men put on "hot 'Packs". I
wou'ld. like to- see the nurse who
can do a neater job and be a,ny
more conscientious over them He
h a jewel.
We have some of the finest
boys in the worJ.d among our en-
Listed men. There just isn't any-
thing they_ won1._ do_fgr us,_:
Tom W-oodruff, from co , "$1,
. pas.sed t hrough tne otner day but
1 wa-s on duty and didn't get so
see him.
W e:J friends, I have rambled on
1ong enougn ao-out ouil' umt, so
c1ose tor tomght. ThanKs agam
.Lor the dollar.
Wishing you aD a very ;pleas-
ant Christmas with Victory in the
1
1'/ew Year.
1Sincere'l y,
Lt. E. Burns
MERRY CHR
FROM IV AN ANDREWS
FoQ1ks : /
Received the do'llar yoU folks ,
sent me. It sure c-ame in handy
and you don't know how much I
appre_ciate it. It shows that you
folks back home a-re trying in
eve-ryway to h elp us boys out.
I have been overseas over a yea;r,
was in Afrdca, S.icily and now I'm
somewhere in Ita:y. lt' has 'been
a tough go a'l.l the way but we',re
driving the enemy c'J.oser to "Ber-
lin" ' everyday.
tS.o thanking you f olks for the
doQDar 'you sent me, and I'm wish-
ing yoQ.u all a Mle:vry Ohristmas_and
a Happy New Year,
From
I
'BbJf ELLIOTT WOULD "'
.. APPRECIA TE LETTERS
Dear BAM:
J have read and re-read the
Graphic week after week, and yet
I have failed toQ write and tel.1
gang together.
I have to get to work
quit this bunk fatig'ue.
the next time, I'D just
and say
ngw and
& until
sign ofl
Pfc. FRANK SPAULDING
COMPLETES MECH. COURSE
Pfc. Frank D. Spaulding, for-
As .ever,
Bob E!liott
merly of 804 Maple street, Pe-
l
toskey, has been .graduated from
the Aircraft Mechanics' School
in the- Army Air Forces Train-
ing Command at Seymour John-
son Field, North Carolina. As a
member of the AAFTC at the
North Carolina base, he has spent
four months learning and prac-
ticing all types of aircraft main-
tenance and repair.
Private Spaulding attended
Central school and was employ-
ed as a locker room attendant at
.the Bay View Country Club, Pe-
toskey, prior to entering 'the

Dear Edit or:
I received the last issue of -the
Graphic from rny folks and sure
was glad to r eceive it.
You say you want the address
o.f all the men in the armed seTv-
ices. M.y .address is Etzel Har-
tung, Co. 16, Platoon 2, Coast
Guard Training Station, Manhat-
t an Beach, New York.
I wish everybody in Harbor a
Haq>py New Ye.,ar. All letters will
be ap.pTedated.
Sincerely,
Etzel Hartung.
P vt. Peter Wiklanski
ASN 36852715, 306th TG
AAFBTC No. 3, Bks. 229
Sheppard Field, Texas
Tony Sobieski 36460513
Unit A Special Tr aining Co.
Q'MRTC, Ft. F. E. Warren, Wyo.
..........:...
Pf.c. -Jay L. Harrington
36465687, 627 TSS, Brks
Truax Field, Madison,
LEON McDONALD STATIONED 1We sure gave good old Harbor
ONLY 6 DEGREES OFF Springs .the going over. He is in
EQUATOR the Marine Paratroopers.
I
I think I have covered ab{)ut all
P'ROM ROD HILL
nilii: II I I can t ell about this p:ace. I want
to thank you many times for t he
presents and paper s. You all are
doing a sweL:. job, keep it up and
we wi'll give them heck over her e.
Please excusP. the writ ing. I am
Dec. 18,
Dear BAiM Club:
I.hruve a few minutes .. so I guess
I had better drop you all a Jine.
Last night I received the 'Gra-
phic, the first in soone time, It
was a little -old but .it sure brought
my morale up quite a bit.
.r canT'-say to{) . much about
where I am, but you can get a
rough idea. We are in the middle
of the jungle. surr-ounded by thi{!k
vines and brush. At night the
birds and monkey's nearly dri<ve a
fellow mad.
Our living quarters aren't the
b.est. We sleep in hammocks and
fox holes. A fox isn'lt the
'nicest place on a rainy night and
we have .plenty of rain .
. It .is spring here and the rainy
season is on. You see; we are on-
ly six degrees o.ff the equatolf.
I suppose a lot of my friends have
wondered where I have been. I
uess I am allowed 1to tell n:.ow.
irst I .. w,as at New Galedhnia and
from there ,J went to the Can-al,
from there I can't say.
We had quite a little excitement
on our way here.. yellow dev-
ils attacke-d us a,t mght, but we
were too-much:. for them. It sure).)'
was a pleasant sight to see them
land in the water on fire. ,
Now a mtle albout my W{):rk. I
am a machine gunner, attached
to the_big g.uns. ___ w .e- w.ork. ii1 the.
day time Q'etting dug in for tb,e
raids and at night we bl ast the yel-
low devils out of the sky.
On my wav over here I ran
a.eross one -of our home boys, Kim-
ball. .Sure was . gla-d to s,ee him.
Pfc Ted E. Lugibihl
Southwest Pacific

the . service.
Sincerely,
Leon McDonald _
. . ---
J-ames Miles of Gam
Texas, accompanied by his wtfe
arrived M{)nday to spent his fur-
lough with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Freii Miles.
: American
: Private
B<>b Devenport is home {)n fur-
: P.hilippine Mili tary
Camp No. 2. .

(Back)
Imperi al Japanese Army
I am interned at P.hilippine
Mil itary Camp No. 2.
health is-exceJ:.ent;
f.aJr; poor.
I am-injured; sick in hospit-
al; under treatment; .not under
tment.
. I am-improving not improv-
ing; better; well. '
is
taken care of.
(Re : Family); Please write to
above address.
Please give my best ret ards to
e.
C BALLARD MAKES
SOLO FLIGHT
AIC Charles M. Ballard, for-
mer .Petoskey Sea Scout and
President of the Petoskey High
School class of '43, made his first
solo flight from the Lodwick
I SGT. SCOTT IS MOVED of Aeronautics, Lakeland.
' TO NEBRASKA on August 16th,. accord-
mg to a telegram received by
Dec. 29, 1943his mother; Mrs. Leslie Viland,
Dear I<\riends: of 621 Grove St .
.Su.ce I have moved I g uess I 1 t h
had better send you f. oiks mv newArmA C ehd m e
address. This is a littl e dif fe,..- . y -Ir orps In t e sprmg
ent place and we are v er y before the graduating exercises
I haven't receive-d the paper f or ,3 were held. His address is:
I
weeks. . AIC Charles M. Ballard
you very much, I r e- Flight G, Class 44B
ma.m . <:! 60th FTD
, Sgt. Clarence ... cott L d . k S h f A .
o Wic c ool o eronautiCs
Lakeland, Florida
T /Sgt . . Oliver M. J odway
ASN 16011892
Co. C, 926th Signal Bn., ASC
AIOO 638, cJo P.M,
New York, N. Y.
Pvt. ~ o e r t E. Gretsch
3B453121, B & C School
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Pvt. Stanley H. Johnson
36407550, Co. E, 661th Inf.
APO 360, 71st Inf. Div.
Camp Carson, Colo.
Cpl. Clifford D. Holiday
Med. Dei. 3r d Bn. 252 C.A.
APO 688, c/ o P.M.
New York City, N.Y.
* * *
Pvt. Don H. Herrington
1608 S. 0 . Congress 606
500 So. Paulina
Chicago 12, Ill.
* * *
S/Sgt. William L. Emmons
36159779
Anti-Tank Co. 108th Inf.
APO 40 c/o Postmast er
San Francisco, California
* * *
Carl Allen Barbcock HA-2 /c
Corps.man Quarters
Brooklyn Naval Hospit al
Bfooklyn, New York
* * *
Pvt. Robert E. Williams
35 Sqd.-528 Tng. Flt.
B.T.C. No. 5-509 Tng. Gp.
U.S. Army Air Force
Kearns, Utah
* * *
Cpl. Roger Weinrich 36410739
Co. C. , 52nd Sig. Bn. APO 923
c Jo PM, San Fr,ancisco, Calif.
EXCHANGE
P:fic. Charles Gail Wixson
cJo Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif.
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Three Tippett Brothers
Sgt. Wesley H. Neiswander
Co. C., 46th Engr. (GS)
USA APO 929 c Jo PM
San Francisco, Calif.
whose picture you see above
located at Camp Hood, Texas
Pvt. John Rinock Jr.
3rd Hq. & Hq. Det. Sp. Trs.
II Armored Co11ps
Camp Beale, California
"'"'" -'- -'-
Gokee Brothers
Brothers, Theodore E. Gokee
and Cpl. Harry Gokee, sons of
Collie Gokee, of Route 2, Petos-
key.
Opl. Harry Gokee
U. S. Army, Co. C
66 Med. Regt.
Camp Barkeley, Texas
L ew' s addres
Armed lnf. Reg't.,
Benning, Geor gia.
*****
~ r s Floyd Honeysel:t:e, Alanson
With the induction of Albert, Ellis and , James
Honeysette, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Honeysette 0 Alans(:in
became six star parents sons serving Uncle Sam.
Robert E. Stanley A.S.
Co. 856 10 Bat!t. USNTS
Camp Perry, Great Lakes,
* * *
Pvt. Walter Dow 16103714
New 7th Star Co., 3887 Unit
ASFRTC, 3rd Batt.
Camp Maxey, Texas
* * *
Pvt. Delbert E. Grubaugh
Co. A, 106th Med. Tng. B.N.
Cam1) Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
. Alb'ert:, Ellis ar:-d James
The above three brothers, having a ' total of nine
children, have b een accepted for active service and will
leave nex:t Monday for basic training. Albert, 3 1, a Penn-
sylvania railroad empl oye, has three children, a boy_: and
two girls; EHis, 36, a locai barber residing in_ Alanson,
has two boys, while James, 34, a truck driver for -Pres-
ton Feather & Sons, has two boys and two girls.
The trio is to report at Ft. Sheridan, IlL, next Tues-
day.
The other three sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Roney-
sette now in the ser vice are
Cpl. Dana Honeysette, 19,
Shrevesport, La.; Staff Sgt.
Lloyd Honeysette, 24, Camp
Cook, California; and Tech.
Sgt. Hobart Honeysette, 22,
in England.
CPL. DANA HONEYSETTE
,\
* *
Wm. S-2/c
2nd DIVISIOn, USS Lexington
cjo Fleet Post Master
San Francisco, Calif.
* * *
Leo S. Kowalski, S-2/c
Brks. 607-UP-156 Ser. Sch.
Great Lakes, Illinois
* * *
Pvt. Floyd Giggey 36859941
Co. C, 371 Engrs.
Camp Ellis, Illinois
NEW ADDRESSES
Pvt. Wayne. Reber
23 T:G,. Squad B
J el'ferson Baracks
Missouri
* * * Pvt. Edward Sobleskey
U.S. Army 4th Plat.
Co. C, 52nd Med. Trng. Bn.
Camp Barkeley, Texas

Orlie G. Baird S 2/ c
Co. A, Sect. I, N.T.S.
Pre Radio No. 1
34oo Austin Ave.
Wilber Wright Jr. College
Chicago, Il'l.
* * *
Sgt/T. Orval E. Coors
A.S.N. 36162538
18lst General Hospital
APO 883 c/o P. M.
New York, N.Y.
* * *
PVit. Leonard Darrow
ASN 36867994 FARTC A-2-1
Fort Brag,g, North Carolina
* * *
Pvt. Wallace Darrow 364531H
Btry. D, 554 Sep. CA, Br. AA
Camp Hulen, Texas
_ _..c..;*:._* *
MORE NAMES AND CHANGES
OF ADDRESSES FOR
SERVICE LIST
W. V. Williams, Y3C
C<>mmunication Office
Federal Building
San Frandsc<>, Calif.
Pvt. Lawrence J.
Hq Btry 80th F A Bn .
.A!PO No 6 Desert Maneuvers
c-o Postmaster
Los Angeles, Calif.
. - -- "*..----
Pvt. Edward Meyers 3645549'
QM UNA SGD APO LS-833
New Orleans, La.
* * *
Sgt. Charles E. Neiswander
130th Ord. Co.
Camp McCain, Miss.

Cpl. Geo. H. Shier 36421016
1st Rept. Co., 1 Rept. Bn.
501st Signal A.W. Bn.
Drew Field, Tampa, Fla.
---- *-* *
Pfc. Gerald E. Schlosser
ASN 36462489
67th Mus. Sqd. Lowery Field
Denver, Colorado
* * *
Cpl. T. Edgar D. Coors
ASN 36161950 .
8t_h C.A.M.P; Btry.
L1ttle Creek Mine Base
Fort Story, Va.
* * *
Pvt. William G. Welsh
Co., 5th Inf.
U.S. Army-APO 360
Camp Carson, Colorado
* * *
Sgt. Hugh Behan 36182560
I
Pvt. Helmuth W. Schulz j
36872673, 582 MP EG Go.
3rd Regt. UTC
Fort Custer, Miclh.
,-
J
Ser. Btry. 311 FA Bn. APO 79
r ln PM T.n'" /.1,.....rr ..... l nco
* * *
T/5 Kirwan Mulligan
860tb. Chemical Co. BTC 8
Fresno, Calif.
* * *
Pc. Bruce A. Craig
. 97th Repair Sq. OCAD
Tinker Field
Oklcclloma CHy, O}da.
* * *
2nd Lt. Donald R. Cooper
0-1822965 RCN Co.
703 TD Bn. APO 4745
c[o PM, New York, N. Y.
* * *
r:
Pfc. Edward F. Shomin
36158603, 888th Ord. HV
'Auto Maint. Co., APO 4823
c Jo PM, New York, N. Y.

Calvin R. Peters S 1/ c
U.S.S. Louisville, F.biv.
c/ o Fleet P.M.
San Francisco, Calif.
* * *
Pvt. James A. Wenz 36864282
S.G. 3, FHght M. 406 T. G.
Gulfport Field, Miss.
***
Pvt. Lee Palmer
Co. C, 20 Bn.
Fort McClellan, Alabama
Pvt. Palmer is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Palmer, 41
Liberty-st. , Petoskey.
* * *
Pvt. Bert B. Pierce 36410753
Hq. Det. USA FISP A
APO 502, c/o PM
San Francisco, California
* * * .
Ens. C. W. Russell USNR
Instructors School
USNAATIC Rood Field
Col'pUS Christi, Texas
His mother is Mrs. Edith Rus-
sell,' Russet Inn, Bay View.
- - --
IN A:RKANSAS
PVT. ISAAC TROUP
* * *
' whose likeness you see above is
stationed at Walnut Ridge, Ark.
Donald Taylor S-1 /c
Arm' d. Guard Gen. USNS
cjo Shoe Shop
New Orleans, La.
* * *
Cpl. L. R. Doxtator
APO 4738
cJo PM, San Francisco, Gal.
.............
* * *
Sgt. Donald A. Geyer 3618237
15th RCD Daniel Field
4th Trng. Sqd.
Augusta, Ga.
* * *
Sj.Sgt. Carl Buettner 36182584
Hq. Co., 1st Bn., 314th Inf.
APO 79,. cjo PM,
Los Angeles, Calif.
* * *
Roy N. Tillotson, AS.
Co. 1183, U.S.N.T.S.
Great Lakes, Ill.
* * *
C:gl. James C. Shier Cpl. A. Martinchek 3617
43rd Airdrome Sqd. , A.A. Base 697 Sig. A. W. Co. Co. APO
Pyote, Texas c jo PM, San Francisco, Calif.!
Pvt. Derbert E. Grubaugh
59th Station Hospital
Camp Ohaffee, Arkansas

MORE INFORMATION j APPRECIATES GIFT
Pvt. Chas. F. Foster
APO 702, clo PM
Seattle, Wash.
* * *
Cpl. Edgar D. Coors 36161950
8th CAMP Btry
Little Creek Mine Base
Fort Story, Va.
* * *
Pvt. Leon Burgess 36867904
412 TSS Box 149
Keesle!r Field, Miss.
* * *
Cpl. Harvey Oanell 36401808
Co. A, 87th Engr. Bn.
Camp Swift, Texas
* * *
Cpl. Louis M. Dombroski
Hq. Btry., 2 Bn., 240 CA
Jewell, Island, Maine
* * *
A. C. Erickson. USNR
4061 Bancroft Hot el
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, Md.
Pfc. George J. Petoskey
Platoon Go. 567th
Fighting Com School
Orlando, Florida
Pvt. Merlin E. Hartung
Plt. 1215 RDMGB
San Diego, Calif.
Lt. W. W. MacDonald 0 1288582
Hq Go 3rd Bn 169th Inf
,A.P.O 43 c-o Postmaster .
.San Francisco, Calif.
I
Pvt. Guy Allen 16088856
Hq Co Supply Bn
20th Arm'd Div A.PO 258
Ft. Knox, Ky.
Pfc. Richard A. W emigwase
Hq Btry 33rd F. A. Bn.
APO 1 c-o Postmaster
New York, New York
Pvt. L. S. W emig'Wase
Med. Det. 58th Inf. 2nd Bn
APO 948 c-o Postmaster
Seattle, Washington.
C 1 V L C 16109410
1
Robert E. Stanley, S2C
M
pd. Dantce
788
M.. oLa:yK B . TTSA,UIS .Naval Air Stn
e . e vu n. Banana RJVer
APO 444, Camp Campbell, Ky. Co.coa Florida
* * * '
Pfc. George Ford 36453099 Edward A . .Stanley S2C
AP0:4136, clo P.M TT.SA U.S Naval Air Stn
Miami, Florida Norfolk, Va.
Marine Recruiting
Station to Detroit
According to an announcement
by S!Sgt. Edward Wojcik, the
United States Manne Corrps In-
duction and Recruiting Sub-Sta-
tion at Traverse City, was closed
August 20th. . ,
Information concernmg enlist-
ment in the U. S. .corps
may be obtained by wntmg to
. the Officer in Charge, U. S;
Marine Corps, 257 Federa1
Bldg., Detroit 31, M1chi.gan.
* * *
Pfc. Basil Waugh 36160155
Bat. B, 252nd CA, APO 868
cio PM, New York, N. Y.
* * *
pfJC. Wm. W. Miles
Naval Radio Sta:tion
Bainbridge Island
P ort Blakely, Wash.
I
I
. .S. Sgt . Floyd Hoffman
3022 Kling St.
Na;como Heights
Rockford, Illinois
Pvt. W. J.oseph Kosequat 4549
580 T.SS (Sp) FLT-V
ALA!FT'l'C
Miami Beach, Florida
Pvt. Gelnn C. Babcock
Co. 3.5, Bks 2530
LSIP.S
Oamp McCoy, Wi s .
Pvt. Diamond D . .Spaulding
Go. F. Acad Regt LSSC
F ort Benning, Ga.
Pfc. Walter Serva
Btry I 94th CA (AA)
.AJPO 922 c-o Postmaster
San Francisco, Calif.
Pvt. John Serva
Go C 62nd Bn 13th Regt.
Camp J. T. Robins on, Ark.
Ronald Benjamin
Officers Candida-te
School Regiment
Destroyer School
Leo L. Ecker
Co. 1183 USNTS
Great Lakes, Ill.
* * *
Pvt. Harvey Martin 3o193184
SCU. 1909 Co. I
Fort Lewis, Wash.
* * *
Pvt. Wallace R. Zaiger
Camp Hood, Texas
No.ne are miore ho.p.eles.sly. en-
s]aved than those who false1y be-
iieve they are Jree. -
NEW ADDRESSES
Gordon W. Lake AS
USNR, Co. 1183, USNTS
Great Lakes, Ill.
* * *
ASKED ABOUT HARBOR'S AND GRAPHIC
BUCK A MONTH CLUB March 31, 1943
Denr Friends:
Stanley Wager, president of the I wish to thank YO u for the
. Buck A Moruth clo\l'b has received gift that was sent to me. It came
a from Earl B . . B.arkley,J as a very useful gift to It
MaJor Infantry, . Cen- :-va . s rsomething that eve. ry sold-
ter,. Fort Cusrter, askmg f.or full 1er and sailor can use.
particulars of the Buck A M,onth I also want to t;hank all of y<>u
club. -: , or making it po,ssjble _,that
I
_ 9raphic be sent to aH o'f us boys
IN COAST ARTILLERY m . Armed Forces. I
. . . Tea<im'g 1t very much.
Pfc. Marvm Jack Herr.rck is in I am getting a1<>ng fine
1
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Battery I, 9th Coast Artillery, at and like tJ,e service very mucili:
Fort. Ruck,man, Massachusettts. Ttb.anking you again, I remain
!Je Is an effort to get Yours truly,
mto the Flymg Cadets. Sgt. Robert
Atlantic City, N. J.
ROBERT FLESHMAN AT .
FORT BEJNING, GEORGIA,
_ Pvt. Robert C. Fleshman Divi- V-MAI L FROM
sion Service, lOth Co., A;mored , .BOB NEWMAN
Div., A. P. 0. 260, F.ort Benning, ' ear
Ga., United States Army, is a
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\ .T!ns last week I have .been re-
new address. R!obert is the son <>f i cehy
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hg I my/ back Grll>phics, for
Mrs Lola Fleshman, <>f Pine st. w I'C Wa.!i very thankfrul. The
_ news Is always great from the old
JAM.5BRADLEY town, no matter how late I
RECEIVE.S PROMOTION, It 1s. .
James L. Bradley, of the M.ar- After reading. the letters from
e Cor.p3, W:ho has been attending other boys m . the service, I
fficer Candidate School haa fmd that I wm o.n vhe same island
raduated as Lieutenant. ia as Allerdin.o-. Wo.uld ap-
ti-oned at Quantico,. Virginia. te It very much if you could !
. ' grve me t!he address and com-
JVIK::; .tsKAULJ::Y SUGGESTS pany assigned to S. Sgt. Ne-lson
A ROLL OF HONOR Allerd'ing and also Lt. Woodrow
Would surely be swell
If Nelson and I e<>illd get together
soon, anq. as Nelson said, this is
a very mce place here . .
"Why can't Harbor Springs have
a billboard with the names .o:f our
boys on an Honor Roll, as they do
here in Charlevoix," writes Mrs.
Francis K. Bradley.
' ISeems to me we owe it to
hem. We have an impressive list
.or OUr small community. Before
eaving Harbor Springs I propos-
d having their pj,ctures diSiplayed
n some one's window. You could
I am glad to read of t;ihe sue- '
of the Buck A Month club as
1t Is a very g'Ood idea. Nearly sun-
down so have to stop.
Sincerely,
Bo,b Newman.
ave a list of their names in your
indow and paper. My son John 1
's in the Coast Guards, Oxnard, 1 - Mai'Cih 25, 1943
Calif.ornia." ' The Emmet Co. Graphic
' 1 RECEIVES SWELL PRESENT .'IHar:bor Michigan
Dear . Editor:
Buck A Month Club: J,ust a few lines to let you
I - received yorur swell present knciw that I re!ceived tihe gift
the dog tag cord. Fr.Dm now on I'li /
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from the Buck A Month Club and
always use it as we always have want to ,all of you
to wear t hem. Thanks a mi-llion. much. It IS. a very gift
Pvt. Diamond Spaulding t? .mf us m the servi-ce and I
It very much.
I:!OME' ON LEAVE J want to thank you for the
ra,phic that I have been receiv-
1Sgt. Robert Newman, son Of ,g for quite , some time. I enj.oy
Mr. and Jyirs. Sidney Newman of ading what the other hoys in
, Harbor Springs, is .home on a 10 e armed forces have to say;
day furlough from the 3rd Gom- . d of c.ourse what is go.ing on
munications, Air Corps, Toipeka, ck home.
Kansas. Tlhanks again,
- GUEST OF Pc. Horace E. TipJPett,
Fort Sam Houston, Tevas.
Pvt. Henry Keller, 'who is sta- P. S.-Good luck with the
Lewis, Washington, uck A M?nth Club.
IS VJSihng h1s mother, Mrs. Sophie
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Keller o:f' Traverse street. Miss H b Off
D.orothy Hall of Greenville is a ar or Jeer
guest this week at the Keller 'home. I
t Levi Sterly, wiho is stationed at , Wounded
Jl Camp Howze, Texas ha.s r.eceived . S
the rating of SeTgeanil;.
SENDS THANKS Fred J. MacDonald of Harbor
I Dear Sirs Springs that his 2nd Lt.
35 Sqd.-567 Tng. Flt.
B.T.C. No. 5-509 Tng. Gp.
U.S. Army Air Force
Kearns. Utah
Pvt. Geo. J. Rotter 36459616
Cook & Baker School
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JACK- CASSIDY has been received' by
I 'l'hoanks a million for the swell Woodrow. W: . was
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gift yo.u sent me. It is very much 1 onded m action m Sici1y.
a-ppreciated and very tlhoug.htful l-
always remember Harbor Springs MARRIED IN COLORADO
Camp Blanding, Fla.
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Pfc.' Norman Miller 36169582
Med. Det. 36th Arm. Inf. Regt.
APO 253 c/ o P.M.
1 of .aH who. made it possible. I shal.Il[ PFC GORDON TERRIAN
. when I look at it. 1 Mr. and Mrs Alfred Terrian an-
Eugene E. Ecker . Tacoma, . nounce the mnriage of t heir son,
Navy Radio Sta., Navy 135 . Cpl. .[_oph Crus.sidy .- Pf.c. Gordon T'errian The wed-
New York, N.Y.
* * *
Pfc. Jos. D. Chingwa 36157245
Hq. & Hq. Co. 36th Armd
Inf. Regt., APO 253
c/ o P.M.-New York, N.Y.
C/o FPO-San Francisco, Oal. arnv_e ding took p:ace on Thanksgiving
F;Iday to spend :his fu.rlough with day in Colorado. The bride wore
hrs mother., Mrs. Lo1a Fleshman. a bea.utiful white satin gown and
H_e left We<;ln_esday for carried a bouquet of roses, and
lll_ng, Ge.orgia st_atwn- the bridesmaid wearing a loveJy
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2d Lt . Donald Cooper 0-1822965
RCN Co., 703 T.D. Bn.,
APO 4745-c/ o P.M.
New York, N.Y.
Andrew B?ynton, .so.n of b:lue gown, carried a white bou-
and Mrs. George Boynton, iha11 quet.
been promoted to Staff ,Sergeant. !---------_:_ ____ _
Andy <i-s stationed somewhere in
Africa.
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LAURENCE McNAMARAt!
GREAT LAKES "BOOT" i
NO PLACE BETTER
THAN HARBOR
'The most recent arrival at the Dear Editor.
March 12, 1943
THANKS FROM
GORDON BURNS
April 3, 1943
u s Dear Edii<>r :
. . Naval Training Station at . I ha. ve been re-cei.vJ'ng the J t h
Great Lakes, Ill. , from Harb-or G h . us received .t e last two co.p-
Siprings, is Lauren.ce Dale McNam- rap z:egularly and I really en- Ies of the Grap:h1c and the p-resent
ara, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. JPY. gettl!llg it. 'Dhel'e ]s no.thing and wa.:; very glad to get them. I
McNamara. He reporte-d to begi'n I hke .better than to relax with want to thank you for the pre-
recruit training last week. tJhe good old home town pwper in sent. It is somethmg we aH can
my hands. d 11
Now <Classified as a "boot,'' this j an we a a ppreciate any-
ne'w recruit is being trained and Well I have almost completed , thmg from the folks at home.
.instructed in various fundamental my Co-urse. I graduate April 3.
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I am now stationed at Scott
phases o.f naval routine, hardened 1 I an;t now a -pri vate. first cla_ss. I Field, Illinois. I have ,been here
the Navy's vig-orous phys- receive :f.our_ dollars more and about three weeks now. I am go-ing
1cal toughening pr ogram, and will f.our dollars m the army means an to school and consider myself
soon graduate from recruit train- 'i aw;ful lot or I should say helps an very luc_ky being able to attend a
ing a full-fl edged Bluejacket. At i awful lot. school hke this. It is one of the
time, he will be granted a j We are havjng wonderful best scho ols in the e ountry.
mne-day leave at which time he weather out here in Colo-rado. We I haven' t been able to find any
may come home. bad a very mild winter. I .boys from here, but have run into
Recruits in the Navy have a sel- hke It here but as yet I have n.ot some from Alpena and the south-
acti-on of 49 different trades to a p1ace I hke better than ern part of the state. But I am
learn in the various Navy Train- Good Old Harbor." always on the lookout for .someone
ing Scho-ols kf thelf qualify when Before I -bring this letter to a from home. .
takinlf thei_r _aptitude t ests during close I give you my sin- there IS vez:y little to
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recruit trammg. Graduation fr om cere appreciatiOn for sending the :Wl'lte about and my bme for writ-
a Navy Service School makes a pruper to me. mg has ended so I will close ,but
man eligible for a petty officer's Yours tt'uly, I want to thank you again the
rating. pra;:ent.
Pfc. Gordon Terrian.
BOB LANCTO WRITES
FROM MARYLAND
Dear EditoT
. I do not who is i
I
Sible for sendmg the Graphics but
really do thank t!ie thoug htful
One.
This is a very interesting place
you c:an really gain valuable wa;.
account o-f they are
all kmds of guns, ammuni-
tanks, . instruments, etc., all
tJn_e time. It Is surprising how some
Will' stand u.p and Otlhers won't.
. tMy wife was down from' Lan-
smg to see me over the weekend
I really appreciate-d the visit
' cause I haven't seen her since 0 -c-
(tober.
I I have not l'un a-cvoss any Har-
/ bor ;boys yet, .bu:t I imagine it
I won t be before I find an-
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other, locatwn, and hope that
So;Ple Otf the fe-ll ows from ' home
wtii be ther'e.
. To Pete Stewart and J ack Cun-
mng hl!lm: "What kind <Jf girls
have they got out there at the
USO's."
Yours truly,
RS. Bu-ckley Fjeld is 100 per Pfc. Gordon Bums Truly yours,
APPRECIATES GIFT OF ent for War Bonds, I hope Har- . . Bo-b Lancto.
DOG TAG CORD bo'r Springs is too. Let's ) GORDON TERPENING
'Tuesday in War Bonds and ETZEL HARTUNG NOW IN CALIFORNIA
Dear Stan: . - - ---- RECEIVES GIFT Dear Editor
It seems funny but I JUSt got H f' j
new dog-tags and had to get a JACK ' Dear Editor Mavch 23, 1943 J. been
chain fo r them, when I got RECEIVE j I r eceived m . True to trad T o sunny. C_ahforma.
one from tihe Buck A Mont:n nle . . Graphic and al; Issue .of the during a rai/ Jon we wrnved here
Clu-b, so Y?U can see it really now, they tell -me Cord. I want to a very nice l to
wau appreciated. I m too old to follow mY young ) A Month club very much comparison to J B Th Y m
thle t!e
you,_. are. gettmg such' fme J!ps or Germans the same so have a clwb that th; that e ave to uphold
era cJOr:t from the people at orne rah 'ts and deer. home t own paper. His pw er come Am at an airfiel , . .
and t ra pe0l:!le w;ho s if\med do I made my application to go a out e':ery Thursday jusf like th! combat area so we are In
there. ,Also thmk Mrs. I a n . t reter with tthe- Coast Guar Graphic. He is from Mi ssouri else. n say much
Hall' s idea is a very good o;Ie be- m erp e land in FraHce, but How co.me you folks Wish t o tJhank
cause most of us feH.ows know \when w no results yet. It is be -are still having winter?
0
e the man fl'ien Your paper and
the fellows who have tsummered have .haf? that I t ell 'ou don't know it's s;pri ng? We 'seem t Y'bU ossible lor th ds making it
t
h cause o ' d k gettin-"' ll f o e . e serv1ce men t
a ,ome. R . . nybody tell you you are ol ' ee h !'> a o our .A,pril showers Ce!Ve t he Gmph;c It 1J o re-
I see that Tommy . os-s Is. m a t ' lenty of carrots an e::e m Rlfode Island, as it has t a lot to us w . rea Y means
tihe Navy., Also he IS marned. en ea mg o; will be able to ru ramed about every ot'her day f-or I 'mow ould let me
Still haven't met any fellows ' IY'tr everything but the the two or three weeks. J .:'lease? y Davert s address
fr-om but all?- to ra"t,el. me. Why am I not I. Will , close now and thanks I really like .
get shipped out Withm a month don t bel . ? They .an tell me !lgam for the paper and gift It t he sun . t Jt he_re. Just now
a'rt d wi::'l prCi'h8.bly meet iSome year5 but I still tlhink IS really appredated. . . .ihg out IS ou &o thmgs are dry-
then do mY part Etzel Hartun1g
. Best of luek to all, can do much better. . d t Nemport R'h-od ' IsLand. God bless you
Bob Lancto I received your mce og .. . ' . e Tel'oe.ni ,
- . T:hank you very much for remem- WOULD APPRECI
. C--'-----"---= :.bering to C HEARING FROM. HA:J5R
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. day . everyone

. San Frencisco . .
e es ef Jacques Foret April 2, 1943 Dear Sir: pnl 5, 1943
Creek Editor: enj<>y reading the Gre-
F
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. y 'Se' r' VI. ce \..-. r receive-d the .gift a few days p Ie ag.am so' please start se-ndi'n
Or
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ago and I want to thank all the It to my n dd g
_ Mrs. Sarah Schiedel . ew -re.ss.
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members -of the Buck A Month I w1B .be g-omg to qu,a.rtennast-
Anot her Emmet County con- ox Club ""ho sent it to me. It 1s ' a e'!' school here for LG week
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tingent left Wednesday to re- Petoskey, Mich. useful gift and I appreciate it month will be
port for active . Dear Aunt and Uncle: ' very much.
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mg Morse eode and
Those reporting for duty With Re.ceind your welcome letter Mrs. J who is Mrs. Ar- the mternational flags . . Tih last
the a
rm Y 'are: Michael B_ eer, An- l . . l ased to hear from you. thur Wards sister, and formerly three months will .be s net .
All
anc very P e, . a resident of Harhol' in- Jearn' pe m
drew Foley'
Floyd
Gig.gey, en f tl , _
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Yes, I received a copy o Je vited one of my shipmates and .my- ship Th rt u seaman-
LeiS
. mer , Raymond Riddle. , o-
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t h h '1 t s d f e qua er.master school IS.
f Re'
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.e,v. Sure !!lad to get it as I se i o :_ er orne as un ay. -or.a one of the be t d
bert Williams, Wallace Zaiger o M J 1 s an most
B t ft t
h' k a:bout the people in weH dmner. rs. ackson ' IVes m mg offered by the Navy
Petoskey; Jack Ward o_yn on,
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0-aklan'd, ac'l'01:1.5 the hay from San W 1J h
Robert Elliot, Joseph Kishego, Emmet county. News here m this rancisco. clea-d up Th
Leonard Kosequat, Robert Ward far od'f country is welcome. I was promote-d to Ye-oman 2nd you in adyanee I . c s. an mg
of Harbor ..Sp;rings; Irving D. I presume you know at this lass, tbe first of April. Thanks I
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Holiday of Pel:lston and Fenton gain foil'_ .gift and for sending
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e the Nazis are driven out of h Granh1c very week p S W 1 vU<:N
Bathke of Alanson.
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.... e . ou d appreciate h
Gerald Fryczynski, of . Petos- this country. In other words the W. the folks in Harboo.-. earme
key will report for duty war is over right here and the YZC, USN
the navy. .foolish Grmans should kn01w by
GEORGE KRAMER thi:s time that it doesn't pay to BAKER ATTENDING
PROMOTED TO I monkey with the good old U.S.A. ARMY CLERKS SCHOOL
CORPORAL TECHNICIAN It was a job well done. Pfc. William Baker, who is reg-
Brig. Gen. John M. Wil.liiS., I hope this letter finds you ularly at CaJ'!l'P McGoy,
camp -cc:mmander, tto.dafy Pavtnnofu_nct people in the best of health and Wis.; is . taking an eJ.ght
ed the appointmen o . 1rs cour se for Army Clerks at . lSSJS-
J K RF
:n 1 tell everybody hello. H d
c1ass George . ramer, UJ sippi Southern College. "
Harbor Spr ings, Michigan to Cor- '1'. R. Stuelbing dress is Co. A, Student Trammg
poral 'Technician in the Medical North West Africa Ba.ttalion, Enl. Br. No. 2,. !--d:
Department of 'the United States .rr.aining Command - ministrative Schools,

Army. Corporal Techni cian Kra_m- APO 525, New York, N. Y. Southern College, Hatt1esburg,
er is connec.ted with the Sernce Mississippi
Co., 1608th S.U. at Camp Grant.
MAKES A FELLOW FEEL
GOOD TO BE REMEMBERED
Dear Editor:
I wish to thank the Buck A
Month club !or the gift t hey sen;t
me. It really makes a: fellow feel
g-ood to . thi that the people
.baJck home a:z:e behind him.
I have been very busy driving
my jeep lately. I wish that all
folks hack home could see me m
my jee,p. I drive all over the c-oun-
try here and I have seen quit e a
lot o.f Calitf.ornia. I drove across
Woodruff Ba.cl{ in States,
R-eview a "Life Saver"
A.pril 27, 1943
BOB FLESHMAN WRITES
FROM GEORGIA
JUST RELEASED FROM
HOSPITAL
GLAD H. S. IS 100% BEHIND
BOYS IN SERVICE
Dear At
.March 13, 1943
Well it is time to change my 1 Gra;phic Pub Go. ,Chi-cago, Ill.
ad-dress again. Tllis time is the Harbor Springs, Mich. .March 1943
us Gentlemen: Emmet Co. Gratphic-
March 28,
u ... At least I guess Ky. is the Just a line to l et you know that Harbor Miclh. I recei-:ed very thoug,ht-
. R They cut out our !foreign I I receive the Gra;phic every Mon- Am wrJtmg to thank you very ul and timely gJft for which I
service pay. It seems pretty good to day. I always look forward for much for the home town thank Y?U and the people of Har-
be back in the states, although all the <home4own news and what paper g1ves me a lot
00
OT Sprmgs very muclh.
Panama is a lot better place to is going on around there. pleasure and satisfaction. The Buck A Month Club
soldier. I hope to go back some I guess the Army isn't too bad Also I wish to thank the Buck hould nave suc-cess
clay. In the 18 months I was down all-we could always have A .Month club .ior the nice gift nd backing ):>ecause in this way
t here, I never r an across anyone Jt much woll'se t'han we do at pres- which was received last week It e felloWIS m the service feel
from 'Petoskey lbut I tbelieve there ent. , !came at a rather tl:PPOrtune time hat tlhe peo.ple in our h ome town
were two or t"ree there. The N-orth- I've seen several of the fellows Ito do little chee_ring up because r e standing 100 per CQnt behind
., from home so t;ihat helps out quite was _l n the hospital at the time. .s.
ern Michigan Review was a life a bit. :r'hey released me yesterday morn- Eve.ryone in the service fl'om
saver although it took 4 or 5 weeks
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Trusting tJhat all is well in Har-
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g after a two- week stay and J .at'bor receives free, each week,
to get there. Well it is time for 1 bor, can. say I'm feelin.g very well copy of The Gra!I}hie and also
lights out, I will close. Please send Yo1,1rs truly, aga1l1. a-oh montih a gift from the Buck
my pa;per to: \ Robert Fleshman. 'l'lhe of drill and sohool Month Cluib. Sopeaking for my-
Cpl. George P. Woodruff 16039280 e::e <pnte strenuous but I'm el!, and I'm sure t he rest of the
J enJoymg i!t. There will be five e]:to.ws from up there wiH agree
Btry 0, 87th Arm'd. F. A. Bn. OE KOSEQUAT weeks otf school f-or me yet then at "I'm very p-roud to be
Fort Knox, Ky. SENDS the is an unknown quantity. o call my home town Harbor
Apm'l 3, 1943 It has been really nice here prings, Mich."
LE Dear Buck A M<>nth Glub: the food is f!ne, the quarters ':Dhanking you and the people
Guess it's .about time I wrote .be111g the Steven's Ho- .f Ha;rbor Springs again for all
Somewhere in the AtlantJ'c and thanked you foil' the dog tag e w lfs. the largest and hat tney are -doing :fl oil. us in the
chain you sent my . Th k I one O e
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est m the w;o.rld. -The ervice, I ,remain,
March 23 million. IVs an os a next, sto.p ;nay be a sad contrast,
Dear Mother and Dad: care of the th.ings had so I en.JOY111g the present sur- truly,
I g-ot an-other letter yesterday tr.ouble ke-e-ping track of ... e 1 rouTnh to the fullt;st extent. '
so I am- answering it today. I'm before uaem 1- an 111g you . aga
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for tihe W:O. Ke.nneth AHe.rding
glad you and Dad are fine alsO l' b d . . . apd wishing my many W1l!l Rogers F'lield, Okla.
grandmother. I hope Anne ' an-d een omg a little travel- l frr1ends there the best or! luck "
i the chHdren are O.K. s;mce I left. my :adio at Tru- I I remain,
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' I'm but would .sure like daysWas ddown M!SISOUT.i a few I Pf:c. Ralph Ii. Baboeck.
LETTER FROM ANDY :.
BOYNTON SOMEWHERE
IN AFRICA
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to get m the States again. u . h' an en hustled :back
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Yes, Mom, I get the paper. I . t.P ls more school I'm get-
got 4 copies yesterday, two Dec. I m: ii!-OW to. think I PETERS GRADUATES
tand two so far so you see ' thin h g out

Calvin Hdbert Peters, 21, son of Editor

I are not so very new but I Statg 1 guit at . Michigan Mr. and .Mrs. Thomas Sinaway, Dear Sir:
l
i enJOY reading them just the same run ta . a . Scliool IS all I've 918 Petoskey street, was included I am enclosing a letter that I.
March 2.3, 194t
even the want ads. ' . n
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Bl _ nee, and there's mo'l'e d J f
Gee M I
't .._,_. c-om mg. in a class of 405 Bluejackets gradu- receJve m anuary rom my c.ou-
' om, can uumk of Th' k I'l . sin Andrew Boynton w'hO is with
anything more to say so wiH : m U 1 qmt and )oin all over a ted from the Service Schools at the African Fig.htin.g Forces. I'm
have to quit for this time taglal111.h ncle Sam mJgnt acciden- the U. S. Naval '-Training .Station sorry I didn't think to send it be-
I'l e soon , ecause 1t sure lS Tha ks . ., wJU.s 1me. a rea a -es, on ay. gra u- f,ore, as I'm sure anyone, whether
w
't b . a Y and me a oun .._,_, t' t G t L k M d A d
good to get y.our letters. Tell
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- n ate of the school for Fire Control- they know Andy .or riot, will find
everyone hello. I mcerely, men, he awaits asssigument to j it an interesting letter. It is inter- '
Lewis W-ard ,_ Joe Ko.sequat duty with the tfleet or at a shore esting to note that it was dated
RECEIVES PROMOTION ff' - .A;PO the 1.2tth. J.t took longer for
New Yoll'k, N.Y. ' Boa.sTANLEY station. He will be eligible for a January 9 and poiSt marked from
?etty o ra ting _upon obtain- it to Flint <fr-om New Yo'l.'k
romote Wiley Vought March 23, 1943 mg expenence on active duty and than it did to ;reach New York
The promotion of Pvt. Wiley R. \ Dear Editor: passing a qualifying examination. \ from Africa.
>< ought of Petoskey, Mich. , to the . I have received the Grap;hoic Sincerely,
'ank of te'chnician fifth grade has since the first of the year, but * * * Inez W.oodruf.f Williams.
been announced by his commanding have neglecte.d to thank you. It RECEIVED TAG CORD
AT JUST RIGHT TIME officer, lst . Lt. Gerald Allard. surel y is nice to get the news
i rom back h ome. I think t h-e Buck
o(;J or oral, Voug,ht, has been
I ationed at Camp San Luis,
1bispo, Calif., with a special -ser-
]
. ce unit. since J\1n. 9, 1943, was in-
into the Nov. 23, 1942,
{ Kalama:wo, 'Mich. He attended
the Boyne City, !Jch., schools and
i a member , ot, the Fraternal Or-
er of Eagle , 1583, Boyne City.
civilian h 11, he was employed
s a hardware lerk. His fatb,er,
W. P. Vought-, is associated with
the Corporation and .Securities
in Lansing, iMich.
,Mrs. Vought, who is employed
as a !beauty .shop operator in 'Pe-
l
t 9skey, is residing at Baxter
street.
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P-FC IVAN wiLLIAMS
TO HIS DAD
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Dear Dad:
I received your lettei' and was
g-lad to h;ear f11om you. I am glad
1 _receiVed .the clock O.K. and
hke 1t. I thought it would be ni ce
it is something tJha-t wouid
!:as-t and you can not buy them
outside.
We are starting o n
now and will be busy all sum-
mer. 1'he boy1s are sure sho.wing
wh<tt they are made of a-e-ros.:;
and I hope I get that chance
I soon.
Love,
Ivan
A . Month Club is tops. Received
their gi f t and wiJ;:;h to thank them
very much.
I made second class Petty Of-
f icer this month. I fi nished Ah:
Bcmbers school in September and
have b een instructi llg since t hen/
My day is taken up with two to
thTee hour b ombing hops a day.
We drop our bombs -on tJhe first
.l-.op and c-ome back d-own and
l oad up again for the next hop.
I haven't much to say, or rather
can say. For all the Servicemen I
wish t o t hank tJhe people of Har -
bor Springs f.or t heir "All out for
Victory".
Sincerely
Robert Stanley AOM 2C .
-'Hil'l la" CASSIDY
IN VIRGINIA I
' April 1, 1943
Dear Sir:
Would you 'be so kind and
send tJhe Graphic to- my new ad-
dress? The weather here in Vir-
ginia is somew'hat like Michigan.
Oh yes, another thing I never
yet had time t o write y.ou and
thank you for sending me the
paper. 'I'm not the f ir,st one to
write home you. So you
see how much the paper means
to ail o.f us. That Buck A Month
Cl ub is certain,Jy a grand organ-
ization.
I
to all
Yonil' Friend,
. Cas.sicfy, Camp
Lee, VJrg-mia.

LT. MacDONALD RECEIVES
GRAPHIC IN SO. PACIFIC
!South Pacific April 3, 1943
Feb. 18, 1943 Buck A Month Club:
Emmet County Graphic I want to thank you for the
Harbor Springs, Mich. dog tag cord which you sent to me
Dear Sirs. . , several .days ago. It came at just
. Received the Gr.apihi1c to day, and the time, .as _my one
was a peasant suroprise. Altho b.l'loke the f oUowmg .mormng. Of
1t took over a month to get here course, we are re-qu1red to wear
was more tJhan glad to oul1s at all times.
It. Everything in the Graphic is I was trans ferred to the Artil-
real news to me over here and I lery . Hand ,on 7. I am
to yo.u very mu.ch for pla.ymg: a b3;ss .h<l'm w1th the hand.
s endmg 1t. I've been in the army I like 1t qmte well, except that I
the first day olf tihe draft have to get out of bed every mor-
111 Los Angeles, Nov. 18, 1940 ning at 6:15, except Suriday, to
and l ost tra.ck of most of pliay reveille fo-r f o.ur fi.eld artil.
peo.ple 111 Harhor Springs. It's lery battaHons. How true is the
ood to read atbout them and all sentiment expressed in these
!that they doing, especially of words o.f the so-ng, "O.h, it's niee
ltihe fellows 111 the servi-ces. The to .get up in -the mornin-g, but .it's
A Club is a fine idea. nicer to s tay in be.d !"
There 1t muC'h I -can write I cerlainly appr.eciate receJvmg
about, s.o w1l} close now. the Emmet County Graphic. I
Smcerely, think-the Buck A Month Club is a
Lt. W. MacDonald swell idea.
San Francisco, Calff.
---THANKS FOR
THOUGHTFULNESS
Sincell'ely,
Earl C. Jolls
March 18, 1943 Plvt. Di!.Smo1nd Sipa:u-ldin:g 1h;as
Bu.ck A Mont h Club returned to F.ort Bennig, Ga.
Har.bo-r Springs, Mich. after spen-d-ing a ten-d.ay . fm-
Gen:tlemen lou.gh with his motJher, Mrs. Lucy.
I wa!lt to thank the members .S.paul d.in.g, who is a at
t he1r in send- Un.iversity Htospita:1, Ann Arlbor.
:ne the gift. I know I will en- He also visited in Lansing, ' Al-
J'0Y 1t during my period of .service pen:a, and Ha,rbor Spr ing.s.
Sincerely,
Art Chattaway,
Sea. 1.<;t -r.
''
THANKS FROM MERLE
THOMPSON
THANKS FROM
CLARENCE SCOTT
November 20, 194
T01peka, RJansa
March 25, 1943' BAM 1Club:
Dear Editor: Am sending my thanks to all
Just a line to let you know I am the members of the Club and to
l'eceiving tJhe Graphic and I enJoy th<>se that are responsibl'e f.or
it very much. I also received the n.ice .presents and the Graph_Jc
gift and thanks a lot f<>r every- week. I kno-w all the f-olks m
thing. . : the service. as well133 myself,
the sixth of January and then I in the same pl-ace
* * *
CAR.L RILEY GOES ACROSS
Dear A.!,
You haven't heard from me !be-
fore lbut I get your Review every
week, that - is when I'm there to
get it. Oh yes, on my address you,
have Mo. M. M. 3jc, and it ought
to be 2jc, because a 3 class motor
mech. is the same as a fire-man
first class, and I'm not a fireman
first, but a motor mach. 2nd class
I was in the S1gnal Corps until th
' was transferTed into the Air There isn't much to say about my
Corp.;. Tlhe Air Go.rps is O.K. :but sel:f. I -am in charge <>f a bak
I liked the Signal Corps a lot bet- sh01p at present. I haJv_e
ter. ers besides ffiiYSelf at th1s time d We had a nice trip across, by 1
I have been in Florida f<>r a The weather is very ni-ce He Was. OmiH:e
1
the way this is my first trip and
year now . and this last now. This camp is a Processmg The name and rptcture of the I haven't been sick yet, and it
and I get ri'bibed about it.
was very 'hot, it has been qu1te d Q t f ombat crews of
I
1 1 k b t
"t '11 Hea uar ers or c- late Sgt . . Weldon I. Spears, son ' more like a pleasure trip, except
-co d the ast w. ee u 1 WI soon Th here when they fm- .s s of
ey come : M and Mrs. Cfaude rpear for all the drills and chow lines.
I
wai'm up agam.. F b d ish training and ,get new Bl r. Creek was unintootion-ally
I was home m e ruary an B 24,s <l!!nd B 19 s, all eqmrppe , ' he list of Eimmet Well must close for this V-Mail
found the weather very nice tihere. then take off for Berlin and om1tted from . th Review is pretty small stuff to write on.
I spent most of my time in Detroit county casualtiE>S m e Tell the folks hello and also to
but I did get up to Har
1
bor Springs 'Y<>The boys a:re surely anxious to :\Iemorial Day edition. write.
for one day and the snow sure get it over with and come home Thi-s makes a total of nine from
looked good. I sometimes wish it again. W<>uld you please send thJ' s county who have died or. 'be.en
Carl Riley
would snow here. dd A h ct
Well, I must sign off and I aJ ' as rc le, reported missing follcnying a lOll
want t o thank y-ou again fo:r the that
1
'3 my brother In S. ' the service of this cou,ntry .
* * *
. p.a.per and gift. I think the Buck Pacific, would like to .wnte hm ":a Sgt - Spears died late last Sep-
1
A Month Club is a very good and he asked me f<>r :hls t tb at Fort Bragg N. C;, fol-
thing. All we get in the servic.e i.s Archie is in the hospital at thlb , em_ er inJ'ur-ies received in an auto-
JOHN H. STERL Y
PROMOTED TOP. F. C.
time !owwg . d .
, maH and chOIW, and the Graphic J:S
1
Y<>U all ,ag.a.in fotr mO'bile accident. _ .He
just ' like a letter fr<>m all <>ur
1
everything, I remain as ever, SeptemJber, 1940, a:pd was n:em
Gulfport Field, Miss. _ PF.c
JJohn H. Sterly, formt!"rly of Rt 1
Harbor Siprings, has been gradu-
ated fr.om this big . Army Air
friends. Thanking you again I re- Sgt. Clarence N Scott. er of Battery c, 34th A.rtlllery.
main;
Sincerely,
P.fc Merle D Thompson
Orlando, Fla.
. WORDS CAN'T
EXPRESS APPRECIATION
April _5, 1943
April 22, 1943 [Emmet
Dear Friend Bill, j!Iarbor ,Spnngs , l\:hch1gan.
Feeling fine and I am somewhere D;ar ' Editor:
in .Eno-land. Enjoyed the trip o>er I received the gif.t an-d to
very . .Some of the boys didn' t thank YOU 1:\nd aJI of the fnends
'" d t b who :have made the BAM Glu,b
enJOY 1t so muc:.. ue .o emg sea ' bl J d . f th letters
. _ ,
1
. , , I' ttl tl . "" p OlS<Sl e. u gmg rom e
sJcJ,. We 1 how I S e>ery 1 e 1m, . ;t d th pan.e-r
1
you know
. B'll? I prm e m e J.-'
111 the town an;yJway, 1 _ how much we fellows in the ser-
ha ve wntten to Perry and Black vice appreciate the :home town
but so far have received no allswer. Japer. I just received the Marcih
1
How wa.s the Beaver supper at the 2.5 edition. It has chased me from
fireman's party. I certainly enjoy- JeffeTson Barracks t o. and all
eel the one we had the year be- around Hammer Field_. .
fore. I heard our good friend Jac I Aft er having .been m thl'e_e .d1f-
vYenz passed away this winter. squadro.J'113 I am. now m
\Vel! Bill I am getting along swell Engmeers . !lttached to , the alr-
nd in the .best of health. I like :liorces_. 1s to be my permanent
a . orgam za twn.
my work very much. I am m th Contrary to tradition, or s hculd
same outfit that I started out I say contrary to the natives of
with. There isn't much we are al- j.t is now raining.
lowed . to write, but I am let ting When it rains her.e it really rains.
you know, I haven't forgotten you. Prior to this rain we have had
Write sometime. some beau tiful weathe1., but all
Your Friend,
.Everett "REld"
Pd'c. Everett Vanclerark
* * *
THANKS FROM
ART CHATTAWAY-
Door Edito-r.:
April 5, 1943
I 'am sorry I haven't written my
letter of appreciation ,before for
receiving ilhe Graphic. I enj<>y
reading what the people <>f Har-
b-or Springs are doing, and where
the other boyiS in the 'Service are.
Our base is located twenty five
mHes north of Calumf:t, wJrich is
the farthest point north in Mich-
ig-an. Isle Royal is 35 north-
east of the .base.
CalJJ.met, Hanc<>ck and Hough-
ton are b-oom towns no-w that
copper is to the war effort.
Hancock has one of the longest
ve'l'ltical shafts in the wo1:ld at
Quincy Mine.
We have had 231 inc:hes <>f
snowfall here this winter.
I
Thank you again fo:r sending
. me the Graphic.
. . Sincerely,
Arthur Chattawal/j
must come to an erud.
1 vVn ds can't express how much
r appreciate the paper so I'll just
c1ose by saying God Be with You
'till we meet again.
Sincerely, ,
Pvt. Gordon Terpening
J;'.S. Oh yes, pleruse notice t'he
change in address. Recerutly I've
ve:all.y been moving around but all
in one place.
APPRECIATES GRAPHIC
AND GIFT FROM CLUB
A,p'l'il 9, 1943
Dear Editor :
I have been going to write and
thank y.ou for sending me the
Graphic ever s.in,ce you started
sending it t0 me. (I .belie;ve that
was way back in December.)
Als<> I wish to thank the Huck
A Month C2ub for the two gifts
they have sent me. Bo,th are tSJOme-
thing servke .men need and ap-
predate.
I look forwar.d, eaoh week, to
getting my copy Of the Graphic
as it is almost like gettirug a .bo<>k-
long letter from home. The ser-
vicemen''S page is of eourse espec-
ia<lly inter.esting, btrl all the local
-ne'Wls is very welcome.
. Thanks a lot for everyt'hing.
I As ever,
----------------------..D,.,_t t.ro.bj , ,Mc]i'a,clan_
I Forces T81cihnical T_raining Com-
EDITORIA!L . . I mll;nd Seiho_ol for airplane mech-
amcs and IS ready to take his
This is the first appearance of on lfarflung service
this department in The Graphic .. I hnes ?f tJus glo'bll:l war wherever
It is the plan of the the b
1
gtgest Amencan planes are
to .publish it e:kh week. Informa- , based, at hol!l1e or abroad.
tion ahout and letters from, Har- I He has 'received a course of in-
bor S1prings servic_eJ?en and serv-
1
training fit. him for his
ice-women are sohc1ted. \ task m th1s war. His
T;he Graphic is being sent free f has him f<>r
to all members of the armed an.
1
J?POrtant JOb m peacetime
forces by the publisher ofd avriatJOn: l"f
Graphic as a gesture of goo Wl n 1 e !"RC Sterly was
and gratitude. . hand at B1rchwood Farm.
T,he. Giub IS .He Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
cooperating in this community ef- ry Sterly of !larb_or Springs.
fort to keep contact between Har Gul:tjport Field 1s _producing an
bor Springs and the men and . ;vo- strea.m of au:plane mech-
men from here in the servl'Ce. ames to se.rv1ce the b1.gge.st b.omb-
Cd,ntributions given to the Club ers and cal'go and transport
do not come to The Graphic, but .planes of the Army,, Students at-/
are used by the club to send gifts tend classes in shifts around the I
to the men and women on duty clo.ck, every :hour and every
with <>ur armed forees. square foot ocf srpace being given
A card file containing up-t1 the most thorough utilization.
date addresses of the serviceme \ - JACKH___ -----
and servicewomen is kept at Tihe LIKES ERRICK
Graphic and everyone is request- GIFT
ed to keep us infoz:ned of changes March
2
of address of the1r sons, daugh- -Dear Friends: '3, 1943
ters and . ) . Ple:l.'se accept my thanks f , th
'The w1ll be sent to all giJft ,received fr-oin the A
names su,pphed us of men and Montlh dub. The dog taO' d .
f H 'b S g d t 1 " cor 1s
. _ar or s am Y: a practical g-ift f or ev-
v1c1mty m m1htary serv1ce. P1c- ery serviCeman. I had min .
tures are solicited for publication !ess t han 10 minu t es afte e on .
1
n
h" d _;( t 111 "t t .
1
r rece1v-
m t 1s epanmen . . g ; a ma1 call.
P:ubhsher. Rrg.ht no;y I am enjoying the
-- - - sunshme. I am stationed at
THANKS FROM GEORGE
0
h
1
;e of the be.!!'t training fields in
HE
.YNIG J '8 state and consider m"self
J.Ortunate. j
Feb. 24, 19r!3 Lf all. g?es well I will be mov-
In the Field.
111
a:ho,ut 4 weeks to an-
Dear Editor . Th part of Texas.
_ I rece.1ved ilhe Graphic yeste also gettin.o the G h. "'
1
; am
. auks again for the o ' ft I
day and I want to t ake this pri ularly afte"' r IC now r eg-
ilege .to tell you that I apprecia several times ,mg addresses
getting it very much. I sure 1 S.incerel
get a lot of enjoyment out A-C J Y
reading all the news from Ha:r- ack Hernck,
hor Springs.
I also would like to thank the
,Buck A Month dub and I know
:that it will be. a great success. It
1
really is a pleasure for a Marine
overseas to sit down and read the
home town news.
' L w,ant t o thank you again for
the paper and lots of success to
the Buck A Month cl wb.
Sin>cerely, .
1
Pvt. George A. Heymg.
.San Franci s.co, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Terrian
o.f Pine street, have received word
from their son Gordon, arld his
addres sis Pvt. Gordon Terrian,
598 Technical School Squadron,
T . .S. No. 1354, AAFTTC, Re-
placement Training Center, Miami
Beach, Florida.

Sgt. Norman E. Gitbson 36199588
12th Hospital Center
Camp Gmber, Okla.
FIRST THANKS FOR GIFT
Topeka, Kansas
March 20, 1943.
Buck A Month Club
Dear fri ends :
, Received the present and want
to let you f o.Jks all h?'; much
I atp<preci aLe i t . I thmk Its very
kind. of you :folks at-home to make
up a dub like you have f or the
' service boys. I know we all ap-
1 preciat e any kindness, or
brances from Mall
t ime, it the one thmg all tJhe boys
a re on time f or.
'There are lots o;f. ' nteresting
tJhings I'-d like t o wnte and tell
y-ou f olks 3/bout, . but t)lat's
f irst big order, not to wnte or dr_s-
cuss a nything that goes on h m
camp. We hllid a storm ere
this weekend, it ma<:le me fe el at
home. The pe-ople out here sure
do hate sn.ow.
Horpe you're all well as .mv wife
and I are, and send you all .our
best regards.
'Thanki ng you agai n,
yours sincere-ly,
Sgt. Clarence N. Scott.
HONOR ROLL
j Pvt. J .oseph W.
I
Pvt . Charl es Hoffman
Ptvt. Edgar Hoffman
1;; MEN LEAVE FOR v
C,AMP ON SATURDAY
1
sevenrteeri youn.g me_n from
E t County of W\hich t}iree
Harbor S.prings, leav:e
Saturday .mo:r:ning
\
camp. Tlhe time of depa,rture _18
_
8
l
30
a.m. a;t the Penn.syltVama
depot p.etcekey -
ISte:'wart Wesley Bennett, Lev-
ering. W'l
Laverne Robert Daxtator,
!iam Edward Eaton, Jr., George
Owen Fochtman, Perry
Knowles, :Stanley W.illiam.
Hermes J osep:h Otto,
Palmer, Ri.char.d Lo.ms Shomm,
Thomas Thomsen, George Emmet
I Woolsey Petoskey.
I
Hayes, Carp Lake._
Bber William Hurd, Alfred
Charles Reber, Edwin Weher, Jr.,
Ha11bor Springs. .
Ro:bert M. Lewis, Conw.ay.
Earl Ernest Page, Pellston.
Elwood Vern Stark
the United St.ates Arm, .leatVmg
from Jacks on early this month.
He is from Pellston.
Three Enter Navy
, WALTER COSENS LIKES NEWS NOTES FROM
: BUCK-A-MONTH CLUB , S.GT. CHARLES REYNER
i Dear Editor: l April 4, 1943
Received The Graphic today and Servicemen's Column:
t9 you for I enjoy
1
Gr<eetings fr-om the southwest!
r eadmg It because I Will. be _a_blel unit was transferred froJ?
to know more Of what .Is gomgi.F'ort Lewis, wa_ shington, to th1JS
on around Harbor. 'dese-rt training area. This is an
I read the article of the "Buck-I expePiment for it is t he first time
A-Month Club" and it impressed\ an Infantry unit has been On de-
me much .. It makes me feel , o;ert maneuvers. In the past year
as if Harbor, as well as the serv- onlv armo-red and mechanized
icemen, were they could uni.bs have heen subjected to de-
do to help out m this war. sert maneuver training.
The sailors here 'are ,kept very . Our travel from the northwest
bus;y with drilling and spedal six days. Due enti::ely to
duties such as gu11rd duty, Batt. 'excessive demands on the railr-oads
M. A's., and K. P. duty. I have ln Galifo.rnia. at t his time, we were
been on .guard duty the past eig:ht re-routed on the way. We left
hours which is a very tiresome Washingt<>n in a rainstorm and ar-
jo,b. You may be interested in the
11
ived in the Gal ifornia desert area
duties of a guard so will try in the excessive heat here.
tell what I. i!_bout 1 !. It cooled us off to r ea.d -of the
Our first rule IS to guard our :big snowsto:rm and blocked r oad5
.p ost and pr?te<;t all governiD: ent Jn northern Michigan the last -of
prope_rty, which caught sleepm,g, ';March, those papers just received
smokmg or readmg on pos t Will yes-terday. Our roads heTe .become
be and may Jose blocked by blowing fine s-and. .
the. n;ne-day furl0\1g'lh after We sleep in six-man pyramidal
trammg. tents. I am a tent commander and
The . next rule is n:ot. to let ''!n- there is a soldier from No.rthville
authoriZed bar- f Michigan and one from Battle
unless with an officers per- ' Creek in my tent. So we ihave con-
miSSJ.On. Als? we are not allowed f,iderable in common.
Two Harbor Men
Reported Missing
A recent communiquQ received
by l\frs. Ber tha M. Davert, R-1,
Harbor Springs, reads in rpart:
"The records of the War De-
artment show y our son, PTivarte
odney 0. Hill, 36,1'50,372, Ord-
lance Depart ment, missing in ac-
. on in the Philippine I slands since
fay 7, 1942.
"AU available information con-
erning your s.on has been care!
ully considered and under the
rovisions of Prublic L!! w 490, 77th
ongress, as" am-e:rded,, offjcial
etermination bas been made. con-
nuing him on the War Depart-
ent i n a missing status .
to. sailors get unruly and I Los Angeles is t he ultimate goal
no f1ghtmg whatsoever. .pf sewicemen on a pass from this
'The Companies are rece1vmg fllr.ea. We see the fast trains and
their nine-day furloughs now and o.f the Sante Fe rail-
there are less sailors to do these road everyday . . We- have an acre Of
duties and that is why we are re- shower piping erected by coloted nes.
, ceiving w muh of it. engine.e-rs prior to occupying this "Yours very tru1y,
'Once more I want w thank you region. Individual 'i'Jhowers for J. A. Major General
"I fully appreciate your concern
nd deep. interest. You will, with-
ut further request on your part,
eceive immediate 'noti<fi.cation of
ny change in your son's s tatus. I
egret that the far.iflung operations
f the present war, the and
Low of combat over grerut distan-
es in isolated areas, .and the
haracteristios of our enemies im-
o.se upon 'lOme of u.s this heavy
mden of uncertainty with res-
ect to the_. safety of our loved
very much for The Graphic. It

are provided; Wa.ter 1s at a The Adjutant General

snows that the people of Harbor premium :h e-re, Co-ca Gola is double Wa'r Department
try to brighten ap the boys in the oriced, and sand is everywhere. Washiugton, D. C."
service. . We eat sand d\1St . in ouu food, . . s . d
' I receive my furlough Dec. 5 shake it from our b edding and A . s rmrlar [etter wa recerve
and will be glad to see Harbor pouT it from our shoes every moT- elaJtlve to Alton. E_. also
ag1ain. ning before dressing. r om HaTrbor Sprmgs. Hrll and
In appreciation, Lastly but mo.st impo.rtant, I Iof.fman e,vere school chums, both
Walter Cosens, A. S. .express thanks to the Gr:aphic ent t o the Army and both were
Batt. 33-Go. 1541 a-nd the Buck A Month Club for erving n the Philippines.
U. S. N. T. S. the gif.t sent to men of the .com- -
Great Lakes, Ill. munity in service. The spun-gJ.assl , THANKS FROM
dientificati-on disc "necklace" is: LAWRENCE
TELEGRAM RECEIVED tops wth. eveTy so diei: (Tlie army!
c BY 'JOHN PETOSKEY n-ow hates t he refeTence of "dog April
tags" amusingly enough.} Buck A Month Club
those home fires burnung Har.bo:r Springs,
and your patr:iotism at new 1ev- Michigan
els. Through the service columns! lienrt,emen:
of the .newspaper the tired soldie) Sometime ago your _most Y"'
-can contact aH of ihis friends come and appreciated gi f. t arnvl
thanks to the Graphic. and I must say that l thank
Sincerely, very muc:h.
Sgt. Charles M. Reyner l ' m s ure I should have sent you
THANKS FROM a letter sooner but l'm so busy
GEORGE HOVEY studying I can hardly find time to
. do anytU1ing else.
, Door 'The just came today
. 'The fo.Jl.orwi.irug regis trants en- .
I
tered the United States Navy re-
cently: ArtJhur T. Phelips,
J:ohn PhiliiP F1oster a?-d Orhe
Baird of Petoskey.
; I - wrslh to thank you for the a nd I couldn't help but notice
swell dog tag cord I received from h:tzel Hartung's leeler in regard
CORP. JAMES COOPER
COMPLIMENTS CITIZENRY
U. S. Army
Camp Mo.
March 22, 1943
Buck A Mont h
Hanb-or S,prin-gs, M1Cih.
Gentlemen:
, This is to acknowled-ge the do;g
: tag cord. I received it t oday. IS
I a splendid, simpl e and useful gift ..
I
I appreciate it very much.
The home citizenry be
h igrhly commended f.or thmkmg up
a brilliant idea, the Buck A Mo_nth
dub. Its psycholo_gi_cal
effect of building and retammg
morale of servicemen fr.om t}'le
home town is immensely and In-
estimably valuable- to our cause.
I
Very sincerely yours,
Co!\p. J ames R. Cooper.
"Corrected report received
states your son Private Joseph
B. Petoskey was hospitaJiz.e d six
May and not missi ng in action
as reported in my telegram -of
one June AM. P1eased to inf orm
yo u r eport further states re-
leased fl'om hospital twenty
May. Address him s ix two two
pri.soner of War Administration
Cormpa.ny, APO 76r3, care of
Post:ma:ster, New York." .
(signed) Ulio Theajt, General
the Buck A Month dub. It sure to the nice spring weathe;r we are

one feel good t o that having her e. If he calls this spring

1
omeon.e at home IS thmkmg of weather rd sure hate to be here
: ou .. I know all the fellows in tihe in real winter wather. The saying
\ feel the s:ame as I do and .goes if you aren't satisfied with:
1 e wrl! all 'be v:ery glad to get New Eno-l<and weather wait a min-
atck to. Harbor . Sip rings. ute and'"it sure is true. It can
, I enJoy gettmg the Gra.phi<c snow, blow, rain and be sunshin-
1, week too, thorugm I ing . . all within the course of . an
t f'l ave much time to- read, I ho.ur here and it usually does JUSt
md time to read that. that. I'll take Northern Michigan
0 . C. S. school is a weather any day to this. .
place. We never know rf we I must .stay the.re are some mce
Jll here- -the next day. It is scenic views here but they aren't
he am1 of ever:y ID:an. here to as good as Michigan.
_raduate as a Comrnuss10ned Olf- . I've seen some very nice naval
rcer, but we. don't :eel. sure of I sightS since I've been here and
urselves until graduatiOn day. I only wish I could tell you of
nlr 35 more day.s to go, and I them. A French warshiP was in
on t mean may:be when I say J'ecently so we saw many French
ey are verw t ough. Everv day I sailors.
e to wade up .i(Q our shoul d- well it' s nearly time for me t<>
. s m s';an-w and they onl_y 1,
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and do: more
Ive us about 3 to change . mg and s
1
gnalmg so Will dose
r _cl othes. and shme our shoes wibh best wishes to the clu1b,
r Sincerely,
W el1, I mus t close and get to Lawrence D. 'McNamara,
. on my work. Newport R. I.
Thanks agam f or the gift . '
Si ncerely y-ours,
Geo. N. Hovey.
Mil'. Glinton Ra1ymond Editor
The Emmet County ' Graphic,
Harbor Springs, Michigan
,November 19, 1943
Dear Mr. Raymond:
Please extend to. the men and
women from Harbor Springs whc
are now serving in the a.rmed for_
.ces of o-ur country my .peTso naJ
I greetings.
. I am de.eply conscious- tha tlt
1s om c-onti-nuing task here at
.'home to safeguard the princi<ples
sons and daughters are fig'ht -
mg fo-r all over the world, to in_
J sure that UI)Jon their return they
shall not find lost to them at home
those ideals they fought to estab
!ish abroad. -
,Sincerely,
Har.ry F. Kel'IY
Governor
THANK.S FR!OM ARCH I. SCOTT
Dear Sirs:
Received your letter with a buck
in it. I su:re was g1lad to hear from
the folks ha.ck home.
I enJoyed t he cigaretts you sent
me. I can use them over here.
I was glad to :get the paper from
back home. Thank you for every_
thing.
.I wii! close f.or now, hoping to
hear from you back there.
Pvt. Archie .Scott
San Francisco, Calif.
'
rr'r >3F ,;, ifR'R- fff O?m
: PETE LITES NOW
f '
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A SERGEANT
Peter G. Lites, husband of Mrs.
Phyllis Lites, 911 E. Mitchell St. ,
Petoskey, Michigan, was recent-
ly promoted to the rank of S:r-
geant at Camp J oseph T. Robin-
wn, Ark.
As a member of the permanent
C'adre at Camp Robinson, it is
Sergeant Lites' job to
and train men in field and clflss-
room work \\-hich, at the l' nd of
the eight week training period
will. allow them to graduate
med1cal soldiers, qualified for
hospital, evacuation or field
medical units, or medical detach-
. ments which accompany combat
j troops.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Dea:r Earners:
Excuse the long delay. I have
lbeen very ibusy of late, what with
the trip here, ward duty and very
busy liberties. The gift I received
wa.s really swell and I certainly
appreciated it. I never saw an_
other like it.
My ward contains the contag-
ious diseases such as tubercolo_
sis, spinal meningites, and scar'et
fever. We have to be 0areful.
The work is interesting and gives
a certain amount of satifaction
Nurses a.nd staff are fine all
andye have _fun doing o,ur
This station something to
rave about. The hospital com_
pound has the most beautiful spot
of all. The lake, the trees, and
the color scheme can be appre-c-
iated only .by those who have
visited Flo-rida. The days are
quite like those in Harbor SI)Jrings
in the summer, being cold during
the' nights and quite warm and
sunnv after s un_u,p. The tbwn
itself is like everyone's home l
town in s-ome way or other.
Will . you send me Joe Kishego's
address? His broad compliments
directed to me in the Gra.phic de_
serve an answer of some kin-d I
would like to know the where_
abouts of Bing Cassidy .
Keep up the good woTk. BameTtS
d keep sending the Grapihic.
YoMs Sin:cerely,
Murray
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Josephine Baker
Joins Nurse Corps
Appointment of Josepbine E.
Baker of Harbor SpringS- to the
A'rrrly' Nurse Corps, U. S. Army,
with the. rank of second lieu-
tenant, was announced by Major
General H. S. Aurand, command-
ing the Sixth Service Command,
with headquarters in Chicago.
Miss Josephine E. Baker of
COMPLIMENTS SELECTION
OF GIFT FOR BOYS
March 21, 1943
De-ar Friends:
I received y.our gift pa-ckage
yest erday and wish to comi)Jlimcmt
YIOUr selelction. which can be used
by any service man. and will be a
constant olf those bruck
home who a1e trying so hard to
heLp win. this war in any way
they can. Back home tlhe Grrup;hic
did not mean so muc,h to me !;Jut
since being in service it is the
bther way. T,he mail servke at
times has been very poor and my
copy Of the Graphic has been de-
layed several days but now I wait
patiently at mail call f.or that
same ptapeT. Upon re-ceiving my
0opy I read the Servicemen's
page, then from cover to cover,
and what I mean, I cover the area.
Writing letters back home was
the least -of my worries but since
comin1g in I have f.ound it
is my greatest wony. Due to the
faJct we have been instructed to
HARBOR SPRINGS GIRL
ENLISTS IN WAACS
write nothing reg.ardin.g any Miss Ada Hill, former aircraft
phase {)tf our training or our loca- warning serv::ic'e volunteer at
tion, it l eaves very little to write Miami, Florida enlisted and was
home about. in the Women's Army
Of cours;e, the weather sib,1a- A'uxiliary Col1JltS. -Qualified to- act
tion is alw.ays included in most as a student instructor, Miss Hill
l etters, but a few WOrds take Jl'OSSeSSeS a resrtricte.d phone and
care of that--rein, mud, rain and aeronautic Code endorsement
more rain. Perhai)Js a day -of sun- since completed _several mo.n-
shine to show us it oon shine ths' experimenting- with radio at
do,wn here . . the Tecihnidan High School in
I wish t o eall your attention Miatmi. She is now stationed at
to the fac t Pvt. Earl K. Bennick- Fort Oglethor.p, Georgia.
sen is J.o,cate here in the same .Miss Hill .graduated from Har-
company as I. We have been to- hor Springs high school in 1933
ge:ther all the way -so faT. I give 1 but :has .been wintering in Florida
h1m chance at the paper since 1939.
ter I have all but re,ad the print- tOn 01f her brothers, Pvt. Rod-
inlg oiof. Doesn't he rate his name ney C. Hill, has been
on your honor roll? As yet I missing in action in the
havan't seen it. j !pines since May 19412,
. Also I wish to express my ap- . b,r.o.ther KennetJh E. Davert
preciati.on to the Graphic and aU I tmining as an army aviation ca
members of the Buck A Month
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at the University if Flori
Club foT your eff.orts in bringing Gainsville.
a ll of the men in service from '"'
that area in closer contact with
our friends back home and each
other. Thanks again f.or every-
thing. We are here to do a job
w,hich we eXI)Je:ct to do as it should
be done before we return to our
former walks of Hfe.
Sincerely,
Pvt. Glenn C. Baibcack
'Camp M1cCain, Miss.
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C,UFFORD .
SENDS HIS THANKS
Nov. 3, 194,3
Dear :Sirs:
It has been some year,s since I
lef.t Ha'l1bor Sprin.g.s, but it . is rul-
ways in my thoughts.
A ,f.ew da:ys >ago I received a
very thoughtful gift from the
Buck A Month Club and wish to
express my thanks to the Qnes re-
sponsible for this nice gift.
I receive your paper ea-ch week
and the letteTS from the boys stat_
ioned in all sections of the .g.].obe,
are most interesting.
.I ca.me here from St. Louis,
M-o., where I have made my home,
with mY wife, for the past eleven
years. Am at prese111t attending
Ar,mored Fol'ce '8chootl in T.adio-
operation. !l only look forwaro
to rthe day when this con.flict ends
. and I can 0oine back to Ha11bo1I'
sp.rings once more.
. Regards to all my .friends and
reiatives.
,Sincerely,
Pvt. Clifford ArmtStrong
F,ort Knox, Kentuckw
FROM SOMEWHERE
IN AFRICA
Dear Folks:
Marc.h 10,
Hope thi.s reaches you O.K.
you wiH know how I am. I
say W:here I am except that I
still in Africa. Y.ou will no
that the APIO number is
If you have already
will get it so.metime soon, I h
I
It is hard to write as I can
sa.y very much about w.hat take
pkl.ce. It will at least let you kno
l
bhat I am well and thinking
y.ou. Hope that you have
fa!! the things I sent home. I
t not had my clo.bhe:s {)ff since
left the State, on February 8.
It is relUl:y cold here. Water is
a big problem .he-re, so washing
and keeJ}ing clean is hard to do.
There al'e sure some beautiful
J}lac61S in Africa, .but I'll take the
good Old U.S.A. f.or mine.
I will try to get around and
write to everyone as soon a:s I
can, but just now time is hard to
find. I want to write to you fol ks
a.s often as I can. Say hello to
everyone for me. We do not get
any news so we can't tell how
things are coming. I think Of you
folks often and miss all the good
eats. Food is a lot diffe.rent :here.
1 wiU close for now .and will
write again soon. Write as Often
as you C!ln as I miss not hearing
from you.
Love, your son,
Jimmie
1
215 Third street, Harbor Springs,
was graduated . from Marian
Louise Wilhey School of Nurs-
ing, Grand Rapids, and has prac-
ticed nursing at Grand Rapids.
Her family lives at Harbor .Mr. and Mrs. Cl:eyton Ballou re
(Corp. James H. Roe)
to Camp McCoy;, .Spal'lta, Wis- ine P.riate RoHand {.Jon his
3
1943 home on a furlough :from San Die_
Springs. She has been assigned ceied wor.d that their son Mar- I
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'l'his le.tter is coming fr om Cami,.
THANKS FOR GIFT
AND GRAPHIC
Mar.ch 24
To the Buck A Month Club:
PROMOTED TO CORPORAL JERRY LESHER WRITES
Gruber "I solation" Camp. 'Ve are
1943
rea lly in bad clown here now.
Fort Benning,. Ga.
November 26, 1.94,2.
FROM AFRICA
March
2
0, -'l'he Arkansas R.i 1er flooded for a
I sent you a card the other
! night, thanking you for the gilft
you sent me. I wish to Uu!.nk you
again and for the copy of the
Emmet County Grap.hi.c, which
eame to me, via mail, tonight.
Dear Folks :
Today was Thanksgiving. I was Hello again,
North Africa second tiqle and it' s worse than
promoted to a Co11poral today. w .e
had a big feed at the Company '!.'.his letter is coming to you
but had to work all day. We had from -- - - one, about urn-teen
the firs t. :\' o one. cnn get out of
Cnmp and no one ca n get i n. vVe
lutYe t.w.elve men stranded who
turkey and ham, sweet potatoes, miles from nowhere. I would ba;ve can't get back.
corn, peas, asparagus and a couple written sooner, 'but we have a j ob Fort Gilbson, a little town of
of other vegetables, fresh lettuce to do over here, and as we're play- 1 500 people near here, has been
and tomato salad, pie, ice cream, ing for keeps, I figured this eould and all the people are
t hree kinds of c ake, oyster dress-
Because of troop movement s,
a new location, and down to very
serious ;business, soon, in the very
near future, I wish to tell the cor-
respondents of mine, that my let-
ters will he few and far .between.
I hope to hear from all, ibut can-
not guarantee each an answer
right away, and poss1bly an an-
swer at all. Tlhough your let-
ters may not be answered, I'll. be
thinking o.f you all. Plel\!Se do
ing . for turkey, pineapple on the wait. living in empty barracks here on
ham, olives, stuffed celery, sweet I would like to. tell you where the post. All civilian employes on
pickles, hot rolls, tea, COF!F'EIE, I am, where I've been, what I've the post were stranded here and
and a pack of cigarettes rupie.ce. seen, bow we have to Jive, and they a-re also' living in 'ba.rracks.
The W AACS will arrive about how we operate etc., but the cen- It sure seems funny to see so mallly
Christmas, a-ccording to the Gen- s orship is very strict .here, aucl you cil'1lians aroun,cl, especially so
eral. All the active service men. .
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b t b t t t'l I t many women.
are Shl
.verlng ln their boots, be- Wl ave o e pa len un 1 ge
'b k h H I
' Jl b Qour eleCtricity has been shut
cause for every W AAC who comes ac . ome. owever, Wl ave
the same for me. l f t
t th t' t' off and because of that no water
in one oQr two men will goQ over- a ot o s ones a a 1me.
Was looking through my diary
last year (a year old Apl'il 14th)
and checked on letters an.d cards
I've wribten. My letters total 1,-
<J;20 since m'Y indudion, :and
c;ards total 595. I have sent let-
ters to rprectically every state in
the Union ex;cep.tilng Oklahoma,
New Jersey, Maine and Vermont.
Some have gone to Alaska, Guad-
acanal, A:friea, England and Ha-
can be pumped ion. All the water
seas. I have 'been getting and enjoying .". ,e have is fo; drinking and O'NrE
Auburn a nd Georgia - <played the Review since las t November. _
here last Saturday, and Auburn I got the first one shortly . after
won, the bi ggest upset. landing here, and since then I have
There are only 26 girls and
104 men in this ot:ffice. looked forward to them with much
I have a shirt on that hangs enthusiasm. They have a tendency
down to my fingernails and flaps to make me feel doser to my home
waii. .
'The insignias th81t my brothers
and I wear . . are in evidence here
at Ft. Lewis (The four leaf
er) Paul; (the Wings), Bmg;
and the (Golden Cross) me.
Sgt. Reyner's descrLption and
!
letter of the divisional parade was
very -concise and beautifully
J
worded. I'm glad to know that I
took part in H. Also, in. it, were
Haribor youths, Robert De la
Vergne and Gordon Morris_.
I haven't seen t.he secret weap-
on spoke of but have hea:rd of
its destructive uses. The officers
say it's a iPiiP!
around my middle like an old bag. and friends. Keep them coming.
I have to tie the necktie real tight Speaking of friends. Tell Enoch
to keep my shoulders from slip- Giles if he don't have a half dozen
ping through the collar. And my
pants look like they were going of those delicious home made pies
to jump at something any minute. waiting for me, I'll l1aunt him the
They are shaggy enough to be rest of my life. I'll bet Bob Tripp
alive. bas been slapping his knee ever
Every morning for breakfast we since I left Petoskey. That jovial
have fried e.ggs and Hominy >Democrat told me some stories
(Georgia Ice Cream) and strong about the army, but he didn' t tell
coffee. I'll be just as glad when
they start rati oning coffee so it me nearly enough.
wiil be a little weaker. I want to take this opportunity
We do .have .sweet potatoes tho, to thank my many friends, who
twice a day and 14 times a week. sent me gifts and greetings at
'l1hey begin to grow on one, in Christmas time. I a ppreciate their
fact ou.r dreams are endless thoughtfulness. from the bottom
process10n ot:f eggs, hom;ny and of my heart. I have tried to thank
.aw:ee,Lpotat.oes, .. al<Hlg- . . .
a' river of dried beef, creamed. \ eaeh one md1v1dually, b.ut I un-
___,Gordon. clerstand "Davy Jones" 1s censor-
ing a few letters and once he gets
To let you in .on a military se-
cre.t, America's greatest sec.tet
weapon is the "Golde!l Cross Di-
vision." As Mark Hellmger would
them they don' t go much farther.
say "Don't say I didn't tell , y.ou." GRAPHIC IS
Well, the. Service club hostess MORALE BUILDER Well AI, "chow" is about ready,
is giving me a wicked eye, and so I guess I' ll go over and see what
is winding the cloek, so guess,l'd Camp Howze, Tex., the "Belly-Robbers" have conglom-
.rbetter V81moose. I guess she wo.n't Mal'ch 16, 1943. erated for us tonight. I know al-
mind if I bid y<Ou 81nother "thank Dear Editor: ready, but maybe they got hold
l
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you" for the gilft and papers,. so I r eceived the (paper again yes- of a stray horse today.
he:.:e goes, t1hanks a million. again! terday a nd if the people back . .
and best :regards to the l!ar.b.or- home knew how enjoyable it In closm.g, all ! can say lS to
1
ites; - . , really is I ' m sure there would be keep the f1ght gomg on the home
' Sincerely, more ol them join the Buck A front and we'll continue to give
- Jacik Cassidy. Month Club. - them Hell over here. My !birthday
I
THANKS FROM WALT COSENS! There were so many friends ip is tomorrow, but there won't be
Harbor wanted me to write to much of a celebration. I guess
Bcogue Field, N. C. / them but I can' t write t o each maybe I'll dig myself a new home,
Nov 9, 1943 individually so I hope t hey will all or better yet, I'll just dig my old
BAM Club: a(lcerpt iJhis.
I believe it is about time I wrote I was promoted to .Sergeant one a little deeper. !My job. reminds
to t hank you for the fine gift I Technician the first day of March. me of cluck bunting back home.
received quite some time ago. I We now work a day on and a You just sit and wait for them to
s'hould have written sooner but day off. Also we have some fel - come over and then for a short
just don't take time to do soQ. I Io'\'VS here from Michigan, altho time you have a lot of fi:tn. It
was asked while I was home last the closesrt; one I've found to home isn't as easy as all that, lbut it
sounds good. The Army's alright,
club. Well, I guess the answe.r is I have gotten to be quite good but the guy that said, "War is
that in N. <C, here there isn't as friends. Hell," sure knew what he was
many things to catc.h the eye as Wihe<ri I was home S tanley talking about.
in California. - said he was havi?Jg trouble j <Goodlbye for now, and I am hop-
I received the much we!.come gettmg meats. I .sure w1sh he was .
I Gr.a<phic the .other dalY and wa-s here to at look at soone of mg to see you sooner than I ex-
K
our steaks and roasts. . pect.
reading Bob imball's intere.st.ing I have a pJ.an .or the f olks back As ever,
letter. Was wondering if it was home that I think would be inter-
possible to his. address and e.sting. That is to have each boy Jerry Lesher
also Wrayne A.lerdmgs from !JOU. in the service to send home an in- --- J.-
Was gLad to hea r the School -signia from their o.utfit and put P fc Jack Kinert
football came out
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well. it up on a large bulletin board_ If
1 Basketball. wbl start soo? and I uhey will decide to do that I' ll Awarded Purple Heart
I
want to w1sh the t e,.am a httle bet_ send mine
than they had in Must as it is nearly time Word has been received by Ed
G1ve her heck 1t t o go to work. Kinert that his son, Pfc. Jack
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only m a hfetJme 1 c As ever, , . Kinert, was awarded the Purple
and .than 1.s t{)o ,;:ate to make up Tech. Sgt. Sterly. Heart for injuries received in
for the mistakes and the best of P. S. Oh yes, for Roy Johnston: the battle in New Guinea.
luck." k
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I'm getting' just as at throw- Pfc. Kinert is now in Aus-
Than s again for the swe in"' hash as he is
gift. "' tralia and was hospitalized there
I remain, from November 22 to March 25.
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Walt Cose'lls -
SGT. GffiSON
QUA<RT a clay for keeping clean.
We can't flnsh the toilets but
have to use one pail of water to
do it with. I haven't shaved since
yesterday morning and I haven't
many dean clothes and won't get
any for a while.
Our mail is brought in by air-
plane. They just flew over and
dropped it the first clay but now
they land out here. We sure hope.
this ends pretty soon because I'm
:beginning to feel awful dirty.
There is one consolation,' though:_
I'm not the only one that's dirty.
It looks like it might rain again
today but I hope it doesn't. It never
will stop flooding. The latest re-
port is that the river is going
'.l'he people in Muskogee have
/been told to fill all containers
with water' 'because they are apt
to rbe short of it, too.
We don't get [my papers and
can't run radios so we don't get
much news.
'Ve have a fellow who can make
most everything and he fixed up
some batteries and a light so that
we now have a little light in the
barracks at night .:... very, little.
though, with just one light buliJ.J. ,
l-Ie fixed some 'batteries so that
he could plug a radio this morning . .
V\'ell , guess that's about all the.'
new.s.
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Love,

Miss Avis Blumke, of Alanson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Blumke, and Robert of th
U. S .. Navy . son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Babcock, o.f
Mackmaw C1ty, were united in marriage on Saturday
August 28. '
The ceremony was read by the Rev. George A.
Weaver, of Petoskey, at the home of the bride's parents
at Alanson. '
. Irma Moore, of Mackinaw City, and Keith Ha.U of
Alanson, uncle of the bride, were the attendants. '
CHUCK SQUIER ON THE
DESE1RT
Dear Members and Friends:
After reading the Graphic dat-
ed March 11, I felt ratlher asham-
ed of myself for not writing soon-
er and thanking y<>u for the many
happy moments it affords me. ,
I suppo&e you'de all like to
knO;W how I like it on the desert.-
!
like the Englishman said when he
looked at Nja.gra Fa lls, "just
water". WeB this is just "sand"
and more sand to me. We wash
<>ur mess kits with it, drill in i t , ,
an d our eyes use grains of it f.or
ball bearings most o.f the time.
That should give you a good idea
-of what I think of it. T.here's one
thing I can thank this climate f{)l;
er, my sinus has completely
disappeared.
WHAT OUR BOYS
ARE THINKING
I enjoy reading about all my
f riends in and out of the servke
' in the Graphic, and so I, o,f course
think tihat the Buck A Month Cl'UJb
is dping a really swell j-o.b.
To get back to telling you a>bo:ut Hello iFriends:
t he Airmy-I vis.ited El Centro This letter may be quite unus-
las t weekend and so I'm not eHg- al for me, but I feel that we ser.
ible for a pass this weeken.d. Of vice and women should ex.
course, I spent my weekly two bits !press OUT thoughts. It might do
for the next month anyway, so I some good. Trul.y, war is heH!
.guess it doesn't make much diff.er- The .g.r eat question a1ways
ence. El Centro is a nice town (as , up, Why doesn't G{)d stop th1s
towns go around :here) but I was war? WJw does He allow
surpri sed to see how the _ civ.i}ians thi ngs? The answer was g1ve_n
rob tlhe soldiers. and if I remember correctly It
the news of the home front.
"Goal workers are striking again.
The gover.nment may t ::ke.
the operatiOn of the coal mmes.
That rea:1y got under my skin.
Chuck y<>u are absolutely 1ighl
. when you say that the rest -of the
1 boys feel the same as . the one
who wrote the :poem
J Perhaps we should get the
h 3Ck home acquainted
iwith the fact that we are at w:tr
and that faet means pl en_
ty .of self-sa:oc!f1cmg. Oversea:s
and in all parts of the wo.rld the
service men a!ren't worrying
ahout pay ___ we live on what we
are paid, and it is small compar-
ed with the sa.Jary of de-fence
workers. Wie are away from our
\
families, home. friends, and the
,]:and we love. Dur lives are in
danger, we work long and hard,
but we do it gladly because ' we
are doing {)Ur toward the
ending of this war. When we go
on strike we are put in the !>rig,
and 1:ihat doesn't mean that we
a.re exempt from work oh no!
What about work in defence?
It is tiresome, mon<etonous, and
t he hours are l{)ng, but -one c?n
go home at night and , sleep with
!
the feeling of securiny. He is n::> t
apt to be awakened m the night
by the sound .of an air :raid siren ,
bombs buil'sting, guns rumbling,
and such things as the war bri ng,s
to those in the war zone3. He doe.s
not have to tramp about all night
in knee.deep mud, ra:in, and un?er
a constant threat f rom screammg
bullets. In hi,s spare time he does
not have w cl e:m equipment,
wash clothes, and be always on
the alert for enemy troops. True,
!he ean donat e his sopare time t o
the numerous jobs just for the
sake of doing hh all for the war
effort. But why strike for more
money? Why strike all ?
"The Navy j-oined the chorus
and gob was heard to say:
"We might just a s weL: knock
off now, we've earned .our
monthly pafY
"I'll teii you ho,ys, let's go
home if that's the way they
feel.
S ince this f ight is j ust f.or mon-
ey, my life's worth more
than that
180 l]:et's go Where the jobs .a.r e,
and lea ve thh damned war
flat.''
When this war .is Over and
someo.ne asks me what I did for
my country, I will be proud to sa'Y
that I was in .a.n Engineer ou'tfit .
working in a 0oal mjne.'' No, I
wouldn't be proud of that answer
Some answers will be "I was
n-ot unless these strikes are soon
brought to an end. Why cauos:e
such disturbances tha.t the gover.
nment shoUJl:d have to take over
COntrol of things? It has enough
on it's hands now.
Thanks be to God that we are
in a land Of free speech, and a
lamd {)f freedom, but when that
"right of freedom" is imperiled
we should be "all out" to protect
it.
I see it is about t ime for chow was this. that if -God had wanted
so I'll close by te1ling you that I'm to iprevent war . He would never
hoping to see acti<>n Teal soon with have made man free.
I've moaned' in this letter, but
J feel better f.or it. I am a littl e
m{)re fortunate than Chuck I
wocrk in the Chaplain's office so
have .plenty -of T.S. slips very
handy. Any of y{)U war wockers
need one?
I want to thank all of the folks
for the swell work you are doing,
and I don't thin:k any of you are
shirking YOUr job. The BAM is
doi.ng a great job, keep it up.
this .same outfit. Just as I fin ished reading
!Sincerely, Chuck .Squires' letter an-d read
Chuck Squire . the poem "T!he Last Big Strike,"
P ..S. A while baek one of my tent- in the Graphic, .our AmeTican
mates' girls wrote and asked him For.ce:> radio announcer br.oadcast
if the Army never .fed him any-
thing but ",Chow".
May G-od be with you.
Gordon Terpening
INTERESTING L;ETTER
FROM THE ARMSTRONGS
Marclt 27, 1943
!)ear S.tan1ey:
From what I gather you're the
Presi dent of the Buck A Month
Cluh. I also know you'-d - rather
have a letter from Howard than
from me but if ther:e's any t o. be
written I guess I'J.J :have to do it.
Howard doesn't ha ve much spare
time. We live 31 miles from the
Base so he spends some time going
and coming. They keep everybody
bUJsy during the day and every
{)ther night they are on duty and
hl7ve watches .to stand SO he only
comes h ome every other nilfht.
Has plenty of studying to .do, as
;he is 'working towards Avia ti o.n
Machinist's Mate 2C. (Is 3C now.)
This is a small town of 1tbout
4000 in western Okla., only 20
miles fT:om the Texas border. Very
much different from Michi ga n.
We miss the trees and water.
There are more wide open spaces
than anything else. Plenty cf red
clay dirt which .blows when it's
d:ry' and is mud when it rains. It
rar ely snows an4 d{)esn't stay
w:hen it does. While we've been
heT-e the temperature has
between 20 and 90 degrees.
thermometer can jump up and
down the fastest. May.be 80 degre-
es at 6 o'c1ock and 35 or 40 de-
grees at 9:30 at nig:ht. There isn't
any water to speak {)f. Lakes are
scarce. and I'ivers are practically
'dry r i.ght now. P cs tively no tr{)ut
fishing.. This made Howard very
imhappy when first came but
now he knows he wouJ.d.n't have
t ime anyway.
The people here made up for
some of the disadvantages .though
f<>r surely have been gra.nd
to us and the 35 o.ther Navy fam-
il ies that live here. (Quite a few
live in Elk City and Glinton and
Cordell.) Some men asked Howard
to play golf tomorrow (Sunday)
if he doesn't have to W O!'k. You
should see the golf course.
greens and plenty {)f natu!'al haz-
ards but certainly no wo.ods to
slice or ho ok into.
There are only a f ew brands
of foods that we recognize. They
have Armours, Kraft, Del Monte,
Heinz, Maxwell House coffee. S{)
far we :haven't .l>een .short of any-
thing but coffee. But .about the
only meats they have are ;beef
and pork and you should see what
th-ey eall VeaL Looks .beef to
me. T.hey never have lamb) fish or
chicken in the markets even when
it isn't rationing.
We can't buy any Michigan
,newspapers. Not even a Det:roH
one on Sunday. The only Chicago
paper is the Times . .So the only
Michigan paper we see is the .Gia-
p!hic and it sure looks good to us.
Howard received the dog tag
cord and thinks it's grand and
wants to thank you so much for it.
UnderstaJid you've real:Jy had a
winter this year. We thoug.ht we
wel'e to get away from the
sn<>w but afte!' one o.f their fam-
ous dust stol1lllS here we -decided
we'd just as soon have the sn<>w.
It would be ' mucfh cleaner.
Thi.nk youT club is <l oing a fine
joh keeping in touch with all the
Ha!'iborites and we are very glad
to stiU be in eluded as <>ne of othem.
Best of luck to you,
Sinee:rely,
Verna Arn1stoong
CUMMINGS AN ENSIGN,
Ensign Carl ton R. Cummings,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Cum-
mings, is st ationed at S. C. USNR,
Hamilton Hall , B. 33, Soldier's
Field Stat ion, Boston, Mass.
St. Ignace, 'Mich.
May 1, 1943
T.he Review,
I am enclosing a picture of my
son, also a letter from him. He is
stationed overseas. I think the
letter will be quite interesting to
his many friends in and around
Petoskey. Our home is out on
Pickerel Lake Pike, Petoskey, Mich.,
HFD-2. My huSband is employed
temporary at the ,Michigan Maple
Block ICo., St. Ignace, Mich.
At the time my son entered the
armed services .he was also em-
1 ployed at the Michigan >Maple
: Block Co. {3 years in Petoskey
' and 2 years in 1St. Ignace). He
was one of their saw filers. He
had lbeen employed nearly five 1
years iby the company.
MY son is an Army Air Corps
aviation mechanic, propeller
ialist.\
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
:\fanly Omtiss, formerly of Pick-
erel Lake Pike, Petoskey, R-2, but
now of St. Ignace.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Manly Curtiss
St. Ignace, Box 148
PVT. JOHN M. CASSIDY
Co. H., 123rd Infantry
WeLl I received your shaving
y.<>u sent me and it's very nice
and thank.s ever so much.
1 Lt's 'been a long time since I
wrote a letter to the Gra'Phic and
.Lots of things have happened since
then
I From North Afri-ca I went to Si
i izy and had quite a time tbere
,the Hun's. But we .come out
itop lake we alwa-ys do. Sicily
.ndt a had country, but I did
'like it becouse I couLd not
'stand the .people when they talk.
There are some that speak English
and most .of them were in the
states some time ag<>. They
that like to go back
of them make grape
Jack is ' the son of Mr. and Mrs. wine and it is-pretty good stuff.
John ..Cassidy of Springs. I wm do my .best and hel'P
He writes as follows: this war over with ' and come
A. P. 0. 33, Tacoma, Was ...
to Harbor !Springs.
Hello everyone! This letter is This is a.oout all I've got to say
meant for everyone ba.ck in Har- f s d 1
b S
I 1 th ld or now. ; o goo bye unti next
or prmgs. sure y miss e o time
city and as yet have not seen any !-----..:...____ _
city, to"!Vn or village to equ,al it.
As far as that goes, I doubt but I
what there is a better place than
the city that I am proud to ca.ll
my native stamping grounds.
The grind of the Infantry has
been pretty tough on some fel-
lows. So far I have been lucky.
as I have not suffered from really
bad feet. A five mile wali{ would
seem like child's play to me now,
as we average now between 20
and 25 miles on a hike.
I have answered all correspond-
ence sent me, and I get plenty of
it. If anyone doubts this ask the
first sergeant .or mail-man here. I
love to hear from home and to
answer back.
The only thing that will get me
The promotion of 2nd Lt. Mer- down, if I go across, is the idea
ton M. Carter to the rank of of reeeiving <>nly a limited supply
of mail.
first lieutenant was announced I am writing this iby candle-
Miide 1st: Lieut:enant:
this week by Colonel E. light, and as the is ... ;; 1
Storms, .sommanding off1cer of ow; I must. elose. Hoping
the Wesfern Signal Corps Train- from more of my friends from
ing Center, Camp Kohler, back home, I remain
15 Glenn Hubbard 36539320
. . . Det. 3rd Gen. Hosp.
pPO 3922 cio Post M t
I
- f f p t Just
Lt .. Carhter, a nfa JMrve o d eMross- Pvt. Jack M. Cassidy.
key IS t e son o . an .
M. Carter of this city,
who live' at 303 West Lake St. ARRIVES HOME TODAY
Cpl. Paul Whitaker e y as er
S
a!Jl D' C l'f w ork, New York
1ego, a 1. * *
I MRS. CHARLESHOLLERITH *
FAVORS BUCK A MONTH CLUB
He is a former student of West-
ern Michigan College, at Kala-
Corp. James R{)e, Co. A, 713th St anl ey Wa1ger recent ly receiv-
Engineers, stationed at Camp ed t he f<ollowing encoura-ging let-
mazoo. William C. Reid, at Cl<>vis, New t er from Mrs. Charles Hollerith
A newspaperman by profes- Mexico, le.ft early Tuesday morn- of J,ackso!Jl , Michigan: '
sion, Carter specialized in pho- ing for Harbor Springs. His par- "Mr. Holl er.ith and I were so
tography and operated an en- ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Roe, ex- 1 'Pleased and imipressed with the
graying plant for two years. pect him to arrive today to spend ' A Monbh Club that we want
After entering the Army he to spend as much as possible of a }
0
J om so I am enclosing a che.ck
sent to officers candidate school 12 day furlough in Harbor drrbour to the Buck A Month
Springs. u . Bill ;me now or whenever
- -----:.._:__-=----------:==::::::you .wish, Ill send you a check
anytime you say."
I
Scott 'Field, Ill.
who is in the
I Coast Guard at Charleston, S. C.
left Mlonday aft er spending a f ew
days with re.Jatives and friends.
Ind.
Cpl. Archie
Air Oorps
Camp Luna, N. l\Iex.
Both Sgt. Errol and Cpl.
of Edward Gosens

Corp. William Baker-;f Camp I
McCoy, Wise. Ieft We,dnesday
f_or Gvand Rapids to IPvt Hu.rd
VISit h1s s1ster, J osepliline Blliker. Overseas
; C?rP: Baker has been the guest - --=-=- =---=--=---:-=--=- --:::--::::- - =- =--
/
or h1s par en,ts, Mr. and Mrs. ALFRED SHAW RECEIVES
Oharles Bake;r, of Third St., fo.r PROMOTION
the four days.
Alfred Shaw, son of Mr. and
, Mrs. Len Shaw, has been promot-
\ ed to Yeoman 2nd d ass. He is' sta-
i tioned at Williamsburg, Va.
I
Tippett
.
GLAD THEY
ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
He ' lo F clks :
Thank you very mucih for the
dog tag string. I think that it was
swell of the Buck A Momth .Clu-b
to d<> that fQr us. It lets us know
that the people are thinkirug of us
and that we are not f or&'otten.
Sincerely,
Pvt. Ed Mulder, J!l'.
T-5 Clarence l\11. Foltz
U. S. Army, 36154124
5tlf Signal Co., APO 5
New York City
Techni cian Foltz
and Mrs. Fred
Charles Sherk
p,- t. Bernard Cassidy
Lake Lind, Fla.
Paul L. Kreitner, ID:\i-3 /c
Co. D, Plat. 3, Bat. 62
cJo Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif.
( y
'ii,l-v. J:YJIIard, A. Shorter
61st Sqd.
D[! vis,Monthan "1rn!;1.,
Tuscan, Arizona _
Jack Peters 3M'
Co. D. Brks. T ' 138
J.633 ,s. V. R.R.C.
Camp_. Grant, in.
* * *
(II)
Pvt. William Klock
** *
Gpl. Ada G. Hill , .
1244 Service Unit Group 6W
URTI 90..J.OO Washington St.
Newark, . New Jersey
,Cpl. William Baker
Camp McCoy, Wis
* -* *
J'vt. Floyd 1Meyers
!Co. C, 26th IDT (IS'J)eC.) . Bn.
U . s. AT.my '
.Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
['vt." 1\f.eyers was r ecently award-
ed rifle medal as an expert.
Co. E, 136th Inf., A'BO 33
clo PM, Los Angeles, Cali!f.
f'fc. ALbert S6160152
Btry. B, 93rd OA (.A!A)
:AJBO 955; cia P. M.
San Francisco, Calif.
Pfc. Cy Ketchum 36421035
Co. E, 417th Inf. APO 76
Camp McCoy, Wis.
P vt. La wrence H. Burkle
36564844 EJ t H
l\
" d , as all, Room 73
"- e . Dep t . .
Percy Jones, Gen. Hasp
Ba ttl e Cr eek, Mich. .
Pvt. Burkle is n . . .
))alice. He is th aw -a. m1htary
i\1' e son of Mr d
hrs. Jack Cam""b ll .. ,
!' e Of thiS City. 1
* * *
* * *
T l5 Glenn A. Hub:bard ..3fi[);:llJ3!W
Med. Det. , 3 Gen. Hasp.
cio :P.!l\1."; N.
* * *
1P vt. Bertie Murphy 36421042
Co. K. , 16th Regt.
Fort Fra nci-s E. Warren, Wyo.
' * * *
George Cra mer
* jr *
P vt. Roy R. Ferguson
482nd Air Base Sqd.
Pfc. Vernon Faust,
Btry. C, 630th .Sep. En.,
.APO 3929, cia P. M ..
New York City
_[ * "'If*-
Cpl. l\Iilton Kahgee
Pvt.. Herman Luce, 36401788
Co: C, iOSth Eng. 'J3n. (C)
APO 33; cj.o Postmaster
LOs Angeles, California-
._,_
"
Pvt. Robert M. Curtiss 36456541
APO 15018, c /o PM
New YOTk, N. Y.
* *
'I
Lt. Marion BuT'1lis
Overs-eas
Phili p R. Lanz,
U.S.N. Rec . .S!hip
Pier 92, West 52nd St.
New York City
Pvt. Sam Pontius
Ensign Carleton R. Cummings
of the Navy Sup!PlY Corps Reserve
who resides at 779 Pririeeton
Blyd., Wilkinsb-urg, Pe-nna. is one
-o.f 300 young offkers who gradu-
ated on April 2, 194.3, from t he
Narvy Surp,ply Covps S.chool at Har-
vard University. As result of his
suc;cesSiful completio.n of the rigid
f.o-ur mo-nth's c-o.hrse, Ensign Cum-
mings is no longer a "Pl'othati-on-
ary'' of.fker. He has received ,his
"General Service'' commission,
and will be assigned to duty at an
imJpOrtant shore a;ctivity.
Pvt. William Klock
* * *
Cpl. Rolla r t 1-Ioneysette
1-I&S Co., 360th Engr. Rgt.
Camp Clairborne, La.
['vt. Aram Gulserlan
Med. Det. '51st FA Bn.
6th Mtz. Dlv. 6
c/ o P.M, Camp San cr:-uis Olbispo
San Luis Obisp.o, Calif.
* * *
Cp(. Geo. McConnell 16033402
Co. , A, 7th Engrs. U. S. Army
APO 5, c/o P. M., New York
\ '
* * *
.James Lee Wilson H. A. 1/c
Navy 604, c/o Fleet Post Office
. San Francisco, Calif.
Pvt. Robert F . stevens
Co. A., 28th Bn. 4th Plat.
Fort. LPonarcl wood. Mo.
* * *
NEW ADDRESSES:
1st Sgt. Donald W. Ballard
Co. B, 141st TDTB, 5th Regt.
'DDRr:DC, N. Camp Hood, Texas
***
Pvt: Rolland Wtheaton 3<6421027
Hq. Btry. 941 F. A. Bn.
Camp .Shellby, Miss.
* * *
Pvt. Floyd W. Meyers
Oo. C, 26th ET (Special) Bn.
3rd Plat. , Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
* * *
'Pvt. Robert J. MuMaster
742 MP Bn. (ZI) Co. D.
Penn Valley Park
Kansas City, Mo.
* * *
Pvt. Roy C. Hass
Co. E, Inf. Bn. T. C.
Camp Elliott, Calif.
* * *
T-4 Cecil Stanley 3<6150370
2013 Ord. M. Maint. Co.
AIPO 635, cjo PM, N. Y., N. Y.
* * *
1Clare Wagar, IDM-3/c
U. S. Naval Hospital P9
Newport Rhode I sland
* * *
Cpl. George Woodruff 16039280
Btry rC, 87th Arm'd. F. A. Bn.
Fort Knox, Ky.
* * *
NEW. ADDRESSES:.
Opl. Robert F. Sutherland
' 310 Fighter sqd.
Green Field Air Base
Provideuce, Rhode Island
* * *
Pfc. T. R. Stuebing
Hqs. Det.
,N. W. Afrkan Trng. Command
'AIPO 525, New York City, N. Y.
* * *
Pvt. Stanley rKritcher 36421017
;1.254 !l\fP Co. (Avn.) NOAAB
New Orleans, La.
* * *
Pvt. Alfred Reber, US:A
2nd Platoon, Co. B
80th Inf. 'Tng. Bn.
Camp Rdberts, California
* * *
Pvt. 1Echvaid Meyers 36455492
Co. L, QMR'DC, 1s t Reg.
Ft. Francis E. Warren, Wyo.
***
Pvt. Otto Moore 36169566
Hq. 2nd Bn. 40th Arm'd. Reg.
AOI 257 cJo BM
'Los Angeles, Calif.
p,t. William A. Anna'ble
708th TSS,' T 1603
.Seymour Johnson Field, N. C.
* * *
P\'t. Ral ph Chapman 36455508
Hq. Bat. 399 C. A. B. B. Bn.
1Sa nlt Ste. )'farie, Mi-ch.
* * *
r
NEW ADDRESSES:
Pvt. Jim. J . Mallory 36188397
Co. L, 138th Inf. APO 948
cJo Bl\1, .Seattle, Wash.
r NEW ADDRESSES:
* * *
Lt. Dean Scroggie
365 :IDS Municipal Airport AAB
Baltimore, Md. 1
* * *
Pvt. J ohn Gregory 36188413
lBtry. A, 630th Sep. Bn. GAAA
N.Y., N.Y.
* * *
1S-2Jc Wesley E. Woodruff
S.S.rSec. F 4-4, Bks. 503 U. P.
Great Lakes, Ill1nois
* * *
SJS Keith Ernst, 16043855
47 Bomb Gp. 2, 97 Bomb Sqd.
ABO 762, New York City
* * *
Wm. Dunlop Jr.
Co. 249, Camp Porter
-Great Lakes, Ill.
* * *
Sgt. Frank Zulkiewski
Hq. Co., 1st Bn. 643 E.A.R.
Camp Gordon Johnston, Fla.
* * *
Pvt. Alfred Phillips
807 T.F.F. Bks. 809 AAFTF
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
* * *
Donald Taylor, USN
1/c S, Armed Guard Center
New Orleans, La.
***
Pvt. Bennie Lew.is
Troop C, 253 Remount .Sqdn.
Fort Reno, Oklahoma
* * *
Pvt. Robert M. Lewis 36458677
ISqdn 142, 56 Trng. G. P.
Keesler Field, Mississippi
***
Cpl. Willard 0. Page 16114238
Lockheed Vegac Ser. School
National rGuard Hanger
Burbank, Calif. Class \ ' -23-!3
* * *
Pvt. Earl E. Page
414th Training Group
Flight K.B.T.C.4 -
Miami Beach, Fla.
* * *
Cpl. Hugh Barnes 39531458
T.SS 372
Boca Raton Field, Florida
'
* * *
Pvt. Willard Sherwood 36453110
Co . . E, 5th Reg. QMTR
Wyo. Bldg 223
Fort warren, Wyo.
* * *
Pvt. Oeo. Heynig USM.OR
Ser. Sqd. 13 l\i.A.C. 13
c[o Fleet PO
San Francisco, Calif.
Pvt. Geo. B. Bowman 36465651
59th TG Class 61, Sqd. 594
Area T4, Hut 9
Keesler Field, . Miss.
* * *
. Pvt. Floyd Meyers
Co. A, 17th Bat.
SP!m Bks. 23-25
Greenville, Penn.
* * *
Pfc. Freal H. Reyner
20th TSS
Lowry Field, Colorado
* * *
Cornelius Smith S-2Jc
Bks. 504-G-6-11
Service School
Great Lakes, Ill.
* * *
' Cpl. Adolph Knimri
Bery C, 423 (A) FA Bn.
APO 260, cfo PM
Nashville, Tenn.
* * *
P vt. Lester Carr ASN 36465654
B, 12 AFRTC
Knox, Ky.
* * *
Pfc. Reginald Greenway
409th TSS, Brks. 228
Amarillo, AAB
Amarillo, Texas
* * *
John P. Foster F-3[c
U. S. Navy Yard, Yardcraft
Washington, D. C.
* * *
Pvt. Floyd French 33432737
P ost Chemical Office
Camp Pinedale
Fresno, Calif.
* * *
P vt. Robert E. Gretsch
Co. A, 554th Engs. Hv. Pon. Bn.
Camp Swift, Texas
***
.Pvt. Francis J. Cooper
S.C.U. 1919-95-A
Vancouver Brks.
Vancouver:, Washington
***
Sgt. Wm. H. Shatto
3165 Ord. (B) A&FC Co.
615 Ord. B. Maint. Co.
Camp Santa Anita,
Arcadia, Calif.
* * *
Pvt. Earl E. Page 36458684
7th TSS, Brks. 378
Chanut e Field, Ill.
D.ear Friends,
June 15, 1943
Vancouver, Wash.
This afternoon I will write a
few lines to pass the time. I often
1think of you folks and wish I
were back there.
I am now in Washington and
it sure is nice out today. The
sun is shining. ' It rained last
night and yesterday, but it must
be quite warm out today as it
is warm here in bed.
I got some Japs on Attu Island,
I was careful but they got too
Pvl:. Harvey Martin
close for. comfort and now I
will have to spend some time in
the hospital. I don't know how
long as I am not hurt very bad.
I have 7 shrapnel wounds. Two
hand-grenades went off about
three feet behind me. I could
have laid down, I guess, and I
rr..ight not have been . hit. I was
standing in a ditch shooting over
the top. Some got right up to
the ditch, as one 'fell in beside
me when he was shot, so you
can see there was not time to
lay down on the job.
The:re were 12 of us in the
ditch then, and the way it look-
ed there might have been around
.20 of them. It was about 3:30
in the morning and quite dark
so it was hard to see how many
of them the:re were.. We kept
shooting uBtil we could see no
moving where they were. I
didn't get to the aid station until
about noon, as the Japs had me
pinned down twice on the way
back to the first aid station. An-
other Company came through
there and helped me out or the
Japs might have gotten me on
the way back. They broke
through our line in the night
and were all over the valley.
The battle was over two days
after I was hurt. They are bring-
ing , all the wounded back to the
u.s.
I sure feel lucky to come back,
as there are quite a few that
will not be coming back.
After I start to get letters again
I will know more how things are
back there, as I haven't had a
letter since April 14th.
I suppose you are cutting hay
now, if I were there I
w0uld try and help. With a soft
pillow I mjght be abl.oi! to ride
the mower and rake.
I had better sign off now and
will try to write more before
long.
As ever a fri.end,
Harvey
Pvt. Harvey Martin, 36193184
Banes Gen. Hosp.
Vancouver, Washington
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-------------------------;,'one when this t'hing is over -a rd
t he b-oys are hunting four legged
animal!.> again.
HARBOR SPRINGS
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i I t hink I' ll use t'his column t o
; serve f i.nal n{) t ice :an Bob vv .rJght
ja :.d Tom A.'len. I w-ant a let ter.
lAnd .to Dale G:'ca:5on j 1.:.st hold
. y.our ho.r.s es and I'll work up be
!
necessary energy to get -o ne off
-to y.a,u. I don't th:nk I owe
one else but if I do let me know.
an-d I' l' sec what ( can do about
it. Tha t is anot her nice t hi n!!
ab-out tll.is j ob I get qui t e a lot of
tfme to keep up - en my l,Uer
writing. I know .t'hat a lot of the
fellows have to hust .e t o fi nd t ime
but I have to st ay awake for
Twenty-fo'Ur hours at a stretch
and during the long houn; of early
morning there i o-n't much to do
that wit keep me awake. That is
the time when I get letters writ-
.ten.
SYLVESTER PETOSKEY
REPLIES TO DOC GRAHAM
WHERE ARE ALL THE
CADDIES
CHARLEY SAKE.R CAl.L- I su.p:pose there is plenty of
lNG WOOD WISDOM snow up there by t h' s time. I
S ir, w.here have al.l caddi es

The gray haired golfer asked the ,
Pr o
For every one I see here now
The.re use>d to be a score or so.
r;l t ell YOU wnere they ad 'have
gone
The sad professi onal repl ied
They are in their Count ries Ser-
vice and
Already some have foug1l1 t and
died.
I h aven't time to te:J to you
What each and every one has
done.
Th-o.o.e boys are very dear to me
Each one to me is ]ike a son.
The black haired boy that we caE- i
ed Butch
Left long before we went to war
Th E t C
Dece-mGberh3, 1943 And it to{)k at least a dozen Japs
e mme . ounty . rap IC : . .
H_arbor S-prings, Michigan j To c_aptu.re him at corregid9_r .
.to your 'edit- I We ha? a boy called Eye
ion of N{)'Vember 25th. The Ser- ' Now With that eye he sights a
viceman's Christmas Edition is an And when old Eag.Je Eye takes aim
excellent method of conve'Yahce !Its goo.d by -wop or hun.
of yuietide greetings from the City ' In the >battle of the Coral Sea
of Ha_nbor Springs to it's. ;repre- 1 A lad that we an knew as Slim
sen.tat1ves now engaged m con- .He maned his gun on a sinking
folict with a common ene_my f-or a 1 ship .
common cause, jHis f{)lks are very pr.oud -of. hlm
Unquestionably the most touch-
ing g-reeting came from the -pen Remember sir the Tomkins kid
Ca:l:np Gordon, Georgia
M.lor.day, November 29, 194J3
Buck A M-onth Cl'Ub
Dear Btam and Gang:
In the .]:ast paper I had the page
was rather "short on and
I only know of one way to help
that matter, .So here goes
I am still at the same old Job on
t he switchbotard and will be for
, at .least another two weeks. I :ike
it though ,b-ecause gives me . a
chance to .sleep every other morn-
ing and :some -of you kn-ow how .I
feel -alb-out "sleeping in" in the
As f:ar as I'm concern-
ed that is the only real time to
sleep.
of Doctor Graham. Can you Gen- He used to caddy for your wife
tlemen print his greeting again, He I.ied his age r:;md went to war
print is so- conspicuously that no And On Bataan he gave his life.
().ne can miss its true message. . . Tthe niliny JSe-a5' ::m is sba.rtirig
"!Doc" we're lones-ome too The The httle kn-own as the Pro . here now and I 'h-ad a good taste {)f
day that you mentioned is 'truly Who never couJ.d his stance exp1ain that last year so I know what to
going to be great. In Africa you'-ll find him now i orward to. The so ca.Jled
tSineerel'Y A wol'lking On an Airoplane. soil of iB either sand or
S-Sgt Sylvester Petoskey . . . day. Where there is sand it
____ ..........__ _ ,In the great fight that ends th1s I washes away with each ra-in.
I . . Where there is clay---we!)
NEW ADDRESSES: You ,J:J fmd some of our caddies is just cl-a'Y. It can't be ex'Plained
Jiohn R. Lee T1here to one wiho ,has not seen it and
4
Plwt. A!S'l1P, U 't
3857
And whe-n the score is wdded up d-oesn't .need expl aining to those
Go. A, . . lll Y-ou'll find they did more than who have .Sort of )ike a leaky
Baylor Umver sity, :Waco, Texas. their share ro-o.f: You cant fix it while it is
* * *
Cpl. Varnce .L. Cory
:20t h AR Med. Det.
:20th Arm'd Div. .AIPO
Camp Oam,pbell, Ky.
* * *
Lt. Lou
444
:2084 QM Truck Oo. SJ3A.A.F
ISan Bernardino, CaUf.
raining and it doesn't need it
The o!td man _said I'm much to oJ.d w'hen it i:sn't ['ain.ing. (No com-
T-o go and across pon_d -ments from the able . author of
But any how I 11 do my b1t W.o-od Wisdom please.)
iFor each 'hoy gone- I'll buy a bon.d I had the opportunity to fire
. 'BY Herbert Swenor I the carbine for reco.r.d a few days
:H. s. Hig,h School and can only say that it is
the best gun I ever put to my
1
Somewhere shoulder I .real.!'y hope to own
Pfc. Donald -Greenwell 36455502
1st. Plat., co. B, 32 Med. Trg. Bn.
Camp Grant, Illinois
***
Pfc. George A. Daniels
H.Q. Co. Ga.r age, USS SOF
A:PO 501, c/ o P.:M., U. S. Army
San l!'rancisco, Calif.
inten-d to see some it this year.
I don't know just when it wi:l be
but proba!bl'Y abo-ut the first of
FebT'uary
Well it's neari v time for chnw
so I I'll take off to hit the
head of the line. In civil!an -:ife
pe-ople say "go-od appetite" but
in the army it's "chow hound".
My best wishes t.o a;l . ,
Cha;rley Baker,
GLENN HEYNIG ENJOYED .
SEEING ETZEL AND EVL YN
' HARTUNG
Nov. 29, 1943
Buck A Month
Harbor S prings, Michigan
Dear Friends:
I want to thank you for the
swell gift that I received some
time ago and also for the home
town paper. It used to reaoh me
every M-on-day but 'have missed it
o;.ince being transferred from
Manhattan oo wi,J:l enclose my new
address.
Before arriv.ing to my new
station, I spent a few days in New
port, Rho-de Island and enjoyed
a few liberties with Etze: and
.EveJyn Hartung. ,
I am now located at a summer
1
,
resort just south Of Hoston. Quite
a few Celeberties have homes here
but they would certainly move if
they shou!:d visit .beautiful Harbo.r
Springs,
Hope to have a ;eave the finst
of the year so will be seeing you
all then. So long for now. '
as ev-er.
Gleim Heynig
Pvt. Wal ter Grump 36407567
APO 8844 cj o P.l\I,
New York City
* * *
Pvt. Pa trick J . Campbell 36455496
Co. I , 16th Regt.
Ft. Wa rren, wyo.
* * *
Pfc. Carlyle Kra use
Co. H., 136t h Inf., AiPO 33
c/o P. l\I., Los Angeles, Calif.
* * *
]f rancis -G. Dunl op A. S.
Co. 335, 27th Reg. 49 Ba t t.
Great Ill.
* * *
Pfc. Robert C. Bursian 36401803
4th T. S. Sqdn. Barracks T-1()7
Chanu te Field, Illinois
( Lef t ) (Right)
Cpl. Cecil Brl) man
Go. C, 87th Rcn. Bu.
Los Angeles, Calif.
S/Sgt. Raymond H. Dauscher
Co: C, 87th Rcn: Bn.
Los , Angeles, Calif.
. ' l'VT. ERNEST c'. STANLEY
.TEL(,S OF FLOOD
Ma y 22, 1943
George Field, Ill.
Dea r Mother , Dad and All :
I was looking f or a letter from
you up t o a couple days ago when
t he mail was cut orf on aecount
?f the f lood down here. Our mail
out by plane and i s dropped
f r om the air ibut we haven' t a
to r eceive a ny ma il.
j Our . camp is surrounded by wa-
f er and the only way we can get
fo town is .by using th_e li ttle. boat
peeps (amphibians j and we've only
ight of them.
j Most of us have been working
1
day and night building the levee
Jar-ound the camp to keep the water
kmt. T oclay is the first I' ve been '
to sleep since Tuesda y and
.,I mean to say 1 sleep hard. It's
seven o' clock now and I've
!got to go back throwing sandbags
Jat eight. The wa y I f eel now I
Jdoubt if I ca n lift anpther bag.
,, The water i s rubout seven f eet
!deep out here now and they ex
jpect it to r ai.se four <Jr five feet
.: more tonight.
FAY CLOCKLIN IN HAWAII
Dear Friends:
J -ust a few Jines to let you ali
know that I a m fin e and will be
giad when the paper catche-s up
to me.
Fri ends, not ver y l ong ago
asked help f rom you t o f ind 2.
friend hsck in Howze. I founc
'him, so I am going to ask you t o
me Jack Cas3idy' s a ddress.
W'lll you ? I am over he,re in th-3
Ha.waiin Islands too. I wl-:1 be
glad whe-n we ca:n. -come back t o
Ha11boN
Well, that is a!] f or now Wish
ing you all good healtJh and hop=
ing I get the .pa<p er once again.
.A,lways a fri end,
Mickey Clocklin
EARL JOLLS IN
FLORIDA
tCaom;p Blanding, F,: ,a..
November, 17, 1943
Dear BAM Club:
S ome t ime ago you sent me a
very nice toilet kit, but I !have
neglected to write a bout it. Thank
you a million f-oil' it. It is some
thing w-hich is always welcome and
is real handy
I .am in 1Cainp B.Janding, Florida
n.ow. The b-and I am with t rans -
ferred as a unit from Owmp
kett. W,e came d-own her e in OcL
ober. But I wish I was in MichL
gan. It cert;ainliy is cold. But I
understan d that Michig-an, -at least
the Northern part, has quite a
We' ve got about 300 planes sit-
ting r eady t o take off if the bank
'breaks and each pla ne ca rries five
men i ncluding the pilot so I guess
that will t ake albout half the men
off the fi eld. The rest of us will
to . JISe o.ur .. Uf:esaYers .and
make t he 'best 1\Ve ca n of it. The
gua r ci squadron be the last
to l ea ve t he plfrce so I'll proba:bly
be swimming before it's done with.
, Pvt. Ernest C. Sta nley
'
bit of snow.
I just fini shed a big job this
mo.rning. I polished and Wlashed
my bass 'horn And what a job it'
is! There is -a lot of work to it .
1007 Gua rd Sqds.
George l!'ield, Il_l .
I must stop and get g oing. Will
you p1ease send the Grwphic t o
my new addres s.
Sincerely,
Cpl. Earl J -olls
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM THREE SAILORS
November 18, 1943
Hello BAJM Club:
W eH how's eve11ything in g oo-d
old Harb-or Springs now d ays?
It sure has been nice here since
we arrived in Idaho.
L . This camp is swe]] with I for a]] kind though
[ obmg_ very and fellows overseas. It
ver:ie'nt. A,t nig-ht we can look -out time is quite well taken
of - the barr acks windows a nd see cannot write as o-ften as .
t he snow up on the mountains. S o like to do. I know that a,
f ar we have done a lot -of dr ill ing folks are wit h us from what
a nd a t night we a re pret t y tir ed. , are do.i!lg for fellows
Our Com:pamy C-ommander is I enJOY tl'eadmg al:l: the let
sure one of tJhe nicest me11 we have you in the paper . et
seen s o far. He seems t o be just [.time. I see 111 the that t h ,
like -aa t he rest of us. Of course, ,a::-e >S:ome of the boys 111 North .
t here are times when he rubs it IJ:' lCa n_ow. It h a-s been some .
in hut we don' t mind. . now s mce was there. I hope to
Our f ood is t ops in eve,ry way. meet up some of them soon
Pie almost al wa-ys three times a 1 but :they ml] 1have come to It-
week and cake every day that we l .a ly. lf they _to _fmd
don' t get pie. In an -o utf1t hke I am 111. one
We h 1ve been on now s ure does see a lot of places. Just
fOr a week and t oday we t ook ;OUr
1
as SOOn as OUr WOrk is finished in
classif action t est for our study- !one place, we move on to the
;ng after boo-t training ther e seems to be a .
, . pha1ces for us just at this
.S o far we :haven t seen any snow 'Whenever you he-ar of a "'"'' """'"1 '
but we can't s::ty t oo m uch l,being put -out of action, just
-the weather because we of us ,as we are here to put i
t ? ccn her e lo ng_ enoug-h, If .b_a-ck into seii'vice as soon as
overythmg goes we]] 111 the next ISlble and we are suTe bre-aking all
fe w days, we a:ll hope t o be home ; rcords up t o doa.te. One would
>oon. We three boys f rom Harbor er think that a railroad outfit
S_pr ings are sure having a gr eat could be so important unt il he can
r.1me b?t as soon as we are out of s ee wthat they do. A lot depends
det entwn we pr-obably will h atve on us a nd we a r e living utp t o it
more fun. Right now we are in in all ways.
:-ough training but not f. or l ong. I thank you again for
Well , f olks it is -almo.st tillie t hing I harve received from
for lights out and I a-m .. h opi ng to f-olks hack home
bear from you folks .
Sin-c erely youl!'s,
Barracks Mates,
Robe-rt DBventport, Or lando
Clarence " Midge" Lehner c.
P S. We ta.]] like this put in
our home town .paper.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING
FROM\ CPL. JAMES ROE
Dem
Opl. EJrnest Mat z
co. B. 87th EJngr. Bn.
camp La.
Your friend,
Cpl. James R9e
PVt. John Cassid'Y
Oversea
Sgt. Lloyd Thompson
".C" Btry. 25:Lst F. A.
1Qamp Maxey, Texas
* * *
IPvt. Lawrence Longc(}re
Oo. A, 774th TD Bn.
.A>PO 260, Ft. Benning, Ga.
\
''

. Lt:.-.Dean Scroggie . .
Funeral services . for Second Lieutenant . Dean S.
Scroggie, 3, held T tiesday afternoon from
Funeral Home. . ,
Lt. Scroggie was ea:rly lMt Thursday,
when his army fighter plarie,, crfishec:l
outside Galesville, Md. His plane sank in five feet of water -
and was completely wrecked. There no evidence that .
. he had. attempt_ed to bail oul: before his ship hit the
reports said:- The accident occurred . at 7:58 a.
Lt. Scroggie was on a routipe training mi.ssion: A
of inquiry has been t.o investigate _the 'ca use of .the
. crash. ' ;
. He is the son of Mr. and Thomas Scroggie of
Emmet-st. He received his commission at Eagle Pass,
T exa,s, on Feb. 1 6th arid had ' r ecently been senf to
more to :complete his high :altitude .
. . He was born in H ayes township, charlevoix
... 2. 7, 192,0,_, and as an his
. . Jn e-,ll d, <'\-rt ;
1
went through several schools and Were comlmissi<'>n1ed to-
Lt. Scroggie populiuly in this
: and participat ed in gloves-contests at Boyne
City. Besides his parents he is survied by a sister, Ger-
at home, and his grandmoth'er; Mrs:- Elizabeth Howe
9f. Charlevoix.
Howar d M:. Bester, S2/-c
Pier 92 W. 52nd St.
UISNRIS, New York, N. Y.
Dear Friend Ar,-
It is Ma rch the l Oth and if I
do say so, it i s a grand day. I a m'
sitting here in my pup tent, pitch-
ed Qn the hills somewhere in North
Africa. country cer tainly has
fooled every one as t o bow it is.
I r eceive t he Review and i t sure
seems nice to read ahout the news
bacJ>: home. I t ry and pass i t
around so as all of the Emmet
County boys can g-et a chance to
r ead rubout t heir l oca lities. Have
read where qui te a few Petoskey
boys ar e here !but as to da te
ha ven' t !'een Qne. 1\llet Nick, the
young boy who worked at Petes
a t Traver se City. well, Al, hope
this finds everyone all 0. K .. Say
hell o for me to the f ellows left.
As ever,
Pvt. Mil t on ar
WJV,.IE WILLIAMS
IATES GRAPHIC ,
February 2, 1943
353 Royal Hawaiian Ave.
Dear Sirs : Honol ula, Hawai i
I r e.ceived t he Graphic a few January 30, 1943
days agci a nd enjoyed reading it Dear Aunt Dorothy and
very much. Thank you very much the rest -of the family:
f or sending it. Well it has been a l ong time
I l eft my ship in December and s ince I've wr itten so will start
I am working in the F' ederal 1 from last Fe,br uary. I we-nt sout h
b uil ding in Sa n Francisco at fr-om- here to some islands, , came
en t. I like it here but am anx- ba;ck in May, was here four days,
ious t o get back to sea. then ba.ck down to Midway and
! I r eceive d a l et ter from Lt. tha:t' s the f ir st t ime I have run
; W-o-o drow MacDonald and his into much of this war , other t han
I frie nds in Harbor S,prings will be inconvenience. I stayed ou t t her e
I
glad to know that he is well and un til July, ca me back her e, a-nd
getting along OK in the army, He.. 1Jhen south again.
is stationed a t pr es ent on an I s- When I came ba.ck this ti me,
I
land in the Southern Pacific. I J ,ack Cooper had t he letter_s f r om
'd-o not kno-w the exact location you, so I ca,bl ed _you I was 0 . K.
and would not be allowed to s a y The spots I have been in it is al-
, if ' I did know. He said he woulg .!ll'OSt impossible to write, so re-
not mind being stationed out i n li1jmber n o news is go od news. I
I
a l onely island if it wer en' t for am .still working f or the same {JUt-
the mosquitoes which seem :flit ,and waiti ng to g o out to some
!!>other him more t ha n t he island again. I don' t know which
He tells a st ory-in his l etter which one and couldn't t ell you if I did,
is somewha t exaggerated b ut t his but will try and write from t here.
is how it goes. Quote: " I was ly- Anything t hat 'con1es to 353 Royal
ing in my bunk -one night when HaiW.aiian Avenue I will always
I f elt something t ap me Qn the get. T'hat's the place I st ayed last
shoulder. I turned my h ead a round January. . . _
.and ther e was a real large mos- Be sur e to wr ite Dad and Jim-
quito. He said turn over brother mie, Qr send t his Jetter on. H
so I -can see y.our dog tag. This everything goes all right, I am
mosquitoe was very particular' c-oming home next summer . I jus t
and only liked a certain t ype <>f received a hig bunch of Har bor
bl ood and he wanted to find out papers. Tell t hem there if there
what tYVe mine was before t aki ng is anyone -over here fr om home,
a ,bite. " ' hav t hem l ook me up:
I have w sign -off now. Thanks Love,
I
again for t he paper and 1 also Wellington.
want t o t hank my friends in Har - (Ed Note : T'he .albove lett er
I bor S prings for t he nice Christ- was wri tten t o Mrs. J ohn Holiday,
- mas car ds I received. t 'of Welli ngton Fr ancis. Al-
Sincerely, Wellington is not in t he
W. V. Williams, or Navy, he is doing such
Aux.

J . SchaHer 6067-52
11th CQ. \}th Reg. . . .

-\,v AAiC Tr aining Center

Daytona Beach, Florida.
* * *
J_,oufs Surimer .
cio' St anda.rd Oil of N. J .
\
' East 22rid-st. . .
Bayonne, ' N.' J .
Louis, son of Mr . and Mrs. Bert
I Sumner, 815 State-st., joined the
f )<1erchant Marine on October 1,
1
last.
* * *
Cpl. WHbert Reber
304 Bomib Sqd. 84th Bom'b Grp.
Drel\v Fiel d, Tampa, Fla.
I
rssential work to help t he, servi.ce,
that we thougilit his lette'r should
I
come undl!'( the " Ji arlbor' Springs
has gone t.o polumn. )
Pfc. W. Joseph Kosequat en-
listed at Michigan S-tate College
A u gust 3lo 1942 a nd p a ssed f or
Aviation Cadet tra ining J anua r y
20, 19 4 3. '
HARBOR SPRINGS
NEWS NOTES FRO
SGT. C. MAlRVIN REYN
Fort Lewis, Wash.
,Miarc-h 6, 1943.
Editor, Service Column
Emmet County Gr.aphic,
Harbor Springs, Mi-ch.
. I
Yesterday morning was the
g est moment for t his Divisio.n.
has gone to war t l
This GRAPHIC feature seCtiO!Il is devoted
exclusively to men and women of this com-
munity in the' armed forces of the U. S.
I
The Cross" pass-
. ed in review before Ma}or Gen-
eral Millikin, commanding officer,
and ranking staff officers and.
high of 1X Co-rps. T.he
Division marmed two years of m-
duction fr<>m Illinois National
Guard status into Federal serv-
March 5. Speci.al invitatioJ;I
given wive.s of enlisted men
and officers to witness tJi e .!;!pec-
tacle. -Bleachers were erected be-
side the reviewing stand and sev-
eDal hundred spectators were
preselllt. Artillery units presente:lf
the best a,ppearance in the review.
This department cooperates with
the BUCK-A-MONTH Club of
Harbor Springs in providing a
community contact with our rep-
resentatives in the , Service of our
Country. The GRAPHIC is sent
free by the publisher.
APOLOGIES FROM KARL
SCtfWERDTFEGER
March 10, 1943
Editor
Emmet County Grwphic
Harb-or S'prings, Michigan
Dear Sir:
I am very sorry not to have
wr itten t o thank The
Graphic f,or the copies I
cei ved an'd f or its of tne
Buck A Mo nth Club.
The "SeaBees" t o whom I am
atta:ched at present, are a com-
parat ively new branch -of. the
Navy. It r esembles the
i.ng Collps <>f the Army m Its pu:-
pos-e. Ga.rnp Peary .is . the
t raining center and It Is growmg
beyond all imagi-nation.
We are 'just outside historic
Williamsburg and very cl<>se to
hundreds of battlefields of the
Re-volutionary and Civil Wars. .
Atfred Shaw is here at thi.s
ca-mp and a !Part <>f th-e Personnel
Office. 'The arrival of the Graph-
ic is an <>ccasion for 'reminiscing
.about Harbor Springs,
HARBOR BUCK A MONTH
CLUB DRAWS COMMENTS
Preston. Bradley, min
ister at the Central Church,
Chicago, who broadcasts over
WGN, recently wrote a me m-
ber of the Buck A Month
club complimenting the club,
the Graphic: and the town on
their activities in behalf of
the servicemen from Harbor
Springs. Dr. Bradley got his
information on this activity
from a copy of the Graphic,
mailed to him.by a club mem-
ber.
During the past two weeks,
the Graphic has received sev-
eral letters from publishers
of weekly papers other
towns, asking information as
to how the Club got its start
and also how the servicemen's
pnge is conducted.
HARBOR'S FIRST WAAC
TELLS ACTIVITIES
I
Dear Irene :
I do wish to t hank the Graphic J ust Te ceived your lett er. Since
again, also th'-ose who are show- I have not wri tt en a lette-r in three
j.ng their interest to the boys_ weeks, I t.hou.g:ht that it would be
through -contributions to the club. only a shor t time bef ore my mail
'There are a number -of men should have compietely ceased.
here from Detr<>it and other Mich- Our life now is rela,tively unevent-
ig.an cities and all take a great ful so wr it in.g let t er s is not so
dea l of interest in the paper. ea
1
sy a.s it was. The Russian Don
I would like !PUblicly apolo- &;ossock choir came t o Daytona
gize to the many pe<JiPle m Har- one Sunday and I hear d Gl adys
bor Springs who have written <>r Swarthout was here too, a . sho.rt
sent Christ mas cards. I have not .time a:g>o .but I was working so
written all of them but fully couldn't go.
tend to catch up at first' o;p-
portunity. I .sup-p-o.se I ihave told you al-
Sincerely, r eady wh:a,t I am doir, g-correct-
Karl R. Schwerdtfeger, CY ing test,s and reco.:t:ding grades.
Camp Peary, 'They seem to p.ass most of t he
Williamsburg, Va. teac'hei!'9 int.o either int e-rviewing
or During our busy wee]\s
LETTER FROM
WALTER HOFFMAN
Cedar S!priiilgs, Mich.
MaDch 9, 1943.
Editor Graphic
Hal'bor S[)rings, Mich.
Dear Si r: _
1My youngest son, Charles Hoff-
man who was Western Union
at the p<>st office at
W equetonsin,g during
f.or a number -of years, 1s now m
.service, located at Fort Leonard
Wood, Missouri. He is just re-
Coveiing from a slight attack <>f
pneumonia but is much improved.
.Edgar, my oldest son is still at
Treasure Island, Calif., and has
r ecent ly been advanced to radio
technician, second class. He ex-
p ect s to complete the course lat e
ion May.
Am 1:ooking forward to some re-
li ef from t he memories <>f this
wint er up there this summer.
:Sincerely yours,
Walter P. H<>ffman,
Agt. W eqlie Station,
<>ur hours are very lo-ng. I get to
the office at 7:15 a.m. get barely
time to. da.sh out for mess f,l:t noon
and nig-ht , then wor k usually unt il
7: 30 o.r 8 p.m. We even work ed
last Sunday moi!'ning. Every obhe1
week howeve1, we have not been
testing. Then we do li ttle more
than k.ill time. From now on h ow-
ever we should ibe test ing every
week, our fewer nm.pbrs. My lieu-
tenant assured me a few days ago
that I shouLd soon be a corp.oTal
week, oux fewer numbe-r:s. My lieu-
tenant /broke iher ankle so now I
don't know how Long we sb,all ,have
to wait for stripes.
There is no drill any mo.re. Our
company drills usua lly every S.wt-
urday hut I am 'usually workmg
then---'helping clean our floors,
per.hap.s. I have done more house-
worrk o.r j anitor wo.r k here t<.han
a lmost any-thinog els e. I still get t.he
Gr-aphi-c every week and enjOY
r eading it.
As Ever
Abbi e
HAIROLD COLE READS THE
GRAPHIC IN NORTHERN
AFRICA
General .Millikin made a most in-
N<>rthern Africa teresting Sipe-ech c-oncerning the
lFe.bruary .24, 1943 future <>f this Division but his
Mr Elmer J. Hanna, word:s were restricted from the
County Graphic public.
Harbor S,pring.s,. Michigan Handle.d the Army's new "se-
Dear Elmer: -cret weapon" and learned how it
Received the December 31 . is- operates. Inf<>rmation concerning
sue -of the Graphic this mo:nmg this weapon is r estricted b.ut I
and was very glad to get It. I feel :proud in having seen it. The
believe that I read ever;r word wea,pon has been ref wred to in
and .saw mamy things of mterest dispatches fr.om Tunisia as the
ahout Northern Michigan. I have- "Bazo<>ka gun." Reput edly it bol-
n't any idea who sent me the pap- sters the fi>ghting morale of in-
er but at any rate am very grate- fantrymen in combating tanks
ful to the resp-onsible !Party. Hope and armored cars of German gen-
that it won't be too long before eral Rommel's Afrika Kol'lps .in
the next issue comes along, n{)rthern Africa.
I c.ould w.rite a great de-al ab<>.Ut Economilcal note: Higher cos
my travels. and experiences i-n my of living have raised the army. ra,
year of foreign service but the tion from 43 to 57 cents per diW,
censor doesn't consider it g-ood with smaller cuts of meat pe;r
"etiquette" to mention military man and use of -ole-omargarine for
matters. H{)wever, _I -have seen a butte-r Coffeeless and meatless
lot and so far hav.e enj-oyed it all. days not uncoQmmoQn now in
SpEnt several months in " good ole Army messhalls within the con-
Er i n" and also got a cha<nce to tinental USA .... New equiJp-
visit England and Sc-otland. Am ment made !PUblic: Amphibillln
the .war!ll here midget vehicles (a peep in a boa't
in Afr ica wh!Ch IS we shell); carbine rifles ... Note of
didn' t have in Ireland. m_Y civilian Arrangememt1s
six months in Ireland I thmk It c-ompleted for additional housing
mined five months and twenty- of 300 .servicemen every Satur-
days, . day night free in state
Had a nice down here c31pitol 14 from . :f\ort.
have d<>ne Con:sJderabl e. t r avehng Olympia busmessme.n r.aised $2000
since our arrival in I t ake I f oT bla.nkets, bedding . . . Worry
advanta:ge of every .available item: How to get dress oxfmds
and have visited ' several . cities which every third soldier wear!'
and t owns. The Red Cross IS into town now that Ration Stamp
t aihly doing a great job her e. No. 17 is necessary to make
They are doing a great deal for purchase -of new shoes. Ev-en
t he servi ce me.n and they dese::ve
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army post exchange.s require the
.a lot of -cTedit. Tl}ey are opemr:g necessary N<>. 17

new cen1_ers ev_ery da:y and m 'The I visiting the
s pi-te o( aU han.di c.aps, ,. state ca[litol at Olyn1-
as gettmg SUPJ!hes .t?e pia sig.ned the guest register
ed trans,portati?n faci!Jti e.s they after two .soldier couples from
are r eally get tmg thmgs done. Fif-e Lake .and Kalkaska, Mich.,
W:hen the folks back c<> n- who had been there. Later we
t n bute to , the Red met them in the capitol r eceptiofl
Cross they .are to a room, learned they had friends in
cause t hat IS domg more for the Harbor Spri-ngs and Petoskey-
n:t en than o-ne can pos- Which .proves the world is small .
s1bly_ . to a serviceman!
. Will br mg tl:ns t o a close and 1Sincerely yours,
will try and wnte more at . a later Sgt. Charles M. Rey.ner',
date W-ould be very gla d to hear I
you. Thanks again for the
Gt.avhi.c.
Sincerely yours,
Pl<'C Har-old W .
c-o Post master
New York City.
Cpl. Glenn A. Hul:fuard 36539320
3rd Gen. Hospital, AIPO 3922
cjo P. M., New York, N. Y.
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Cpl. Willard ;C. Page
Blk-F-25-20 1School Sq.
Class 43-25 LV.AAF
Vegas, Nevada
No. 25
_ Cpl. Grant Lambertson
AAFTD Bk. 137
Ypsilanti, 'Mich.
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Pfc. William C. Smith
42-th Air Base ,Squadron
D:t. Med. Dept. Base Dispensary
Chatham Field, .savannah, Ga.
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Pvt. Elmer D. !Brudy,
Tr. Gr. 604, .Sqd. 5
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Princess Martha :Hotel
,st. Petersburg, Fla.
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BJI!I!iiJIMD BING" we oan get back. ho.m.e. .
WOULD I H is a much d1fferent life t han
Pearl Harbor Bombid'.'
GRAPHIC MAKES BOYS . .Such was ouT luck.
FEEL CLOSER TO HO ___ to the Nation's colors, i
,.PPRECIA TE LETTERS most of us are used to, ibut ]o:u
.can, take it from me the Arr
:F'e'brua ' 16 1943 .d.r:oves, came,
D St I
. ry ' A m1lhon b<>ys, each to play
Corp" is t ops i n any man's lan-
guage.
The "Buck A Mo.nth" club is
.reall,y a grea t service t o the boys
in the
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Armed F orce2.. I d<>n't
1 believe a ny of you r ealize just
I
' how much it means to us to be
abl e t o r ead a)bout t he other fel-
Jc>w.s f r om Har.bor a nd also .. h<>w
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t he boys are gett ing along in
I bask etJball. It is r eally a g"l"eat
t.hir:.g, just keep it up. You will
never r.egret it.
We'll keep them fl ying.
So lon.g f or now,
Gordon S. Burns.
P.S. I <<>u ld stand letter<s f>i- om
any of -you that have time to
write.
ear .' an ey. . . I the game.
Received my f1rst ISsue of the : Then in <>ur home it t<> ok its
.Gr aphic yestel'day, and it surely .., toll of war '
seemed good to hav.e it. Rea,ding And Paul was' <!ailed-to help
the home t own paper mrukes a r even the score.
f ell<>iW f eel closer to home, al- II still remember when he went
though he is many miles away,
I hope you people up there' are I'll remember it to my dying day.
having warmer weather than .we . "F,'.;:mi"-;-li)\:! all g_rowing Amer-
are. It has .been really cold here I<; al! boys,
t l} e last few days. The temper- Loved life itself, its downfalls
ature h a;s .been down to twenty- and, j<>:ys.
six belQ.w zero. and is no.w about t Yet, with smiles <>n his face .of
zer o. The :harbo<r here fr<>ze over Vicwry,
last night and i>s the first time it left, the tri-pad <>f
!has frozen since 1915. . "' "We Three. '
Well, Stan, I want to thank I had the chance, <>ne month !at-
the Graphic and the Buck A . . er, to see,
M:onth .clUib f or sending the \.His 1on.lsome fa,ce, through his
p.aper us. It He for home, but
PVT. , CLARENCE GASCO I IS an enJoyment to read all he'd say,
WRITES HIS MOTHER 'I h. . s 1 "Chins up, Jack, we'll be togeth-
m<:er.e y, er some day."
Dlecernlbe.r 26, )942 .Et zel Hartung One month later, right to the day,
Deares t Mothe<r : , , I too
BERNAR
.o CASS'IDY Ju.st a few lines to let you j KENNY DAVERT Was called to. fight for the "Red,
. know .that f ine and hope WRITES 'FROM FLORIDA and Blue."
Dear f ri ends :
1 these lmes fmd you the .same. S-o. true, 1t was, I was lonesome,
1
h e 1 I .h:avem' t hea!t'd fl'Om y.ou FCJbruary 25 at firs t,
Most :of .Yhou

ks up h om I .since I received your package Miami Belllch, Fla. And .at t he Axis three, I often
prc:ba.b!Y. wts to m.ow 'W ere aloo.ut t wo .w.eeks ago, but M:om
am Well. f olks_, r .don't blame t his on you. As Dealt' E-ditoQ' : For taking men away from work
m Keesler I ' ve told J'iOU .before, the mai:l and homes,
pi the A-r my An Corps. I ::-m ,,_ stem isn't
50
good. !lfave 1receive.d t_wo cop.ies of Learning them to kill, and for -
,alh0'1:)lt nnile Y Say, by t he way, I surely need 1.he Gr.ap.hk, and w&s delighted ever w roam,
1from the of Mex1co. The some towels and hair toni c, but t o see the paper, although one . Yet I. could see Paul's .smile <>f
weat her her e . 1s swell but at no ci aTettes You see I "an oet co.p,y had s ome very ba.d new.s. It victory.
times we have damp spells, and them grouch than I was quit.e a .blow to hear aibout
1
I braced up-one was left, where
;;o a lot .of <! olds are <!aught. aiso could us e some good maga- iKer: ny He was one od' 'Y'as "We Three."
-There . are t wo boy.s from the .my best fnen dG, we to have Alnd If I never get the chance to
city of Petoskey in my barracks, zint\laven't any more new.s ex- a lot o.f fun together a t school. tes t
in fact the ori.Jy two in the cept that we have some mail I didn' t write when I first re- My training-remember I did my
whole camp. They are Jack
1
h I reived the paper becwuse I was ibest.
Cross and Stanley Kritcher. coming in now. I 'S.Ur e Y ope on shiument. It is r.umored that If I met Hitler, he would laugh
can hea.r from you. - h 1
Right now I am in basic we are gett ing ,shipp.ed out Wit g ee, . , . .
training This .certainly is a Y<>ur loving son, f oa.e .Satur.day. If we do ' I wtll Yet--.s<> There s m1lhon
swell Wi sh Y'OU could see Cla r ence wri te . f r om wherever I am so I <>thers me.
it but visitors or dvilians aTe can get the papelt'. Y.ou guess ed :t, Bernard was next
allowed. :Some of the t1me I think I'm , On the hst, . .
f 11
, t MRS. FLORA BRISTOL . CLUB going. t o di e in t his place beca Ca ll ed t o ar ms, and 1n th1s war
If any of YOU o <s care. o JOINS B.A.M. . .
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.b . , . t to assist
rite I'd t\)ppre,date heaJmg 1t 1s sro hot. ,May, e It 1S JUS "'B' , h
11
d
IW1 ' . Dear Friend: cause I'm used to <!OOl mg, as e was ca e ' never
flfom home. I am enclosing $1.00 t o help :n t he wint er t ime Most harmed a soul,
They .had Judy- Canova m per- the Buck A Month c1Uib take bo .- beT ha . . ' Yet, n<>w he was to play a dif-
son at a c;amp :slhorw d<>wn here. .Yb ve .h . f erent role.
She certainly got the applaus e. <: are of om boys . - '?Y
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t
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'hei he m f r Bing, it seemed to me, was to.o
I suppose . the weather is p-retty We are very war com.cious J. , Is IS a. ave tme o you ng to leave,
c old up there now. The bugler here B>att!e Creek. Y.e.soterday .agam the paper (It's funny , h<>w height and
down here reminds me of Harry a s pecial t ran: brought m many wi.ll wrtte agam. str eng th will deceive.)
James , does he ever . swing it wounded soldteT.s. The P.Yt Kenneth Da e was no One t o punch around,
<J ut. I ment has t aken over the Samt- ask me
Well, I haven't muoh to say 'i<>r ium f or hos pi tal service. " 'WE THREE" ' t hat \ v.as gone, gone
<>n account .of mili t ar y seCJrebs. . I suppose you . pl enty (Introduction) were "We . Three." .
Wishing to hear from some of snow and we have into History, many pray . God da1l y, that Bmg and
you I quote , Smcerel> '. member - Paul,
' "Keep 'em Buying Mrs. Flora Br1stol (Nineteen f<>rty-one, seventh Across the Seas'' will not get
and __ --=------- - -.. December), the call, , .
We'll keep 'em On Pe!J.rl Harbor, the Japs Yet I know 11 not shirk,
as ever, OE KOSEQUAT RECEJVE sneakily abused when times comes,
_...:Rin<> 'Peace, and throughout Proudly they 11 mar ch t o the
* * *
Opl. John F. Hess 36421032
U.S.A. Co. K, 800 Sig. Tng.
Crowder, Mo.
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land, fighting spirit fused. and drums.
so on this date of fate, com But It s now, or st ormy weath-
' forth my story- er,
J.f s not <>ne .of fame, nor vYe'.ll all r eturn, "We three," to-
<>f gl<>ry; gether,
ltj relates a tale Of life Perhaps, one year, or in two,
ou:t this land Or more,
in everyone's home, That time will come, when we
a brand. settle the score.
some, there's one, And y.et, "We three," are n<>w
. three, united,
Some, perhaps more n one .great cause-"Freedom
Uberty. decided"!
urging ahead,
tory

.Pvt:' Wayne Allerding
lllecl. Det. Station Hosp .....
Shenango Per. RepJ _...
GTeenvill e, Pa. "' ..;:/
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ALLERDING WALTER COSENS NOW l
NEW YORK
St . Albans, N. Y.
F eb. 7, 1943
Dear Editor:
Well here I am in New York!.
I
T,his is a new base and is very
nice. So nice it does n' t seem like
we are still in t he Navy.
M-ast er Ser geant All erding, t he
Harbor .Springs boy who has been
awarded the Good Conduct Med-
al at K-ell y F iel d, Texas, f. or -out-
standing lea der ship and go-od c-on-
duct during three years' servi-ce
in the army. His pa.re.nts ar-e Mr.
and .Mrs. Arthur . All erding.
Wall, we l eft Frday evening
at 11: 30 f rom Great Lakes. W1=
had a tr-oop t rain which had f ive
sl ee.pers and -one diner. when we
r eached New York we could not
see anythi ng because t here was
a dimou t an d they have i t like
that all the time. We ar e allo wed
t o hav.e on our lights but we have
to have t he shades down all the
time. ( Good f or sai l-ors at
night.)
This is" a ver y new place as I
s aid bef ore and y-ou mi ght say. it
is so new that they st ill have the
blue"prints st ill on the floor. They
t ell us ther e are six hundred pat - \
ients waiting f or us so if you
r ead about .600 mim dying in New
York you will know the reasoll :
I wish you would st a!'lt s endmg
t he paper t o me ag,ai n. I would
appr e-ciate it very much.
Hopi ng to r eceive t'he patper
SO On.
As ever,
Wa lt er Cose:ns HA2C
. S. N. Hospital
t Albans , L. I.
.Jf11 York
,Since this award was made,
Kennet h has been pro moted to
War rant Officer (Junior Garde),
and 'has r eported to- t he I
Ai!' Depot Tr ::ining .St ation at 2ND LT. MARION BURNS
Will Rogers F ield, Oldahoma. . . WRITES FAMILy
MERLIN HARTUNG WRITES 1! My Mother, Da d
MISS CLARK I and
Mom's letter c ame two days ag-o
Jan. 30, 1943 along with the lovely box. I en-
Miss Edith Clarke j oyed the colog ne so much. Thanks
Harb-or Springs, Mich. for everything. Mom's cake and
Dear Miss Clarke : candy haven't arrived as yet but
I rec-eived y-our most welcome will I am sure. Vern's cake came
l etter and t he Gospel today and I ! and it was wonderful.
want to thank you v-er y much f or It was so nice -of Mrs. Cum-
it. lot is ve.ry comfort ing t o read min.gs and Mns. Ketchman to send
thr ough it after having diff er ent me the .r-os aries . Nicholas
ways of . kill ing drilled int o y-o u is also s ending S()Dl ,
f or sever al we-eks. "
We have a serious job to do
and they are t eaching us the
qui-cke-st -and best met hods t o do
it. S-ome of us npy n ever s ee a.c-
t i on but if we do we' 'will be well
prepared f-or it .
1 The weat her here in San Diego
I
is a lot different than any I ever
saw .bef or e. We all had bad colds
the firs t c-ouple of weeks we were
her e. So fa r I haven' t been out -
side the base so I don't know
anything about the -town. Next
week we will be out of boot Cl/.mP
and will -get a shor t leave.
I a.ny..o:lle- can g et
I near tl\e base' wit h a camera now.
1 They are prett y btrict about t hose
t hings now.
I have some mor e wr iti ng to do
t onight s-o I'll have to cl ose.
Thanks again f or t he GoSJpel.
Very sincer e-rly yours ,
Pvt. Merlin Har t ung,_
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Word li as been r eceived_ her e
t hat Harold Col e is now in n-orth
He says it is warm
there in more ways than one.
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RECEIVE-D PROMOTION

Gordon Hanna, son of Mr. and
Mrs E J . Hanna, has been pr o-
t o Ser geant. is with, t?e
Army at F ort Bennmg, Geoi gJa .
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P ROMOTED TO STAFF
SER\GEANT
Dal e Gleason, son of Mr. and
MJ:s. Charl es Gl eason, has been
prqmoted to Staff Ser g7ant. He
has been t r ansferred fr-om Hon-
. (\j San Marcos, Tex&s.
t a\\er c -se:;:;;-a:rrived Mo
J ames Campbell, s-on of MI )
Oej ia Campbell, has been pr
m-oted t o Pharmacist Mate t hi
d ass. J im writ es that he is .re.cei
iing the Graphic and enJoys
very much. He ext ends his than
to th e Graphic and t he Buck N
._ s pend a f ew d.ays lelll?
&IN'IfM called home by thEr il
'tlt!I!S ocr .h-i!s gr.a nM a th r
C,osens. w .altE',o . is. stationed
Gcr--eat La<kes, Illmo.Js.
club for what t hey ar e do-
the b oys in ser vice.
DED,ICATES
BROTHERS
J anuary, 1943
Dear Edi<tor:
I am enclosing a request ;p-oem,
with this short note, h-oping that
it may be printed in the, "Hal'bor
Sp rings has .gone to War c-olumn.
\
A while ago, before Bernard
lef t for t he army, he me
to write a short poem, ent itled,
"We Three." ... -
Now that 'he has j oined
f ighting for-ces, I wish to
cate t he poem to him, Paul
to t he -o-ther men f rom
who so nobly resp.onded to Unci
Sam's call. . .
There is hardly a family m
Harbor who- hasn't a vacant space,
hardly a mother -or fa ther , who
hasn't felt the twinge -o-f l one-
someness, s ince their :b-oy left f.or
the service.
Right now, the only thing we
can promise our love.d -ones back
h o,me, is this phrase, '
1
Chins up,
folks, we' ll all be together some-
day."
1Speaking
town servic-e men, let
"We' ll kee,p that J>romise.''
We appreciate deeply the
vice men' s column" in the Graph-
ic but will see to it that it's -only
a ' .t emporary feature.
May its succeeding feature _c ol-
umn be titled "Har.bor Sprmgs
Returns f_r oin
t ruly,
:fack.
'Tod.ay l r.....,... magaz;ines
from Dewey a New Test-
frmu t he Baptist church, it
is lovely in a blue ziiJtper cover.
Y E'sterda;li I received the in-
struments .llr om Little Tra ver se
Hospital, and they are go.ing to
be a big help here.
Thanks for the clippings. The
b-oys are all doing alright. I
I will write Sister Superi-o
when I r eceive the medals.
I .sure hope t he hose arrive som
as I . am wearing my last tw
pair.
Ls Gordon in the army yet . If
s o whe-re is his fami.l y. It is sur e-
ly hot here. I am tired of t his
weat her .and miss the snow so
much. Did I writ e you that I met
St-an Reid -of Levering. He is an
officer. We had a grand visit.
J an. 21.
I di d n ot get my l etter mai led
so will a dd a few more lines.
Your V -letter -of Dec. 29 came
today and the -box finally a-rrived
it was swe-ll. Thanks so much. We,
a ll' enjoyed it,, the rosa-des and
medal s are certainly appreciated
over here.
,I have a gain volun:teered for
f-o reign service. I hope I may go
SOOn. W-e JJave been here a long
time. I hope you have s-ome more
hose -on the way; we can't get any
kind here. vVe were all mor e or
less .low over the hol idays. We did
have a nic.e Christmas th-o, and
a -chance to attend Mass both on
Christmas and New Year's.
Love to you all,
Marian E. Burns,
2nd Lt. A. N. C.
PROMOTED
Mrs. Sarah Tippett just receiv-
ed 'word that her son, Pvt. R-ob-
ert J. Tippett, has graduated
f r om Airial . Gunners school a-t
Fort Myers, Florida, anti is now
a Sergeant ana baa receiTed his
Silver Wings.
s Moi nes,
Mae l:> haw -o.f Harbo
. is one :o.f the firs:t I:n;
.g1rls to join t he Women'
Army Auxiliary C-orps . The adopt-
ed daughter of M. P-aul Ka-gec!h-
iwan of Detr-oit , she is in Basic
Tr aining at F ir st W A<AC Train-
ing Center, Fo-rt Des Moi nes, Ia.
Auxiliar y Sha:w, a stenogr apher
bef-ore she enroll ed in the wo-
men's army, is a member -of the
Ottawa tri be . . She speaks the Ot-
t ongue, though hl!-lt ingly.
She . attended Holy Ch ildho-od
Grade Scho-ol, an Indian s-c>hool in
Harbo-r .Sp-r ings, and Ha.rbor
Springs High Scho-ol. Later, she
t ook a commer cial course at Dav-
enpo.rt-McLachlan Business Insti-
t ute in Grand Rapids, Mich.
" The W AAC r epresents an ex-
cellent .c.r
1
os s-section of Ame-rican
womanhood," she declares, "and
, I'd like to see mo.re Ind-ian girls
i in unifor m. I know tha't t hey're
as anxi ous to help in the war ef-
j fort as -other American w-omen,
, and ther-e's n o place better than
l t he WA.tAC t o serve the United
Sta-tes."
J In civilian life, she was secre-
l
' tary to the Rev. T. R. Dark, pas-
.1 t or -of the Guar dian Ang el church
. in Manistee, Mich., f-or three and
I
a half years. Immediat ely before
j-oining the Army she did
1 p-harmaceu.ticlal . at Mercy
1 Hos pital in n, Mi,.l-
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' ROLL
HONOR uet, A.
Shenonaq A.
pv-t, steve ThOl1lPson, .A.
pf c. )'Ae<rl e Tnonwson,N
,Sgt. Lldoy-tj,.r:rn;t r ongl ' . A.
11-owar C Clocl{ m,
pvt. FaY
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-nardt , ne, i.n the
. Cnet Ev-er at GetmaFt s the
tne or -c:'nestr: n o:W spend-
al"bor Spr-
c :nop J:l o daYS lll 113 .00 to tbe
i.ng a !-nne [le w'iJJS
. )'Aontb c Ul
Buck A.
[\ere. M. 3 c, ar-
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. BOB LANCTO IN ARMY
F e1br uary 18, 1942
Dear EditDr:
Horw's everything and everybody
in good old Har,bor Springs, Sur e
do miss i t. I rCJceived a bunch of
Graphks f r-om my s ister who is
in Lansing. Surely was gl-ad to
ge't them and get all t he news of
t he fellows at dif f er ent posts,
'oo<bh ther e and albroad, also of t he
ferw who ar e still a t home.
AHhough I did not get draft ed
from Harb-or, I would like to be
pl>a ced on that Har bor Honor Roll
because n o matter how f ar I may
voam, that will always be h ome.
How's Gor don making o ut . I
see he is in sunny Boy
this Mar yla nd is one damp
somet hing like a swamp i n the
springtime.
I t o:ok my s ix weeks' basic here
in August and S eptember and
since then iha ve gone bhrough t wo
small-arms schools and am now in
my t hird. .
Give my regards to all and good
luek.
Hob Lancto.
KARL SCHWERDTFEGER
PROMOTED TO CHIEF
PETTY OFFICER
Karl Schwer dt f eger, son of Mr .
and Mrs. Carl H. Sc-hwerdt f eger,
was pr omoted to r ank of Chief
Petty Offi cer on Februar y 15.
Karl was induct ed into t he Naval
February 1942.
a t W'"'""'"u
Dear Editor :
I have been receiving
Graphic now f or the laat
weeks and eer tainly appreci
t he news it brings from home.
-I have been in t'he hospital and
have not felt much like writing,
but n-ow I am 1back on t he
'1heam", feeling . mo!l'e like get-
t ing acro.ss t he pond t han g-oing
to school.
am in a swell ooutfit . Mos t
CI!U) f.l ig;ht are ibOY"IS fr,om gQo:
Kkhi<gan, and we all will 1be
n t his mes:s is deaned up
- --- ' cati-on is by wire_:_t elephone
HARBOR SPRINGS
I
e.gr aph and t elegraph pri nt er
so und-radio, walki e-talkie;
sight-air -gr ound panels, h
signals ; by carrier- mo tor or foot
mess enger , pigeon. Howeve r , the
has gone to war!
ar t ill ery units make use o signal
flags .
. My own section in Division Sig-
nal Comrpany is Telephone and
Tel e,gra>ph and specifica lly our
se,ctio-n oper ates fi eld
and the printer. In the
Wor ld War I most messages were
t r ansmitted by tel ephone between
diVlisions and t o higher uni ts. I n
World War II t he t eleprinter or
tel e,gr ap'h !Pri nter receives the
greatest use from division to
co:r:ps to army. Both the t elephone
and -telegr aph p.rinter require
This GRAP HIC feature section is d evoted
exclusively to men a'nd women of t his 'com-
munity in the armed forces of the U. "5.
This depart ment cooperates with
the BUCK-A-MONTH Club of
Harbor Springs in providing a
.community contact with our r ep-
resentatives in the Service of our
Countr y. The GRAPHIC is sent
free by the publisher.
ROBERT J . TIPPETT
PROMOTED TO SERGEANT
Ft. Myers, Fla.--The gr a duation
and .pr omoti on to ser geant of
ert J . Tippett, son of Mrs. Sa rah
Ti:prpett, Route No. 1 Har bor
Springs-, has been announced at
A,AR Flexil{le Gunnery School,
Ft. Myer s, Fla., by Col. Delmar T.
Spivey, Commanding Officer of
the southwest Fl o,rida aerial gun-
nery sc<ho-o l.
.Ser geant Tippett has j ust com-
,plet ed an intensive fi ve weeks'
c-ourse of instruction in t he O!p-
era:tion of the large guns that arm
Ame6can plaqes against enemy
attack.
The c-ours e of instrwct ion co.n-
sist ed, in par t, of training iiJl. air-
craft identification and recogni-
tion, a cl ose study of the mech-
anism of t he .30 and .50 caliber
machine guns, instructi9n i.n meth-
ods of estimating the speed and
di stance of a plan e, r if le .and ma-
gun pra,ctke on grou nd
ranges, training in t he DperwUon
of modern and coi11!Plex power tur-
ret oper ated .guns, and f ina lly,
practice firing from a plane at a
target t owed behind another
plane.
S gt . Gordon Hanna , who is s ta-
tioned at Fort Bennang, Geor.gia,
SI']Jent several days with hi s par-
en:ts, Mr. and Mrs. E. J . Hanna,
in East This is the
PETE STEWART IS
ENJOYING GRAPHIC
Wlir es f or cir cuits but the l at t er
!provides a printed, permanent rec-
ord and- can make as many as
dhree copies simultaneously.
Dear Sir: Harbor S,prings folk will r e-
Re.ceived the Emmet County member Henry Keller f ormer ly
Graphi c paper the other day, a nd I was a member of th is compa ny.
don't .. know who the thoughtful While here, Henry was a motr
one was who sent it or what f or, messenger f or Division message
lbut pl ease tell t hem, or he -or she, cente.r and chauffeur ed a peep.
w:hoever it was, "thank you f or At present he is ) oca t ed at Camp
being s o .thoughtful to one who Crowder, Missour i in a signal
appr edates ithe thought very photographic company.
much." Andrew Boynt on Df Harbor
If' you want something to ar gue Spr in.gs is w1it h t he Or dnance in
over, he.re is something that news- E'gypt and located ,in the vici niW
papers ,could play up over . the of Cair o and the Nile. He has seen
w:hole country, and that is t he the f amed py.r amids of Ge?,ha
farmer. They're drafted and leave and sphinx nearby. Thi s infor-ma-
to go to wo.rk in the plants while tion has passed internatiO-nal cen-
their f ar ms go to po t , or sell sor slhi p. Andy is in charge of com-
them. Their work is. j us t as im- pany supply and r ecently promot-
portant as the plant work. ,F-ood. ed to ser geant.
I r ead an arUcl e in the January Some enlist ed men left on f ur-
Readers Digest, and to my way of loug'h.s yester day fr om Divi s.ion
t hinking, and to a l ot of us way Signal Company. Three ar e Mic,h-
out here, f ood is import ant. And i.gan men and went to Flint , Cad-
t hat man knerw what he was talk- ill ac and Muskegon. Lucky fel-
ing ahout . lDWS!
Was glad, very glad to r eceive -Don' t f or get t he USO amo.n
the Hanbor paper to see how t he benevolent organizations
t hings are there, and t o r ead t'he asEiist. United Service Organ
but seems I don't t ions provide many eomforts
kr.c.w so many there now. Long entertainment f or all men in
t ime no see. forms of t he armed fol'Ces .
Wishing y-ou the . best of luck. y our man in t he ser yke and
As ev member t he USO !
Staff-Sgt. Good luclk t o the Grap'hic
1
'"- "" - he Bu.ck A Mo-n!Jh cl ub.
! Sincer ely,
1Sgt. Char les
For t
Great Lakes,
Editor :
I have been r eceivi ng the . Dear E.ditor :
G,rajphi c regul arly since I have
1
I guess I had bett er give
been here g-oing to the hos pi t al my address so I may cont inue
school but I am going t o have to ceiving t he Graphic. I .ha ve
a sk you if you all would hold it joyed r eading the home t own ,
up until I r each my new base, er and through it l was able
whkh means that I leav.e next contact Bab.cock at McCoy.
Fr iday, F eb. 5. I
The Gr aphic has kept me post-
111
some
ed on what's going on up in Har- cret an base m . I
bor but I must admit the f ir st even kno-w the name of 1t
t hing I l ook at is how Harbor I I've asked non-com I
came out in bask et ball. They have I I am ass1gl!-ed to an
been doing very good. Gongr atu- battery m t he. C
lations boys ! Only keep it up and , tlpery. We entered t h1s
next t ime doubl e t he scores. I n,ght and we shall leave at
Tl'i e Graphic I r e.ceived t oday . We had a swell t r ip and
ha d all the boys f rom Har bor t hat m the best Of P ullman cars.
are in t he servi ces and I began between my
t o wonder who there is left in m cat t lecars during the
Ha.rhor lbesi.des f ishermen. and his s on riding in a
I have .been going t o t he hos- during t his one. We saw
pita! .school for the past f ive swell scener y on t he way .
weeks and have learned a lot but , saw jack-rabbits as big as
I f eel s or ry for t he _first patie!lt ' Well it's time f or lights
I get ahold of . The JOb a h - . I'd better close.
co;rpman hru;; is a very ! f Thanking you
,.---.,,..,,.... .Job 1because of the h I am,
li e in our hands. .
mates are ge.tting r ea 1
1
t" for chow now s-o I ha
close, I hope you will hold
my pape-r up unt il I wri te you
where I am statione.d because I
hat e to dro1p a -copy.
Sincer-ely,
Walter Cosens.
More for Uncle Sam
The above fourteen Emmet county young men left February 9 for Fort Custer.
row, left to right: Archie Lawrence Boda, Lawrence Gardner and
Paul M1ller, Pellston; Donald Edward Stowe, Joseph John Y obst, . William Henry
Smith and Edward Stanley Petrowski, Petoskey.
TC?P row, left to right: Paul Francis Cassidy, Harbor Springs; Ward Charles Stark,:
Pellston; Jack Bernard Clark, Carp Lake; Clarence Raymond Baughman and Louis
Sylvester Wemingwase, Harbor Springs; Patrick John Beqan and Arthur 'Ma,rtincheck,
Petoskey.
cLARENCE
. tQTT
. Topeka, Kansas
J an. 29,
Graphic: .
I want to take this o.pportumty
to ' thank you for the
.We &L'L must curb om' vain de- which I am receiving. Every b1t
sires of reading is news , when it comes
They say we cannot win this war
Unless we ALL come thru, ..
With earnest work and sacnf1ce
Like patriots go.od and true.
1 For trinkets, furs artd silk, . from home. I hope the f.olks
1
So we .can buy the to f1ght there took time F eb. 5,
Herr Hitler and his "Ilk." night, to listen over the radiO, on
' a National hookup, t o a program
We must f-orget the lipstick red, being br.oadcasted f rom The To-
And see the crimson blood eka Army Air Base.
Shed by our boys in far"off lands Yours truly , 1
Mi'd pestilence and mud. Sgt. Claren ce N. Scot t,
WE must think less of 'crax'
And stories without pomt,
And make more to ease
Each painful injured jomt.
W c must restrain our a.ppetites
F-or whiskey. wine and beer,
Then we .shall be more worthy Of
The things we hold so dear.
. ' Yes, we must ALL give sweat
I
1
and blood,
1 And tears to win this fi ght,
: And with God's added grace
I , tJOw'r, .. ..
, We'll ..
I . :;

Doyle Brower, son Of Mrs. Lot-
tie Brower, has been promoted to
P>harmac,ist Mate,- third class.
Topeka, Kan.
l\
J an. 26, 1943 1
To my many friends in Harbor '
1
Springs, Al o:ha from Hawaii:
J I have jus t receive.d my first
copy of the Graphic and want to
I
send my ap;preci.ation to the Edi-
tor and the Buck A Month club
I and .thank them for what they are
doing for- us boys.
I'm stationed on the island of
Ohau. is very l ovely here, scen-
ery, chmate and the island hos-
pitality. wm have a lot to tell
you folks when I get back to H. S.
T?e sandy beaches of Waikiki
r emm.ds me of the sandy shores
1
?f Little Tlaverse Bay, beli eve
1 1t or not.
' I'm well and like it swell here
but do miss my friends. '
I also want t o thank my friends
of H. S. for the many Christmas
greetings.
Goody1bye for now.
Sincerely yours,
1
Nelson All erding.
. P. S .---;-l'll be wa.jting anx-
I?usly for the h?me town paper.
I m very much mterested t o see
what the other Harbor Springs
hoy.s are doing in service.
WALTER COSENS GRADUATES
Great Lakes, Ill., Feb. 5-Wal-
ter Lee Cosens, 18, son of Dewey
Cosens, Harbor Springs, Mich-
J.gan, was graduate.d today from
the Hospital Corps Scho.ol at the
U. S. Naval Hospital here.
Cosens, one of a class of 484
tnen, is now rated as a hospital
apprentice, second class. .
Graduation terminates a six-
week course of preliminary train-
ing at the Ho51pital Corps School.
[
Included in the course is the stud. y
of _ anatomy and physiology, hy-
giene and sanitation materia-
me.dica and '. weights 'and meas-
first aid al)d bandaging,
n.ursmg, transportation of casual-
ties, and dietetics.
The graduates will Continue
at NJ.val hospitals be-
f ore .beil\jf ...,.. to duty at sea or
to ._ ate.tions. .
'tl ' .
SGT. IlL WRITES
INTE.RESTING LETTER
Fort Lewis, Wash.
F elbruar'y 19, 1943
Service Column
County Grrupihic
Harlbor Spri-ngs, Mich.
It has been .one year I've been
in an Army signal company. In
that time I've of.ten wondered. how
many civilians think of a. sJ.gnal
unit as .I did before entermg the
service. " .
1
.t
As everyone knows bne m1 l ary
signal insignia has two crossed
hand signal semaphore of
r ed
31
nd white squares. T'hlS l eaves
t he impression on many we
use these flags and hand
\
for communicating withir:
izations of tlhe Army. Th;s. Js not
all true and C1v1l War


when contact was gross-
ly flag signals.
The Navy us es the well-known
red and white signal fl ags almo.st
who1ly :because wireless transmis-
Rothert Wri ght, Qm. class,
left Wednesday mornmg after
spending; his furlough with his
parents, Mr. Mrs. Carl
\Wr ight. __
P.-t. \Yall ace Darrow -
Btry D, 554th Sep. C. A. Br. (aa)
'Camp Hulen, Texas
Pvt. Louis Wemigwase, v.:-ho is
with the Army in Alaska, IS the
son of Mr. and Mn. Michael Wem-
sion must be curta:l ed in combat
1
areas Wlhen at sea. Signal flags
and bLinkers are almost exclus-
ively t he Navy's means of
municatin.g while at sea, that Js
I during wartime.
In t'he Army there are no
1
phore flags in an infantry DIV:-
sion Signal Company. Commum-
igwaae.
HARBOR SPRINGS
has onf _ J
This GRAPHlC feat.ure secticm is devoted
exclusively to men and women of thia. com-
munity in the armed forces of the U. S.
This department cooperates with
the BUCK-A-.MONTH Club of
Harbor Springs in providing a
community contact with our rep-
resentatives in the Service of our
Country. The GRAPHIC ia sent
free by the publisher.
ENJOYS
Jan. 30, 1943
Hello Friends of H. S.:
I've been very busy at the
training station here at
Lakes. I'm very glad .to recewe
the Graphic because I hke to
all the news of Harbor Sprmgs
and all of the people there. The
Buck A Mon'th clu;b is a very good
and I want t? thank. evert
in Harbor Sprmgs f or i t.
a YMJ paper beea
l!!fies; a--peNon 1n
t o get hJI' , ala addresll
. . ..... _ ,
them so.on. .
W'ILLIAMS BROTHERS IN SERVICE
where I WQrk.
I
' is stationed but a few ploc:ks from 'To t ell you wha.t I a m and what
doing .. I came in the Navy
a ratmg as class petty
officer as an aviatiOn ma chinest
mate. With my fl ying experience
and me.chanical experience which
I took up at Putnam Flying Field '
near, Kalamazoo, Mich. At the
pre.se.nt t ime I'n: still in
tr.ammg and hoqnng I get out Oi'
here in .. two weeks for my days'
leave. .
IV AN WILLIAMS WILLIE WILLIAMS
Willie Williams and Ivan Williams, sons of Earl Williams of Pine
st., are among the Harbor Sprinats boys in the armed service of o:ur
!COUntry., I
Willie, a graduate of the Harbor Springs High school, class of '38,
enl isted at Alhambra, California shortly before Christmas in. 1941-
His address is w. V. Williams, Sea 1-c, U.SS ,Roadrunner, Naval Sec-
tion Base, San Pedro, Calif.
Ivan, who was recen.tly o'n a furlough, is with the Marine
corps. He enlisted in January '41 Ashville, North Carolina. His ad-
dress is PFC Ivan Williams, Marine Bararcks, Indian Head,
The first snow fell here last
nite, but melted. as soon as it hit
I
the ground. Other than this the
weather here has been much the
I
same as any October weruther at
home.
I
If an outsider was to come to
Norfolk he wo:uld be greatly sur-
prised to see the number Qf saU-
ors that are around to/Wn because
' I. as soon "as liberty is declared, the
is o!Ver-run by sailors. In
fact one would wonder if
were any civilians llere.
At the present time I am
ing at a sick-bay at the naval
erating base. We have two fine
docrtors to woi!'k with. Most of my
t ime is spent in dressing 'room of
the sick-bay taking care of in-
juri es. It is one of the most in-
teresting things I have ever done.
It is also very educative.
Yours tru!y,
Harold D. Knapp, H A 1-C
Unit A Prime Disp
Receiving Station
NOB
Norfo1k, Va.
I would like to come' up ther e
I've got to see my folks and
frIen.ds here . ..Also it is .quite a
ways and WQUld take up a' lot
()f time. '"--
I'm of four boys in
our family to JOm the service. My
two brothers are both in Panama
111bout eight miles apart, One of
them i:S in the air corps and the
other m the army. I would like
to. be sent near them so we could
be together. .
I must close now wishing t he
H. S. follu;; lots of luck,
... .,.... .L...!.\.J._ J'"" ...... ...... - -
:Socialism IS famjHa r with
ublic power ad- in comple te a
.I o.f "plan- democra cy w
the no-ose irre parable' l o
MRS. MARIE SCOTT WRITES 'lround the na .t- hope tha t ;[ he t
FROM "OUT IN KANSAS"
Reports promotion of her hus-ave become an HuH H6US'C n
band who iis now entitled Ser itics. The atten- And t here Y 3
geant Clarence Scott; tells of ties are directed I the a n ci ent id
b_lizzard, food and .clothing . ra-
1
dus.tries m e t a l h a s the r.i <rht
bona '
0
Dec. 5, 1942. oal, timber a nd The .
. Topeka, Kansas als which keep 1t I 'l
HAROLD D. KNAPP FINDS
LT. 0. E. NEARBY
Graphic . . :mterprise 'turn- a l u r ed h a nd,
time I -did the same Harl .bor Mich. . .l>ackbone of the in p olitics, she
J.ust a !me to let our friends d A d 'f th t
I have . spent quite a period kncrw we are ooth well an_d come un er .n' I e pe k
Explains value of Buck A Month
club idea to men in service and
tells how he discovered friend
nearby after reading of his where-
abiOuts in Gnaphilc Servicemen's
column.
Dec. 9, 194.2
Norfo1k, Va.
Dear Ed-itor :
,!Seeing t hat most of the rest of
the f e11ows have given an account
f themselves, I think it is abo :t
here in Norfolk, in fact I have py. And also to tell you of and the Hull House

spent the greater part of my NlJ.VY nice Ghristmas . my hus- 'orm of govern- agement, e
career here. .Since I have been band's commandmg gave So I

here I have been Up for further ' him. He is now Sergeant Clarence . ' ' Aod
transfer, :but as yet I have not S,c,ott, Topeka Army Air Base. mtahve govern- trust ees. n
left the plarce. It is a reguJ.ar blizzard out here the other. In-- feel n.
Be.fore I go any farther, I today, about six inches snow f ell owned by priv- giVe a dog a bo
would like to thank you for the last n.ight. Most o;ut, can we r e tain at you .
last issue of the paper. I think here Is pretty well rationed, m- f h
your Buck A Month dub is a very eluding food, gas and f utl. Some
0
m . or t e m- Curd led Bene
g.o()d idea. Through that I got in .... are rationed in the 1tore,f pr,Ivalte enter- Tha t alas
t'euch wibh Lt. 0. E. Parker,, ,Uo jueC.; ior army off1cer.s. ivileged few. It h t ,b' I . A'
( <
- sr h . th b 1 c an a e.
IC IS e U - h
Mld I am for t he Buck A Mo t cymes ave P
club until we have every last so much as O'll
HARRY HARTUNG JOINS i:j FURLOUGH HERE
CLUB , ,
E
He.nry Neil Boynton, son -of
. ,January 29, 1943 r. al!-d George
Dear Stanley. . ipE\'ndmg' his furlough wrth h1s
I am enclosmg my check for arents
$2.00 for the Buck A Month club. '
I hope y.our club is succeeding
nkely,
We received a card from Etzel
to.day. He has been transferred.
Etzel says he has not received
Harold Pontius, of Gr.ancl RaPt
ids, is spending his with
his f.a!bhe:r, Charles J1oIl!tn'4s
Harhor Springs.
1
'
a Copy of the Graphic so far. I
wonder if you would .see that it is -
Pflc. Millard Taylor 36455499
Sqd. 803, Bks. 1438
sent to him.
Merlin writes that he is receiv-
ing the Graphic regularly and en-
. it very much.
est wishes to you and
y.
Army Tech. School AAF'I".DC
Sioux Falls, S. Dakota
* * *
man in kraut barrels, hang all th been _':'ell serv- Those p e op1
Italians with their own .spaghettir!vate Greeks Negro
and we turn Japan upside down greater SIgrnf- h t ' t
!ld start a w,hite r ace on the top- terms of polirt- '; a ,?-? - a
auie. .
1
rdcy. They
Yours truly, 1ze the t_ruth of have it preaclj
Ira JohnsQp. . so<;aal p::o- self-aovernmel
- 'tmkenng With And"'t-hat is
DAVE.RT CALL'ED :and M,rs. Bou
Kenny Daver t, son of Mr. and selves of the h ,
.rs. Davert of Hqrbor .Springs house as a aid
'\YhO },omed the A11my A1r Corp d
0
I
ovember was call ed to the Folk anoes,
in He is Mwt tences will not .right.
stationed in Miami, Florida. :quitable distri- uplifting . Bq
__ fa.r..t . is whP-n the Am,
boys at rthe frQnt t o get
ig job done and done right,

Sgt. J.ohn J essiek, Jr.' , son of Mr
:H: d i\lrs. J o:Jm J essick, Sr. ,
V1Hage, has been "killed in action'
according to a wire received by
.frs. J essi'ck, Jr., in Detroit.
Sgt . J esskk was repor ted to ha
1
heeu fatally wounded iu action in
New Guinea on January 4, 1943.
He was a sergeant in the COO
Oa m,p_ f or . fi ve years thn went to
Detrort, g'oing as a selectee from
there in 1941. He was home on
furlough f or Christmas in
1941
and was married J anua ry 2, 194
2
.
' He ser ved in C::tmps in Louisiana,
\Vasbington and San Fran-
Clsco bef-ore goi ng to Australia.
Suniving besides hi s wife and
p_a ren.ts are. fi v.e ' '!JI<others a nd :four
s;sters : PYt. Edward in Texas
!<' rank, Louis a nd william, a t
Stanley in Ohicago, the
:vhsses Pat ty and Stella in
Jehtt1e in Harbor .__ .. v,
Hal)' a t home.
Wishing all our friends a Very
Merry Christmas,
1
.
' Mrs., Marie
I Topeka, Kansas.
I
I
CORPORAL D. W. GLEASON
' PROMOTED TO SERGEANT
I AAF Navigation School, Hon-
do, Texas, December 4, 1942- Pvt. Earl .c. J{)lls
Dale W. Gleason, son of Mr. and Battery A 149 F A Bn
Mrs. Charles Gleason, Harbor APO 31
Springs, Mich., has been pro.p1ot- Camp Shelby Miss
ed from Corporal tb Sergeant at . '
the Army Air Forces Navigati o'n jPfl L F St 1
School Hondo Texas , c. eroy er Y
Sergeant Gieason, assigrled to Co. I, 86th Arm'd Inf Regt.
the 843rd School Squadron here APO
at the world's largest Navigation !Camp Pickett, Va.
Scho-ol, is an air mechanic.
Pvt. J.ohri H. Sterly
C. M. REYNER OUT 590th TSS Flig.ht C
IN WASHINGTON TRAINING Bks.
___ Army Air F-orce
Says, "Would appreciate a let- Gulfport Field, lvhss.
Willard McNamara, E!M 8-C
. Greetings from the Evergreen Amphibious For.ce
I
state. How's everything at the U:SS LCT (L) 19
GraJphic? W-ould ap!Jreciate a let- , c-o Postmaster
ter. New Yor.k,, New Y.ol1k
'. -Marvin.
\
WINTER SNOW
When the air is cold and snaJppy
And the sno-w is on the ground
That's the time when I feel pappy
No better tonic, have I found
I used to get up in the morning
And dress by the old heating, stove
Outside it would be storming
They were swaying,, in the grove;
. The snow piled high, on the fence
Gorp. Maurice D. McNamara
Battery G 9th C A
East Nahant, Mass.
Bud Bradfield
Mo. M M 2C
Charleston Base,
Charleston, S. C.
USCG
Sgt. C. M. Reyner
33 Signal Gorp
APO 3-3
Ft. Lewis, Washin.gton
posts
And dr.ifted, by .the gate L. C. Bester, A S
The trees look like great swaying U.SS Cincinnati
ghosts . > New Y.oDk, N. Y.
The morning's Sun is late.
, Pvt. ;Kenneth Backus
The is grey' and cloudy out . Co. B 3.Slst Inf.
There's soft flakes falling slow AJ>O 88
I feel like saying with a shout Camp Gruber, Okla.
Hooray, I love you, snow
I imagine sj'! eing Rabbit
And a hound dog whining loo.V
O.h, for a shot gun on my back
Then a hunting, I would g 0;'
I can only dream {)f this you see
F-or I'm in the ArnJ.y too
Pvt. Gordon L. Terpening
Flig\ht D. 356 TSS (Sp)
Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Sgt. Paul G'riffin
8th-School Sqdn Bldg 819
Chanute Field
antoul, Illinois
And no one knows how l{)ng t'will
b
vt. Raymond E. Griffin
this war is through . dq. Co. 951th Division
ort Sam Houston
I g.uess tshe j.ob that we're Oll now I ' n Antonio, Texas
To whip those Japs, we're learn- Euge_ne. E. J.ohrrson 16057182
Is the most important thing j
ing how . AFS Fhght A-4 .
I hope we're d-one in the spring oswell, New Mex1co
. Not wish, but work, will 'do the! vt. Robert DeLaVergne 36180591
trick _ L 123 Infantry
That is what we do you know APO 33. .
I
We're <Cleaning lliP this an Ft. Lewrs, Washmgton
quiek ' ;. .
Right now we C'an't enj-oy thesnow Pvt. Wayne K. Allerdmg

D 87th Inf Eng Bn
Just wait until this j.ob is d-one atoon 1 .
Then I think y{)u'll understand m. P Roberts, Calif.
. . 't
Who thougblt that wmter wasn t N
1
N All d'
fun . e son . er mg
wm think the snow is grand. 0-5 Ord Co APO 951
Pf PF\C Isaruc Troup o Postma_ster
Med Det. an Franc1sco, Calif.
Walnut Ridge, Al1kansas.
MORE SOLDIERS' NAMES c. Isaac W. Tr.oup
SENT IN BY CITIZENS! ed Det AAFBFS
. --- _ IRA JOHNSON'S VIEW t alnut Ridge, Arakansas
(Note: asr ditor: Pvt. Lewis T. Slocum 36407609
these soldrers ards br a;r;:; ' I am n.ot a newspaper map bpt Co E Arm'd Inf Regt
from home e k ( I would like JV!lU AfPO 260
stantly kept fn mmd i: a tf e and that is that you the Ft Benning Ga
of commdesh1p fr.om t osh names and address of all the boys ' '
who are fortunalte enoug
0
and girls who have go.ne from
1
in -our own h{)mes. In other word Harbor up to the present time
see that every known loeal such as the clipping I am sending
' ier:, is on the roster
80
,ll you from the Plainwell Enterprise
can recerve the to:wn and reprint when their address
er free and get gifts and changes.
Ca;r: didaJte W. W. M&cDonald
2nd Co. 0. C. Class No. 39
Bn 2nd Stu Ing Regt
Harmony Church Area
Ftl Benning, Georgia
Arthur Mayle
23rd Chemical
Ca mp Rrtocker, Alabama
I
Pvt. Archie McFarland
1604 Station Hospital
F t. Br.ady, Michigan
Lawrence D. McNamara
USNTS ,
Gr eat Lakes, Illinois
PFC J dhn H. Melching
180th Q M (HM) . kPO 942
P osltmaster, Seattle, Wash
PFC GoTdon M<>rris
r: o D 136t.h Inf APO 33
Ft. Lewis, Washington
Lewis A. M<>rris
Co D Armored Div .
lOth Armored Div.
Ft. Benning, Georgia
Corp. J ames Roe
Co A 713 Eng Bn
Camp Wm. Reid
Clovis, .New Mexico
J{iarl S'Clmverdtfeger Y 2-C
Per.o.onnel Offi-ce Camp Peary
Williamsburg, Virginia
Alfred Shaw, A. S.
p!er sonnel Office Camp Peary
Williamsburg, Virginia
P,vt. Di amond D. Spaulding
Co D Acad Regt ISSC
F.ort Benning, Georgia
Pvt. G<>rdon Terrian
598 Tech Sch Squd
T S No. 1354 AAFTTC
Replrucement Center
Miami Beach, Flonda
Lonis Ward, S 2-C
2-nd Divi sion
USS Memphi s c-o Postmaster
\ New York, New
PtFC Ivan Willjams
Ma rine Barracks
Indian He'ld, Maryland
'This is quite an impressive list
of boys in the service from _this
city. If there should be any
changes in ratings or addresses,
o'r any boy from Harbor Springs
who is not on this list, please con-
twct the Graphic.
is a list of others who a
1
servmg the g-overnment in arme
for.ces: :
1
Pvt Fred A. Craig
Med. Sec. 1605 s u
S.tation Hospital
Fort Custer, Mich.
. PJi1C George N. Hovey
S U 1605 Seetion
Fort Custer, Mich.
r
t
W. V. Williams, S
USS Ro.adrun-ner
Naval Section Base
San Pedro, California
Arthur J. Black
Mo. M. M. 2 C
U S C G Charleston Base
Charleston, S. C.
I
Pvt. Ralph Gleason
Flight 186 C. M.
588 TSS AAFTTC
Clearwater, Florida
Laurence D. McNamara, s
1
_c
USNTS---.Co. 1724 '
Grea.t Lakes, Ill.
branees.)
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Yours truly, I
Ira J,ohnson.

..;;;;.;... _________ --__ :few -lines. This surely has been
H
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0
R' s p R.I N G s a long trip, abo_UJt thirty-seven days today. I haven't really been
seasick but we had some
bad storms on the WJ.y over and
h
. 1 / t1) /f "' "Z. I had better tell you
as gone 0 war. where I have been, but I SU!j)pose
you know by the papers. I have
been .to Afnca, Casab1anca and
Fidila. I surel y did' have some ex-
periences, so many in bet that I
won't take time to explain all o
This GRAPHIC feature s.ect;iom is devot.;d
exclusiveiy to men' and women of this com-
munity in the arm.;d .. of the u . . s;
tnem. I saw most every kind of
This department cooperates with action there is to see.
the BUCK-A-MONTH Club' of . I had a j-ob on this trip.
Harbor . S-prings in providing a My job ha-s been to feed the pa-
community contact with our rep- tients. That is a job when the
resentatives in the Service of our . boat is rocking and rolling, and
Country. The GRAPHIC is sent especially when you don't feel
lllllll-free-b.;.y_'t_h_e...;,p_u_b_I_isher ... _____ good yoursel'C'The smell of fo.o d
doesn't helip it any. .
CHARLES BAKER LOCATED day m<>rning. '!1hose wishing to tioned at Ft. Bemis, Washington, .I would have liked to have got-
IN GEORGIA ARMY CAMP the men depart may .do .so by be- has been ;promoted to private first ten some th.ings in Africa but we
Charles Baker, son of Mr.'
Charles Ba:ker, Sr., of
st., entered the service at Fort
}Custer, 16, and has
been t:ransferre:d to Fort\ Ben-
ning,_ Geor.gia. His address is:
Pvt. Charles R. Baker, Jr.
36407.540 .
150th Ar my . Sig Gorp_i
lOth Al'mored Div.
Army Post Office 260
Fort Benning, Georgia.
MORE LOCAL MEN
DEPART FOR WAR
ing .present rut the Saturday morn- class. boys were surely wo-vking to get
ing time. The f oll01wing men are the boat unloaded, and they didn't
included in the roster of those let any of us go to town. I :was
who are leaving; CHARLIE BAKER IN on the dock and saw some French-
Glenn vnar.Ies Babcock, Earl ON SATURDAY NITE men and Arabs. You never saw
Kenneth Bennickson and- Everett Foiit Ga. so many .rags as you see them
Ralph Marihugh, Harb<>r Springs; Saturday night; wearing. They were wea.ring bur-
Leo Milton Bernard Pa- November
28
,
1942
. lap sacks all patched and patched.
gel, John Stephen Rinock, Jr., And dinty, you never saw the like.
Paul Rol:ando and Robert J ohn To 'the f<>lks back home: ' I have been feeling good the
.Truesdall, Petoskey ; Louis C. Me- ' last c-ouple <>f days. lt has been
shonskus and Ly!e M. Overholt, I know the first thing everyone a little more smooth. we have
William .Gilbert, Cross who sees th,is is _goi_ng to say is had two Thanksgiving dinners.
V1llage; rt er.bert Snerman Haley, just what I m thmki!Jg. is One on the way over, and one
Pellston- Oliver Lowery, Alanson; Charley domg SJ!Jtmg coming ba.ck, so the eats are . all
Leonard' 'Vern on Mania, Cross on Sat';lr- r ight -on this boat. We have some
Village . and Leonard Ovid Tern- day mght. That IS really qmte good cooks. .
pie; Oden. ; eas:y . to . answer. We are in' quar- . I h . ll h h
Fifteen more Emmet :county - . ' antme, that is restricteq to our .su[)pose t ey are a t rou&'
men are scheduled 1o leave for own area, for two weeks. Mainly I play!Jlg footb;;tll by norw and Will
service in the armed forces of the GORDON MORRIS because they might want us most soon be -star_tmg basketball. Was
nation D.e;c. 12. The men will as- ' . ' any time, and it would be quite surely surpnsed to. hear Harb-or
semble at the Pennsylvania rail- Word has !been _re-ceived here easy for a person to get a bit won from they had a
:voad station at 9 :30 a . . m. Satur- that Gord-on Morris who is sta- lost here. It is -a very,-large camp good team thl_s year.
1
Sgt Dale Gleason Pvrt. Harvey Lee Brower and also very beautifuL T'he You ment wned m -one
843
.rd Sch Sqdn Arm. y Air F<>rces Co. 16 s u Ltd Serv School night we arrived here it was clear -o.f your letters about gomg to
N cool, and a moon shone ' church I want yo y<>u we
Navigati 'on School Br o
2517
. , oright en<>ugh lf:o get arQIUnd verY had a mce Chapla_m go1_ng <Jver
Hondo, Tex-as. Camp Mc.Coy, Wlsconsm well without lights. and _baick. I certamly d1-d jlome
Pvtt. Lewis Gleason Pvt. R<J1bert Burton I have liked everything wbout I praym;g. Am glad we have a gM_d
Med Det AAFAFS . AAFTS Sq. 654 Bks. 1109 the an:ny far, except that in 1 Oapt!'m. H_e knows what he IS
Fl "d Sioux Falls, South Dakota. my est!matJOn, Ge<>rgia is too far d<>m., all nght. . .
\ Mananna, on a from Harihor Springs. I got all the chp:pmgs of all of
Artimus Cosgrove J-ames A. Campbell HA 1-C Lam, as my address sh<>ws, in the games a!Jd everything so now.
1
3rd Air CQrp Co. C. . USS St. Louis, Fleet p 0 an armored company of the Sig- I am caught up on the news.
SMfridge Field, Michigan San Francisco,. California nal Corps. That do.esn't mean I 'Tlllike care of y-o.urself and don't
will stay there, but I am going to worry about me. Hope to see you
try hard, as it is a swell -outfit. _ soon.
'
Corp. Gordon Hann'a
Co. B. Acad. Agt. ISSC
Fort Benning, Ge-orgia
Pvt. Howard R. Hartung
SIAA:C-AF1GC Sqd 108
Flight B l
San_Antonio, Texas
I
PFC Marvin Jack Herrick
Battery I, 9th C A
Ft. Ruckman, Massachusetts
l
! Pvt. M. J. Herrick
I Hdq. Det. 316 Med. Bn
Camp White, Oregon
Pvt. Albert Heynig
Battery C., 26 CATB .
Camp Wallace, Texas
Pvt. Henry Keller
33rd Signal Gorp. APO 33
Ft. Lewis, Washington
' I
Ha:rold Knapp HA 1-C
USN Receiving Stn
NOB Norfolk, Virginia
Pv-t. Wm. J oseph Kosequat
161\1 Service Unit, RRIC
Area D Barracks 423
_Highland Park, Illinoif!.
I
Pvt' Donnell W. Kniesley
Engineer UtiHties Det. H-2
West C;am[l Clai'borne, La.
. Pvt. Louis J. Kosirnik
Co D 87th Inf Trg Bn
Camp Ro-berts, California
Ro;Bert E. Knapp HA 2-C
-o Gen Del Treasure Island
Pvt. John M. Cassidy
Co. H. l23rd Inf. APO 33
Tacoma, Washington.
Pvt. Paul F. Cassidy
Go A 29th Med Bn 2nd Platoon
Ft. Ord., . Calif<>rnia.
Gorp. Donald Cook
447rth B:ombardment Sqd.
3.21st -B<>mb Group Anderson Field
Walterboro, South Ca-rolina.
Pvt. Cooper
2,3:2nd Sig Opn Co.,
Camp Cr-owder, Mil?souri
Walter Cosens, A S
Bat. 3,3 Co. 1541
USNTS
Great Lakes, Illinois.
ns. Carlton R. Cummings
CU:SNR Hamilton Hall
33, Soldiers Field Stn.
oston, Massachusetts
PF1C J.ohn W Cunningham
Marine Col1Ps Unrt 330
c-o P-ostmaster
San Fran'Cisco, California
Pvt. Wm .. Emmons
Anti Tank Go. 4th Bn.
10,8th Inf. APO 27
Fort Ord, California.
Pvt. Robert Fleshman
Div Serv lOth Co Armored Div.
AP.O 260
t. Benning, Georgia
'Thi lOth armored division is Your son .in the U. S. N.
armored and r eally ;no tor- -D<Jyle.
, They are known' known as '
I
the - "Fighlting 'rigers" and
done more writing than
LET'S ADD MORE
mg so far, when this mvision gets The following list c<>ntains the
start13d, "Adolph and. Hiro' .-Hi to latest addresses of Servi-ce Men
Io.o:k, beo0ause we're g-o-l <>f Harbor Spri_ngs.
mg to be 'ng1h/t on the beam." Kenneth Allerdmg
I would -like very much to hear 12th Base Sqd:.
from any of the folks back home I Kelly F1eld, Texas.
and will try honestly to answer
all letters. However, as they say Pvt. Ralph Babcock . .
on the radio, "In case any of you 1003 'DSS (Sp) AAFT1S Umt 1
have to wait a while for your 1618 Hotel
amtographed letter we are receiv- Ch1cago Illmo1s
ing more <>rders than we ever ex-
pected." I mi ght add that we don't
have as mu.ch spare time here as
we did working a night shift
either. '
Sincerely yours,
Charles R. Baker, Jr.
Pvt. C. R. Baker, Jr., 36,407,,540
150th Armored Signal Company
1 Oith Armored Division
Fort Benning, Georgia
A. P. 0. 260.
'The following are exenpts from
interesting letters written by
Doyle Brorwer, HA 1-C to his
m-o:ther, Mrs. Lotltie Brower.
Pvt. Chas. R. Baker, Jr .
150rth Army Sig. Corps.
lOth Armored Divison, APO 260
Ft Benning, Georgia.
Pvt. T. Baker
Co. -A Stu. Trg Bnd Enl Br No 2
A Adm School, Miss So. College
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
' An,d-rerw Boynton
Co. B 1st Bn (Det) 303rd Ord Reg
APO 1224, c-o postmaster
New York, New York.
John Bradley
Coast Guards
Oxnard, California.
November 30, 1942
Dearest Mother: Doyle F. B1o.wer HA 1-:C
We l!xpect to get in tonight or 1 US.S An con, N Y, P.ostoffice
tomorrow sometime, so will write 1 New York, New York.
is-c:O. GalifMnia, ___ -J ________
"BOMBARDIER
Graphic. I am honored to be the
f irst one that had his pi-cture in
the "Haribor Springs Has Gone
to War'' section.
Washington has been very rainy
lately and though we come in
nights fr.om drill, soaking wet and
tired, our spirits are real!.y not
dampened. we know the boys in
Guadalcanal, and -other foreif. h
places, are having a much worse
time than we are having. Are
they kickin? H-- No! They're
pushing those Axis foes ba,ck, ev-
ery day, refusing to give ground,
in any SElctj.on of the globe.
I think Mr. Hitler, Hir-ohito,
and Mr. Mussolini wiil soon find
out that us lovers o.f democracy,
luxuries and good will, can fight,
and strike hard and .furious, when
we are stru-ck at.-
May another Christmas find this
world at peace, and all of the
service men returning home to
celebrate this holiday at home.
Eugene Johnson's
as follows:
. May 'Tokio's Christmas preseljlt be
an utter and wholesale bombing
. by the Americ.ans and its allies.
Dad wntes Thanks again for the Gra
1
phic.
1 18186 No. 'Territorial
Chelsea, Michigan
December 10, 1942
It is the closest thing to home,
Rd. to us bo.ys in the service.
Eimeet County Graphi<c
Hanbor Springs, Micli.
Editor '
Encl:osed please find a snap of
my boy who is with the Army
Air Corps. He is stationed at the
present time at Roswell, N. Mex.
He is flying the Douglas A-20 at-
tack bomber and with no hard
luck will get his o:tficers commis-
sion Feb. 1st. I know Eugene
would be glad to hear from some
of his many .friends and school-
mates in Ha;ybor and to know
where they are and what they
are doing to win this awful war.
It pleases me very much to see
that you have added a new page
to your paper, "The Buck A
Month Club," and I want to be
added t o the club and I hope it
brings as much pleasure to all its
readers as it does me.
Yours truly,
"Eugene's Pop"
Ira E. Johnson.
Eugen's address
A-C E. E. Johnson 16057182
1
RAFS Flight A-4
Roswell, New Mexico
JACK CASS!DY OUT IN
' STATE OF WASHINGTON'
Dear Editor:
Received your Graphic tonight,
that you sent me, also the enclos-
ed print. As the French would say
"Merci Beaucamp" (Thank you
' vefy much.)
In ending, I want to thank all
who have written me, and to you
on the writing .front I give my
regards from the fighting front.
1 Yours sin-cerely,
' Jack.
PFC John M. Cassidy
Co. H 123rd Inf.
APO 33
Tacoma, Washington.
GORDON L. TERPENNING .
AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS
Flight D, 356 TSS (Sp)
Jefferson, Barracks, Mo.
12-13-42
Hi folks
I wouid stilf like to take y<>u
up on your offer to send me the
Graphic. I':m in the Air Cor.ps.
Am taking my basic training here .
and then wi!I go to "-Map Repro-
ducer" scho.ol I hope. I like it
fine here and got just w.hat I
wanted. Hope YOU folks are keep-
ing Harbor on the map. I d<Jn't
hear Very much about it. Good
luek.
Pvt. Gordon L. Terpenning.
THINKS BUCK A MONTH CLUB
FINE ORGANIZATION
.512 S . Magnolia
Lansing, Mich.
<December 14, 1942.
Buck A Month Club
Harbor Springs, Mich.
Gentlemen:
I surely am mighty pleased to
:read . aibout your organization,
and hope it will receive the sup-
port of everyone in the commun-
ity. .
Enclosed you will find one dol-
lar. If y.ou like, you can credit
tCamp Howze, Tex. it to my mother, Mrs. William
Dec. 14, 1942 Hoover, R. 1, Harbor Springs.
It may be that my inother has
already been in to see you. If not,
want to make a correction in
y brother's, Albert Heynig, ad-
dress. He is now oversas, some-
:Where in the Hawiaan Islands.
1
J appreciate your printing of
my letter and picture in the
' LETT'FR FROM CORP. STERL Y
Dear Editor:
I just received the Graphic
from my aunt, Mrs. R. J. Beck-
on, Cross Village, apd saw your
column for service men so here I
am. _
Since leaving g?od old Michi- MORE NAMES FOR LIST
ga,n I have been m 26 states. I OF BOYS IN THE SERVICE
hope I get to see a lot more.
I am cooking and have been I The folloJWing are additional
since leaving Virginia in Sep- names and addresses for the list
tember .. Now being that I am an of boys from Harbor Springs and
Ace.dre man we have to fall out vicinity who are serving in the
and work Company duty. armed forces.
I .had the misfo:t:tune today of Pvt. Virden L. }Vheaton
cuttmg my foo.t w1th an axe, so 671 Signal Company
. here I .am readmg my letters and Fort Brady Michigan
the Graphic over and over. '
Must close,
:Cpl. L. L. Sterly
1Co. C 311 Eng Bn
APO 86
tGam;p H9wze, Tex.
Sgt. L. C. Stewart
U S Marine Corps, Unit
c-o Postmaster
San Francisco, Calif.
330
He is in the Coast Artillery, Anti-
aircraft.
MY: brother, George Heynig, is
now m Boot Camp at the Marine
Corps Base at San Diego, Calif.
My cousin, Homer Moore, of
Alanson is now in service over-
seas, somewhere in the Pacific.-
He is a Marine. ;He, too, trained
at San Diego, and left the states
last January. He is the son of Mr.
a.nd Mrs. Archie Moore of Alan-
son.
I wondered if you had the ad-
dress of Virden Wheaton. He is
with the Signal Corps, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Wheaton.
Kenn-eth Backus left fr om the
Lansing quota, but he is the son
of Mr. and .r Mrs. Dan Backus.
Maybe you already have his ad-
dress.
With best wiShes for the suc-
cess o.f the club, I am
Very sincerely,
Mrs( Melvin Howse.
(Louise Heynig)
P. S .. As I understand it, the
boys will get thb I'd
like to be especially ' .sure that
my brothers are getting it. Louise
The following letter was re-
ceived by the Buck A Month Club
from Mrs. Ray Baughman giving
address of her son, Clarence.
Detroit, Michigan
Dec. 31, 194:2.
Mr. Stanle.y Wager
Dear Sir:
Enclosed you will find a dollar.
I would like to belong to your
Buck A Month club. My son's ad-
dress is:
Pvt. Clarence R. Baughma.n
Med Det 87th MTN Inf Regt
Hunter Liggett MIL Reservation.
Jolon, California.
. Probaibly will have a ne,w ad-
dress by the first of year so no
' with Graphic if you send
h1m one. I think the girls are
sending him one now.
Mrs. Ray Baughman,
7238 W. Fort St.,
Detroit, Mich.
ANOTHER MEMBER FOR
BUCK A MONTH CLUB
Hotel Alms, Cincinnati
December 14, 1942
Dear Stanley:
How are you and everyone in
Harbor Springs?
Stanley; I read in the Graphic
about your Buck A Month club.
May I join it? I think it is a won-
derful thing and I do ' know all
the Harbor boys will appreciate
it. I am enclosing my dollar and
hope I may become a member.
Merlin I eft last Thursday f or Cal-
ifornia with the Marines We re-
ceived a card today maiied .from
Kansas City while enroute. Etzel
is still in Cincinnati but is in the
Coast Guard.
I will mail M-erlin's address to
you as soon I we hear from him.l
Best wishes,
Harry H. Hartung.
. -
PFC GORDON MORRIS
VISITING PARENTS
PrL\rate Finst 1Clas's Gol'don
M.orri:s, stationed at Ft. Lewis;
Washmgton, is home on furlough
visiting his parents here.
Bo.b Wright, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl. Wright was graduated
by the Umted States Naval Train-
ing school, New Pol't, Rhode Is-
lan.d, on December 5. His rank is
now quartermaster
His address is:
James Robert Wright, Qm
USS Texas, Box 29
c-o Postmaster
New York City.
Pvt. Walter Hurd 36188398
APO 8441 c-o Postmaster
San Francisco, Calif.
Pfc. Wilbert' W erderi.
711 T. E. 'Tng Squad
George Field
Lawrenceville, Illinois
Vernon G. Cassidy
Maritime Trng. Stn .. Sec. 10-D
Sheep.slread Bay,' N Y
Cpl. L. L. Sterly
Co C 311 Eng Bn
AP.O 86
CaJllp Howze, Texas
W. F. Morris, A. S.
Cd; K-7 Plt 4 Bks 128
USCG Tng Stn
Curtis Bay, Md.
Pfc. F. G. Marihugh
De-t Med Dept Sta Hsp
Bldg 100
Camp Miss.
Sgt. Robert S. Newman 1920
Det. 3r.d Airways Comm
Army Air Base
To;peka, Kansa-s
Pvt Glenn G- Moore 35566324
631 TSS AAFTS .
Bsk 2;5 Bk 10 Flight D
Gulfport Field, Miss.
Pvt. Henry Neil Boynton
Batt A 358 F A Bn .
APO 95 ..
Camp .Swift, Texas
Pvt. Clarence R. Baughman
Med Det 87tli .MTU Inf Rgt
Hunter Liggett Military Reserv.
Jolon, California
Pfc. Elmer Linehan
Go C 739 M P
Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Lt. James A. Mitchell
Ft. Bellvore, Va.
Pvt. Thomas F. O',Gonnor
Co. C 64th In.f Batt
3rd PI
Cam.p Wolters, Texas
Pvt. Edward Mulder
Btry F 3.2nd Bn
8th F A Tng Regt.-
F A Repl Tng Cen t
Ft. Sill, Oklahoma
Pvt. George Heynig
Platoon 1009
RDMOB
San Diego, Calif.
Pvt. James L. Bradle\Y
Platoon 1047
8th Recruit Battalion
Marine Barracks
Parris Island, S. C.
James R. Wright, QM 3-C
U.StS Texas, Box 29
c-o Postmaster
N eJW York, New York
Pfc Harold W. Cole 361-56393'
Batt E 209th C. A. (A A)
APO 81-3
New York, New York '
PROMOTED
Willie Williams, seaman first
class has .been promoted to yeo-
man 3rd class at his base, San
Pedro, California. Willie's picture
was 'published in the Graphic last
week in the Buck A Month col-
umn.
WALTBR COSENS BACK
TO GREAT LAKES, ILL.
Walter Cosens, A. S., left last
Sunday for his base at Great
Lakes, Illinois. He has been home
on furlough at the home of .lli&
parents, and Mr,s. Dewey Cos-
ens who hve on Pine street here.
- J anuary 5, 1_943
Dears tSirs :
Received a welcome tC{)PY -of the
Gratphi'C toni te, an}l I wish to
;press my deepes t than'ks f or It.
Like some of t he servic<m1en have
writt en it is gr eat to be able t o
fi nd where ouu;rs are locat -
ed. Continued success to the
"Buck A M-o nth" plan in . 1943.
At this time, I W{) n't wish suc-
eess f or it in 194 4, because I
do0n' t think we' ll be in the serv-
i-ce in 1944. At the rate- the boys
are s: cing now I think Ad-olf,
Hiroliito and mussed up Musso-
lini will be euchered within the
. .
At the present, our outfit IS
going t-hr-ough toughening
erci ses, simil ar to .
training. Obstacl e ri\lces, runnmg
and diving at t he ground at top
E)peed, plus w -tends to
ma.ke one t hink he has been thru
a war alr eady. It s ure makes one
f eel in gr eat shatpe, 'though.
Oruce in a while we have box-
ing between var ious members of
t he -c-ompany and I get to referee
or watch. It's mUlch safe<r. (AHen
Lockman middleweight champion
fr{)m Boyne City, .please not ice).
Tomorrow we a re going on a
mil!chine gun pro,blem, and are
going to fire - rounds of am-
muni tioOn. In absence of our C{)r-
poral, who is on furl orig.h, I a;m
in 'Command of our squad. I Will
be o-lad when he gets back, as I
like" t he machine gun, especially
when live ammunition is fired.
We have a new Captain in com-
mand -of {)Ur company, a midde-
aged, but well built ma n. He's
swell, a nd everyone in {)Ur com-
pany thinks hiJm 100 percent per-
f ed. Tough and brawny he is, and
with a cud of to'bruc-co forever in
his molars, he's quite _ a sight to
see.
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P\;t. Carleton T. Carter
Co. C, :Med. Training Bn.
Camp Barkeley, Texas
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Pvt. Robert G. Friend
OOE Inf., BN Training Center
Camp Elliott, S-an Diego, Calif.
* * *
ale Jack Herrick
AAF1NiS Group 2 (43-126)
Hondo, Texas
* * *
a le Donald K. Bare 16060196
43-J, Squadron A
Santa Maria, Oalifornja
* * *
Pfc. Bruce Craig 31-43-A
Bks. 1., P. 0. Box 419
Kansas City, Missouri
HARBOR SPRINGS
I .. '(
has gone to war!
This GRAPHIC feature sectiorn is devo-ted
exclusively to men and women of this com-
the armed forces of the -U. S.
This department cooperates with
the BUCK-A-MONTH Club of
Harbor Springs in providing a
community. contact with our rep-
resentatives in the Service of our
Country. The GRAPHIC is sent
free by the publisher.
I
Saturday morning some of the
field artillery batta:lion passed in
I r eview before several generals.
They were led T)y the band.
I l ike army life quit e well. We
get good fo-od and good cl{)thes
and sleeping quarters. We have
I
a go-od .staff of o0fficers and non-
cOms.
Again I want t{) thank you for
I
sending the paper to me.
. Sincerely,
. PFC Earl C. J oils,
Camp Shel by, Miss.
DOYLE BROWER WRITES
THANKS FOR XMAS CARDS ,
Dear Editor:
January 12, 1943
Am re-ceiving the Graphic and
afirpredate it very much. Y-ou
s urely do enJoy reading the news
from home after peing at Sea for .
tw.o or three weeks. I was sur-
prised to read ab{)ut the Buck A
Month club. I t)1ink it is a great
idea and it helps a man a lo t to
know that the tpe01ple from hi s
If we g.o into combat I hope ho.me t O<wn are behind him.
he's in c.harge. I know, f or men I would like to thank aU the
like him, we':ll fi ght our fool pe.ople in Harl){)r for the wonder-
heads off. I ful Christmas cards. On board
.Must clos e f or now or I'll get ship mail call is the bi g moment
my fool head knocked off, if _the I of the day. I wou'ld :of like to hav!'!
m!llchine gun isn' t cleaned, oiled come home for Chnstmas 1b<ut was
and r eady f or tomorrow. I too b_nsy at the time. I would like_
Any,way, I thought I IWO.uld t o w1s:h all the people in Harbor
take these few minutes to writ e a HUippy New Year.
you, thanking you for the paper. Sincerely,
Best of luck and success to all. Doyle Br-ower
Ja-ck.
LAWRENCE PETOSKEY
PLEASED TO RECEIVE
GRAPHIC
Emmet County Graphic:
Dear Sir: .
-- I want to take this opportun-
ity to thank y.ou. I was very much
pleased to get a .copy Of Emmet
County Graphic, which I receicv-
ed yesterday. I wish to thank all
of y{)'li very sincerely, It is real-
ly a pleasure to sit doiWn and
read dur ing our r est hours of
what's g oing on ba-ck up home.
There are certainly quite a few
boys from around Harbor Springs
in the service.
I must cl{) se now f or its almost
time for chow ag-ain. I thank you
again for the of Emmet
County Gratphic.
Sin1cerely,
Pvt. Lawrence J. Petoskey.
- .Sgt. J. R. Spalding
677th Bomb Sq. Grou:p
Davis 'Monthan Field
Tucson, Arizona
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Pvt. <Geo. Bednarik
444
Med. Sub. Sect. Station Hosp.
Camp Swift, Texas
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MERLIN HARTUNG LIKES
BEING IN THE SERVICE
, Dear Editor:
l r ecerved the Graphic a coutple
days ago, and it surely seemed
good to read all the hap-
penings a;t home.
We .have something here that
you have utP there, but it d.oesn't
make ,any -of us very mad. That
is the -curfew. Of Course it does-
n't work qui-te the same but we
still have to be in bed by 9 tp. m.
There are a lot of fellows from
Harhor scattered around the coun-
try. NOIW that I am getting the
Grap:Mc, I can start writing to
some -of my old paJs again.
We get a lot of good hard
training here, but it is go.od for
us, they say! 'The Marines are a
swell outfit though and I like it
.here very much.
Well, it is almost time to eat
again, so I'd better c:Lose. Thanks
agai:n f{)r. the paper.
Sincerely,
Merlin Hartung.'
Pvt. Earl Piper, USMC
Radio 'School ISig. Bn. _T. C.
Camp LeJeune
New. River, North Carolina
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.Sgt. Robert J. Truesdell
E. 409th. Inf. A!PO 470
tCamp Claiborne, La.

118
Christian Johansen F1Jc
UiSNC'DC Plat 1527, Bar.
Area tC-5 Oamp Peary
WilliamSburg, Virginia

-Lt. Wm. -S. McCune
To Virg.i_nia Hospital
'Lt. William S. MtcCune has
been appointed head neuro-sur-
geon of t'he new Woodrow W:i'l-
son . General Hospital at Staun-
ton, Va.
. Lt: Mc.Cune recen-tly comple;t-
a -training course
111 neuro-surgery at the W13.Iter
Ree.d Hospital in Washington \
tind the columbia Medical cen-r
ter in New -YorK. Mrs. McCune
and their three plan
to join !lim soon. - . ;
EARL iOLLS PLAYING
IN ARMY BAND
January 10, 1943
Camp Shelby, Miss.
Emmet Co. Graphic -
Dear Sir:
Thank you very much for send-
ing the paper to me every week. I
really enj{)y reading it and seei ng
what is happening in my home
I
tO<Wn. I was quite surtprised to see
how ma ny boys whom I knew
have gone to t he army. They are
certainly .scattered around the
eountry, _
I used to be in the 149th P ield
Artillery battalion, but las t
Thursday I was transferred to the
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31st Divis ion Artillery Band. I
a:m playing a t uba.
* * * \
TJ5th Gr. L. Gardner 37171261
Det Med. Dept. 57 S.ta. Hosp.
.NPO 668, cJo PM, N. Y., N. Y.
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A WORD AMoUT VERNON
CASSIDY
1 'The following is a letter from
, a USO in Bl' ooklyn, New York.
Gentlemen:
It was our pleasure to have
Vern-on Cassidy, Harbo0r Springs,
One o.f your home town .boys, vis-
it our dub.
c He looked well and was in the
best of .51pirits. He parti.cipated
in a. great many of our activities
and we feel he really enj-oyed
hilmself. w .e hoOpe to make his
stay in our area as comfortable
and hatppy as (possihle.
If there is any service whi-ch
y'()u f ee1 we can render to him or
to his famUy, please do not hes-
itate to call up.on us.
.Sincerely y-ours,
.Seymour Fishman, DirectoOr.
I WODEK ADVANCEs .
I Taking a further step in the
\ Army Air Forces q.ain-
: ing program, second L1eutenant
l Anthony 0. :Wodek, son of Mrs.
. Sophia vVodek of East Mitchell
<St., Petoskey, Michigan, has re-
ported to the navigation school at
the Garls'bad Army Air Field,
Carlsbad, New -Mexico.
Awarded his lbom:bardier wings
at the A1buquerque, New Mexico
Advanced Flying ;School, Lieuten-
ant Wodek begins the second part
of his intensive training to become
a "double-threat" man - a highly
skilled air crew officer a.ble to
direct a plane to its objective and
also drop the bombs in the right
place at ' the right time.
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APPRECIATES GRAPHIC
Dear E.ditor :
I appreciate t he Graphic very
mlwh, and I will write an articl e
f.or t he Graphic someti me Soon.
Yours trul y,
Pvt. Ro1b er t Burton.
HARBOR SPRINGS
h
' }0,/' t.(
asvgone to war!
This GRAPHIC feature secti001 is devoted
exclusively to men and women of this com-
the armed forces of the U. S.
This department cooperates with
the BUCK-A-MONTH Club of
Harbor Springs in providing a
community contact with our rep-
resentatives in the Se,.vice of our
Country. The GRAPHIC is sent
free by t he publisher.
We have-thr ee large s
C]ubs and they get g irl s

s o the men t hat want to
I l
.lancehand g et acquaint ed.
1 ce t e Army
GLAD TO RECEIVE GRAPHIC
Dec. 31,
Dear Edi t or:
tea,ch an Off' , very much. I
E . Jeer s Cours e in
qmpment and am 1 t
busy. cep pretty
Right n ow I am on m h
moon, having been m doney-
t erda . arne yes-
I r eceived my .corpy of
Gmphi.c which I enj 6yed very
much. It isn' t t he value of a gift
that the soldier enjoys, i t's the
. it' s given with, t hen he
kn01ws he's not forgotten by his
GEORGE HOVEY ENJOYS
GRAPHIC
Pfc. George N. Hovey
,Med. Sec. S. V. 1605
1Stat ion Hospital
] Y mornmg at our Post Ch
days leave
JSay hello to all th
.fr iends back home.
Thanking you for the paper, I
remain,
Fort Cust er, Michigan.
me an d let me kn . e gang for
your BAM CJ b . ow 1! I can help
' .U m any way.
Smcerely,
PFIC Wilbert Werden,
711 T C Flying Tng Sqdn
George Field
Lawr-enceville, Ill inois.
. Dear E ditor:
i
It is nke t o receive the paper I
and f ind out ho;w the '/home-
town" f olks ar e keeping up their
morale, and to find out wheu
our ex-scho olimat es are located.
I have been her e at t he Station
Hospi tal for eight months, and
thE> only other Harbor fellow I
seen is F red Craig, I don't
get a chance to see him very .of-
ten but when ;we do Harbor
Springs }s aLways our main t opk
and -when we end up it is the
",Efhangri-La" c0f the worLd.
My wor k here is much the same
as t he work I did in my father's
store. Some peopl e think this is
an eas.y Hfe, but with a t hous and
o_r more patients to fill prescrip-
tiOns f or, we don't have much
time to fo ol ar ound.
Writing doesn't get my work
done I'll have to close and get
busy.
'Thanks agai n for sending me
the Graphi c. -
Yours for Quick Victory,
Geo. N. Hovey.
LT. J AS. MITCHELL WRITES
- INTERESTING LETTER
Dear Stan:
I re-ceived a co!py of the Graph-
k on Thurs day and Tead of your
work on this Bu.ck A Month club,
and I am s ure all the boys will
like it. Anything I can do to as-
sist you, I w.ould be vei y glad to
do. In f act, I would count i t a
favor if I could 1be o-f help.
All i n all the average soldier
is better equip1ped, f ed, housed,
and entertained than ever
in history. What wi th Service
Olu'bs in all the t o;wns. on the
Pos ts, and arr,anged parties and.
dances and sp.or ts, he doesn't
have. much t o ask for . There isn' t
nearly as much drinking among
the younger boys as there was in
civi lian life, or among t he older
men.
On our post I coach two bas-
k etball t eams and neither team
has lost a game. I have hopes
that One of t hem will r eally make
the grade. The men back their
teams with all that t hey have,
many even f ight for t hem. So
far we have not ha d to r uin any

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Lt. J ames Mitchel l.
---- - JACK CASSIDY HEARS
BOB NEWMAN LIKES I FROM ''PETE" STEWART
RECEIVING GRAPHIC
J ef.fers on Barracks, Mo. Dear Editor:
January 9, 1943 I Today is the start ing of a New
Pu?lishing. Co. , Year, a year d'illed with great
Haribor MJCh. 1 prospects for victory by the allied
Dear . 1 forces, yet who knows ? When
I r ece1ved _the Graph1c the oth- 1 January 1, 1944 roll s ar<>und, our
e! day and w1.;;h to Y?U very
1
outlooks may be entirely
smcerely. readmg lt very ent, but time will tell.
much to fmd all the. home .t own r Any;way let me take this t ime
news. Have ?een to to wish you and all the citizens
U!p ?n all the g.omg of Harbor Springs , the happiest
on 11_1 the old whJle .away, Year, .possible.
and 1t has been qmt e a whlle al- I wish to thank also,
ready.. who treated me so cordially on
. I thmk the Buck A. Month Club my short furlough home. After
1s one of the good o.f the doing all this saluting, it really
people ":hJoch. Wlll lbe I feels great to greet .be p;reeted
much apprecMted m

by a good old fash1oned hand-
come by t):le boys. B,v the hsts m I shake. I did not get to see every.
the Gra;ph1c Harb?r 1s well re.pre- one that I would like to have
sented m the . s een, but hoiJle they' ll underst and
Durmg my m the servJce that my tLme was limited.
and al1 the .trave;mg I .have met I guess .my Christmas furl ough
two boys from H.,<oor after leav- will be my last as we may move
ing Field. .JY!et Gordon out soon-realiy don't car e, or
here on th1s P{)st out- where we go, as l ong as we see
s1de a Po st <zheatre very unex- .some action. However, if I do
p_ectedly. Have gotten together have the luck of ge.tting another
smce to talk over the Home T_own. one, I'll let peoiple kno;w in ad-
1
The other boy; a f ormer resld_ent vance. When I ca,me 1back fr om
of Harbor, I. met at the last fleld my surprise Christmas furlough,
I I was at, which was Topeka, Kan- s ixty-eight Chris tmas cards and
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and the boy, Lt Harvey Har- thirty letltEl!'s were waiting for
rmgto_n. . me. Included also, were several
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.I f1r:d the ;vork that I al?
1
. m Christmas gif ts. True t o my- word
very . mterestmg and .. exocltmg I promise every card, lett er, and
somebmes. Have b een shlpped to gift will be answered and thank-
J ef_fe.rson Barra,cks for ed for.
trammg. Do not expect to remam To appropriately pass out the
here
1
. old year, a webcomed letter was
I:r: closmg I Wish than.,c you received fr om ",Sergeant Pete
for the . GraphiC. s .t ewart,'' who is ver.y much
Sgt. Robert S. Newman alive and well, and still in there,
27th Tech. School Sq (Sp) fighting with the marines for the
Flight C, Hks. 512 good old USA. ,
J efferson Barracks, Mo. I hope, everyone, who has
Pet e's address, will write to him
ENSIGN CURTIS ERICKSON and show him Harbor Springs is
FOR FURLOUGH I behind him 100 percent, jus t as
Ensign Curtis A. Erickson ar- they were, when I came home.
rived last Thursday to spend a Thanks again to everyone and I
fifteen day furl ough with his kno;w all of us servi cennen from
mother Mrs. A. C. Erickson on Harbor will Come .through with
Blwff 'drive. Ensign Erickson fl ying .col ors in 1943 for our na-
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graduated from Mili- our home ,to;wn and for J.ast-
tary Academy on January 5, mg peace.
1
where he has received officers Gratefully yours,
training. "Jack."
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AJS F. W. Potts, Jr. 36421643
C-4, Flight A, 48th .Col. Tng. Det.
W. Va. University
::.\lorgantown, ,V, Va .
HOFFMAN IS
RADIO TECHNICIAN
Hoffman, son of W. P .
SUl111111 er . agent Of the
vania railroad at Weque-
having completed hi s
at Stillwater , Oklahoma
College, has been pr omo t-
Radio Technician Thir d
with a rating of Pet ty Of -
and has been transferr ed t o
asure I sland, San Francisco,
f.o'j.li.a, for furt her training
radio material.
December 7, 1942
Henry Barker
r Springs, Mich.
Henry:
suppose you wonder where
letter came fr om and why.
I can't tell y{)u where it
from; your guess h; a s good
. Why is to let you know
think .of you down
corner. Tell J im Roe, Sr.,
't need to .hear his bass now
have heard s ome that are
dee,per bass, but would r at h-
his bass than t he ones I
r now.
can't tell you f ellows any-
but thwt I am OK so far,
with the help of the go od
and prayers, I will be seeing
fellows again. 1
there many of the old gang
e yet? Or were they called
There was a fellow with me
is from Harbor although I
t kno;w him. A y.oung kid by
am9 o.f Cunningham. Did you
him? \
me what the gossip and
is from up t hat .way.
have to close, hoping to
from you soon.
As ever,
StaffSgt. L. C. Stewart.
. Maurice D. McNamara,
has been spending a few days
his parents, Mr. and Mrs .
of Good Hart, left
for East Point, Na nant,
usetts.
has been r e'Cevied that
Guard Edward Bradtfield,
dson of Mr. and Mr.s. Edward
eld, that he has been
talized, having re.ceived in-
es to his right hand, ;.crush-
two fingers. He is stationed
Charleston. S. C.
lin The Service
This column is to be reserved
for week to week news received
from those serving under the
Selective Service Act or any-
one in any branch of U. S. de-
. fense service.
your items, with pic
tures if you have them, <lirect
to The Review .. Petoskey, Mich.
:{. ;. :1,
J>FO Ernest .StanLey
A.A.F.A.F.S. l\Ied .. Det.
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George Field, Ill.
PFIC Stanley is the son of Mr.
atid Mrs. Perry R-3, Pe-
l toskey; He lef.t lll the Sept. 10
i group.
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Durwood Maxfield, 20, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Maxfield, 1028
J efferson-ave., has enlisted in the
Air Corps.
He leaves No. 28 for San Diego,
Calif.
***
Pvt. 0 . .Asa)J.el TUli tson
Btry. C, 26 Bn. B}l:s, 1
Fort Sill, Okla.
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Pvt. Carlton Campbell
16113785
2 TS (Arm.) Lowry Field 2
Denver, Cplo.
* * *
Pvt. Robert E. Williams
ASTU 3704 Kansas Univ.
Lawrence, Kansas
Tech. Sgt. Dorval .J. Bussoneau
Co. B. 85th Rcn. Bu.
Camp Cook, Calif.
'DS Bussoneau, former local tele-
graph delivery hoy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Bussoneau of 909 Em-
met-st., retu'rned Nov. 21 enroute
to his base in California after 8
days here.
He enlisted from Muskegon on
Jan. 15, 1942.
)(-.
NEW ADDRESSES:
PFIC Merle T.hompson
Hq. Go. 502 .Sig. Regt. (SP) AWlS
Army Air Force Sch. of Ap. Tac.
Orlando, Florida.
* * *
Capt. Charles' I : Miller
R-2
Alpine, Calif.
* * * av [c J oseph F. Beer
AAFCC Sq. 102 Flt. J .
Av. Cadet Center
San Antonio, Texas
* * *
Pvt. Lee W. Ferguson
222 MP Co. Bks. H-2
Hq. Com'd. OPE
Charleston, South Carolina
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a:>vt. Lawrence J. Y.obst 36406694
APO 8843 c[o PM
New Yo1:k, N. Y.
***
l'tfc. Robert De La Vergne
Go. L, 123rd Inf., .APO 33
c[o P'M, Los Angeles, Calif.
***
Pfc. Robert F . . stevens
Or.d. Auto School
Ft. Crook,_Beb .
Dear Fr. Austin: -
I
It is about time that I was writ-
ing you. After leaving the school
I (at Harvard), I got -a leave of a
I
few days and came here Sunday,
Nove!IIlber 8, I flew from Chicago to
Memphis. What a town! Now I
tan see what chances in li.fe you
had. It took me longer to come
this far from Memphis than to
:'11emphis from Chicago. The camp
here is just albout 100 miles from
your home town. The .South is real-
ly a quaint place. We live 7 miles
from a little jerk-town called Gren-
:lda. It normally has 6000 people.
Today it has 25000, mostly workers
on the 'building of this camp and
an air-field.
This is a brand new camp, and
we surely feel this truth. 'Dhere
a re just buildings as harracks ...
This afternoon I built the table I
am writing on . . . My chapel is
just albout finished. Expect to be
in there !befoTe Sunday. I am as-
signed to the Field Artillery of the
Division along with one other chrup.:
' lain who is a Protestant ... We
I are preparing for the enormous
amount of young men who will
come to us from the 18-19 year old
draf,t . . . The men here already
are highly trained and are ready
to l'HSh t)1ese young loads coming
t)J.rough and a way we go for the
erw:u y to get in to t he fight . . .
' So long . now anq give my best
regards to all thl!re. God bless you
a nci please pray for
Your assistant,
Malachy.
Chaploain M. J. Cashman
87th Inf. Div. Field Art. Hq.
Camp McCain. Miss.
Aux. Mary J . Schaller 6067-52
24th Oo. 5th Reg.
2nd W!.A!.AC '!.'raining Center
Daytona Beach, Florida
* * *
Pvt. Walter Dow
306 Trng. -Grp., Bks 220
AAFB'.DC, No. 3
Shepard Field, . Texas
Amos B. A1mock, F 3/c
USS Titania, c[o 'P.M, .
Morgan Annex, New York City
* * *
Pvt. Hugh M. Barnes T.S'8619 Sp.
Bks. 1406 Truax Army Air Field
Madison, Wis. .
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T . .Sgt. Cecil L. Stanley 36150370
3rd Div. Ord. co. Amm. APO, 635
cJo PM, New York, N. Y.
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Pvt. Wilbert C. Stanley 36157246
Co. B. 36 Arm. Inf. Reg. APO 253
Camp 'Pickett, Va.
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Lester R. Stanley, S 2[c U.S.N.
USS Brooklyn, Div. 8, c[o PM
New York, N. y,
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PFC R. J. 16039163
Hq. Btry. Brigade Hdqs. APO 827
c[o PM, New Orleans La.
I
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Sgt. Walter L. Paul
J 320 Fighters Sqd., Westover Field
Chicopee Fall, Mass. .\
A/C James Craddock 16044708
TS AAF TTC Sqdn. D.
Yale U., New Haven, Conn.
* * * T[Sgt. Glenn Kilborn 16039024
730 Ord. Co. (LM) APO 30
Camp Atterbury, Ind.
*** Ralph W. Graham F-l[c
c/o FPM, .san Francisco, Calif.
:Ernest Roy Everts
Co. 1289, 39th Bn.
23rd Reg. Camp
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Everts returned Nov. 14 to the
' Great Lakes Naval Training Sta-
tion for further orders. He enlisted
October 7. He is the son of Mrs.
Gladys Everts of Clarion.
Pvt. Edwin Schwarfzofisher
Co. 108, 1650 SU, 6th SGTC
ASN, Bks. 2510,
Camp McCoy, Wis.
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