The Ely miner., 1942-10-15

and diStilling plants, evaporators,
pumps, and other mechanical equip
ment of modern ship.
The training school can accommo-
date 500 Bluejackets chosen after a
series of aptitude tests given them
during their recruit training period.
Upon completion of the course, grad
yates are eligible for ratings of
machinist's mate, third class.
johnson enlisted in the navy last
August and went through recruit
training at the U. S. Naval Training
Station, Great Lakes, III. He will be
assigned for duty with the feet or at
some shore naval station.
Pvts. Rudolph Seliga, Robert
Slogan, and Andrew o. Kolari, 18th
Ferry sgd, AAF, ATC, Hamilton Field,
Calf, write:
"We are now stationed at Hamilton
Field, Calf. A much better place than
the one we just left in Texas. The
weather here is nice. During the day
it's warm but at night it's cold
enough so that we have to put on our
woolen overcoat.
"We three musketeers appreciate
getting The Miner and hope it keeps
on coming. AS you know we are in
the army air corps, one of the finest
corps in the world.
"We have blackouts every night
when we are on guard we have real
bullets and not the 80. U. S. calibre
We have sub-machine guns"
From Pvt. Edward Volk comes this
comment on California:
"Well, here I am in California after
the basic training I had in Virginia
I am in the anti-aircraft unit. Calf
ornia is sure a wonderful state. The
climate agrees with me better than
nesota boy in my unit The scenery
here is wonderful and the people are
so friendly and sociable with the SER
vicemen. I am near Hollywood and
about 10 miles from Los Angeles.
"The army sure gave me the op-
portunity to travel since I've been in
the service. I enjoyed the trips very
much and saw things I would never
have seen if 1 hadn't join the armed
forces. The work I am doing inter-
eSts me very much. I am only few
blocks from the great Lockheed air.
plane factory and the Vega factory.
wish you would send me The Ely
Miner. And to the friends who wish
to write to me my address is: Btry. E,
603, CA (AA, Burbank, Calf.
Pvt. Joe Mosnik, 562 Bn Is E. P0
Langley Field, Va, who is with the
U. S. Army Signal corps, has just
graduated from the Signal Corps
Radar School at Camp Murphy, Fla,
and on August completed a course at
the Capital Radio Engineering Insti-
tute, at Washington, D. c., and is
now stationed at Langley Field as
radio man.
Pvt VIM. A. Saari writes from Santa
Monica, Calf, as follows:
Hello Everybody,
Just dropping you line to give
you the change in my address. And
what a change it is! From the dust
swept prairies of Texas to the warm,
inviting, scenic beauty of southern
California.
"I recently graduated from the air
corps mechanics school at Sheppard
Field, Texas, and am now taking
postgraduate course of % days at the
Lockheed aircraft factories, in nearby
Burbank.
"We live in a luxurious hotel on
the shore of the Pacific. Calisthenics
on the bathing beach in our swim
ming suits and a dash into the ocean
constitute our program of exercises
and physical conditioning. Not bad!
"We have good food an ideal cli-
mate, and no extra duties of any kind
What a contrast to conditions here
and those at Sheppard Field!
"You keep The Miner rolling and
We'll keep 'em fying'"
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