The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-02
LETTERS FROM
SOLDIERS

Pvt. Albert zupancich, BIB Bin, Bly,
c, CA unit 3O8, and Pvt. Chester r
Thoren, in the same battalion and
unit but in Bly,. B, Camp Upton
Tenn, say they will answer any and
all letters written them.
Thoren writes to The Miner. as
follows:
well, two of us boys are still to-
gether out of the original six. Albert
Zupancich and are still together
But for how long I don't krow. Albert
is in Battery C and I got moved yes
terday to the School Detachment
When first came in I was In Battery
D.
eff you know the whereabouts Of
Frank Pulls and John Sustercicf
would you kindly put the address ir
The Miner Albert and I would like
to receive The Miner again If you'll
be so kind as to send it.
"Well, to tell you little of camp
Upton, I'll start with: 1t looks more
like Minnesota than Texas did. Al
least there are trees and hills and no
like the plains of Texas.
"ThiS is balloon barrage detach
ment. AS you probably know, tn,
English had great success with them
so the United States is going to tr.
them too. Albert is a truck driver jus
as he was in Camp wallace.
I'm going to the CHIEF of Balloon
school. We have to go for IL weeks
| We study six days week and ais
| two nights of the week. So I'll b
pretty busy for the next IL weeks s.
I believe by the time I get out o
school Albert and I will probably b
separated end I guess We will b
separated one by one"
John j Sustercich's address /
Rgt. HQ Bly,. 514th CA (AA), Cam
Davis, N C. Frank Pulls not avail
able)
New addresses: Arthur l.. Buraghe
702 Ord. Co., army air base, Whining
ton, NJ C. Walter G. Suihkonen, Rex
Co. 772nd I'd Bn., Fort Leonar
Wood, Mo
Word comes from Phillip Maxi fror
somewhere in the USA" that h
expects to go on a trip that won't b
canoe trip, hunting trip or
fishing trip.
"The boys in this regiment are a,
good shots and are eager to get
crack at the enemy" he says. ST hop
I will continue receiving The Miner.
Pvt. Earl C. Bird, HQ & HQ Bly,
APO No. z, 7th Inf. Div. Arty., Sa,
Jose, Calf is the new battery barbe
He tells about it in the following lette
to the vFw:
81 received your letter saying tina
Il you were going to extend the ship
ment of The Ely Miner for one year
I sure was glad to hear that. Sine
I moved from Camp Roberts tw
months ago I've missed some copie
and I was almost lost to death with
out it. Everytine read The Mine
it makes me feel as though I wer
right in Ely. When I was home use,
10 just skim over the most importan
things but now there isn't one wor,
that I miss
Ct really appreciate your kindnes
in sending The Miner to me and hop
with all my heart that I will continu
to get it, for without it I'd be lost
"I'm located in the Headquarter
Battery of the 7th Inf. Div, in San
Jose. I've sure done a lot of different
| things since I've been here. We hav,
communication sections, urvey see
tons, metro sections, and mainten
| ance sections.
"The other day the Battery Com.
| mander called me in the Office anc
asked me if I've ever cut hair before
so I told him I was camp barber al
the CCC Co. 704 in Ely. He then ap.
pointed me the Battery barber. Nov
all I do is cut hair every day, ane
whenever I have time off I learn sur
vey and DECIDING messages. At Least
don't get KIP or Guard on this job.
From Pvt Albert Pruse. Co. I, Enc
Btn, Normoyle, motor base bldg. 146
San Antonio, Texas, comes the
following:
"I arrived at this camp a week age
and I really do like it here. I had
been stationed at Fort Frances E
Warren, wyoming, for the past six
weeks. The weather here is quite q
big change from what it was at Wyo-
ming. There it was either cold or the
wind was blowing the sand all over
the place. But out here the sun is
up and shining and the grass and
trees are green. At night we open all
the windows in the barracks and it
still is warm inside. They really feed
us good out here so none of us boys
can kick about it.
"This camp is about three miles
from down town San Antonio. I can't
tell you ANYTHING about it because our
company is under quarantine for
measles, humps, and scarlet fever,
which some of the boys caught on the
way down here.
"This camp is for advance training
in General Mechanics. They do not
drill very much here. We 60 to school
most Of the day and learn how to
put an engine together and make it
run. We have to know all the parts
of an engine and how they do to-
gether so that it will run. We are
supposed to take up this coarse for
three months here and then will
either stay here or be sent out to a
different camp"
Fcp. Frank Jershe, Jr., Co. A. 749th
Military Police Bn., Camp San Luis