Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-12-17
WITH SOLDIERS
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Fort Knox, KY, Dec. II, 1942.-
drop you line, when the boys left
en- Nov. 12, so will do so now.
am stationed at this post in Com
pany A, mess hall, as second cook,
attached to headquarters section
and am getting along all right
some nice fellows here to work
with, too. In my travels and talks,
around the post, l have not met
anyone from Morgan county. II
you know of any fellows from home
who are here, would appreciate 1t
very much if you could send their
address. l would like very much to
have the paper, if you would be
kind enough to send it. My ad-
dress is: Pvt. Fred j. Barnhart,
Headquarters Section, 1850 Service
Unit, Fort Knox, Kentucky
Address of 1t. Ella L. Brook
over is: N-729025, 4th Field Hos
pital, APO 6S2, care Postmaster,
New York City. In writing her par
ents, Reed Brookover, of Stockport,
under date of Nov. "a, Lieut.. Brook
over states they received mail for
the first time and it was an event.
She has been moved about SO much
that she says she wonders, did she
join the army to see the world.
The people are very kind and the
nurses are royalty entertained
wherever they CO. They are COM
fortably situated; live in cottages,
move again soon. She has been in
Africa since leaving home and at
the time the letter was written was
in the middle eaSt-possibly Egypt.
She describes a visit to Jerusalem
and Bethlehem, and where she
hopes to spend Christmas. Just as
the soldiers write, she urges all her
family to keep the letters coming,
assuring them that wherever she
may be located, the letters will
reach her some time. The air mail
seems to reach them as soon as "V"
mail letters.
The address of Cpl. Gene o. Nc
Cormick is: 152O0019, 38th A.D.G.
Repair Squadron, Bks. 1477, Robins
Field, Ga. He recently received the
rating of Corporal and is working
as cabinet maker in the Air Depot
Group. He is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Mccormick.
Pvt. Donald r. Hanson, who was
1nducted recently and whose address
was Stockport, has been assigned
for training to the Medical Replace
ment Training Center at Camp
Robinson, Ark. His training will
embrace eight weeks, after which
he will be assigned for duty to some
medical department organization.
Second Lieutenant Clyde Vaughn
left Monday for Camp Mccoy, Wis,
following a several days visit here
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Vaughn, and other relatives. Lieut..
Vaughn enlisted in the u. S. army
before war was declared, and at
the time the Japs attacked Pearl
Harbor, he was at Schofield Bar
racks, about Is miles from that
place. Later he returned home and
entered officers training at Fort
Benning, Ca, where he was COM
missioned second lieutenant. 1t is
stated that he is in line for further
promotion. Lieutenant Vaughn has
been at Camp Mccoy since in Aug
ust, and his duties are to assist in
the training of 100 japanese
commandos in guerilla warfare
These japanese are from Hawaiian
and many of their people
were killed at Pearl Harbor. They
were all American National Guards |
men at the time war was declared, |
and practically all of them grad |
yates of our American colleges-18 |
from Ohio State University. The
most Of them have professions
teachers, doctors, lawyers, etc. So
are they Americanized
that they cannot speak the Japan
ese language. Lieutenant Vaughn I
states he enjoys working with them,
Ind places Just as much confidence
n them as he does our white Amer
can soldiers. The men under his
are keenly interested In
athletics, and they have . basket
Dall team. that has been winning