The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-03-19
LETTERS FROM
SOLDIERS

st have received my first copy of
The Miner, and wish to thank the
VFW and all the citizens of Ely who
have made it possible for me and
others in the army to get the home
town paper" Pvt. Vincent c. Hren
writes from Camp Wolters, Texas.
"Tm the only one from Ely in the
Sind battalion, but most of the Ely
boys here are in the 53rd. see them
every night.
ct am a member of the technical
scouts division, and We have started
our technical training. In eight weeks
We will complete the work, and will
then be transferred. The first week
we did a lot of map and compass
reading, and studied aerial photog-
raphy. Now We are working in the
field, going through the PAGES as we
would in actual combat It's interest
ing work, but it calls for a lot of
study"
J Pvt. William " Maxi writes the
VFW from Sheppard Field, Texas,
that ct have received your letter in
forming me of the gift subscription of
The Ely Miner, which is very welcome
gift.
AT present am attending air corps
mechanics school, one of the largest
and best schools of its kind in the
nation"
He is a member of the 314th School
Squadron, Barracks, 729. The field is
at Wichita Falls.
Sgt. Joe Russ sends the following
letter from Camp Berkeley, Texas:
sits been some time now since
last dropped you line. AS you know
I've changed stations again and now
am located at Camp Berkeley, as a
pioneer member of the re-vitalized
Goth Division. This Division was COM
posed of Texas and Oklahoma boys
during World War I and was dis
bandoned after the Armistice was
, signed. 1t is activated again and his
, tory will repeat itself for the boys
, making up this division will be prin-
cipally from Texas and Oklahoma.
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, from all over the United States it will
r consist of those boys. They will all
|. come from Reception Centers direct
$ for their basic training. You can see
e for yourself what job lies ahead to
. get these men ready to fight.
S "The country down here is real fiat
' and vast I'd say. Camp Berkeley is
Nf G
t Deep in the Heart of Texas! I've
e seen many ranches and Cowboys and
e everything they say about the boys
e is true. The weather here since I've
e been down has been rather breezy
Y I'd say. Somebody's its trrific for there's
e nothing in the way of nature to stop
S it any. We're living in tents with
five Of us to a tent which is very &C.
commodating. The nights are rather
r cool compared to the temperature
r during the day. All in all, its OK fol-
r a change.
j GAS to the work we're doing, well
: we are busy being short-handed and
e trying to get this Division organized
t It's one big jobl At the present time
e we are working six full days a week
i from 800 a. m. TO 500 p. m. We still
haven't a permanent headquarters
building here as yet as the 45th Div
ision is still here. I've been quite
busy in my work and really haven't
had much time to look around the
post or Abilene itself. However, its
a nice clean town and more or less q
College town. Hardin-Simmons Uni
versity is located down here and two
other junior colleges The theatres &c
strong for Wild Westerns and its a
rare thing to find anything else but
Abilene itself must be around the
$4,000 mark in population besides al
the college students. They have buses
running in regularly from town to
camp. Makes it pretty nice for the
soldiers here.
again I offer my thanks for The
Miner which I appreciate a whole lot
It's wonderful thing getting all the
news that goes on at home. Hope we
keep on getting it for I'd sure miss
it if we didn't. Goodbye now and
hello to all my fgriends in and out of
the service Thanks"
Pvt. Leonard Zupancich writes from
Fort Warren, wyoming, that "Pve been
receiving The Miner every week with
out fail and I appreciate that very
much. Albert Pruse who is also here
is very glad to read the news" zup-
ancich is now in Co. c. LIST QMTR.
Additional word from Zupancich
states ct am cook and work in one
of the best mess halls in this camp.
The weather is nice. and we have
been having spring weather all
winter long. 1t gets very windy, but
I'm used to that now. There are boys
from every state here, and Mime
sofa is well represented"
Pvt. Louis Boldine, Co. A, Goth Inf. :,
TT. Bn., is taking his training work
at Camp Roberts, Calf. ST take this
means of thanking the VF'W for the
paper" he writes.
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Similar words of appreciation come
from Stanley Sustercich, Fort Sill,
Oklahoma.
And also from Pvt. Joe j. Grahek,
San Francisco, who states that "the
division I am in has reputation
built up during the last war"