Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-11-19

er.
I've read three of four editions of
The Smyrna Times since being on
this side and noted with interest
the news about Johnny Melvin that
1 read in George LangrelPs letter
to you. Johnny and I have kinda
lost track of each other in our
travels and ever changing address
es. 1 was more than pleased to
get Johnnie's new address so that 1
can dash off line to him. also
received a big kick out of spec"
Ennis composition, although, 1
haven't heard from him personally
for quite a long time. However,
being in thte Service myelf, I can
readily understand how hard it is to
find time to write to everyone back
home, and still keep up a CORE
spondence with our many Buddies
in the Service.
Last week I spent three days in
London, and believe me, I had the
time of my life. You remember
the lines of a two-year-old song,
There Were Angles Dining At the
Ritz" and "a Nightingale Sang
In Berkeley Square" Well, 1 had a
couple of drinks at the bar of that
very same Ritz Hotel, and took a
spin around Berkeley Square several
times. One afternoon, four of us
fellows went on sight seeing tour:
you pay one pound for the cab, but
up to four people can split the bill.
We went into Westminster Abby
and Saint Paul's Cathedral. Later
we viewed Number 10 Downing
Street, the Tower of London, Buck
inghom Palace and other points of
interest from the outside. All in
all, it was quite a treat for this
country boy from Delaware, but it
would be lot more pleasant to be
back there under peace time condi-
lions, with blackouts and rationing.
I've learned through The Smyrna
Times, and from friends back home,
that you now have a number of
young ladies from West Virginia
living in Smyrna. These new ar
rivals are working over at Elkton,
Maryland In war production
plant. Must be an odd situation,
with a ration on young fellows, and
a surplus of young girls. All 1
hope is, that when this war is over,
and these girls go back to their
former homes, they will remember
Smyrna in the same light that all
of us fellows, in the various branch
es of the Service, remember it. 1
think it would be fine if all these
girls would always think of Smyr-
ma as darn swell town. See if
you can put over that impression
will you?
This letter is getting long, and
the material is running short, so
I'll sign off by sending my very
best regards to all the folks at
home.
So long, and good luck,
bob" Bell
Cpl. Robert S. Bell
A. S. N. 13045784
I369th Bombardment Squadron
306th Bombardment Group .(H)
A. P. o. No. 634
New York City, N. Y.
Congratulations on your new pro-
motion Bobby" Dribbles salutes
you, Corporal Bell, as an acknowl-
edgement of this advancement, and
at the same time thanks you for
your recent letter. Here's wishing
you the most successful future with
the flying forces of the U. S. A.
The news of the past week,
reaching the home front, would in
dicate that the big push was on in
several parts of the world. Looks
like greater things were just ahead.
May you have many successful
flights and happy landings helping
to secure the worldwide victory
that someday will be ours.
Your remarks about your trip
into London would, if reading be-
tween the lines, prove that all is
not bad n any war. IT'S mighty
nice that Our Boys can at least
have a few days off now and then
in which to enjoy themselves. 1t
makes the future look lot bright
er, and sort of takes ones mind off
of general routine. Good going
Bbby.
AS to the war workers who now
make their homes in Smyrna, have
no fear about them being lonesome
due to the lack of youthful admir-
ers, son. True, there may be a de-
cided lack of Smyrna youth to pay
these girls marked attention. How
ever, those who pay court to the
ladies from West Virginia need not
be localsl, as it were. The boys
from the Dover Air Field and sail
ors from Lewes and Rehoboth are
now in nightly attendance. True,
some of the local lboys are trying
to make the grade, but you should
know what the uniform does to
young hearts with romance in
mind. 1t puts the fellows in civ
ilian clothes at a decided disad-
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