The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-10
LETTERS FROM
SERvIcEMEN

/ SERvlcENE
The Miner acknowledges the re-
ceipt of five copies of the Kodiak,
Alaska, Weekly Bear sent by an
unnamed Ely serviceman.
] In one was a picture Of a LOO
pound brown bear brought down by
the trusty rifle of colonel. Life
Magazines donated pictures of
Show Girl Rose iced needs no
comment-they speak for them
selves.
Archie A. Harju, Co. 6, 56th ON
Rgt., Pine Camp, N. Y, has beer
promoted from corporal to techniciar
fifth class
Pvt. Fred Pucel, B. So, Bldg. 915
Camp Callan, Calf, in a letter to the
VFW says: ct never believed I'd bt
in California but I sure have my foo
in it now. I was about II miles from
the Canadian border before moving
here. Now I'm about II miles from
the Mexican boundary"
Private Pucel makes this astound.
ing assertion, which we leave to the
readers own Interpretation: "The
nice thing about Camp Callan is oul
generals do all the KIP. We sleeI
until noon, eat lunch at o'clock, anC
we give all the order around here
Our captain shines our shoes. It's al
like heaven. Come down and see u!
some time"
In a more serious vein, he says
"This is very nice clean camp. Thu
food is very appetizing and plenti
full. I feel wonderful and think an
gaining weight on army rations. an
attending a school for selectiv,
mechanics, taking an eight-weel
course. The boys are very friendly, ant
most of them in my barracks ar
from Minnesota"
Pvt. Stanley Senta, 18Oth Sig. Re
pair Co., is in training at CAM
Crowder, Mo.
Pvt. U. E. Ojala, 37298310, train
ing detachment, 68th Med. Rgt., Cam
Forrest, Tenn, comes the following
the VFW:
"Just a word of thanks from tn
boys of Draft Board No. g. There ar
about II of us here. We are all con
fined to camp for the first two week
to check up on contagious disease
Closest town which is small and abou
% miles away is Tullahoma. We hav
not had chance to check up on tn
Southern hospitality to date, but re
ceived the best of food and treatmer
at Fort Smelling, st. Paul and Evans
willie, Indiana. Chicago is a Robin
town for serVicemen. They just Ia
low for them.
"The boys are anxious to hear frol
home as well as I am. We miss tn
lakes and pines and cool weather {
well as our friends back home. We al
all hoping to get our training ov'
shortly and get into action before tt
Japs die of old age.
1--WE have girls working in the P. :
or as you boys knew it by the nan
of 'canteen.' They speak with Soutl
ern accent and have hard time III
Outstanding us as We have of unde
standing them"
From the public relations office
the Yakima, Wash, air base com
the following boost for Sgt. Ante
zaverl of this city:
Sergeant Zaverl is a great solid
and a fine fellow. He has work
himself up to the rank of Sergea
and deserves everything that he h
gained so far in the army. His rece
promotion was due to the fact tn
he never stops work. He is always
there punching. In the very ne
future, the boys expect him to ma
Master Sergeant We all hope he do
Among his many hobbies, the o
he likes best seems to be fishing. Ev
Though he tells a lot of fish stori
there must be some truth in a go
many of them, because OF the II
that here sometime ago he came ba
to the base with a bag full Of mou
tain trout. Whether he bought TIT
or not, of course we don't know,
after taking a look at Zaverl, we
sure he caught them as he was q
tainly a tired soldier.
Tech Sgt. Joseph j. Russ, Hd
104th Inf. Div, Camp Adair, o.
writes:
"Once again I drop you line sir
there seems to be such interest
the goings-on of our soldiers a
friends back home This time I'm
Oregon as you already know. 1t 81
is a beautiful country out here
its the closest I've seen 10 Minnes'
weather and vegetation yet. Yes. we
located in the heart of the CIR
Willamette Valley, one Of the m