Smyrna times., 1943-05-13
D BLES
FROM
Our Boys in Service
David c. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Somewhere in India

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American Legion Auxiliary.
Somewhere in India
Dear Dribbles:
I have been intending writing to
you for a long time. Well I've the
time now. In the first place, as the
heading shows, 1 am here. What
place! We live clean; you have to,
cause you can catch enough in this
part of the world to last a lifetime.
My thanks for your Christmas
card. 1t was appreciated 1 assure
you, and it was pretty too. 1t
caught UP with me, but I have not
seen copy of The Smyrna Times
for ages. Please send one of the
Times issues over here, or get in
%ouch with mother. I am sure that
she will see that 1 get it. I gotta
have the dirt" and that paper Ger
tainly does cover it. lBy dirt, 1
mean neWs).
I had a letter for the first time in
h long while this month, and learn
ed number of things, namely that
Earl Ely, Stanley Boyd, Eddie
Wood and Leslie Pryor were all
home on pass. That's really
good luckl Tell them through this
medium that l surely would like to
hear from them, even if they do get
such a raw deal in the Army by
eating home at times. Now have
time to answer them, which coulo
not seem to find while I was back
in the States. Woodie wrote me a
letter and 1 nearly died laughing
Pryor always had good joke { p
to tell as we rode to work. There.
fore. if this is printable, and the
boys that 1 have mentioned should
see it, 1 would like the old gang tC
write letter that can under
stand. AS 1 remember it, Boyd
had a drag with all the women OF
ice route No. 20; the one that goes
over to Millington. Indeed, I be-
lieve the route ends there, and il
anyone on the other side of the
town wanted ice, they had to come
into Millington to get it. If thai
isn't right Boyd, you can write ant
tell me about it.
If any of you boys get over here
let me know; I'll come to see yor
and it won't be in an ox-cart either
Word was received here thai
James, alias Coop" Gooding is now
Private First Glass. What is thi:
Army going to do next? Congrat
allations Coop; 1 will never reach
that grade, but you are in gooC
position to get something out of it
I'd like to hear from Jack Goodins
also; rumor has it that he was last
seen in Dover heading South. THAI
Dover is a pretty good town, awfu
far away from home though. II
fact some people in Smyrna vii
pay that Dover is not gobd town
put they don't mean it; even the
boys say so. Oh yes, yours trul,
has received letters from both Pvt
Hoppy Bird Hopkins, Richard tt
you. and Pvt. Harold (Horizontal,
Hopkins. These letters have don,
me more good than the shots (1000
that were given me by some autt
mechanic who posed as a Corpora
in the Medical Corps here. The las
time had the needle, he drew ou
a tube of serum instead of putting
some in; the arm looks like phi
cushion now. 1 have, in haste, dis
patched the Pvt.s' Hopkins each
letter and expect reply by pom,
express soon.
1t has been said that all the i
and 16 year old loafers are goinl
into the Army. 1t will do then
good! refer to the work or figh
order of President Roosevelt. L
truth L don't know which is tn
worst Just how are the Defens
Women at home getting along? w
need them over here. Their type G
work would be in self-defense, how
ever! You have never really be
come tired of looking at brow
women, have you? I am!
As to my Army career, it is
military secret. I can't say any
thing more than 1 am well, like th
place, the work and the food. Can
seem to find anything to kic
about; that's not like me, but it
the truth!
Will you please get Hutch an
sBob" Bell, and that sailor Bi
Melvin to write. Ask them to sen
4 each boatloads of beer For ever
bottle that I receive, I will sen