Smyrna times., 1943-12-02
D DRIBBLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service

80 - - v - ~
David c. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Mediterranean Area
Dear Mother and Dad:
I haven't had a chance to write
to you for about week, and the
reason for this delay can be under
stood by looking at the heading of
this letter.
Since we have departed from our
former oveseas station, I can tell
you a little something of what we
did while we were there. The first
city I saw in Africa was Oran, AL
geria. l was in there three of -four
times. When we left Oran, we
proceeded across Northern Africa
Most of this trip was over a large
mountain range. 1t was very
pretty drive, and one that I will al
ways remember.
AS we started to enter Tunisia
you could really begin to see signs
of where large engagements had
been fought. We proceeded on tc
the city of Bizerte. While there, ]
had the opportunity of going into
the city of Tunis, and on to the an.
cient city of Carthage. Here I saw
the ruins of the great old buildings
built by the mighty nations of long
ago. This is but brief review o.
. SOME of the things and places thai
I saw while in Africa.
1 am now writing you from oul
new station, and although we have
been here only a short while, we
have run into few memorable ex-
periences. However, everything
turned out alright in the end.
I am feeling fine and everything
is going to be alright. Tell Jear
that I have been asking for her.
This is about all I have to say
for the present, but will write
again later.
Jimmy
Pfc. James c. Truax
A. S. N. 32167444
A. P. o. 464, Postmaster
New York City, New York
Dribbles thanks you Mr.. and Mrs.
James Truax for passing along
your sons letter for his friends to
read. We know that they will be
glad to know that Jimmy is in the
best of health and going strong at
his present station over in the
Mediterranean battle area. Here's
hoping that this will be the last
Christmas that it will be neces-
sary for any of Our Boys or Girls
to spend away from home in the
European theatre of war. After
the egotistical, inhuman Huns have
been beaten to their knees, then
the next big job will be to give all
OF our attention to the Jap Rats in
the Far Eastern world. The most
recent conquest of the Gilbert Is
lands is apparently the signal that
marks the beginning of this great
offensive. 1t is the start of the
long march back, with Takyo as
the final objective|. Not until the
last sneaking Jap Rat is forced
into unconditional surrender will
this world of ours become a saft
place in which to live.
The next time you are writing t.
Jimmy, folks, please give him Drib
bles' very best wishes, and my sin
cere hope that his future will b,
marked with success.
Indianola, Nebrask,
Dear Mother and Dad:
Yes, they are here. Several hun
dred German prisoners of war from
the African front. They arrive,
recently, and we expect several ad
ditional lots in the next few days
These men landed at an East Coas
port and were shipped here b,
train.
The night these prisoners arriv
ed, it was really cold. Some of tn
prisoners were still dressed i
shorts, like they had worn on th
North African campaign. I knoy
that they must have been prett.
cold because I did not feel any to
warm with my big overcoat on.
From all indications, these Ger
man prisoners of war were in tn
best of spirit. They sang German
songs as they marched under heav,
guard from the train to the camp
Most Of them were young mel
from 18 to u years old-some few