The Ely miner., 1943-09-09

There is usually fog over the bay"
This description Of San Francisco's
famous bay was sent by Ernest E. An
derson, seaman, second class, nava.
auxiliary air station. VR-4, Oakland
(1D Calf.
Anderson tells about the scenery he
has seen: i've passed through North
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington
Oregon and California. North Dakots
was too flat, Montana quite nice but
little too mountainous, Idaho toe
dusty, Washington and Oregon very
nice and almost as beautiful as Min
nesota. California is quite nice but
can't live up to its publicity"
Sgt. Louis j. Bolka is now in the
hospital at Childress, Texas, with ton.
sillitis, and he Is asking for letters
from some of the fellows. His ad.
dress is 457th B. Hq. & A. B. So.
Camp Campbell was tough but II
was a paradise compared with what
am doing now," declares Pvt. John P
Perushek, Co. B, 746th Tank Bn CM0
Camp Rucker, Ala.
He also tells about the farewell party
the Camp Campbell boys held, and says
that Jack Norlanoer and John Stepar
were there. He sends his regards tc
the citizens of the Little Ely" at Far
ragut, Idaho.
Joseph j. Kuzma, seaman, second
class, Is taking a six-week course al
a signalman's school at the University
OF Chicago. He is in Co. D, Sec.
Bartlett Gym.
Pvt. Paul j. Shuster, Bty A, 5lst F A
Tr. Bn., Plat. 3, Camp Roberts, Calf
asks for words from his buddies.
Pvt. v. j. PeruShek, Co. F, 43rd And
Rgt., APO 262, Camp Campbell, KY.
Is now on maneuverS and is another
member of the former Little Ely" at
Camp Campbell. He said his brother
Johnny, is at Camp Rucker, Ala, and
M. Starkovich and Leo Kuzma are 60
ing into the paratroops. Technician
Fifth Grade John Koschak and Joe
Mesha remain to form another Lit
tie Ely when others from this city
arrive at Camp Campbell.
Perushek says he expects Ely ito dc
q swell job on war bonds," and he
thanks his personal friends for re-
cent "swell furlougn."
Pvt. Keith Brownel, Co. B, lst Pit.
57th Inf TT. Bn., Camp Wolters, Tex
as, has these meaningful words to say
about the foot soldiers:
I'VE don't get the spectacular glory
of the air corps or OF the other flashy
groups, but We pride ourselves on our
own tough job. It's like football team
We're the line. We do the dirty work,
but we also get our personal pleasure
Wars have always been won by the
infantry.
ernie Pyle, columnist, writing from
the invasion front in Sicily when the
United Nations forces started this
campaign, said that the infantrymen,
just out of Africa, were tough veterans
They lived In the mud, ate il and when,
slept on the ground in their clothes,
and fought and lived like animals.
On a ship ferrying group OF these
soldiers from Africa to Sicily, Pyle
quoted sailor as saying, "It was pitt
full to see how thankful those poor
devils were just to have a hard deck
to sleep on.")
I'D like the air corps, but don't sell
this outfit short. We work hard. If
any cleaning up is in order, the in
fantry can handle it and well. We're
up at a. m. and keep going until II
p. m. or later, so you see we have to
stay on the ball. We're really being
trained. We have much to learn in
a short time, but We'll manage.
"Get and keep old Ely on the war
wagon. Well try and do our part. Yet,
even as hard as we work, we're only
working to get started.
''The boys across are doing the job.
Let the servicemen at home and
civilians realize that"
Pvt. James w. Pete has been pro-
NOTED to private, first class, upon as
signment to the technical school, army
air forces training command, Sioux
Falls, s. D., for training as a radio
operator