Smyrna times., 1943-11-25
D Ri B BLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David C. Harrison Post, No. ID,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Mediterranean Area

Mediterranean Area
Dear Dribbles:
1 hope, when you receive this
letter from me, it won't shock you
too much.
Since I have been stationed over
seas, have received several letters
from my father. In each one, he
remarked that he thought it would
he nice for me to write few lines
for your column. The result is that
I am going to try and do that very
thing. Frankly, there is not very
much that can tell you, but I will
try and cooperate in the best way
that I can. So hold tight, for here
goes.
To date I have travelled all over
North Africa and found it to be a
beautiful bit of country. Much of
the area is largely surrounded by
mountains, which are very pretty
from a distance. Most every place
you go you will find numerous wat
ermelon patches and grape vim
yards. The watermelons are eat
in their ripened state, whereas,
most of the grapes are made into
wine. I'll take the watermelons
alright, but not the grape wine be-
cause 1 do not care for that stuff.
I do like the grapes when they are
picked fresh from the vines.
There are also quite a number of
cork trees growing here in North
Africa. The cork tree is species
of oak. In order to obtain the
cork, the outer bark is removed
from the tree, and afterwards made
into thousands of articles which we
use. So, if any of you folks need
some cork, you'll know just where
to 60 in order to find it.
In the live stock department,
North Africans raise numbers of
COWS, horses, sheep, goats and hogs.
They also raise quite a good many
camels, not to mention dogs. In
quite a few instances, the dogs act
as scavangers. Oh, yes! I al
most forgot to mention the fact
that a few chickens are to be in
cluded with this list. mean the
poultry kind
Perhaps your readers would like
to know what kind of people live
over here in this part of the world.
Well, you will find pretty much of
a mixture, with the Arabs and
French leading, as to numbers. In
my experiences, I have found the
French to be very nice people. On
the other hand, l have had lot of
trouble trying to understand their
language. But we manage to get
along together-do a little hand
talking and most of the time we
come out alright. l was lucky
enough to have met French girl
10 years old and very pretty.
The best part of it all, she could
understand and speak English.
Boy! Did she have the beautiful
eyes-the best looking pair you
ever saw in your life. I met her
one day on French train, but
had only time enough to have a
short talk with her, get her ad-
dress, and give her my own. At
present we correspond with each
other.
Now, don't take me wrong,
pleasel I'm not trying to start
any love affair over here. The
truth is, there is girl back in the
States that like very much. AT
the present time, it has been over
six months since I have been out
with any girl, I'm sort of saving
myself, you might say, until the
time comes for me to return home
Then I hope to start in where left
off with my girl back home. Per.
haps, the main reason for the cas-.
ual acquaintance over here is thai
1 like to get 81 lot of mail-like al
soldiers do. And the more letters
you write, the more you will re-
ceive in return. The only trouble
with this is that you really do moi
have much time, to devote to writ
ing. 1t takes me two or three
weeks, usually, to answer all oi
mine.
AS to the Arabs, their language
ds also very hard to understand
except when they want cigarette
or some money. You can under.