The Ely miner., 1943-08-05
NEWS ABOUT
SERvlCEMEN

VIM. G. Trudgeon, seaman, second
class, Bks. 2H25, Camp Ward, Far
ragut, Idaho, is swimming instruc-
tor at the camp pool. He writes:
This is temporary duty in ships
company to last for six months. My
job is to act as life guard and in
struct the non-swimmers. We work
from 7:45 a. m. to 4:20 p. m. We
have three duty sections and you have
to be confined to the station and work
when your section is on duty. We are
at liberty to go ashore Qeave the sta
tion) two out of three nights and two
out of three weekends.
st GET ALL THE LIBERTIES I
WANT, IN FACT, MORE THAN I
WANT. We don't take advantage OF
the week night liberties, but we do the
weekend liberties.
I'VE stay at the chief petty officers
barracks and it seems more like a
dormitory than a barracks. There are
four men to a room and we live out
of chests of drawers and closets in
stead of sea bags as we did in boot
camp. On the whole, it is a good
deal. It makes me feel at home when
I can sit down in soft chair and
read or write at desk. These are
fI1n Nf
has undoubtedly made some of his
sea-going mates extremely envious.)
"This weekend I am going to Spo-
kane, Wash, to see if I can meet 1t.
Joe Senta (of the army air corpS who
is stationed at Greigar Field"
Pvt. James Pete, TG BOT, Bks. 265,
Sheppard Field, Texas, writes that he
met an Ely boy who has been gone
from here for several years. He is
Pvt. John o. Itkonen, TG 3O6, Bks.
229.
Private Pete, like many others from
the Nations Playground, never fails to
give it a boost when the opportunity
presents itelf.
Its surprising" he says, "how many
people know of our town. I have by
no means been sleeping on the job.
With the few pictures and pieces OF
literature that I have of the Arrow
head country, I have sold everyone on
it. Many have marked down Ely in
their address books as a place to
spend vacations after the war. We
may sell them on our tourist facilities
but I wouldn't sell them square foot
of the country for an acre Of any
other state. I am awaiting the day
when I can return to the edge Of the
Sticks as some people say.
"I have been completing my basic
training and have been waiting to be
shipped to a technical school. While
waiting I have been G. @. (change
of quarters) in one of the many lee
ture halls. I have very little work to
do and any time the place needs
scrubbing I GO GET 10 to 20 DETAIL
MEN TO DO IT Soft job, but I'd
rather he going to school and getting
ready for what is to come.
1.-The heat is extremely high here
and there is very little rain. Your hot
days would be blessed cool comfort
down here. Am still looking for
enough water to swim in, but with no
luck.
81 am told that it actually gets
cold down here, but they have to
prove it to me-"
Apprentice Seaman Josiah T. Cock,
So. H, 65th CID (Air Crew is in
training at Syracuse u, Syracuse, N.
Y.
Av. Cadet Eugene G. Domich is in
training with Gp. R, So. 255, AAFPTS,
SAACC, San Antonio, Texas.
Apprensice Seaman John Fink is in
USNT Unit Viz, MSTC, Dakota Hall,
Minot, N. D.
Pvt. M. Starkovich, Co. D, 9th Armd.
Rgt., Goth Div, APO 444, Camp Camp
bell, KY, writes: "All of the Ely boys
of the Goth division were home on
furlough and it sure was nice to see
the city again. Many of US will now
be transferred. We have just COM
pleted two weeks of combat training
and we gave a review for our general,
with tanks, jeeps, half tracks, and
other equipment.
During the maneuvers it was 138
degrees inside the tanks unbuttoned.
I'd hate to be in the desert but
toned up.
Fishing was really good when we
were in Ely. We had many fish tales
to report to the fellows"
Signing the letter with Starkovich
were Leopold Kuzna, Fred Kaplan,
Thomas Leroy, land the rest of the
Ely fellows from other companies in
the 2Oth division"
Pvt. F. E. Calm, 616th TG, Fit "a,
Lincoln, Neb., army air base is COM
pleting his basic training Aug. 9, and
will then be sent to a trade school fod
two months to become skilled tele-
phone linesman. He says that his
flight is composed mainly of Minneso-
ia men, and that there are five Ely
boys at the base.