The Ely miner., 1943-03-04

the paper. It's really a treasure to
receive it and see what's going on at
home and where the other boys are
located"
Frank j. volk, fireman, third class,
is now stationed at the navy pier,
Chicago, aviation machinist mate
school and I have completed four
months of training and have eight
weeks to go before graduating as a
third class petty officer aviation ma
chinist mate.
II have received a swell break in
getting into the aviation branch. Air
plane engines are really interesting,
and this division of the service can't
be beaten.
MY job, after graduating, will be
airplane repair work of any type. We
have been schooled to know every part
of an airplane and its up-keep.
Il want to thank all my friends
back home who have written to me.
I also want to thank everyone who is
making it possible for me to receive
the paper 1t has really been a COM
fort to me, with it's news of home hap
penings.
"P. S. There is no place like home
for pretty girls" (Note-Any local
girls who want to personally thank
Volk for this compliment can reach
him at Co. /, billet 129, section E,
navy pier, aviation, Chicago.-Editor)
Another local boy (Winton) who
thinks there is no place like home, al
though he did not mention the girls
he left behind is Apprentice Seaman
Boyce D. Hardy, in training at the
Farragut, Idaho, naval base.
This is nice place here, but home
Is still home" Hardy declared There
are two other fellows from Ely here,
but haven't seen them Che is in Reg.
8, Co. 51-43).
''The weather here is sure lot diff
ferant than what it was at home when
left in January. It hasn't been more
than below here. Now the snow is
almost gone and its nice and warm.
ct was nearly 20 below in Ely early
Monday morning)
Our company has mess detail, and
we have to get up at a. m. We serve
the entire ramp, and then Swab the
mess hall deck (floor), which is about
block long"
Cnf. D ;1 &ofi OIL
at the army air forces advanced fly
ing school at Dodge City, Kan, where
he is assigned to the 1095th guard
squadron.
81 am now in the school for motor
mechanics, class To-" writes Pfc. John
M. Bolka from Fort Benning, Ca, "and
I'll be here for three months. There
are 125 of us. We live in beautiful
Spanish type brick barracks.
81 have two duties, besides schooling
every day. I carry our Guideon in
front of the class when it marches to
its sessions, and I am mailman for the
class. I have been promoted to first
class private.
I'VE are next door neighbors TO the
paratroops and can see them doing
their work and training The wealth
er is very warm here. I've been to
Alabama twice since coming here. Best
wishes to everybody"
81 really landed in swell place."
declares Pvt. Edward Vessel from
Athens, Ga. THE University of Geor-
gia is located here. We eat our meals
at Denmark hall at the university and
We feed like kings. We never go hun
CRY here like We did at Tahler, Calf
We have only our school work to do
here, but that is plenty tough Che is
in signal company.
II am classified as high speed ra-
dio operator. That is good branch to
get into if person can learn to take
code and send it, and use the type
writer. So far it Is difficult. because
I have never done this type Of work
before. We viii be here for five
months, that is, if we pass our EXAM
nations. The faster one learns the