The Ely miner., 1943-12-02

with Victor Moore
with an armored division, has this to
say about the life of an infantryman:
"It's a great life living out Of doors
like this. It gets bit cold here at
night If you are not on guard duty
or on the move.
"You roll up in your blankets,
sleep on the ground, and wake up in
the morning covered with frost and
with ice in your canteen."
Last week The Miner enormously re-
ported that Staff Sgt. Andrew o. Ka-
lari and Sgt. Robert Slogan had re-
Gently landed in England when they
are somewhere on the opposite side Of
the world, in the Pacific war zone.
However, their record of having been
together longer than any other two
Elyites stil goes unchallenged. They
were inducted at Fort Smelling on
July %, 1912, and have not been sep
arated since. They did not reveal their
present station.
Av. C. Paul R. YadloSki last week
began a nine weeks course OF basic
flight training at Majors Field, Texas,
located near Greenville.
william j. Lunka, seaman, first class,
of the coast guard, has been transfer
red to Juneau, Alaska, where he is
on shore patrol duty. Lunka has been
stationed in Alaska for some time.
Robert j. Champa, seaman, third
class, Bks. 304, M-10-8, NTS, Great
Lakes, ILL.,, reports that the boys at
this naval station "got everything and
all they wanted" for Thanksgiving
Here is the menu: Tomato bouillon
soda crackers, roast tom turkey, oyster
dressing, giblet gravy, candied sweet
potatoes, cranberry sauce, butteree
fresh peas, pickles, ripe olives, celery
sticks, whole wheat rolls, butter, ict
cream, pumpkin pie, coffee, candy ane
nuts.
Pfc. Louis Senta, stationed at an un
disclosed base on the Atlantic coas'
where his letter was required to NEE
a censor's approval, makes the specia
| request that his buddies write him
The Miner is not permitted to prin
his address, but it will forward al
| mail sent to him if the writer's will ad'
dress it to him in care of P. o. box "a
Ely.
Servicemen desiring to contact pal
on foreign duty may do so by address
| ing letters to box GA, Ely. They viii
be promptly forwarded. V-mail sta
tionary should be used in order t.
speed up delivery. Letters can b.
| transported from Ely to nearly an.
place in the world garrisoned by U. S
troops in from 10 days to three week
| if sent by V-man.
Eugene P. Marines, buglar, secont
class, Camp Hill band, Farragut
Idaho, writes that ST am now in th'
outgoing unit here and am awaiting
transfer to band at one OF the sta
tions in the United States. Before
was transferred to the outgoing unit
was a bugler and member OF TIT
Camp Hill band.
Everyone seems to think that the
bugler gets up all by himself at 5
a. m. but they have messenger
who wakes the bugler. (Now who
gets the messenger Out?)
"The weather here is chilly, but very
little snow has fallen. In a recent is
sue of the paper, saw that Ely hae
quite a storm. I would like to have
ROBERT CHAMPA send his ad.
dress to me, in care of the Camp Hill
band"
Pvt. r. S. Tuomala writes that N
has been transferred to the army al
! corps and is at Buckley Field, Colo
taking examinations which will decide
if ne will become an aviation cadet.
Formerly stationed in California
Private Tumala says, 81 have Travelled
through 10 states, but haven't seer
any that will compare with Minneso
ia. The same goes for cities. I pre-
fer Ely. Colorado's climate is simlla
to Ely's in the fall. It gets rathe
cold and there was a foot OF sno'
a short time ago. It's gone now and
am waiting for more"
Av. Cadet w. j. Lindgren is taxing
advanced bombarider training at Biz
Spring, Texas, after completing gun
merry school required of all prospective
navigators and bombardiers. This
course" he says, "is very interesting