The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-18
PVT. LLOYD RAYMOND ROB-


near Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
that he is the only one in his COM
pany from Arizona and gets a lot
of good-natured razzing on that
score. whenever a mistake is
made, someone is sure to remark,
'Taht's the way they do it in Ari-
zona'." which is, no doubt, due to
the fact that Robertson is always
Dragging about Arizona" as he
openly admits The men re
Gently hiked from Fort Sam Hous-
ton TO Comp Bulls, where they
will finish their basic training.
Camp Bulls" Robertson writes,
"is up in the hills and looks just
like Oracle, Arizona. No luxuries
whatsoever, we eat out of our
mess kits and live in tents. We
are really roughing it. On the 20
mile march from Ft. Sam Houston
the men were not required TO
march to cadence lin step) and
we sang all the songs in the book.
Only seven men fell out from the
whole batallion-S50 men. We
really yelled when pretty woman
drove by Most of them waved
at us We left Ft. Sam Hous-
ton at s o'clock and got here at
$50 O'Clock. They put six OF us
to a tent. This afternoon we went
through a tear gas chamber-first
time with our masks on and next
time we pulled our gas masks off
when we got in, and boy, you
should have seen the soldiers cry
ing when we came out. l tried
to keep my eyes closed, but had
TO open them to find the door.
Went to the drill field for inspec-
tion this morning and this after
noon had a mock battle = Red
Army VS. Blue Army. l was with
the Red Army. We were allowed
two hours to capture a certain
place which was guarded by the
Blue Army. Almost all of our boys
were captured or killed except
about two squads. My squad was
about five minutes away when the
whistle was blown. We went
around and were coming up be-
hind them. There were eight of
us and we crawled about a hun
dred yards on our stomachs. If
we had had more time we would
have won." Robertson is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Robertson.
who have made their home in
Coolidge for about eight years. He
attended Coolidge grammar school
and is a graduate of C. U. H. s.,
class of Al.
SGT. RICHARD SCHROYER
writes his mother, Mrs. F. H. Moh-
ney. that he is leaving Pocatello,
Idaho for New York. I'm pretty
certain we are leaving the states
and going somewhere across the
pond" he says. I'm not over
anxious to go across, but we have
a job to do and the quicker it's
over the sooner We'll be home
again E. Shroyer has been re-
classified as Crew Chief, or mas
ter sergeant rating and says that
he is going to do everything he
can to live up to his own expecta-
tions. stand by with smiles and
prayers, Mother, for your son in
service, and be brave" Shroyer
has been through an intensive
course in aviation mechanics and
received advanced technical train
ing that has especially equipped
him for the work ahead.
PVT. CARL WIETING, training
with the U. S. army air fores at
Lowry Field, Colorado, writes that
there seems to be just one thing
in the minds of the fellows in
service, ito get the war over as
soon as possible and get home to
the people they love. And they
know that the folks at home are
backing them up with the equip
ment that is necessary for COM
plete victory" Weiting is in the
last phase of armament school.
following which he will be sent to
gunnery school for six weeks and
then assigned to a plane for trans
continental flight training. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Welt
ig, owners of Arizona Pharmacy.
In closing, Carl expressed his ap-
probation for having the Exam
iner sent to him weekly.
DAN C. PALMER, S 2/c, has
received orders stating that he will
be transferred from San Diego
to Maryland for a special naval
training a0urco in nbuciaoI od,1