Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-09-28
DRIBBLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David C. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
FROM
by
European Theatre of War

European Theatre of Wal
Dear Dribbles:
L regret that 1 have not writer
before this, but frankly we have
been rather busy these past few
weeks.
I received letter from my wife
the other day and she told me that
you had been asking about me
Right at present it's so hard to find
something to write about. The
news that would be of interest ma
turally we cannot pass along be-
cause of censorship. 1 might say,
however, that we were stationed in
England for four months and have
been located over here since then.
Things are not so bad over on this
side of the Channel. Of course,
you must take the good with the
bad at all times.
I received The Smyrna Times a
little late in arriving but it sure
looks good when it arrives.
My wife was telling me that the
Smyrna Firemen were holding a
carnival this year. Well, they
should do very good at this time.
The gun crew knocked down
two planes recently. I have not
seen anyone that know outside of
our Boys here in the battery.
Mother wrote and told me that Ar
thur Sylvester was over in this
part of the world, also "Bill" Pusey
from Clayton but 1 have not been
able to locate either of these fell
lows. I did meet one boy who
knew Milton Voshell. This chap
was from Middletown, Delaware.
1 am well and doing o. K. I
hope that this letter finds you all
well. Perhaps, if things keep on
going as they have, I'll be seeing
you all before very long.
Must close now so that I can
give your letter to the mail man
when he brings the mail around to
us. That's when you see a lot of
happy boys-when the mail is de-
livered.
Yours truly,
Fred.
Sgt. Frederick ]. Burke
A. S. N. 32359653
A. P. o. 403, O Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
Sure and I'm glad to Lave heard
from you FREDDY" my friend. And
I'm more than pleased to know
that things are going fairly good
for you over there in Europe. No
doubt you'll carry many memories
back with you, some good, some
bad Let us hope that on the
whole the more pleasant memories
will be the one that will remain in
your mind the longest.
Yes Fred, both Arthur Sylvester
and "Bill" Pusey are over on your
side some place. Arthur's A. P. o.
is No. 403, where as Bills" is still
No. $50, the one he used when he
was back in England. If you
thought that I could be of any help
in locating these Boys for you by
sending along their full addresses
by mail just say the word and they
will be sent the day following the
arrival of your request. Frankly,
at the moment, it looks like so
many of the outfits are changing
positions SO quickly that it would
be tough assignment to try and
locate them in any one place for
any length of time. That's the way
it goes when Our Boys are on the
march.
Well, the carnival which your
good wife reported to you has been
over several weeks. From all re-
ports, it appears to have been sue
cessful for the firemen. They are
certainly deserving of this success
as are most all Community Fire
Companies who operate on the vol
unteer system. With so many of
their active members away in the
Service, it is sure giving those who
remain a big job to fill. 1 guess
this is true most every place. We
surely do miss you fellows in more
than one way. Let us pray that
the European part of the war will
be over before winter sets in and
that a goodly portion of you Boys
from that area will be returned