Smyrna times., 1944-10-19
DRIBBLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David c. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Burma Area

1AihCAASchh Tvs ALL
Burma Area
Hello Everybody:
This letter is coming to you from
the dense jungles of that so-called
place, Burma.
Hi Moml Hi Brother! Hi Sis
ters! Hi Friends! I'm just as fine
as can be. Having wonderful
time seeing all the beautiful sights
here and there. The women over
here are simply ravishing, and that
Drug Store down on the corner has
the best ice cream. What a place.
Don't think I'll ever return home.
Naturally, all that I have writ
ten in the above paragraph is quite
untrue. However, it seems that
the people back in the States really
believe we are enjoying ourselves
over here. They apparently think
it's fun being here, having the op-
portunity of seeing all the nice
buildings. Well, for your informa-
tion, buildings just do not exist
anywhere near these fighting men.
Nor are there any wonderful wo-
men. We do have plenty of work,
mud, rain and mosquitoes however.
Yes, and you can see plenty of bull
let riddled trees. bombed out
shacks and bomb craters. This is
indeed no picnic like people back
home think. This is Burma, the
hell hole of the world.
A friend of mine sent some pic
lures home to his mother from out
here. Later he received letter
from his mother saying: why,
son! Why did you have your pic
ture taken in front of that back
house? And, oh those dirty over
all you have on. Where are your
nice clean Sun Tans?" My friends
reply to his mothers several ques-
tions and statements was: THAT
was not a back-house mother, it is
my home. And, as to the Sun
'Tans, we'll I haven't seen any since
L hit Burma"
Now, you see, the people back
home simply don't understand
what the conditions are over here.
New replacement arriving here
want to know first off where our
showers are; and are most eager
to see the beautiful women they
have heard so much about. Some
smart guys in the Company will al
ways give them an answer real
quickly by saying: There are no
showers, but if you will just wait a
minute it will rain. If you simply
can't wait, there is a mud hole
about two miles away, down at the
base of the hill. Nor are there any
beautiful women. Bud, you'll soon
learn"
Frankly, all we Boys have to
look forward to is the arrival of
mail. We all want the same thing.
Not only mail from members OF
our immediate families, but mail
from our several friends as well.
Wont you just take few minutes
off to write to all your friends now
in the Service? I'm quite sure
that they will fully appreciate your
doing so.
Thanking you, I remain
Sincerely yours,
Pvt. Homer Cox
Pvt. Homer Cox
A. S. N. 32367805
A. p. o. $50, Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
Homer, Dribbles certainly appre
ciates your writing a letter into
this column. The fact that yol
have sort of taken the people who
remain back at home to task fol
their lack of knowledge of YOU
actual conditions which you facs
over in Burma is also o. X. How
ever, you too must understand
that folks at home simply canno
know what war calls for until they
are fully enlightened on the sub
ject. After men have been through
the mill, as it were, they can read
-ily see all these things more clear
ly.
Stories have been coming bacl
ITO the States about the jungl,
.tighting that is now in progress.
over in Burma. These tales do no
pull many punches, and we arr
therefore gradually learning what