Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-10

any of my former friends, please
pass along the word for them to
write.
Sincerely,
Cpl. James T. Burris
Cpl. James T. Burris
A. S. N. 32269924
A. P. o. 465, C Postmaster
New York City, New York
Glad you liked the Christmas
card, Jimmie. 1t sure had some
travelling to do before reaching
you. It's impossible for Dribbles
to guess, but from all knowledge at
hand, it would appear that you
were in striking distance of an
other Jimmie-this time Jimmie
LeCompte. His A. P. o. is No.
885, if that means anything to you.
1t would be fine if you two could
arrange a meeting like some of the
other Boys have done. Naturally,
this would all depend on distances.
OF course you miss all the Old
Gang, soldier. That is one of the
common complaints caused by a
war of this kind. The same goes
for all the members of all the Old
Gangs-North, South, East and
West. There will be day. how
ever, when all these Old Gangs will
re-asemble, then there will be lots
of yarns to swap for days to come.
Let's al hope and pray that this
day will not be too far removed
from the present. We're just as
anxious to have you back-all of
our Boys and Girls-as you can
possibly be to join in our commun-
ity life again.
Here's hoping that you will drop
Dribbles line now and then, JIM
mie, to let us know how things are
going. Meanwhile, we'll pass the
word along to the folks to take
time off to write you a letter. Mail
is one of those things that a Ser
vice man just cannot get too much
of when he's overseas. Don't dare
to suppose that you would be any
exception, soldier. Good luck t
you Jimmie, take the best of care
of yourself, and keep up the old
morale.
South Pacific Area
Dear Dribbles.
I guess I am like most people,
always forgetting the folks that
are thinking of me until receive
some sort of a reminder to bring it
more forcibly to my attention. 1
want you to understand, however,
that since I was not born as ma
tive of Smyrna, it makes me kind
of shy when I face situation of
this kind-but here goes.
I have been sort of keeping up
with the times around Smyrna
from the newspapers, whenever
they reach me. From the infor-
nation I have learned, I notice
that some of the Boys who went
away in my group have gone in di-
rectly the opposite direction to
mine, and some are still back in the
States, lucky devils. But we can
not all have pie, so who am I to
kick Some of the Boys are lot
worse off than I am.
1 don't think that Smyrna will
have cause to hold her head down
after this war is over. Both her
Boys and Girls will be a decided
credit to her.
You can tell the folks at home
that we had about as good a
Christmas and New Years as It
was possiblel Ito have without
them. Plenty of turkey with all
the fine fixings and a bit to wet
our whistles-some of us even had
Christmas trees but no snow. We
are still receiving Christmas pack
ages and cards, so you see Christ
mas is not really over for us as
yet.
Here's thanking you for a very
nice holiday card, and hoping to see
you back in Smyrna before very, |
very long. Please give my best re-
CARDS to all.
Walt. Marryat
Sgt. Walter L. Marryat
A. S. N. 32485198
A. P. o. SOP, Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Thanks for the letter Walt. This |
is the second time that Dribbles
has had word from you, the first
time being through little Billy
Doughten some several months
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