The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29

kept thinking. do these boys who
are so good in a fght, and 20 gentle
and thoughtful toward each other
here. have to be asked what they
are fighting for?" Isn't that one Of
those questions you cannot grasp
because the answer seems so OBJ.
vious? why do you want to liver"
rs happiness good or bad for one?"
/ heard the question put another
way in the same dayroom. The
boys were talking about going
home, where there were no &C"
rations, no shells, bombs, BOBBY
traps. and machine pistols. Sure"
everybody wants to get out Of this"
someone said, but which one Of us
one man alone. would take q Der.
sonal trip ticket to the States and
wish the others good luck In their
foxholes' II was in the song Of the
| SIS and through the dayroom
speaker that began to hnd my an.
| swer.
fight 10 return 70 my native
land. and to help make its future.
! want every man and woman who
fought or worked for victory to en-.
JOY the riches they helped Defend
the soldier. the sailor, the miner.
and millworker. the weaver and
the typHt. want IN Aneries tAst
Will say - Angle-Ssxen al Slo-
YAK, Chinese and Puerto Rieaa, Ne.
gre and Jew. Il an yeuH country
fer which yen stood wateh With
your gums and before the mast, q
furnaces and In the fields. By lesms
md at desks. A. ysu would have
been slaves In defeat. yea are g.
equals In vietsry."
know there are some peopls
who think they are better than
others because their great-srand-
fathers came over on the Nav.
Flower, or because they are paler
than Pearl Harbor's Dorie Miller or
the slave Crispus Attacks, who did
ngnting at Bunker Hill They think
they are entitled to bigger paying
JOBS, inner education, softer seats n
the theater, and greater say In The
} government Bat ask any 1aa Il
NE frene "Dses . Jew, . lGDxason
. CAAnese bey. - . mack - -
1 Deasve - nebfy. - HI vuanAs -
- e.eeA . tAsy ARt - -
! sees IL 1eeAeg wosp - ~ -
, when he 11es9~ zee knov ~ -.
swer already. I want that ansves
spoken IN the realities of American
Hie. SO that every one Of us will -
Aoie to do useful creative work.
unnampered by poverty or discrim-
nation.
We Americans are Lusky
We will come honne hi,
peace. Every one OF VI has sons
over the moment when he will walk
down familiar street and stem into
ms own house again. There A.
streets in London, Hankow. Rotter.
Dam. Sevastopol. in q hundred othe.
s;. wnere man might not and
ms own house. Perhaps no one
e eSuiu tel MIN where his wife and
,oren are. We Americans are =
lucky people: Even now we viii
return to q happiness Others dare
NOT even hope for. We win return
wiser too. more trustful Of our
sIues, reader TO stand tosethsr
win them when freedom is -
STAKE And We will have lear~sS
mat u b ~ - - o keep ~.
prsmise eur ferefathers msis -
new naton conoeivsl ~ NJ
s.sy and dedicsted - Ne pgopsS-
uen that all men are create eS..1 =
No' every soldier will be Able "a
Put MS thoughts in words for Won
Tor one thing he may be too Susv
oenind his rifle sight. Or he NAV
Just not feel Like talking. But AL
yourself. Does this man Know,
what ne 10 lighting for?" and yor,
WI notice something. He NAV
pitch about the food, close order
anu. and lack Of ratings. He viii
oe AFRAID at times and lonely verv
oi'en. But you will never he.r
MIN pity himself. He knows that
ms peoples fate brightens in his
steady hands and that their love
follows him into battle. I am proud
TO know him. SO1~