Laurel outlook., 1944-04-26

wrote from England to his wifi
and said he had received an OutlooI
dated in February. He likes Eng
land and says the country is mucl
like California, but he would pre-
fer to be home.
Pvt. D. E. Ranger, Camp Nc
Quaide, Calf, April 10:
l am writing to thank you fol-
the Outlook, and to thank all who
make it possible for the boys il
the service to receive the paper.
1 received the first copy yester-
day at mail call. Since then ]
have read it through several times
l cannot tell you how much l ap-
preciate receiving news concerning
those l went to school and grew up
with.
Everything here is fine; 1 really
like California. l am doing town
patrol, which keeps me quite busy
(mostly shining equipment).
When l get to thinking about
home and those l used to know
there, l wonder where and how all
of them are. Letters from Our
Boys" has let me know about some;
l anxiously look forward to the
column next week.
There are a number of Montana
boys here, and they all derive pleas
ure from reading the Outlook.
Pvt. David E. Milligan, Dalhart,
Tex, April II:
1 have waited until now to give
my new, Settled" address.
Since l returned from my delay
Ell route l have done a considerable
amount of travelling. At first l
went to Tullahoma, Tenn, where l
spent Is days and was put on
orders to ship to Woodland, Okla.
l was assigned to the Fighter
bomber squadron. Here we met
other squadrons that make up the
Fighter group. We figured
that now was our chance to do
something. 1t turned out we were
going to do something all right,
but not what we wanted. We were
told that we were to be a base
unit and our duties from then on
would be that of training fighter
bomber pilots. Then we transfer
red here and have set up base or
yanization, giving pilots their aerial
5unnery training.
This is one part of Texas l hope
lever see again, once | leave. The
has been blowing constantly
he past week. Here, instead of
wearing a gas mask as a protec-
ion against poisonous gases, one
years it for protection against wind
md dust.
Lights will be out soon, so thanks
gain for your kindness.
Pvt. l.. A. DeFrance, Pacific,
april II, by V-mail: |,
There is no doubt but that this
etter is long over due. f;
l have received only three Out i
1oks since l arrived overseas Jan.
5, but all three were greatly ap- I
reciated and very welcome. No ,
oubt the others will catch up with {
lie soon, as we are now settled in {
spot for awhile.
l have contacted a couple of fell '
,ws with whom l went through =.
asic and have wrihen to Burt
who is a short way from 2
ere. | may be able to see him. 9
lie will be the second Montana boy 3
have seen in three months. They 7
re very rare down here. 7
My regards to all my Laurel T
'iends, and thanks so much for the
utlook. q
The Laurel Outlook acknowledges F
it'll thanks the receipt of a V-maii q
aster greeting card from Pvt. f
yle w. Fuller of the Persian gulf n
'mmand, Iran. An appropriate de- n
gn had been drawn or printed on Il
regular V-mail letter sheet. The il
'tist evidently was w. R. Herring. R
Public relations officer, Maria, n
ex., army air field, April ID: b
Ralph LaVerne Gjefle, son of Mr.. "
I'd Mrs. Chris Gjefle, of 512 Penn N
lvania avenue, Laurel, Mont, .e- CT
lived his silver wings TO-DAY when
graduated as a second lieuten-
It from the Maria, AAF advanced
yo-engine pilot school, it was an f
'unced by Col. Donald B. Phillips, C
mmanding officer. S
The new pilot, a former resident e
Laurel, completed a course in Y
in twin-engine aircraft. He b
as assigned here from Polaris S
ght academy, Lancaster, Calf. C
He is a former student of Laurel h
gh school and University of Utah. r
The pilot school at Maria is a s.
alton of the AAF training COM b
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