The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-05-11
Writer Saws
Libby Boys
Are Heroes
Speaks in High Praise
OF Those Serving
In Southwest Pacific.
THINKS THEY WILL
BE HOME SOON
Hospital, Sunday. April i

Hospital, Sunday, April 16
Friends of Libby:
Here we 60 again, for few lines,
to let you know everything is still
okey A few days ago, received q
letter from the fellows and am glad
to tell you they are Tin the pink"
too, SO to speak, despite the fact that
they are in New Guinea at present.
There is bit of good news for you.
too, that I'm sure you will welcome.
1t IS that your men will be home
IN the near future. Who will be
first, don't know, nor do | know
whether or not they will all come
together, but a few more months
will see you all together again.
How's that? Nice, don't you think?
I'd give lot to be there when they
come, but have no idea when my
orders will come through. At pres
ent I'll be kept here in the hospital
Tor SIX weeks or two months more
and it will be five or six months
before | can 60 back to combat duty,
Que to a surgical operation per-
formed II days ago. It certainly is
great that those men of yours and
OF the folks in Whitefish are get
ting that long deserved break and
! hope they are home before six
months have gone. They should be.
Believe me, those men from Lib
by are heroes, and don't forget it.
Everyone deserves a medal Wheth-
er he got it or not. Bob Becker
and Norm Fuller, as company aid
men, saved the lives Of many men
by being right with them under
fire and pulling them out when
they went down. Every man in their
company thinks the world of them
and would have no others to take
care OF them When Dobie Fuller
and ! were transferred to another
battalion, they hollered like the
devil because Dobie was, taken out
of the company, but are glad that
Bob was left with them at least.
Al Nelson did magnificent work in
getting those vital supplies to us
and came right up to make sure
they got there all right. He is still
keeping them up to snuff and il AL
doesn't know the answer, nobody
does. Doug Sanders, number one
records man of one section, gave
every wounded man insurance for
lifelong benefit, by keeping vital
records efficiently and constantly;
making sure no detail was over
looked or underestimate. Along
with that, he assisted in patching up
casualties and was right up in the
hot spots with the rest Of us. Not
one of those men could have been
omitted without seriously affect
ing the functioning of the unit and
| wish their work could be properly
described to you, but mere words
are terribly adequate at times like
this. I'm sure you will never un-
derestimate what they have done,
but you can't possibly over esti-
mate their worth, either. They went
through hell with flying colors and
I'm telling you, friends, no one on
earth could have done their work
better and very few could have
done as well. Every one, with the
exception of Doug Saunders, has
been under my command sometime
during the past three and half
years, and Bob and Dobie have been
with me constantly, so / know ex-
actly what I'm talking about. An
other credit to them, is their high
morale, attentive study, cheerful
ness, and desire to get along with
every other fellow. A sergeant new
er had less trouble than I've had
with your men. They are tops, and
if live to be a thousand, I'll never
forget minute of the years we
have spent together in this mans
army.
Time for lights out now, but I'll
write again shortly. The best of
everything to you and here's hoping
see you before too long.
Sincerely,
S. Sgt. Kenneth Schooley,