Smyrna times., 1944-10-05
D DRIBBLES 5
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David c. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Far Eastern Theatre of w,

Far Eastern Theatre of War
Dear Dribbles:
Your June 18th issue has sneak
ed thru, and joy to this poor ole
heart of mine. notice that
Hutch" has returned from Eng
land, and is married. That in it.
self is something, course 1 wouldn't
know about that! I've written and
explained about his two blank
letters and I hope 1 don't get my
wires crossed again.
This India is the same ole place.
Right now I'm stationed near one
of the large cities, and believe you
me it isn't like it appears on the
pages of story books. Tonight we
had the rickshaw-walla race. In
cidently, the word for man out this
way.is "walla," and all the outfits
out here were represented by a
man and one w. A. C. (that is sup
posed to be set up in capital let
ters, Think. Well, anyway, these
lipstick soldiers get in the rick
shaw, which is nothing more than
a box on two wheels, and at the
sound of the whistle, (they are al
ways blowing whistle here and
we don't know why) the guy pull
ing the contraption takes off with
the lipstick doughboy squealing her
head off. After about $50 yards of
this, when the guy is nearly ready
to drop, and the aforementioned
passenger is out of breath, the race
ends. The passenger and the
would-be chap are Immediately
carried away in an ambulance, and
the next two contestants respec-
lively step up and squeal, and the
next phase of the preliminaries
proceeds like the first. Naturally,
everyone cheers their respective
outfits, and also do a bit of squeal-
ing. About dark the race is over
and the victors alternately smile
and giggle, clutching their cups as
they lie in their beds in the infrm-
ary. So ends a day at the races.
The crowd by this time has broken
up so that Jeep can get thru
with the aid of horn. Frankly,
the crowd didn't really break up; it
just moved over to the club, which
is appropriately called "Swelter
Shelter" Here they form into
line for the so-called cold drinks.
(There are other words one might
use for describing these though.
Dribbles, your column is really
fine. 1t shows what the other Boys
and Girls are doing, and gives one
an idea of what they are up against
aud where they are located. For
me. I'm really happy when The
Smyrna Times gets here. 1 read
everything written on all four
pages, even the ads, etc. I'll take
this medium of your column to
send my best to Hutch" Bob"
Bell, "Hamie," Coop" and every
other guy ever knew. hope that
sometime soon we can all get to-
gether at Paul's, or some other
night club, with our shovels and
talk things over. Ray Smith is
sure going to town out there
where he is stationed, and my con-
gratis are extended to you right
here boy. BY the time you read
this, you may not be there, but
home right where I'd like to be for
awhile. The places and things that
our Boys in our little town have
seen will probably total many by
the time this thing is over. Re-
ceived letter from Med" Wilson
who is somewhere in Italy, and was
at Anzio. Med" wants to go to
Rehoboth for spell, and there are
two of us wanting to do the same
thing now.
AT last I've seen face that ]
knew before entering the Service
None other than Eddie" Wood
who lives in that fine little town
of Clayton. I never got as much
kick out of anything since I've
been over here, with the exception
of one or two to the cheaper priced
Fighter brands of bamboo juices
which the Indians say are Tekka
meaning good, but don't let them
fool you. Well, the story is this
Eddie Is up in the sticks some
place, and has done little OF
everything since getting over. He's
in the A. T. c. and has crewed up