Laurel outlook., 1944-12-20
Letters From
Our Boys
and Girls

/ celpt OF Christmas greetings this
!! week as follows:
Sgt. Arthur Armstrong, U. s.
marine corps, Pacific address, sends
a V-mail on which some artist in
the outfit has drawn appropriate
designs and has done some hand
lettering. Besides merry Christ
mas" words radiating from the
center are Guadalcanal, New Heb
rides, Bougainville, New. Zealand,
Guam, Eniwetok and Kwajalein.
A V-mail from Cpl. Lyle w. Full
Ter has an elaborate design by w.
r. Herring. 1t says christmas,
1914. Persian Gulf Command" In
his own script Lyle adds, "Merry
Christmas to ALL"
Another V-mail is from ia John
P. Walton, Atlantic address. A
large merry Xmas" is behind a
fence that has been preached. Under
the greeting John adds, "To all Of
Laurel, from John Walton" At the
bottom, Thanks for the paper"
A greeting folder is from Lieut..
Dorothy Graft, Palm Springs, Calf.
Another is from Pvt. George
Shearer, North Africa, dated Dec. I.
Inside the folder he wrote: Thanks
to all for the many copies of the
Outlook l have received. l will soon
send my permanent address and
shall be looking forward to getting
the paper again.
"This is a strange land and far
different from the Hollywood YER
sion of it. l expect to see many
strange things over here and am
sure they will only make me that
much more a Montanan.
"My best to all of the many
friends and your staff"
Another greeting is from S. Sgt.
Herschel j. Franzen, Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo.
The Outlook wishes to express
appreciation for all the remembr-
ances.
Pvt. Tony V. Bongiani, Camp
Robinson, Ark, Dec. IL:
l have received several copies of
the Outlook, and I am unable to
express how greatly 1 enjoy it.
After a hard day of training there
is nothing better than to get out
the Laurel paper and read the head
lines and news, especially the Ire
win column Chats where Pm
FROM. 1 surely do like to keep up
with the happenings.
This camp here in Arkansas is
about six miles from the state cap
ital, Little Rock. The country is
some different from Montana. The
trees and bushes are red almost all
winter. Leaves are always on the
trees during the winter months.
The soil resembles clay and is
a dull red color. 1t is said to be
very rich. The principal crop
around here is cotton.
This is my seventh week of basic
training and l am looking forward
to a ~furlough, which I expect will
be in February.
Thanks a million to the publish
ers and all others who have con-
tributed to sending the Outlook to
service men and women.
Samuel B. Flood, S PC, F~arragut, :
Ida, Nov. %: ,
This is a letter Should have {
written long ago, but l was wait ,
ing for my transfer and change of :
address,. l still am at Farragut, s
going to electrician mates school, I
which will be about 20 weeks long.
While at the Spokane bus depot I
a couple of weeks ago l met one
of the Dull boys who was going 6
home on leave. It's good to see c
from home. John Bongiani '
is here with me and is going to
gunner mates school.
l wish to thank you for the Out
look, as l look forward to reading
it each week. |
Mrs. Helen M. Shearer had a (
letter the past week from her son /
George, who had landed in North /
and a cablegram from her /
Harold. The latter said he had
landed safely somewhere, but did \
not disclose the location.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Easton have
a letter from their son, NJ. Sgt. R. X
w. Easton, Jr., who is in the air }
corps in India. He said he ate two (
Thanksgiving dinners. The Roose- I
welt sersion was in China and regu-
lar event was observed in India.
In each instance there was turkey
and all the trimmings. He has &
been in the service about three &
and has been overseas a year. B