The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-28
Tall Tower
 Topics
Good Evening.
Sfa'fi7i ;Sssa BY THE MAN IN TIT TOWER

Editor, Tall Tower Topics lew nOmenVs " snare to rop vou several lines to conditions in tnis dlstrict win endeavor to make this letter as iuclo and concise a graphic picture ot events WanSp""s in our section of New Guinea ~ " Vye have now cast aside the social conventionates of civllzaon The slight vacation we had is memor- able dream of the past and we think ot the uuEe "e we shall return to our loved ones. .
 Once more our division tanges with the enemy m combat still vicious but very weakened enemy m in morale and number They are being sysvemaucai,y cut down till all are killed captured preieraply the former The fear trapped Japs are caught in vse rom which escape is impossible.
 climbed the lookout tower, 100 feet in tree and gleaned fair view of the area for miles about Last night from that vantage point the orangered iaSnsS from the naval guns ntermngled with the blue o the night The ships were silhouetted in blaze of gun power, and then dropped into darkness till the next
 AS write the Navy is pounding away at Jap posi- tons The enemy should be quite shell happy by now All night the barrage goes on and when dawn arriveS M scene of action The nearest gun is right behind us and the war is terrific Now we can't sleep without the roaring of blazing guns Flares illuminate tne SKY now and then and the night for few moments turns into startling daylight A. laid out in stark reality. The distant Stanley ranges dimly show up in piercing peaks and domed mountain tops Now and then the flash Of lire from one ol our guns hidden in the unges depth gave forth its hall oi lead and death for the laps puff Of smoke follows the flash and in few moments the sound of the explosion reaches me.
 There is a river nearby where can go swimming except for minor detail that prevents us from dog The Japs are on the other side one Iae noIr n hs crossed inc stream Next morning they were killed off few days ago two Japs were killed across the road ny soldier. .
 One morning the dawn broke to the sound of chat tering machine guns, pop Of rifles and the pound 0i artillery. It knew practice except for the art- ery The Nps must have thought part of their force Eneaked in and attacking They sent out large patrol to determine the cause Of the fracaS That IS one patrol that never returned to report their findings
 There are snakes crocodles and insects and pols- onous plants the island We have to wear eggins at all times to protect from these scourges. Already 
 rstion tent and another under water traierA few moments ago there a commotion outside my tent soldier narrowly missed being bitten by snake coled under the flap of our tent vicious gleeeyed yellow snake with grey black markings It's head was oecap, tated and now it hangs our tent rope. It's skin will make nice belt later on Mosquito bars have to be down at night at all times
 There is blackout here and since our arrival no air-raids The Jap air dromes the island are under constant smelling and thus out of action Next nearest base is almost thousand miles from here, Plenty oI our men between here and there to keep them busy The Nips are done for and the Rising Sun IS settihg slowly but # is setting.
 of it. They are hard workers. Now that We are here they are aiding us Without doubt when the Nps were about few of these sayages aided them They're not paid in money but with rinkes. clothes. food and implements. They're a tough looking lot and plenty rugged good fighters and tough against the enemy now activity. During the day our regular routine work IS done and in the evening our work on model tents begins No days off here Too much work to do For several days our tent has been in state of confusion Tools equipment of all sorts guns. rifles, knives boxes, lum' per ana lOBS ana HlsceHhlleuuh ouJech were hNtWH about. Now we are fairly well settled down, From cur long experiences in the junges We have gathered a mass of ideas innovations and material to create as comfortable a place to live in as Is possible n this jungle life, Our model tent will be quite thing to see once all the work is completed, We are about through Over our hunks we have platform on which our clothing, toilet articles and miscellaneous objects neatly placed Two strips of wood from leg to leg few inches apart gives s decent shoe raek Rifles and equipment hung on cross bars built on the posts the platform is resting 0n
 The final phase of the New Guinea campaign is in full swing, It should wind up in couple of months
 The American Red Cross has nice set-up here There books toilet articles tobacco cigarettes and other commodities t0 be had, nice recreation room with chairs tables marked for checkers chess has been constructed, Also writing room and games to be played, The work they have been doing is Of unes' HHable value to the morale and comfort of the men,
 The mail is coming ID regularly and that Is of high value Letters and pictures do much tO create feeling Of home mite closer The more letters packages and pictures, the better our morale To date the people at home have not failed us and never will
 From what We hear the country is doing wonders 10 end this war quickly and bring us home, with the plants going full blast production higher than eyer and war bcnWs sold like pT0Velbal hot cakes,
 Give my folks brothers and friends my best regards
 Best Of luck to you all,
 Pfc, Morton Kaplan,
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