Laurel outlook., 1944-11-15
Letters
From Our Boys
and Girls


Continued from Page Six
and a half years. He now is in the
South Pacific.
Public relations office, Stark Cen
eral hospital, Charleston, S. c., Oct.
%:
IA A. r. Arnold of the area.
resupply has returned from the
European theatre of operations by
the U. S. hospital ship Algonquin.
He is being treated temporarily at
Stark General hospital prior to be-
ing transferred to another army
hospital for definite treatment.
His home is at 401 East Fourth
street, Laurel, Mont.
Bob Darham, radio operator with
a signal company in the South Pa
cific, met Lawrence (Shorty) De-
France and had a nice visit, j.. E.
Darham of Laurel, father of Bob,
learned recently. The meeting was
on an island.
Roy Wright, C. NJ. PC Al, Port
Hueneme, Calf, Nov. 1:
Just a few lines before 1 leave
Camp Parks for Port Hueneme. l
can't say how long we will be there,
but 1 have hopes it won't be too
long and that we again will be out
there somewhere to do our share.
We feel now we have been in the
good old U. S. A. long enough and
we are more than ready to get
started again.
I'll close now and hope this finds
everyone in the best of health. Tell
all the folks in Laurel hello, and
thanks a lot for the paper.
PFC. j. E. Munoz, England,
Oct. &c:
Here is my change of address.
done a great amount of trav-
cling since | left the south-first to
Scotland and then to England. l
had a very nice trip coming over
l find both Scotland and Eng
land are pretty countries.
Please give my regards to the
friends at home, and thanks to those
who help send the paper.
Ralph L. H~erriott, S. &c, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla, forwards a change
Of address and mentions spending
the winter in the south. He says
he appreciates receiving the paper.
S. Sgt. Bruce Bliss, Dutch Indies,
Oct. 25, to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Bliss:
Concerning what l have been do
ing:
l have been to the native village
twice and finally was able to try
put my knowledge of pidgin Eng
ish. The second time / went | was
asked to go as an interpreter.
To me the natives seem like
Arabians or Indians in
hat they expect you to haggle
With them over prices. Surprising
y enough to me | succeeded in get
ing reduced prices for everything.
We have added several items of
exchange to the list. In addition to
with cigarettes we now use
,elts, candles, cotton underwear,
corned beef, "lab lab for
Nary" (cloth for the women), and
APPS and glasses. The natives do
lot seem to like sweets but they
like the army's canned rations.
On the way to the village | found
Jap Red Cross arm band in the :
After we got there we
raded for Jap invasion money,
ananas, coconuts, tomatoes and
,olished sea shells.
l got my nose, ears, forehead and
hest sunburned, but am over it
ow. (This soldier previously serv-
d a long hitch in Alaska and was :
n the actions at Kiska and Attu. {.
of his letters from the north
of food freezing before he
ould eat it.-Editor).
The natives are quite a sickly
bunch-open sores and other
kin diseases. They all chew beetle
ut and their teeth are discolored. .
;ome looked as though they had
cen sunburned and that the whole :,
ody was peeling.
The men are rather well dressed, |
nd the women are dressed from the |
yaist down. 1 surprised a native
irl taking a bath in the creek the
oaa~l fin,a urapf QUAR- L
l took some pictures of the vii
ige and of u party. Wish you
'ould send me some more film il
on can get it.
At a Mediterranean Bomber Base.