Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19

| Lincoln, is now overseas and ha
participated in a course designe
to bridge the gap between train
ing in the states and soldering il
an active theatre of war. At on
of the Air Service Command Sta
tions known as Control Depots
Sergt. Greenly was carefully pro
cessed by classification experts
who make certain that he was wei
fitted for the job assigned to him
His next station will be one iron
which Americas fighting planes
take off to smash the Nazi wal
machine. Before entering the
Army he was employed as "A truck
iriver by the Phillips Oil Co.
Dear Sirs:-
| am writing you from the Soutf
Pacific area, wishing to thank you
with sincere appreciation for send
ing me the Milford Chronicle.
| have received four copies since
being overseas. After a days work
4 is sure lot of pleasure to PICK
up the Chronicle and read news
from your home and neighboring
towns about friends you know, both
n civilian life and in the service
Two buddies and myself share the
Chronicle with great pleasure.
Thank you.
Pfc. Robert COrdray
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Dear Editor:
The weekly issues of your paper
have been arriving regularly and
| wish to sincerely thank you for
the great service you are doing in
distributing this news sheet free to
service people away from home,
70 those of lis who are fairly near
and surely to those who are lar
away-it is contact with home
and neighbOrly communities that
could not be supplemented by
.nany letters. To find familiar
names and places-and current
thoughts is morale builder that's
hard to heat.
Thought you would also he in
lerestcd in a slight change of ad-
lress of the rank of 1t, (jgO
received the first of March.
Again may | prOffer my thanks
md wish you well in tie work you
IRE doing.
Sincerely.
1t. Gg) Katherine b. Rash USNR
4 y
April is, 1914
Dear Sir:
| am writing this letter to thank
'ou for sending the chronicle and
O notify you of another change of
address,. | will have been in the
Army one year the end of this
month and have received your
,aper fairly regular considering
he fact that | have moved around
luite a bit.
see by your latest issue that
Bill Mitten and Wallace McFaul,
who like myself were in the Army
Specialized Training Program, are
now in the Infantry and Artillery
am assigned to the
.63 Infantry Regiment.
was wondering why | hadn't
leard from my cousin, 1t Harry
| hadn't written home
or about a week because | have
,cen busy training and moving.
received your paper before | re-
'eived any letters and found out
hat he is home on leave.
Thanking yCV again. am
Yours sincerely,
Benjamin d. Myers Jr.
Camp Crowder, Mo.
4 T
April IS, 1914
Dear Sir:
| want to take this opportunity
O express my appreciation to you
or sending me the Chronicle.
When | was home | always looked
Onward to Fridays for on this day
he mail man always brought the
aper. Although my home is in
harrington, can truthfully say
hat | was as much if not more
Interested in the Milford news as
was in that of concerning my
ONE town. This is probably due
G the fact that | played on the
.egion baseball team for two sea-
ons and as result of this | met
large number of very nice people.
was inducted into the Army
asst June and ] was sent to Texas
or my basic training. | was quite
when began to talk to
ny bunk mate, to learn that his
anne was Robert Shilling and that
c was from Milford. | assure You
hat it is a wonderful feeling to
ave someone to talk to about .
ONE when you are long way off. /
lob used to get the Chronicle |
very week and we used to both .
lOk forward to mail call when we
it. In fact there were
ines when I would get his mail
lr him and thus | had access to
nc paper before he did. I didn't
mink that | would ever appreciate
newspaper as much as l did
hen ! got a chace to read your
aper while | was in Texas.
| want to thank you again for
he Chronicle and | am sure that
le enjoyment which | have receiv-
through your generosity is be-
Ig shared by numerous other fell
'ws who are now stationed all
yer the world
Your news items help us to
eep up with the things at home
nd we can keep informed as to
lie whereabouts of the fellows
lat We used to know through
our paper.
| have just been transferred
ON the 9th infantry division to
lie 285th Engineers Combat Bat
lion.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Dick Richards
HERMAN SHARP RAISES
FINE "GRASS"
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