Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-08-10
D RIBBLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David c. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
South Pacific Area

South Pacific Area
Dear Dribbles:
Well! Here / am. Guess you
thought had forgotten all about
you. Not so. I've just been lit
tile long in getting around to writ
ing.
Dad tells me that you have been
asking about me. I recently had
letter from him telling me about
the changes that had taken place
in and around our good old town.
I think it would be nice if some
of the folks around Smyrna would
drop a line to bill" Palmer. had
a letter from him couple of days
ago and he told me that he had not
heard from any of the Boys around
there since he had been overseas.
"Bill' has had it pretty rugged
since he has been out this way, but
he has been in good health, and is
getting along o. K. Here is "Bill's"
address: Pfc. William R. Palmer,
A. S. N. 32487849, A. P. o. No. 92O,
Postmaster, San Francisco, Cal
ifornia. balance of address on ap-
plication).
The last time I saw fluffy" he
was in good shape and looking fine.
saw your friend Walter F. jar
man and told him to write in few
lines. I hope he will do so.
They tell me that you folks back
in the good old U. S. A. are having
some real Summer weather these
days. 1t is supposed to be Winter
over in this part of the world, but
if you were here, you would never
know it. 1t is really hot. We just
finished having a thunder storm
sounds kind of funny doesn't it?
1 sure do enjoy reading your
column. The letters which you
publish are very interesting to me.
Mother sends me The Smyrna
Times every week, and even other
members of my gun crew enjoy
reading about the Boys and Girls
in the Service. Not one of them
are from Smyrna. So you see, our
little newspaper passes through
quite few hands after it crosses
the Pacific.
Well, I guess 1 will close for this
time. 1 don't know much more
that can tell you. Besides, the
lights go out in few minutes. We
are allowed to have electric light
until ten o'clock each night. They
are sure o. K. We have power
plant on each gun crew, and we are
allowed to run our own lighting
system from this at night. 1t is
part of my job to see that the
lights are out on time as the power
plant operator. Isn't such a bad
job, at that. Well, I will close for
good this time. Hoping to be back
there in good old Smyrna some of
these days. What day that will
be. Will try to write sooner the
next time.
Sincerely,
Eddie Cahall
Pvt. Edward A. Cahall
A. S. N. 32487835
A. p. o. FOG, Postmaster
San Francisco, California
(Balance of address on application
Well, my friend you may have
been quite some time getting
around to it, but you certainly did
a nice job once you started.
Talking about the folks at home
Eddie, since you last wrote, have
met your mother and surely did
like her. She is the sort of real
mother whom folks like to know.
Although she misses you very
keenly, 1 know that she is very
proud of the fact that you are
playing your part successfully in
this war Dad showed me pic
ture he had received from you last
week. He was as proud as a pea.
cock too. We talk about you FIRE.
quently, since see him practically
every day. told him to tell you
and Walter F. Jarman to be on the
lookout for the beautiful girls who
ase supposedly natives Of YOU
particular area.
I read quite tale about them
not so long ago. Here's how 8
part of the story read: 1.-THE peo-
pie are brown-skinned, and are tail
and strong. Many Of the girls are