The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-18

their home at Grand Bay, Ala
While at Fl. Knox they enjoyed
g dipner at the camp.
Little Things Count" Says
Major Burns
In a letter to his sister, Mrs
Thelma Sharp of Pascagoula
Major r. D. Burns, formerly OF
Gulfport, gives his opinion of the
Japs:
I'VE have been pretty busy
the last couple of weeks and will
be buster soon. / believe | have
seen everything now. If you want
TO know what it is all about just
read any article on jungle fight
ing. We have really killed some
Japs, and everything they say
about them is true. / have tried
not to be scared, but l really
failed in the try. / always real
ize, after a fight, just how scared
! was. l am really proud of our
boys, though, and they are the
greatest fighting men in this
world. W. will win this war and
l hope it is soon. You never know
how sweet life is, or how much
the little things count, until. you
think you may lose them. One
time l was thinking of an ice
cream cone, silly, isn't it,"
Robert D. Franklin Safe In
England
Mrs. Robert D.. Franklin has
received news that her husband,
Pvt. Robert Franklin, has ar
rived safe in England, which he
finds very pretty though not like
the good ole United States"
Pvt. Franklin has been in the u.
S. infantry since last January
and during that time has won
craftsmanship and sharpshooter
medals.
Jack Allday Returns To Camp
PearY
Jack c. Allday has returned to
Camp Peary. Va, after enjoying
a seven-day furlough with his
wife and family at their home in
Kreole. Allday, who has just
completed his boot training, will
enter a diesel engineers school
on his arrival at the camp. While
home he also visited with his
mother, Mrs. c. X. Smith in
Pascagoula. Before entering the
service he was in the engineering
department at Ingalls,. Allday
now has the rating of machinist
mate, second class.
J. T. Kell Somewhere In Pacific
Area
In the first letter that she has
received from him in some weeks,
Mrs. T. G.. Kell, 302 Ker street,
has learned that her son, P. M.
BIC j. T. Kell, has arrived at
some un~revealed destination in
the Pacific area.
He has been stationed at Paris
Island on the South Carolina
coast for a number of months.
Guillotte Boys Home On
Furlough
A happy event in the family
of A. c. Guillotte in Gautier is
the presence of his three sons
who II all home on furlough.
Pfc. Ernest Guillotte has ar
rived from Fort Dix, N. j., on a
l4-day furlough which he is
spending with his father.
Pfc. Hurley Guillotte is enjoy
ing a similar furlough visiting
with his wife and son and his
father.
The third son, Roland Gull
lotte, has arrived from the naval
station at Camp Peary, Va, to
see his wife, two sons, and his
father.
The three are also enjoying
seeing other relatives.
Creighton Brandenburg Enters
Army
Creighton Brandenburg, son
of Merida Brandenburg of Moss
Point, reported at Camp Shelby
last week for induction in the
Army. The youngest son of the
family, he was employed as a
truck driver for a soft drinks
manufacturer. Al older brother,
Pfc. Curtis Brandenburg, has
been in the service since July IS,
l943.
CGM Henry ]. H~arrisage On
Rescue Cutter
According to a news release
from the u. S. Coast Guard at
Washington, ID. C., cGM Henry
j. Harrisage of Pascagoula is
aboard a coast guard rescue cut
ter off the French coast. His boat
is one of a fleet of sturdy 49,
footers that saved more than 110C
Allied invaders from perishine
in the English Channel during
the critical days of the assault
in Normandy.