Laurel outlook., 1945-10-03

to my negligence in not givine
you my new address.
| have been fortunate in havine
met, since coming to the Pacific
my brothers Edward and Henry.
met Eddie in Pearl Harbor the day
following our arrival there, and j
was able to spend every other day
with him for a period of two weeks
/ met Henry at u next stop.
Eniwetok, in the Marshals. Our
time together was very enjoyable.
| was glad to see them and to find
them in excellent health.
We left Eniwetok and now are in
Ulithi in the Carolines. From here
we are expecting to go to Oki-
nawa, and eventually maybe even
Japan.
l hope the other men and myself
can be home for Christmas. This
will be all for now. I hope soon
to receive the paper again, as that
is something l really look forward
to.
L. G.. Orndorff, Zorn, Germany,
Sept. 2:
You may stop sending me the
paper as l am now on my way
home. Once again 1 wish to thank
you and all others who made it
possible for the boys and girls in
the service to receive the paper. 1t
is impossible to say how much it
helped u spirits and morale.
Wouldn't it be nice if some day
all the Laurel veterans could get
together and relate their exper-
fences?
l hope in the near future to visit
my home and all my friends.
Thanks again for everything.
Public relations office, U. S..
army:
Staff Sgt. Carroll C. Carpenter Of
Billings has been honorably sepa-
rated from the U. S. armed forces
after 25 months of service with the
army air forces.
AS a ball turret gunner on a
BIZ, Sergeant Carpenter was
awarded the Good Conduct ribbon,
the European Theater of Opera
tions ribbon with four battle stars,
and the Air medal with three oak
leaf clusters.
Before entering the service he
was laboratory assistant at the
Laurel oil refinery.
His wife, Mrs. Rose Ellen Car
resides at Laurel.
On the USS Argonne in the
Pacific: Leonard C. Bisbee, seaman
second class, Laurel, is serving on
his tender which has seen action
n almost every sea lane from Pearl
to Leyte gulf.
She escaped with minor damage
n the Pearl Harbor attack, then
began. her travels that took her to
New Caledonia, Tulagi, Guadal-
ANAL, New Zealand, the Marshalls,
he Admiralties and Leyte.
Although she was under attack
times, her closest call came
Manus Island, when an ammu-
lition ship exploded nearby, dam
aging the Argonne and injuring
many of the crew.
Lieut.. Dorothy Russell, U. S. N.
Japan, Sept. IS, to Mrs. Walter
At last I've found time to drop
GU a line.
I've been very busy lately. We
eft Manila and came to Japan in
hospital ship. We arrived at
Yokohama and have been taking
are of prisoners of war, giving
hem medical attention and then
them to their homes in the
S., Canada, Australia, England
nd so forth-prisoners from all =
Allied countries. -
We are going to set up a hospital
n Tokyo in a few days, as soon
S we finish here. 3
l imagine you r surprised to =
ear that I am in Japan. I was sur
rised too when l first heard we
yere coming here. We were the
irst American nurses ever to be
emit to Japan and our hospital was
he first hospital to arrive. We
eally received the publicity. They
ook pictures, made a newsreel, etc.,
f our ship when we landed.
| do hope we can finish up things
nd go home soon. It's going to
eem good to get back to the good