Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-08-31
What's
New?
By
Edward Duck
With The
45th Infantry
in Germany
COMING HOME
MARMOULEN.

MARMOULEN, Franc
Aug. IA: Newspapers tell us
that the 45th Infantry Division
is coming home in September.
/ like to believe it's true. At
any rate, a sort of community
letter" would replace this
weeks editorial offering quite
nicely, and appease those
who were kind enough to
write to me but who may not
have received a reply.
l trust that all of you cele-
brated the various reports,
premature and otherwise, in
the customary fashion. When
we heard the news here we
quickly donned our dress uni
forms and took off for Rheims,
where we drank champagne
and notified the natives of the
glad tidings LA guerre
finis."
Today, four days later, we
are awaiting confirmation of
the actual surrender.
/ received a very nice letter
from Al Kenngott, former
Champion Spark Plug chair
man and a real guy last last
Saturday. He's on Guam, ply
ing his trade with the Air
Corps, servicing the BIOS
which have been dropping
their gifts on the sacred soil"
of Japan.
APPRECIATES ACTION
A few letters came in
last week describing the 60
ings on at my former stamping
grounds, the Auto-Lite. The
less said about it from here,
the better, However, am sure
that other servicemen, like
myself, will agree that a more
opportune time for such action
could not have been chosen,
and we appreciate having been
consulted on the matter
Since coming overseas I lost
a few addresses, including
Mike Bracy's. So wherever
you are, Mike, that is why you
haven't heard from me these
many months.
incidentally, Mike used to
wonder how l would like the
Army after / had put more
time in it. During basic train
ing | was quite enthusiastic
about it, and he was a bit
skeptical of this. AS far as war
and combat go, Mike, I agree
with the boy who said "All l
want from this war is a vague
recollection"
/ wouldn't trade the expert
ence it has given me for ten
thousand dollars. On the other
hand, l wouldn't give a dime
for the opportunity to go thru
IL again.
GOT AROUND
The Army enabled me to see
Munich, Augsburg, Berchtes-
gaden, Paris, Rheims, Nancy,
Amiens and a lot of other
places. Of course, / didn't get
as many souvenirs as a lot of
the fellows did, but l didn't
spend so much time looking
for them, either. When it came
to watches, rings, and things
like that | was just too chick
enhearted, | guess, to take
them from even the enemy.
l do have a nice collection
of medals, including the famed
Iron Cross award. A bookful
OF technicolor pictures of
American and German movie
celebrates, and another with
Adolf's rise to power depicted
in colors and elaborate expla-
tions in German are two of
my better souvenirs. And
have an SIS bayonet and vari-
Gus banners, swastikas, etc.
In Paris you could buy
y'eet music of American and
IS 7ch songs. They went
|, ntiocK strong there for Amer
student 2esame Mucho, their
bor, churGming to run on the
ment, joine
Il Research DDf music reminds
in spontse something for
ton. Their cam out Buckeye
ions, based on r making those
ng, were suddeiank Parker's
tant, and Eby Dire
experience of resl ~ Franz
a. . At "a rrdIlh
an W st,sSs ,he heeu,that / have
wotiu wheIe az lis special
'e 'ose'her III peace evening
at the