Smyrna times., 1945-08-02
Navy No. 12s

Navy No. 12s
Dear Mother, Dad and All:
Just a letter to let you know 1
arrived safely at my new station.
Please tell me in your next letter
if Albert managed to get home, or
write? Tell him I said II hope
that he will not get seasick when
he comes over" I only had a
headache for about three days on
the way out. In all, we had a nice
trip and only about four men real
ly were what you would call sea-
sick.
1 received two letters from you
folks to-day, and five other letters
from friends back home. This
makes a fellow feel good I can tell
you. Keep them coming right
along.
Mother, I am going to see the
Chaplain as soon as possible. We
did not have any for about three
Sundays past, so I had to miss
church services. From this, you
can understand how I feel. I am
glad to hear that all of you at
home are going to church, and I
hope you will continue to do so.
We are going to have prayer next
Monday, I hope.
AS far as I am concerned, I am
feeling fine, and I trust that all of
you at home are well too.
Mother, please send this letter,
or a copy of it, along to Dribbles
as am very busy right now. Tell
Dribbles 1 will write as soon as 1
can get bit of spare time.
Tell Sis and Elwood I said
'hello." Also, June and Anna Mae,
and all the girls at the State We'll
fare Home, at Smyrna, Delaware.
I will close now, hoping to have
a letter from you to-day again, I
remain
Your son,
Alfred
Alfred Roy Mace, S &c
N. S. N. 909-14-90
o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
balance of address on application)
Thank you for your kindness Mr..
Charles M. Mace, Sr., in sending
your sons letter on for publica-
tion. No doubt you fully realize
that your sons in the Service real
ly do get quite busy at times. I'm
der such circumstances, their let
ters published in this column will
cover plenty of ground by the time
the circulation gets to its many
ports of call. Handled in this man.
ner, letters do lots of overtime
duty before they finally come to
rest all over the world
Your sons change of address
was listed in this column under the
date of July 10th, 1945, but we are
just getting around to the point
where we have space to enter the
letters that arrived earlier during
the month. We hope you will un-
derstand this, since we try hard to
keep all mail, excepting addresses
alone, in sequence of arrival. In
an effort to be fair to all who write
in, we have followed this plan
since the start of this column, now
over three years old. This gives
everyone fair play as it should be.
We note with much interest, Mr..
Mace, your sons reference to both
church and prayer. This speaks
very well for the young man, and
we feel sure that he is certainly on
the right track. Alfred's attitude
towards his religion should serve
him well throughout his Service
career. At all times it should be
of much comfort to him to pray,
with the feeling that his prayers
will be answered. 1 can think of
so many circumstances in which it
will help. Life in the armed forces
of the United States, in time of
war, calls for so many persons to
face problems that are both dang
erous and distasteful. There are
times when ones own courage may
start to falter land don't let any,
one tell you they have not been
afraid during actual battle), but
with the feeling that God is on
your side, and sort of looking after
you, men can face the final out
come with much stouter hearts.
Many a soldier and sailor has ex-
perienced this feeling, and I be-
lieve they will all vouch that what