The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-05
LETTER FROM
OVERSEAS

letter received by Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Jenkins, of this town, from
heir son, Capt. Newell Jenkins, who
s with the Pacific forces in the
philippines.
continued from last weekly
/ have been fine and healthy w
- about days ago when caught a
Sight cold, but I'm OK again. 1t has
Jeen cool and wet and we have been
!, orking quite hard, not enough rest
&C., but things have settled down
4gain for awhile at least. Our food
las been excellent as usual. For
thanksgiving we had turkey-no
liking! 1t was delicious and surprise
because | think most of us had even
-orgotten it was Thanksgiving. We
nave also had fresh eggs, butter and
Jeef during the last week. Quite a
.ew men had been experimenting
heir diet with broiled cnicken-you
zee the native lives have been sorta
disrupted and their livestock scat
.ered, especially the chickens. Every
50 often you can hear the familiar
,crambling through the bushes which
always ends with the throttled
squawk of the hen.
Mother, I've been thinking so
much about Dick. He must really be
N the thick of it, The Engineers
With the Bird Army must be ahead OF
The Infantry, the way they are go
.ng. Wish l could hear from kim.
.ie will have many experiences to re-
ate when he comes home. Be sure
Ind tell me Mother whenever you
lear from him. Male think is
pretty safe, but now I'm worried
..bout Bob! Why did he transfer to
he Infantry? From his letters he is
certainly unhappy, because Tig sent
ne one of them. What is his new
APO?
Guess what! Our Outfit has been
decorated! We have just received the
'Meritorious Service Plaque" for
.neritorious work. 1t is unit award
and not just to the individual. We are
allowed to wear il on THE uniform
,nly so long as we belong to the 18th
md anyone coming to it can also
wear it.
Mail has been coming through ex-
:eptionally well. have had quite a
lew letters from you, mostly V-mail,
and today had Christmas card
rom Grandmother. Thank you,
Grandmother, and l wish you all a
very Merry Christina and Happy
New Year.
Guess that is about all the Xmas
greeting l can do this year. When the
Jay rolls around expect to be going
places again so l sorta doubt il the
lay makes much difference to me.
Guess Dad was quite pleased with
The election, wasn't he? Wonder what
we will do for a President wien
Roosevelt dies!! Tig sent me Dads
letter to her and sure did enjoy his
answer to her questions. She had
old me she had asked Dad how he
thought she should vote-I had al
ready told her what the answer
would be. I'm satisfied it came out
he way it did because there is too
much at stake now for change, /
think
Give my regards to everyone,
Mother. Tell Cliff, Ann, Bill and
Dottie 1 said Hello. Give my love to
ruth and Jane. Guess they have for
gotten me altogether. l realize,
though, that it is much more difficult
.or them to write than me.
Take care of yourself Mother and
Dad and Grandmother. You have to
Keep the home fires burning, you
know.
wish Tig and I could walk in on
you all.
Your loving son,
Newell
P. S., ran into "Mousy" Ellison
from Elkton the other evening. We
aad quite chat. Enjoyed seeing him
he is the first person I've seen
since I've been overseas that knew
at home.
Newell.