The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20
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I recall you said Happy Birthday MT. President. wish could add my remaining ones-to yours.- S-Sgt. Alan Sands"
 Dear Walter: For the last siS months have been a patient in the Camp Regional hos pital, and am now assigned to the Reconditioning Annex as orien- tation non-com.
 Tn this time I have seen maily GIs buy the Shreveport Times eve: y morning to read your column. And on mornings when the editors see fit to leave out Winchell you would thrill to hear them bitch. I receive the Mirror by mail. and when the Times omits your column the fel- lows borrow my Mirror not to miss your writings.
 And on Sunday every radio in the hospital is tuned to your program. It appears that men be- come exceedingly cynical after be- ing confined to bed month after month, and I have heard them ridicule many radio commentators You are the exception.
 T think the highest compliment I could pay you is that you are con- sidered the closest journalistic friend of the soldiers have encountered, with the possible exception of Er- nie Pyle.
 T am not in the habit of writ ing fan letters. Being a news hound and radio reporter in civilian life, l suppose I should be hardened and above such things. However, If 8 word from a sincere corporal will encourage you in the least de- gree to continue your work on be- half of the returning GIs, I will feel complimented in my own right. Cordially (name withheld), Camp
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 Dear wv: Acquaint your read- CTS with It. Col. Ernest I Schuelke, co of the Ft. Sheridan POW camp. Tom Wilhelm, our reporter, spent several days as the cos newspaper guest. Tom, once INS Berlin cor respondent, is familiar with all types of the cunning Hun and his particular yen was to discover 'Codling'.
 Before visiting the stockade he made the acquaintance of Colonel Schuelke, who gave him this back Col. Schuelke and his wife (reSidentS of Madison, Wis., spent their pre-war days among the Wiz conSin Lakes. On one occasion they were set upon by bunch of Bund lsts who beat them unmercifuily It seems the colonel once edited a house organ and stepped on Bund- lSt toes while so editing.
 So you might ask: Does Colonel ochuelke coddle his prisoners?'
 Answer: 'Nutz.'
 Schuelke is so much a stickler Tor Geneva conventions that when temperatures hit 15 below his POW,s 'tlll got their outdoor exercises as provided by the conventions. Did he POW's yell!
 They did, but to no avail.
 Geneva said nothing about weather conditions said the Col, and these men are going to get heir exercise
 Give this gent 8 bouquet.
 Thanks, w. c. ORourke, Asst City Editor, Chi. Herald American.
 Somewhere in the Pacific: Dear Walter: do two or thre hours of hospital work before the show at light, and yesterday I spent three lours in ward with Marines who lad just come from Two Jirna. The loctor had asked me if I wouldn't pend all my time in the tough vard-a ward of men who were all ,lind-eyeS shot out-and some of hem with only half a face left. All
 do, of course, is to go from bed o bed, sit and talk to them, write
 letter if they want that, or read o them. One boy blind in both yes, and with almost no face, eemed completely desolate. I tried ny best with him, but with not much success. Finally, having dis he was from New York >ity, I asked him if he wouldn't ike to have me read a New York three weeks old) newspaper to him. Ie shook his head, but then he aid: If it's got Winchell in it. kay Well, it was the Mirror and
 read him your column-and for he first time he smiled.
 Tt semeed to me that of all the you may ever have re- eived in your life, this may have cen the highest and I thought | ou'd like to know.-Regards. Moss Iart,"