Laurel outlook., 1945-01-10
Letters From
Boys
and Girls

Lieut.. Col. D. J. Fourier, Allan
tic overseas address, to John Tin
nes:
l am happy to be able to tell yo
that your daughter, Lieut.. Oliv
Fisher, is doing a swell job her
in the hospital. She is at presen
in charge of the quarters and spend
her time looking after the comfor
and welfare of the other nurses
This is quite change for her, a
previously she had been doing ;
spell of surgical nursing.
We are looking forward to ;
pleasant Christmas here at the hos
lpital. Decorations are going W
and Christmas trees and holly ado
a festive appearance to the place
We have got plans under way fol
big time for everyone, and they
all seem very enthusiastic about
our program.
l would like to take this oppor-
tunity to extend to you my most
sincere wishes for a Merry Christ
mas and Happy New Year.
T. Sgt. Phil Vanberg, New
Guinea, Dec. 26:
received eight copies of the
Outlook on Christmas day and was
surely pleased. The latest was
dated Nov. 1. 1 can't tell you how
much 1 appreciated them and I
hope the rest of them get here
pretty soon.
/ have just returned from fur
Tough to Australia. l was with my
wife there and had really enjoy
able time, but it seemed as though
l had barely arrived when l had to
come back here. 1t was my first
overseas furlough.
We had a nice Christmas dinner
of turkey and all the trimmings.
Still it was not like those a fell
low can get at home. This is my
third Christmas overseas, and |
hope the next one will be spent in
Laurel.
I'd better sign off now. Thanks
to all who make it possible for US
fellows to get the paper.
John Bongiani, S &c, U. S. naval
training center, Farragut, Ida, Dec.
20:
l have been receiving the Outlook
regularly since / have been here
and l wish to thank everyone con-
cerned in sending the paper to the
boys and girls in the service. 1t is
nice to know what goes on around
home.
| am in gunner's mate school
here and like the work quite well. |
We learn all about the maintenance
and upkeep of practically all the
guns used in the navy. The period |
of training is 16 weeks. l am anX-
ious to get out there and see a
little action, though | probably will |
get it soon enough.
Cpl. E. T. Waltz sent a Christmas
greeting post card postmarked Dec
5, which arrived this week. The !
Outlook appreciates the remembr-
aHce of Tex, who briefly wrote:
Greetings from Belgium. Merry
Christmas to the Outlook staff and
the people of Laurel"
On the picture side is an old
country scene of thatched houses, |.
stone bridge and much snow.
S. Sgt. Ken Southworth, Philip
pines, Nov. Is, to Mrs. Elmo South
worth, Park City:
It's time | wrote a few lines; |
haven't heard from you in more
han a month.
How are the people at home?
lope they are making out all right.
| expect you have heard about
he Rangers landing in the Philip
,ines three days before the main
nvasion force. My company was {
he first to land. 1t wasn't nearly
is bad as l had expected. The boat
ide was the worst part. We were /
aught in typhoon, and the boat /
oiled and bucked so badly we I
ouldn't even stay in our hunks. 4
'ut the morning we landed the
weather. turned out to be pretty
ice. t
We were there several days be- l
ore being relieved, so this is the
irst letter l have had an opportun- Q
~ to write for quite some time.
There isn't much more | can tell il
bout what happened. t
Pvt. Glenn K. Fly, U. S. NJ. c.,
'acific address, Dec. %: C
l have just received the Outlook
f Nov. Is which was sent to NV
Id address. l was surprised but
cry pleased to get it. I enclose
Nv new address and un,, ,,,;ll al |