Smyrna times., 1945-02-22
D RIB BLES
FROM
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David C. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Burma Area
Dear Dribbles:
by

Burma Area
Dear Dribbles:
Received your l ovely Christmas
card. And with this and a few
other things bearing on my mind,
I will try to write and tell you
truthfully just how feel now that
Christmas is over.
Some time ago, if you will re-
call I wrote The Smyrna Times a
letter. Now when I wrote that
letter my spirit was very low. In
the first place, it had been quite
some length of time since I had
heard from my friends, and in the
second place the combat strain I
had been under made many things
seem magnified. But, now that
Christmas has brought me cards
from friends I never expected to
hear from, I feel like a heel for
what 1 wrote. I can easily see
now that you were correct in your
reply to my letter.
My mind is quite clear now that
our people back in the States are
/ doing their part. After all, we
Boys need their support to win this
war, and we are now getting this.
Even our Mothers and Sisters are
doing a mans job so that more
men can be released for the fight
ing fronts. Before, 1 could not see
all this. I was probably too blind
to see, and thought only of myself.
But now, as I have said things are
clear and 1 am much at easse. So
please forgive my last letter, and
from here on shall look ahead in
life to see what the next move is
going to be.
Thanks again for the card.
Yours truly,
Homer Cox
Pvt. Hover Cox
A. S. N. 32367805
A. P. o. 218, Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application)
Well! Homer, it has certainly
been a real pleasure to hear from
you, if only to learn that you are
now back on the beam correctly /
tuned in at point blank range on
station H o ME-.
regret to admit that it was
perhaps the fault of folks back
home that caused you to form re-
verse opinion of the true facts. No
doubt, if they had been writing to
you and giving you the correct in
formation, even with your jungle
battle strain, the picture would not
have appeared so unfavorable to
you as it was there at one time.
Frankly, it is quite hard for the
civilian mind to realize just how
tough this business of fighting a
war really is to our Boys on the
several different battle fronts. Our
people back home are most loyal
to all of you fellows in so many
different ways it would be big
job to try and explain it thorough
ly to you. However, the fact will
always remain, the man away in
Service wants to be remembered
directly by his friends, at frequent
intervals, not wait until Christmas
rolls around each year. 1t there
fore follows, each and everyone of
us who have loved ones and friends
in the Service should be quite sure
that they are not allowed to be-
come lonesome. This is a job that
all can share in. There are now
very few families who have not
felt the direct result of this war
some more than others. 1t there
fore behooves all of us to do our
bit to help the morale of Our Bows
and Girls in every way possible.
Frequent letters, small remember
ances at stated intervals, will do a
lot to help your Boy, your Girl,
your Friend while they are out
there winning this war for the sake
Of humanity.
$500 49,