Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-22

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four inches around the waist, and
even the collars of my suntan shirts
have shrunk about an inch, too, just
hanging there in the closet. / re-
marked to my wife that the Army
had issued me uniforms of inferior
material, but she insisted that I was
just now getting around to fighting
the Battle of the Bulge" and ]
didn't know it.
Funny Thing about Men.
Do you suppose she could be
right? Could I have changed any
since I left the 37th in Manila? I
weighed 1875 then, and now I weigh
100, but the little poundage I have
picked up is so well distributed that
1t Is unnoticeable to me. am pre-
pared to see lot of changes in
some Of my 9th friends, from what
I have heard from and about them
since we parted. I understand that
many of the fellows have put on
weight where it shows. and look
years older than they did when they
were In fighting trim. It's funny
how some men will let themselves
60.
Wonder If there are any wine and
beer factories in Toledo that we
will be able to break into, or
whether I should brew up a little
Jungle Juice to take along. There
were two or three of the holder fell
lows in the 9th who liked to indulge
in Intoxicating liquor now and then.
and would hate to have them drop
by my room and catch me with
nothing but my favorite beverage,
tea, to serve.
I have a simply divine recipe for
jungle juice. It can be whipped up
in minute and. while you may fall
fiat, it never does. Be sure that your
oven is piping hot, and that your
baking dish is well creased. To test
when the jungle juice Is done, do not
use straw from broom-use the
whole broom, and II it disappears
with "whoosh!" the jungle juice
is ready to be served. Serve either
on patty shells or on thin slices OF
buttered toast.
Will Report TO Orderly.
! don't know where I am going to
stay in Toledo. There has been a
rumor that the 37th veterans
have engaged a hotel, but / don't
believe word of it. My guess Is
that we will report to an orderly
room in the railroad station, turn in
our orders, and then be told to go to
the supply sergeant for tent, cot
and blankets. After that, it will be
up to the men to find a spot to live.
I am going to do my best to find 4
spot near running water. The first
and last-well I ever dug was with
the 37th on Bougainville. I don't
aim to dig one in Toledo, Ohio, I'M
less a voice with authority says
Soldier, let's dig a WE'LL Out OF
habit, I'd be two feet down before
I realized I was a civilian.
There is one thing I want to gel
straight before I leave for Toledo
and this is it: When the reunion Ii
over, is the 37th going to have te
police up the town before it leaves
Are We going to have to pick up al
the cigarette butts and waste paper
and sweep the city from outskirt tt
|outskirt? Not that we couldn't dt
1T, and not that we haven't policec
up bigger areas than that, but witt
my sergeant's suit so shrunk, Il
would be downright uncomfortabl.
for me to get in the proper position
for policing-up.
incidentally. I am walking tx
Toledo. After all, it is an infantr1
reunion. / am walking alone. and i
you think I am ever going to yell t
myself, "On the doublel" we'll, your,
crazy.
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