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were fired off, and a little special
ration was given his unit.
Usually Goes Fishing
! Bill Mcclellan, operator of Super
Service station, said since he was
a "4-F-er, that the Army wouldn't
have" four years ago he was in
the gasoline business here in Lex
ington, and that on the Fourth of
July he was on Bee lake, catching
a big haul of fish.
Reckon now you want to know
what I'm gonna do this Fourth
Well, nothn,' fishing maybe, and
church in the morning and l
might sec a movie"
M. B. Brown, owner of Browns
department store, said he hadn't
"the slightest idea" what he was do
ing the Fourth four years ago, and
would have to do some tall think
ing to remember that one"
Fireworks Furnished
Marion Petty reported that he was
in the service at the Atlantic Am
phibious Training base at Little
Creek, Va, around the Fourth four
years ago. At that time he was Sea-
man second class, U. S. Navy, study
ing to be a radar man, and had just
spent a week at Dam Neck, Va,
at gunnery school where there was
"a whole mile of guns" The night
of the Fourth he recalls was spent
in celebration with spontaneous
fireworks by service men and civil
lians at Virginia Beach, As miles
from Norfolk.
AS for what he will do this holt
day, Mr.. Petty said about the same
as always" with baseball in the
afternoon (the Chicks play Kosciu-
sko), and church in the morning,
about the best" thing to do.
Just Another Day
Joe Stern, owner of Liberty Cash
grocery, said he was overseas four
years ago on the Philippines, sta
| toned aboard a coastal transport.
He was Storekeeper first class and
handled disbursing and quartermas-
ter work maintained supplies aboard
ship, and served as pharmacists
mate aboard as well as yeoman a.
board-"general flunky, in other
words" he said.
His present work is altogether
different" but his Fourth will be
the same in at least one way. His
Fourth four years age was "just a.
mother day." with no fireworks that
he can recall. This year, also, cit
will be just a dead Fourth" he said
adding that he might go to Mem
phis or go swimming.
Did Perimeter Duty
Doty Porter, custodian and ac-
counting personnel of the National
Guard here, thinks back to his Four
tn of July four years ago which was
spent in Dutch New Guinea, East
Indies, He had just been in British
New Guinea. and in the following
September was moved to the Dutch
| East Indies.
Four years ago on the Fourth,
Mr.. Porter emissions himself "pull-
ing perimeter duty" or working on
guns. Perimeter duty, he explain
ed, was guard duty at night from a
pillbox, from which guns had been
set up around. The "perimeter" was
the outside of the unit, which had
to be watched in order that the
enemy, hidden in the outer dark
ness, would be kept back.
He does not recall a definite me-
mory of the exact Fourth, for those
were days not kept straight in the
minds of men in combat. eve didn't
know Monday from Friday" he
said, adding that he remembers his
routine work during this period
which was perimeter duty and work
on guns. Service Fourths which he
recalls were spent at Camp Bland
ing, Camp Leonard Wood, on Louisi-
ana maneuvers, and overseas. This
Fourth's activities for Mr.. Porter
will be fishing" he decided.
Was In Hospital
Allie Povall. mayor-elect of Lex
ington, recalls that though he was
with the Goth Coast artillery at
Fort Croskett, Galveston, Texas, he
was actually at McCloskey General
hospital, Temple, Texas, where he
remained two months with the
pleurisy. He became harbor defense
executive after his hospital stay.
He said he remembers no special
~rations. This Fourth he plans to
stay home, which is at least "dif-
ferent" from the occasion four years
ago.
David Miles, captain IF the
National Guard unit here, said he
was assigned to Camp Forrest,
four years ago on the Fourth, during
which time he was in charge of
taking German prisoners of war
to various camps over the country
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