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VOL. IV NO. 3 & 4 AMERICAN WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICES JULY-AtTG. 1945.

GOSSIP HERE AND THERE

Now that our heroes are returning and we. are able to get at them per -sonally, we have such a wealth of information about your f r iends froml i l ' ole Millburn tha t i t i s hard t o know how to keep within our a l -lo t ted ten pages. Our r epor t e r s find t h a t a veteran pinned to thewall and struggl ing under a h a i l of purely feminine quest ions i s fa rmore productive of "Gossip" mater ia l than one s i t t i n g in a fox holewith paper and pen, surrounded by censorship r e g u l a t i o n s . Also, in'spi te of the invariable modesty of our v i c t ims , our column i s l i a b l eto read l ike Kingsley's Book of. Heroes, merely from our knowledge ofthe records of t h e i r o u t f i t s and our glances at t h o i r decorated c h e s t s .

For instance, L t . ( jg ) EARL MELLEN , a member of the crew of a Liberatorwhich broke a l l Navy records for des t ruct ion - 68,395 tons of enemyshipping sunk has jus t spent his leave a t home with h i s parents andnow i s s ta t ioned at Hutchinson, Kansas. Flying from bases in thePhi l ipp ines , Lt . Mellen and h i s crew began t h o i r record-and Jap-smash-ing carreor in February by sinking a 4600 ton f r e igh te r and from thenon anything was f a i r game for th i s aggregation - torpedo bombers twinengine bombers, both f ly ing and s i t t i n g - gasol ine dumps, locomotives,warships, and merchant ships of every s ize and. desc r ip t ion , b i t thedust before t h e i r murderous accuracy. Kansas should seem a pleasantand peaceful spot to our Ep.rl. —•

On Okinawa, one of the four leaders of tho presently hottest Marinefighter Squadrons in the Pacific, is Lt. CHARLES DRAKE. In one after-noon this group knocked down 16 enemy planes,' smashing the previousMarine record of 10, These Second Marino Air Wing pilots have a sixweek record of 105| enemy planes destroyed and are now shooting at the18 week mark of 135-|- planes downed. With more than ten weeks to goand a total of 123|-~to tLeir a core already, i t looks liko c good betto us, Charles; - if we wore tho gambling type, which we a in ' t .

After 37 months in North Africa and I taly, T/Sgt. JAMES R. GROSSO isback home, with many decorations and 140 points, awaiting his honour-able discharge from service. This, it seems to us, he has earned,i>u± definitely, having had 45 months without a_ furlough - 450 days ofcombat with the 135th Infantry of the 34th Division - and having beenwounded three times. The third wound he received while swimming thoVolturno River. And this was when his Italian and quick-thinking savedour brave James; for, altho dotted with fragments from an explodingmine, he managed to get out of the river and into a native's housewhere he explained the situation fast , jumped into bed and pulled thecovers up to his nock, so that whe n the Germans shortly made a routineinspection, they passed him by without suspicion. Sgt. Grosso wasonly l/4 mile distant, busily engaged in searching a train when Musso-lini and his mistress were killed by the. Partisans. He and his menviewed the awful remains of the fallen dictator shortly after.

Among tho Timberwolvos of the famed 104th Infantry - "The Timberv/olfDivision" is Pfc EDWARD J, CUSACK; who is home on furlough, adornedwith the Combat Infantry badge, before reporting for further trainingin warfare, Pacific Style. Ed's division landed'directly in France andduring six months of continuous combat, they fought alongside theCanadians in Holland, opening up the port of Antwerp, and then tooktheir place with our 1st Army before Aachen and pusfied on thru t h e \

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Rhur and finished their European tour of duty racing for the Mulde Hr'.v-er, where the remaining Germans were ma shod between our Armies and theRussians, From this brief resume, i t is plain the £:Cc« Cusacic ha'a '•pretty clear idea of combat already and will catch on fast to its ju>>gle phases - and just imagine the state of excitement among tho chl:,/':.:":of our village with a Timberwolf on furlough in our midstS

Long ago we reported to you of the return of Capt, GEORGES STONE f,rj.r>the African Middle Eastern theatre, where he had completed Z>& miRSio!.,!••as bombardier-navigator of an A-20» Now we hear that Caotc Sbor.c J •:combat maintenance officer of a B-29 unit of the 21st Bcrob.fcr • nrcdrvlstationed in the Marianas. Tou a l l know what a task that "r s antf -:••-.•-highly skilled personnel are required, but a glance at any paoftr t i ..days will indicate what a swell job George and al l the maliitsnar.cmen are doing in keeping the Superforts flying over the Land ofRising Sun with, what must be for the Japs, dapresslng regular!effect.

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r< * •S/Sgt. GORDON BLASIITS, the fine fellow, takes time out from >take American-Russian boundary line to write us humble gossip*don is now stationed at Waxonburg, Austria and i t sounds piand peaceful after the past winter, First i t was the job cfeliminate the Bulge, than piercing the Sieg,frioa Line and sfing across Gsitieny,' tho present "boundary asslg'nnwnV1, jfocoGordon, the Russian soldiers are O.K. and very he J;ri.r.at> I 3, &that he says he now knows what straight alcohol tastes ••.•ike*,easy, and don";t; acquire too nuch of a Graving vox oavle.r andcause Miil'burn's boor and pretzels will seem t,oc •canco Thanwriting suoh a nice letter, and being on the greedy side, weready looking forward to your next.

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Cpl. MICHAEL PASSARSLLI, the faithful old beaver, hasthe past two and one half years that now he discovers hoto his credit. Shall we start hoarding rod points foroalf, Mike? Unless they run out of boats, you should be Die.roh.lr-ghomo any day (and what a clayj} The corporal's particular Bsrrritr-e-rarihas credit for ten campaigns which gives us a faint idea of uov un-popular i t is with the Japs, They've beori parked in tho "Moluccas•'•for over s ix months and Mikenothing new to explore.

says h e ' s suen a l l tho s i g h t s , so thore

ALBERT J. MARCAHTONIO, Sfor long silenceso Marcjust caught up with him0

2/0 i s a forgiving guy who doesn' t blame uiwrites us in June to say that our March I.-

Glad you enjoyed reading about your ?.'r-1ue

44 and now that you're safely parked Inthe postman won't keep you waiting soservice squadron and says i t s p re t ty

classmates of tho class ofthe Phil ippines, we're surelong. Marc i s working in atough sometimes, plowing around in tho r a in , s tr ipped to the waist andkeeping on the job 24 hours at a s t re tch whenever anything "big" i son.

1st Lt, FNRY W. JOFNSTONL, Jr. sends us a "Happy Birthday" letter forour third anniversary,, As far as we're concerned, i t ' s a 1st birth-day celebration now because this is Lt, Johnstons's f i rs t le t ter .Hurray for you, and you oan skip al l those abject apologies afterclassing "us" as fixtures such as "Time" and the "Saturday EveningPost." Gosh, do we love soft soap, especially whan i t comes from

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,his Army career.points, but untiling the "Tattle."

afriend has been stationed at Oahu, in the

sevon raonths of i t , he must be an authorityIt a l l sounds very pleasant but neverthe-

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new.found friendjHawaiian Group, and afteron hulas and surf boards. pless, the Lieutenant s t i l l claims Australia as the brightesti WWish we

you got g ,Many thanku~and good luck to you

could do something to double thoseenough to come back, w e ' l l go r igh t on send

H, H. FRITCHTMAN', Phoo M l /c is a daredevil from way back because hedares to flaunt tho Chamber of Commerce l:y voioing hie opinions on anopen postal - '"Deep in the he-art of" you can y iess where, Horl> saysh.Ki doesn't think things are as super as they ' re cracked up to be ~come, come, t h i s pre t ty postal makes Corpus Chr i s t i look very cool a a-3nice so perhaps vixen you meet a few Southern be l les y o u ' l l on&nge yourmind and learn to lova the place•

S/Sgt. CARL N. WEBER i s stationed on Guam and hopes someone else therewill read this and look him up. He's with a Bomber Squadron and saysthat although their field is restricted, i t ' s easy to get on and v i s i t ,so just ask for him or his next door neightbor, Sgt. JOE BAILEY. Goodluck with the vis i tor ' s card. Just about the nicest wish we've beenable to ralay to you i3 Carl's for you boys who are finishing up thejob in Europe: He says he hopes you a l l get home soon and sends hisbest wishes and also hopes that "we over here already finish i t off inthe Pacific so you won't have to come out." You're an old prince,Carl, and we hope you finish i t off soon for your own sake.

JOHN R. BRAY, S l/c is another home town favorite who is keeping hisweather eye out for a familiar face. Johnny sonds his best and thatof his C.O., Lt. Armstrong, a l l the way from the Philippines after aflying switch (by boat). V-E day saw our local talent in England andnow, with apparently.no stop-overs, they're on the other side of theworld. All your back Tattles will catch up with you soon, we hope, andin the meantime our bost to you and Lt. A.

And here1 a another V-mail. This one from Cpl, ROBERT 0. L. KENT whois bivouaced near Belluno, I taly. "Hallo neighbors" is no joke, Bob,especially with the way "V-mails and planes out distances. While we'vebeen busy shovelling snow and cutting lawns,Bob has been playing post-man for his fellow soldiers, and what a popular guy ha must be I Rush-ing the mail in cold and snow, over rivers and mountains he says (artf.you can a l l back him up) that the mail reached home by jeep, mule orpack board. Siaco you haven't been home for nineteen months, i t nu?tbe about time for you to strol l down to the post office in SLort Hill'sand pick up some • raail for yourself. How about i t?

JAMES TEDESCO, T.M, s/c is f i t as a fiddle on a L.S.T. somewhere in t.aiPacific and says he came through the invasion of Okinawa in fine shape,Good for you, Jim, and now our only hope is that you'l l be invadingMillburn soon. Jim says the Tattle manages to keep up with him so hekeeps up with what his friends are doing; - neat jobs, eh? Thanks forwriting and we herewith forward your best regards to Ernie Faenza thatgreat buddy of yours.

S/Sgt. ROCCO P. FIOLA sends our temperature up by not only writing indashing red ink but a snapshot of the handsome Roc adorns the l e t t e r -head. The war hasn't left any mark on you, t a l l , dark and e t c . , maywe say. The Sarge was at Bungay, England when this flash was nailedin May but as he only expected, to be there another month, he is nowheaded either for homo or the Pacific, and you know what we're hoping!

Well, well, just for coincidence here's a l e t t e r from S/Sgt. LEWIS M.BTHFO . Lew is stationed at Guam and says i t ' s a real t h r i l l to havethe B-29 roaring out over the Empire. He's feeling fins inspite ofhaving shod twenty-five pounds due to the t e r r i f i c heat (and hard workno doubt). Your promptness in answering real ly puts us to shaue andwe certainly appreciate- hearing from you. Lew says his Tattle arrivedan hour or two ago, he read i t a l l through chow, and then dashed tohis pen and paper. Atta boy! Thank v_ou e.nd we're glad you enjoyedyour t r ip around the world with your old pals.

Two fine newsy V-mails this month from Pfo. ANTHONY PASSARELLI vto .-Fiprobably on a cruise just about now either on-his way home or djlre rt?.yto the Pacific. Tony wrote us from an assembling area outsido olRheims but had been stationed for a while at Woisba&en. His M.P;- g\b,>toon had charge of guarding "Scarfaoo" the Nazi who freed Mussoliniand they also uncovered some documents of Mussolini and Von RibbontrTony was permitted to keep some and they ' l l be nice additions to hissouvenir collection when he has time to relax and go over i t . We'relooking forward to receiving your new address but don't worry aboutnot getting the Tattle. We'll keep on with the same old address unJ:-the naw one comes and the postmen seem to do a nifty job of t ra i l ingyou no mattfl^ how often you were around.

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By the way, many thanks for your duly noted new address, Lt. EVANS A.PEEVER; but how about adding a more personal touch to the form nexttime? How are we going to give with the latest Peever news if Peeverwpn't give?

Two V-mails from Pfo. JOSEPH M. PEPE and i t i s n ' t his fault they, arenMnewsier than they aro. All in good faith Jo© thought that since

the fight ing had .stopped tr his particularhe was. The censor didn't agree HO reallywith the most active scissors we'veand atgood.

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brushed with. Nice t ry anyway,you are well and that the food isalways "fight to the finish" and

And now we'll pass on some of the juioy bits which our slautho haveunearthed about you wall-travelled heroes. First of a l l , we know you

• will join us in cheers for the lucky break for Lt. (jg) R08ER H. WENT.He was one of the Naval pilots with Vice-Admiral McCain's task forcein the raid on Japan's outsize battleship the "Nagatovl which must haveboen mere child's play compared tn his expe r.ieno e the month before. Lt.Wont was rescued from the sea after being shot down while on a 'bombingmission off Kikai, Japan. He and his radioman-gunner wore picked offtheir rubber raft by a seaplane, only five miles off shore, and la te rtransferred from a seaplane tender to their carr ier . Hurray for youand good luok from hero on.

Another loud cheer for Lt. Commander PAUL H. PAULSEN who arrived backin the States after a plane t r ip froia the Philippines. He io recu-perating at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, Va. and wo hope hocan come home soon.

More congrats to WARRSN BE PAXM4 Mo M 3/c for winning that gorgeoustrophy which just arried in Hillburn after touring the Pacific withi t s owner. Warren rates this "Servicemen's Wcrlu Series Trophy" forpitching in the Navy win over Army 11-5 at Brisbane, Australia. Inci-dentally, the game nearly resulted in a war between australia andAmerica when an Aussie soldier disagruo-d with the umpire's decision.We're delighted you won for us Warren and hope i t ' s true, this latestreport that you may bo horns this month from Pearl Harbor,

We're glad to knowWQRTZ as we have.beoauso he's being kept at Antwerping all the thousandsdo the most good. No

the Army has as much respect for Capt. ROBERT II.This Short Hills Talent roally has what i t takes

to help speed the job of rc-deploy-of troops and tons of war material where i t willsmall job, especially during those five hot

months when Antwerp was on the receiving end of the V-bombs,

Pfc. GLENN VAN WAGENEN writes a plea hone for a l l of us to keep writingmore than ever. "Mail has slowed down so badly that the men are upsetabout i t . " That's a shame and we'll pass the word along because notto hear home news is, depressing,

Sgt. LAWRENCES STURGES, Jr, is feeling fit and back on the mob again,that of sending men home. Too bad such a popular guy can't put hie ownname down on the l i s t .

JOHN THOMAS mREHIME, S l/c has just sent home one of the tas t ies tgifts yet. He finally dispensed with his beard (by request) andpromptly mailed i t homo to mother as proof of i t s luxurious growth.By the way,John yjgs aboard the U.S.S. Massachusetts whan she rodo outthe typhoon in the South Pacific. Badly bent but s t i l l going strong1

they laid up for repairs and then took part in an attach on Japan on-ly 1,000 yards off thd Mainland.

Another traveller is Capt. JOHN H, YOUNG who is in Manila and findc i tvery interesting and "with plenty to do." Just to be different, theCaptain's brother, T/Sgt, WILLIAM R. YOUNG Is in Nurem'bourg, a l i t t l eshort of getting hone but he's s t i l l optimistic.

We are indeed sorry to learn that Pvt. FRANK DALE has been hospitalizedwith "jungle rot" and hope that he is responding nicely to treatment.

A post card from Lt. WILLIAM D. VAN INSEN te l l s us that ho has juat hadhis appendix out. Hope the operation was a success, Bi l l , and thatyoute feeling fine by now.

Good old NORMAN MAYO, S l/c is as amphibious as anything a l l over thePacific front. He's had "experiences" .at the Marshall and CarolineIslands, Guam Saipan and Okinawa and while the censor promises tobe stuffy if he goes into detail , they must have been exoiting, somuch so that even Norman, the sturdy oak, says he'd just as soon remem-ber them without having to experience thera again. Surely this la tes t

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softening up the Japs are getting will make them yell "undo" soon soyou can a l l call i t off and ccme on home. We've get our fingerscrossed and are hoping hard for you.

HONOR ROLL

We're a l i t t l e late on this news but a t any r a t e our ta rd iness does notlessen our pride in Lt. CALEB BAXTER who- received the Distinguished •Flying Cross on Memorial Day - awarded for heroism in a e r i a l f l i g h t ,while on duty in Europe. Lt. EDWIN W. LAFFEY also received the DFGbut he is so modest he won't t e l l us any d e t a i l s .

If we could lino up a l l the s tars won by our Home Town warriors - theresul ts would out-dazzle the Milky Way - and just to prove our pointa l i t t l e further - here are some of the more recent a s t r a l acquis i t ions :

Silver Star Medals for gallantry in action were recently awarded to Lt .WILLIAM N. BATEMAN, in Belgium and to S/Sgt. ANTHONY CAIVANO in Luxem-burg.

Bronze Star Medals for meritorious achievement were received by'LT.HUGH JAMES, Lt. Col. JAMES N. ROBERTSON, Cpl. GORDON DREHER, Major ED-WARD G. ROFF, Lt. WALTER A. MACKEY and Sgt. HO77ARD L. SANDERS.

And aside from Star Medals, ther'e i s a galaxy of Silver and Bronae bat- vt i e part icipat ion s tars on the campaign ribbbns of our f ight ing men —so no wonder wo are a l l l i t e r a l l y starry**eyecL

Pfc, RAYMOND E. CHISHOIM has been awarded the Air Medal with two OakLeaf Clusters somewhere in the Pacific. Theater - nice flying - Ray!,

Pfc. RAYMOND PALMER'S Medical Battalion was awarded the Meritorious Ser-vice Plaque for the i r work in Germany.

Pvt. GEORGE F. GALLION, J r . who is a Japanese prisoner of war (since , .:1942) has been awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge -with Oak Leaf .Clus-t e r s . Presentation of t h i s c i ta t ion was made to his parents . Mr. andMrs. George F, Gallion of Cypress S t ree t , who arc hopefully-awaiting thoday when the i r son will be released from the Japanese homo i s l ands .Though Mr. and Mrs. Gallion have not received, any direct vord fromGeorge since early in 1943 - thay have received encouraging round-a-bout messages which, lead them to b.eliove ho i s a l l r i g h t .

All we can say boys, i s that our pride and .admiration of a l l of you i sbeyond utterance.

Back here on the homo front, we are sure you wi l l be delighted to hearthat Millburn Township doubled i t s million do l la r quota in other thanE War Bonds and leads the nation in percentage of these bought - You seewe do know the re ' s s t i l l a war going onj . ,

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Lt . JOYCE C. WENT has V-mailed us her change of address for which wa.are most g ra t e fu l b u t , we f e e l awfully sad t h a t she d id no t givo us anynews along with i t - but h e r e ' s a second newsy e p i s t l e from her a f t e ra l l , from North Wales. She has boen made Base Adjutant a t Val ley Ai r -drome (the f i r s t time a woman has had t h a t job in the A.T.C. as f a r as ,she knows I) and l i k e s her work and her surroundings a l o t . With S i s t e r -ly pride Joyce tel ls us that her brother has received another halfstripe out in the Pacific so i t ' s now Lt.(jg) ROGER WENT (and our he.art-iest congrats Rodgel) As to your query about Capt. Ted. Wolff- -• wadon'tvhave hin on our l i s t , we have four Vfclf(s) but with clifforentspellings! . . ..

With a hurried glance at our reporter 's notes, we see that NANCY BARA-CIA of the WAC has been promoted to Pfc and has also received the GoodConduct Medal for which she has our double barrelled congratulations.

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From Guam, Capt. GEORGE,H. STONE has bent over a hot typewriter at longlast to write us his first letter and wish us a Happy Third Anniversary,He also types us theY.S.W, news that he mot Lt. GEORGE PENDERGAST whois stationed on Guam with an Aviation Engineer Battalion - and then to

decrease the size of his world a bi t more, he l a te r received a nicoslap on the back from none other than I t . Col •THOMAS J. WATSON, J r , whois personal pilot for Ma,}. Gen. Julius P. Jones. We liked your l e t t e rimmensely Captain, and you have definitely put yourself in our goodgraces "by vour act - only please don't keep-us waiting another throeyears for an oncore!

Lt.FAIRFIELD P. DAY, USNR writes that he recently made port a t the i s -land where his brother-in-law, I/t. Comdr. JAMES E. BARRETT is stationedand they had a glorious throe day v i s i t augmented by sl ight ly bent e l -bows, a lone Jap plane air raid, plus a fine feast on Flea 's LST as afinal, touch! Flea also said he just missed seeing NORMAN MAYO S l /cwhose LST was docked nearby at some port, but the said LST pulled outagain before Fairfield could establish contact with Norman.'

From somewhere in Germany Comdr. BERNARD P. DAY (Fairf ield 's olderbrother) sends us his newest address along with his "Small World" do-nation that , while in England he met Lt. WILLIAM EETTERIDEE at ATC who"Cleared" Bernie and his group for the continent, Sarnie added thatBill looked, fine and was very busy - as we can wall imagine! (Are youtoo busy to write us, Bill?) And speaking of writing, now that you Daybrothers have acquired the habit - we fervently hope you' l l keep i t up,

PEYTON ROBERTSON, S 2/c puts us in a swoony mood by addressing us "D&arLadies of the Fairer Sex" ( l i t t l e bewildering, wot?) He's now station-ed at. the NATTC in Memphis - along with a goodly number of other locallads - a l l of which makes for a minute Small World. PAUL BECK, S s/o,Pvt. GEORGE HAMBERGER and LES CLAYTON, 3 S/c are in his group at RadioSchool. WALT JAEGER and RAY LYON, S £/o were there but have left forother endeavors, and di t to for JOHN PRITCHARD, S l / c (who lef t beforePeyton and his gang arrived). Thanks for your l e t t e r , sailor - andHappy Da Dits to youl

JOHN J. SULLIVAN, T.M. 3/0 makes us chortle with our tongue in ourcheek (quite a feat) when he writes us from San Pedro, Culif. and says"There are plenty of women here, and easy to look at - especially inthose two-pieoe bathing sui ts , but I s t i l l think there ' s no place likehome" (P.S. Johnny - we have two-piece bathing s u i t s , tool) anyhow .John managed to prey his eyes from the Oalifornian Q,ueona long enoughto see Marine Lt. TED DOUGLAS in Hollywood as well as Miss Rose Di-Giovanni, who has been visi t ing her uno Id in Beverly Hi l l s . John hasbeen awaiting the commissioning of his new ship - but s t i l l wishes hewas back on a destroyer instead.

A USO card from PAUL WOTTRICHj S ?J« in Ft. Laud sr dale, Fla. gives ushis new address whence he has come from Bainbridge, MU. for advancedtraining. While at Bainbridge he saw GUS HINDENLANG, S 2/c (now inthe Pacific) as well as BOB DUDLEY, S 2/0 and BOB BRAIDER, S S/c - a l lof which puts Bainbridge well up on our S. W. l i s t .

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ALBERT J. MARCANTONIO, S S/o writes us from the Philippines and givesus this "Email Worldsy" Item, He met his cousin HENRY MONACO, E M 2/oon July 3rd and visited Henry on his D. E, plus spending a few hoursashore with him. At f i r s t , Henry did not recognize All due to Al 'sthree-inch beard (said five o'clock shadow—or should we say brown-outhas since been vanquished by the razor, we are glad to find out!)We're sorry to inform you, Ai, that you June Tattle has been returnedto our office with incorrect address" stamped on i t - and we addressedi t exactly as you have i t written - so what do we do now? Any or a l lsuggestions will be most appreciated! • •

Here's a le t te r from Lo. WILLIAM BSTTERIDGE who t o l l s us about meetingC^mdr. BERNARD P. DY (which wehave already mentioned above vie. a l e t -tetter from Bernie. Bill also congratulates us on our Third anniver-sary with such a bevy of compliments that we feel positively blimpheaded again - (for which our smilingest thanks, Bil l - and we havenoted your new Base Unit number, too,)

A card from Lt, KENNETH T. DEAN has cone in from Manila, who bemoansthe fact that he has not received his Tattles recently on account ofhis many recent changes of address. Ken says he saw Lt. ANTHONYMAUCIONE recently and has hopes of locating Lt. DAVID BARTRON who i salso in his area - Let us know when you do, Ken - and meanwhile, thanksfor your newest address ( l e t ' s hope the noxt change of same will beMillburn, N, J.

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THANKS DEPARTMENT

This Department has been we l l fed t h i s month by your many g r a t e f u l l e t -ters to us. The receipt of theso l e t t e r s alwe.y3 f i l l s us with a humbleawe - as our l i t t l e Job of poking the keys on an ornery typewriter andconjuring up wise cracks, far from the ominous bat t le grounds, has a l -ways seemed so t r i f l ing compared to the splendid ,1ob you a l l have doneand are doing. Anyhow - i t is gratifying to us to fool tiiuh our l i t -t l e pebbles of morale or whatever you mlgnt cal l i t - do help a b i tto give you a cross section of novs or your co-fighting hometownfriends,

Firs t ly , wo want to thank Pvt. GSORGS E. THOMPSON for sending us histhoughts on "Warfare and it a relations to us a l l " - hie l e t t e r showsthat he is thinking deeply and sl.noarjly of the future of our countryand tho., wo-a&d » and what L« feels he h«.s baon fighting for- We. wish wehad the space to reprint hi.s t rea t i se fcut - alas - we have to bow to theexigencies of the paper shortage* Thanks for your splendid l e t t e r ,George, which wo are stowing in our f i les for safe keeping.

We are always "like crazy" for f i r s t letter 's and here 's a nifty notefrom CHARLES LA MASTER, M M 5/'c who says he 311st didn ' t havo nerveenough to write us before [JW, Charles - do we; sottm that frightening?)but in the future he will try to do bett^iPs Cha-rles is out on t.Uobounding main with a Frisoo FPO and, vnii.c.'ers v/u-i-tar.j tue old hcvad town

"has ohanged much and. whether a l l his friends QZJ ge t t ing married - andwhether there arc many new jfp.ees in tlia town.. W6.11, there have beenquite a few weddings, now ooiaers, at &.1*~ but i t*3 our guess tlrvu youwill find the old town pretty much the Bame -and frau£p.t witti we loomsfor your homecoming --whenever that happy day ooiiBC bo passj MisterJ

From the Western Pacific, we are happy to copy a neatly type! l e t t e rfrom Lt. ROBERT J. HINOHMMiPUESFR who B*ys he enje/B "us" despite thefact that he knows very few of you a i l mentioned xr. it> r;b ie mnr«ried to the former MilireS Lyons ..i1 Sb >rt Hills axst has ho^o.1; of rifiot-ing his brother-in-law. Pvt, HTT3SEIX Li'OPB, ncv r^pert-ad ID. ube Philip*pines, providing Bobss'D« J£,, ever jj':t::--: vc yxct r;env e.noi.;;h '^o ao."oievethis hope. Thanks for a l l yciur r.J.ce "riuror.U-.tives" abo .t. our newsyeffort, Mister, and ba sure to notify our S, VJ, Dopt. when and if youand Russ make contacts

WILLIAM STRTJNING ought to bo a handy guy to knovv, as he i s now purser.• on a Maritime ship - and just to give you a hint of hifc wherea^c'its -he writes that he recently viaiteel the land of gpuigaroos &zi& Hoalabears (uhhuhl Australia 1) - He says the Tattle ie alpout the onljf bitof mail that hasn't le t Mm dov.n - and also o crap linen ts ox%z aev? choiceof locale on 1'ssex Street as a "pioturesque ,rjprt"f, Vva wn:^^:. viio thsryou are thinking of bho forraer tenar.'.trg box and oranga 6rafca junsls «•Bi l l , in whioh oa.3e> rent assured - as tnat rare b i t of 3andacapifl.<t"wont the way of a l l f ire hazards, leng before the AWS moved in0 Ccrnaand see for yourself when next you are in a noarby port - meanvdrxliethanks for -AT it ing us I

Pfo. HUGH E, WOOD addresses his V-me.il "to a l l of my friends fehat crea-to the Township Tattle" wh-ioh makoa a lot of friends glnC - an v;aTattle Toilers t o t a l th i r ty atrongl What with ed i tors , reporters9printing and mailing staff - plus three humble writers.* Right nowthere is an ecstatic onerus of th i r ty "ohs und ahs" over your cocnpli-there is an ecstatic onerus of th i r ty ohs und ahs over your cocnplimentary congratulations„ Hugti wants to extend his best wisfetsa to hisformer MHS buddies, Pfcfl DEAN:!; WRIGHT ana GPL. THOM/*S COLLINS (check,boys'?).Here's another GI who wants to say "Hello" to his friends - Pfc, MARIOP. LATELLA V-mails us to spray ^is greetings on h i s brother, OpleJOSEPH LATELLA as woll as' Pvt,.. TONY KOKi',00 ana Pvt. &LWS&T HJKKDSTTO«Thanks for giving us your correct acldraaa toos Mario f and re T;ie gladour numerical error did net have any serioustctt&o% o.c tfc.« ar r iva lof your Tatt le , Mario is now In a peaoaful (a4;- lafit?) l l t t l n town inAustria named something that looks like rvSellam Sea1* Sorry we can'tbe more definite about i t , but the V-raaii blurred just there ~ andher© i s where we blurr out with clean oat thanks to you a l l !

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STORK CLUB

The stork flew low over Millburn l a s t month but d i d n ' t stop long asthere wore only 'two bundles to d e l i v e r :

L t . and Mrs. HARRY MCKEK are the proud parents of a son Michael Johnwho was tiorn July 7, 1945 - Lt . MoKee i s one of our f l y e r s in thoPacific.

Lt.(o'g) and Mrs. Eric Poster have a baby g i r l whom Eric hasn ' t seenyet - with 119 points to his credit and over 4$ years in the service ,Mrs, Foster i s hoping that he will soon become a c iv i l i an onoo moreand see his now daughter a a .well as his son of 20 months.

CUPID'S CORNER

When th i s thing i s over, there won't be a church in the country, not tomention chapels, clubs and other edifices vMch wil l not have to orflernew carpeting. Such a pricing up and clown of a i s l e s j a throwing of r iceand brandishing of sword a in g l i t t e r i ng arches, has old Cupid oompla'te*ly dazzled, but rugs were made to "be paced upon and r ice was grown tobe thrown (pardon the poem) and our blessings go to a l l I

Here's Oapt, BRADFORD CRAIG no sooner returned from the South Pacificwhere he has served three years with the 4 3rd Division of the FieldArt i l lery , than he i s up in Hartford, Conn, s t r id ing up the a i s le withhis bride, the former M.iss Charlotte Goodwin on h i s arm,

A gala wedding, complete even to flower g i r l and ging bearer , tookplace in the women's Club of Charlotte, North Carolina, when MiPb "Eliz-abeth H4 Goodman became the bride and general caretaker of Sgt.r, MLTKRJ. KLEIN. After a honeymoon at Lake George, N. Y# , the happy couplewill live in Columbia, S. C, while Sgt. Klein i s stationed there c

Lt. CHARLES D2DECK3R is a chap who gets around almost as fas t as l i t t l eDan Cupid hinwolf. Recently he returned from service in Europe) only tofly from Tennessee to India. Now he turns up at St . Paul Luw'-rerjChurch in Bayonne,, Mississippi giving his heart and hand to Miss ArlcneReich of that c;ityo The new Mrs. Dedecker i s en t i re ly equal bo herhusband's t ravell ing propensities as they arc now honeymooning at LakeChamplalns. N. Y, after which they will, so to Ellington Fie ld , Texaswhere Lt. Dedeoker is stationed,

At» St t Bartholomew's Church, N+Y.C,, two of our fr iends, Miss Jans 3*Sharp-and Lte VHKJBM5 K. HULL, J r . USNR were married on Saturday,July 14s A reception at the Park Lane followed the oaremoney but ourferrets were urwble to discover where Lt , and Mrs, Hull have goXiO ontheir wedding t r i p .

Miss Marie Compton Robertson became tho bride of Ensign FREDE'RIC'v H^7-COMB LATTIN, USCG in Danville, Va. on the 8th of Juno. Ensign ar.d;lilrr.,, Lattin will make their home in Now London, Conn, af ter tho i i wed-ding t r i p .

In the. F i r s t Church of Qringe , N. J o ' r ecen t ly , the red velvet carpetsd th h i l l d f th i fand the white sat in ribbons were gaily unrolled for the marriage of

ILLIAM L, MAYER, AAF and Miss Betty Thein. The couple will spendan al'i-to-short honeymoon et the shore, Sgt, Mayer recently raturnjdfrom two years in

•When the aforementioned 104th Division, the Timborwolves, under MajorGeneral Terry Allen, returned to this country a l i t t l e la te after13 months' service in Europe, among the other causes and effects wasa week's postponement of the wedding of Miss Marjorio Joan White ofSummit to Lt. 'T1LLL4M R. VANDERBILT, Howsvor, the delay d e t r a c t nowhit from the lovely cerononey performed by tho br ide ' s grandfather atthe Central Presbyterian Church.

And here's a wedding we've had our oyo on for long and have written youabout ere th i s , On July 17th, Lt.(jg) CLIFT CORNWALL and Miss RaeMarshall a l l were man^ied at Daytona, Fla. Originally they were to

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have had the service and reception in South Orange, Mrs. Cornwall 'shome, but I t . Cornwall, a navy p i l o t , veteran of c a r r i e r duty in thePacific and wearer of numerous decorations for ga l l an t ry in ac t ion i snow taking special training a t NAS, Jacksonvil le, and could not be r e -leased long enough to come North, so the wedding, fami l ies , b r i d e s -maids and a l l removed to Florida. This just goes to show tha t even theharrassed ra i l roads can cooperate with Romance so , smiling thru ourtears of disappointment, we record tbat the Land of Orange Blossoms i sthe r icher .

On June 26th at Morrov/ Memorial Church, Miss Barbara J . Wotherspoonbecame the bride of Lt. JOHN H. KNOTT, USA. L t . P. L. KNOTT, J r . wasbest man for h is brother and the ushers were fallow off icers of theAir Force. The brothers Knott have both returned recent ly from a Ger-man prison camp where they had been for over a year.

And now amid a ha i l of arrows landing ever between fourth and f i f t hribs le f t side, we come to the engagements:

Mx. and Mrs. Albert Wundorly, Arlington, Mass, have announced the en-gagement of t he i r daughter Virginia, to ROBERT R. EDGCOMB who i s nowreceiving Naval Reserve Officer t ra in ing at the University of Pennsyl-,vania.

Lt. Helen L. Ponce of the ANC, wearer of the bronze s t a r for mer i to r i -ous service in the Chin-a-Buma-Indin theatre w i l l soon be narried toMajor COLIN McRAE - a fine Scottish name - who has combat awards fo:-'.'service in North Africa, I t a l y , France, Germany and Austria - h i s l a s tassignment being as an officer on the staff of L t . Gen. AlexanderPatch of the 7th Amy, This rec i t a t ion of the geographic whereaboutsof Lt, Pence and Major McRaa IS proof posi t ive of the fac t that Lovelsughs a t distance and APO's.

The engagement has been announced of Miss Anna Beach of Hartford,Conn, to Lt . ( jg) WEBSTER P. WODELL who wears the Navy Cross forf l ight operations in the Pacific and is now stat ioned ,at Groton,Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. Fedderman have announced the engagement of t he i r daughter,Jean Anne, to Ensign BRUCE A. WINNER who graduated t h i s spring fromthe U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

Mr. and Mrs, Richard A. McDonough have also announced the engagementof the i r daughter, Catherine to THOMAS W. LYONS (Tommy has an honor-able discharge from the Army af te r serving as a cavalry l ieutenant inthe African, S ic i l l i an and Normandy oampaigns. )

And here 's a couple of late flashes from the repor ters - s /Sgt . GOR-DON K. MATTICS was married on July 12 to Miss Helyn Maa Crcssley ofMoorestown, N. J, on his return from the European Theatra of Opera-t ions .

Cpl. WESLEY BENNETT has his plans a l l made when he re turns home fr.onI ta ly which wil l be soon - he is marrying Lt . Norma Arnold - the w©~.-di.13 will take place at Ohio University where they met. Wes has $babtle s tars and a presidential c i t a t i on . Lat us know more about Lucdato, We 3.

All of the above should provo to you that Cupid's Corner vdll not bogrowing any cobwebs in the coming months, and the.t your fat l i t t l efriend i s s t i l l a pretty fa i r marksman.

LATE FLASHES!Our town fathers wil l look to t he i r l au re l s any day now when LEE L,GLEZEN who has been in Europe on loan to the Signal Corps as a spec-i a l i s t in telephonic matters arr ives in Millburn. Mr. Gluzon, a vet-eran Bell System man found himself for five days appointed by theArmy as Oberburgomeister of a Gorman c i ty whoso name is wreathed incensorship. During th i s short time al tho gas , water e l e c t r i c i t y andevery sort of public service in the ci ty was completely disrupted bybombing, the new Oberburgoneister flew to work on the telephones withsuoh character is t ic Boll fervor» that in no time f l a t , telephone be l l swere j ingling merrily amid the ru ins , communications re -es tab l i shed ,and a l l l ines busy, praising; the new myor .

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The catapult officer aboard an unnamed carrier in the Pacific, i s noneother than our own Lt. JOHN W, PADGETT, who is regarded as one of thebest catapult officers in the Navy and i s the wearer of a ci tat ion forimprovements he has suggested in catapult mechanisms. We only wishLt. Padgett would come home and invent a sort of junior catapult whichwould catapult us out of our bed and into the office these misty andoppresive mornings, without oven reving up our motor.

At Chanticler, crossroads of tho county, we were fortunate to bump in-to Sgt. LUCIEN HILL just returned from service in France and Germanysince D-Day, He looks fine and says he never had anything worse thana gangrenous toe wliioh a groat many dollars worth of ponicill in quicklycured. Luke returns to duty at parts unnamed early in August.

Back in the States from service with the 8th Air Forca in England isLt. FREDERICK F. TAYLOR, His new assignment is as assistant adminis-trative officer in the newly activated engineering service laboratoryin the Radio and Radar Subdivision, Air Technical'Command. Lt, TAY-LOR brought the crew of his B-17 t too ugh 35 missions over Gormany with-out a scratch and is the wearer of the ETO ribbon with bronze star andthe Air Medal with 5 clusters.

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The following left town for the Armed Services in July:

Joseph H. Flather, Jr.Ronald F, Nelson

Richard L« MartinBarthelraew PalumboRobert J. Strath, J r .

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BARS, STRIPES & CHEVRONS

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Andrews, David B, Sgt.Baracia, Nancy PfcBias ins", Gordon Sgt .B.:.uhm, Frank Sgt .Braun, Hesrbert Cpl,Burger , Donald T. Sgt .Clerk, John D, 1st Lt .C c >?) a ugh, Harry Pf cDalton, Margaret W. 3K 2/0DV.^Ldrea, D aniel T/4Fivrn.ham, Joseph H. Sgt,Friedlander, Robert C. Lt.(jg)Hall, Richard Set.Hamburger, Eric S/Sgt.Holmstron, Hugh R. Lt.Hooker-, Carl 0, Pfc.H 0 r te , Le ight 0 n, Jr * Lt,Js >s, Francis Lt.Jenkins, Arthur W. Pfo.Johnstone, Henry W, 1st Lt.Laffey, Edwin W. 1st Lt.lyon, Raymond S. S l / cMarks, Norman W. Capt,

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Father James J^* Coyle of St. Rose of Lima's Church, Short Hills haswritten the /following:

Through /the kindness of the Mi lib urn Township Tattle paper, I am ableto express this message of greetings to a l l our men in the Armed Ser-vice/£» I am truly grateful for this wonderful privilege. In the f i r s tplace, i t is but fitting and proper to inform you of the death ofFather Campbell, the last Pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church. On oneor more occasions he has written to you al l through the medium of thispaper; and on numerous other occasions he has asked publicly, from thepeople of this Parish, prayers for your safe and early return to yourloved ones. Consequently, I ask you to join with me in offering al i t t l e prayer for the happy repose of his soul.

Since there are more than one thousand men from Millburn in the glori-ous uniform of our magnificent country, i t would be physically andmorally impossible for me to write you individually, hence I trustthis message may be considered a personal one. Undoubtedly in everytheatre of war there may be found some representative from our hometown; for the f irst time you are experiencing the customs and modesof a people far different from those you were accustomed to in yourown country. Nevertheless, the universal and inherent religious in-stinct that characterizes a l l men brings home to us the realizationthat we are al l bound by love to the One True God. Many, while incivilian life were indifferent and casual in the fulfillment of theirreligious obligations, now more than ever understand or attempt tolearn the answers to the basic and fundamental questions of life ;From whence did I come? and whither am I going? This interest andresurgence in religion may be attributed to many occasions that ourbrave men faced while on the field of bat t le . As a result , we areanxious to know more about God Who created us, and having attainedan appreciative understanding of Him, we begin to love Him with aheart overflowing with love. From this knowledge and love naturallyfollows the desire and will to serve Him in a l l things. I t is then,in this knowledge, love and service of God that man discovers thepurpose of his being; or the answer to the f i rs t question: Why didGod make me? If we are faithful in carrying out the will of God, andrecognize Him as the ultimate end of a l l our actions, then we canconfidently expect from Him a reward of merit for our good deeds.This reward is everlasting bliss and union, with God; the answer tothe second question: Whither am I going?

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A l l i s o n , Edward H.A 1/cBai ley , Joseph F . . S g t ,Baracia3 Arthur H. PfcBla s iu s , Les l i e G. . Sg t .Bock, Lillian S 1/cBraeder, B. S 2/cBruce, John W. J r . . Cpl.Caivano, Anthony Sgt.Collandrea, Arthur A. S 1/cCollandrea, Benjamin E. S 1/cCollins, Thomas J . Cpl.Cornwall, Clift J r . Lt.(jg)Dalton, Jack AON 3/cDedecker, George E. Sgt.DeVito, Joseph M. S/Sgt.Douglas, Theo M. J r . 2nd Lt.Ferns, Anne Kane 1st Lt.Firian, Martin J . PfcGrierson, Mary B. 1st Lt.Hiers, Garrett 1st Lt.Hine, Alden S/Sgt.Horton, Richard S 1/cKern, Robert J . F.O.Klebold, Thomas H. Cox*Lichtenwalter, H. 0. . 1st Lt.

Lincoln, Victor'Lyon, HaroldMarcketta, Frank G.Melien, HowardMooine, Robert C.Motzenbecker, George C.Noll, Herbert F.Ogden, Norman J .Price, Richard A.Riker, Jackson J ,Rumery, Richard G.Scott, DonaldSenior, David T.Siiance, Milton R.Sincerbeaux, Robt. A.Stickel, George C.Stidger, William G.Smith, Malcolm K.Townsend, Roger C.Traub, Victor A.Worden, Waite W.Wright, James K.Wolf, John EdwardYoung, John H.

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