and the town, with Henry Shenk, Dean Nesmith, Corlett Cotton, Dolph Simons, Mit
Allen, Mike Getto, Prof, Guy Smith, and a host of others repeatedly marveling
at your miraculous escape on the beach-head at Tarawa, Hope you still hang on

Lt, (5g) Roy Edwards (¢/o Fleet P, 0s, San Francisco) writes us as follows:
“I have received a few added responsibilities since I took over command July 1,
It is a very interesting job and we spend very little time in one place, The
best part is the different people we work with and with whom we associate, For
the past three months I hate tried to catch up with Clint Keanaga dnd it seems as
though he is leaving a port as we enter, We have planned a K.U,. reunion for
some time,"

Thanks, Roy, for placing our Jayhawk Rebounds along the highly efficient
and much circulated Kansas City Star in the importance of your mail.

We were gladdened to learn that Pfc. Walter "Buddy" Herriman, who was
reported missing in action in France, is now reported as being taken prisoner,
He was with General Patton's infantry division, We trust such good fortune will
come to Lt. (jg) Howard Burnett, Navy Air Corps, formerly of Coldwater, Kansas,
who played end and d@ on the K,U. football team in 1936; and Lt. Lawrence
"Larry" Johnston, Mari > Air Corps, who lettered in baseball at K.U. in '41 and
"42, Both of these boys have been reported missing in action over the Pacific.

From acréss the Atlantic we hear of our boys in France and Eng lands

7 Lite John A, Pfitsch (APO 403, c/o P.M., New York) sends a Vemail from |
France and says; “The towns and villages that we roll through are certainly dif-
ferent than those earlier in the campaign. The people throng the streets and
shower the convoys with flowers and fruit. If you stop you are immediately swarmed
by people who I believe are sincerely joyous to see us. By the way, Doc, France
has many beautiful girls to its credit, and their greeting system isn't just a
rumors « « « The picture is changing fast and we are well on our way home,”

Johnny Pfitsch from Pfleugerville, Texas, and a Kansas postegrad © you ©
are a first class fighting man. And are we proud of you)

; In an earlier letter Johnny said, "The men of the infantry are the boys,
Doc. Boy, they have it rough and how they go§ You would be er of them if
youcould see the teamwork,”

Chick Pontius is one of our boys in the iiniaihies over there in France,
and we are proud of the things he is doing, Chick was awarded the Purple Heart on
July 13. He writes, "I am well now and am back with the company. They released
me from the hospital on July 29. I received a promotion to sergeant August 14,

I have a great deal more to think about now than I had before.” Chick is Sgt.
Vaughn W. B. Pontius. APO 4, New York. :

Chick, all of the boys at the Country Club will be proud of your achieve-
ments over there. Congrats on your promotion, Mit and Bob Allen are both being
told that you are too tough for Frits. Their nicks are not as bad as their blasts.