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Corresidor in news releases. Frankly, I om nighty lucky to be aboard such a
fine ship, and we are all very proud of her."

The clipping says, in part: "Lieut. John 4. Glenn of Beardstown,
Ill., has the responsibility of shifting planes from the flight deck to hangar
deck and vice verse. Ho formerly was president of the Illinois Ice Industries.
when the ship was commissioned, only 13 of her officers had been to sea before
and less than 20 por cent of the crew had con on anything larger than a lakes
The carrier tas traveled moro thon 71,000 miles since then, and has been almost

constantiy in. er.cmy waters."

Lt. Davo Shirk writes from the academic Regiment at Ft, Benning, Gae,
that he has about 3,000 men to maintain an athletic program for, and he is
finding it a big job. He says. "iy baseball team just won the Infantry School
League by winning 16 of our 20 games. I have several big league players on the
team as woll as a lot of semi-nro boys that could give the tig league boys a

run for thoir money.”

We know from past experiences that Dave will do a swell jobs.

Russell J, Chitwood, who was end on our varsity football teams in
1937, '38 and '39, and who has recently been with the Douglas Aircraft Co. in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, received his ceommission as an ensign in the Navy in June, and
is doubtless now at the Navy Air Baso at Corpus Christi, Texas. He is assigned
to the Navy ir Transport Command. Pee

Ens. Robert E. Iiumt, Aroa C-6, Camp Peary, Vae, wrote us late in
June saying that at that timo he was bond officer for that areca for the 5th
War Loan. “This morning one man boucht $25,000 in bonds from me, so we should
make our quota casily," Bob says. Bob was a member of our varsity basketball
. team in 1938, and on tho baseball team in ‘40.

From the Pacific area comes word from Ens. hoy Edwards, USS SC-1054,
Fleet Postoffice, San Francisvo, who says, "I received quite a treat last woek
when I received a note that Clint Kanaga's ship was in tha sane harbor with
ours. We received orders to get wmderway immediately so did not got to see
him personally. ‘owever, I found his ship in the harbor and talked to him by
the signal light. I om sure wo will meet again soon." ;

Otto Schnellbacher, at Hondo, Texas, says, "I got your last Rebound,
No. 9, yesterday a ndwas glad to receive it. after reading it over L Tine:
some of the boys aren‘t too far away. In fact, I have fiown over or by some of
the places ths boys sre stationed here in Texas. I have been over Ralph Miller's
location soverci times, for wa fly over San sntonio quite often. Muy have to
bail’ out seme timu and look him up. Well, maybe a trafa rid? would take longer,
but I prefor ic to a parachutue « « « Still hoping I crm revurr to school in
September, ‘45. but 14 may be a little later."

ivi. Wn. We "Bill" Brill is now at Robins Ficld,-Gae, after having
traveled ove itost of tho cowmtry east of the Mississippi, <@s he says. He
writes furvher - "I rm arownl with two rebels here. One pi:ayod football at
North Carolini and the other st Kentucky. Thoy are two swoil lads, wat keep me
plenty busy workins out with thom in the gym, Ono niee fentur® aout these two
fellows is they den’+ carry a grudge against the Yanks, ‘no Ciwii ‘er argurents

_, are all in fun, but are getting very tiresome, and yes some don't lot Uupe
"I added another name -to my list of soidiers I have mett from*Xensase