S E K Y I€ E lr-N EWS
OUR SOLDIER FIGHTS
In foul morass, ’neath torrid sun,
Our soldiers fight ’til Victory’s won.
He fights by day and dreams by night,
Of her, of him, for whom he fights,
For freedom’s cause and human rights,
Our soldier fights!
Our soldier, yea he be our son,
Fights not for one, but all who come
Within the cordon of our aim.
’Tis her, ’tis him, those not to blame
For this and these, thru day and night,
Our soldier fights and fights!
For a better world for one and all,
To worship God at conscience’ call,
And live among friends in his peaceful
home,
His loved ones secure, on his own rich
loam,
To convince the enemy of American
rights,
Our soldier fights and fights and
fights!
ISAAC M. SCHANNEP,
Salem, Oregon.
A. J. Wallace, C.C.M., Seabees, for
mer Highway employee now in New
Guinea, recently wrote to Mr. H. G.
Smith a very interesting letter.
Al is with a construction company
assigned to building docks and roads. He
has spent 15 months in Australia and
New Guinea, and hopes to be back with
the State in early 1945.
A rthur W. Marquiss, S.K. 2 /c Sea-
bees, former Eugene D.M.S. office man
is now located in Pearl Harbor. Many
of the employees will remember A rt
as Property Controller and timekeeper
for a good many years.
A rt has become the proud father of
a son since going into the service and
is looking forward to teaching the little
fellow how to pave roads.
Lt. Col. Albert G. Skelton, U.S.M.C.
Engineers, is now back in the Hawaiian
Islands, having been stationed in Wash
ington, D.C. since June 1942. While
there before, Al is given credit for ac
complishing much with little to do it
with. We understand he found it dif
ficult to get lumber so found a few
pieces in a lot of places and built him
self a saw m ill.’
Al was D.M.S. at Portland until Oc
tober 1940, when he left for duty in
the Islands.
Alfred James Christensen, S.M. 3/c,
has spent most of his time on the high
seas since joining the N avy in March
1942. Al says he would surely like to
get back at paving roads and could
really enjoy the smell of hot asphalt
again. We hope his wish will come true
in the near future.
Lt. Commander Hollis W. Libby,
Chief Locating Engineer for the H igh
way Dept. for many years is at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard. H . W. left the
Department for the Navy in September
1941, and was in the Navy in World
W ar I.
G. A. Monroe, M.M. 2 /c , Seabees,
is somewhere in New Guinea. He says
he has had his quota of bananas, paw
paws and cocoanuts and would like to
be back on the bridge crew climbing
around on a girder anywhere in the
Eastern part of the State.