2i)
Higgins are the proud parents of a baby
girl (Joan Ray) born June 13th. This
is their second daughter.
Olaf Fransen, M.M. 3 ( c, . lost his
father a short time ago. We extend our
sympathy. Olaf is on duty in the Mari-
ianas. He reports that the .w ort is
about completed there and expects to
move soon, maybe to Japan where he
hears they need some highway and air
port repairs.
Roland H. McDonald, M.M. 3/c, .is
in the hospital at Corona, California,
where he is recovering from /& long ill
ness. H is father is near where he can
be with him.
Some of the most interesting items
in a letter from Ray E. Brown, former
section foreman’s helper at Rufus, from
somewhere in the Philippines on April
21, are as follows:
"The people here are very thankful
and appreciate what the United States
has done for them. They wash our
clothes, make and keep up our beds
and any odd jobs we ask them to do.
We pay them any amount we wish.
They prefer food and will do anything,
for it. They take the food home and
divide it with their families.’!
He mentioned a city as "A large city
in ruins and everything of value has
been taken by the Japs. They took all
food that was raised here and made the
people eat boiled grass and roots. One
Filipino said he had no bread for three
years, until the Yanks arrived.” His
description of the city was, ?'A very
beautiful city which will take years to
rebuild. The buildings are of stone with
tile inlay in the sides.”
Captain Daniel J. McLellan, Jr.,
writes that, although Okinawa has been
secured, he is very busy. Dan is com
mander of a company; of Engineers who
are the first to land and the last to
leave. He has taken a part in every ma
jor engagement of the First Marine Di
vision since Guadalcanal. Dan says the
natives of Okinawa were very friendly
— and very dirty— but they were not
trusted too much at first, and that road
construction and maintenance- really is
something during the heavy downpours.
T/Gpl. Gail Williamson, former oil
ing crew member, recently sailed from
the Atlantic coast for parts unknown.
Good luck Gail.
Another letter from Bob Barnam has
been received by J. K. Campbell. Bob
is now working in the parts room at
the battalion motor pool. He says that
ordinance parts are usually rather diffi
cult to obtain and they must always be
obtained on a basis of exchanging old
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