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(Article from the Fort Collins
Express-Courier)
"I have seen lots of excite-
ment and fireworks and should
celebrate the Fourth of July in
a very fitting manner."
That's one sentence of a letter
from another soldier taking part
in the invasion of France. He's
Sgt. Wendell M. Ellsbury of A1-
&ddin, Wyoming, graduate in for-
estry from Colorado State College
in 1941. The letter was written
to his wife, Ruth Hent~chell Ells-
bury and dated June 14, eight
4tays after the allied landing in
Normandy.
*'Since landing," Sergeant Ells-
bury wrote, "we have all learned
so very dramatically and realls-
tically the meaning of war. We
don't realize how fortunate we
are not to have the stage set for
"it on our own soil--at least
Where our own homes are in the
center of it.
"The destruction is appalling
and gives one cause for doubt of
the sanity of those who would
propose or elect warfare .....
Perhaps after tt's finished we can
look back and find, out of'the
rubble, that for which we are
fighting--the Four Freedoms or
Our American way of life."
Sergeant l~lls|)nry informed
his wife that her "'carbine pack-
ing pappy" was "'well aud safe."
thanks to the Lord and~luck." Him
group had received ils first mail
since the evening before h, aving
England.
"This is no picnic, t)llt I've got-
ten along O. K." he wrote. He
said his group had had pleasant
weather on the voyage to France,
which was accoml~lished without
mishap.
"'lCs a beautiful day in a beau-
tiful country, disregarding the
war-marred spots. My home for
this davy is a foxhole six feet long,
four feet deep and two feet wide;
a blanket for a carpet, terra fir-
ma for walls, the sky my ceiling.
No plumbing installed yet.
"'It's one of those quickly erect-
ed structures.You just clean
the room out and there it is.
'Twas a littlehard to find last
night at midnight and to dig it
out in the dark,"
"We are getting plenty of food
---K and C rations• I don't mind
them at all as long as we can
warm them Gometmles."
Sergeant Ellsbury was born
and reared on a ranch near Alad-
din, Wyoming, and has been in
the army since March, 1942. His
wife is employed as a stenograph-
er by the Colorado State College
Extension service.
Sergeant Ellsbury is the eldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. Merton Ells-
bury of Aladdin and Spearfish,
~outh Dakota.
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MADDIN II0 S
KAVE PI IC
Nine club members and their
f~milies gathered for a picnic
near the Jay Hejde home Sunday,
July 16th. The homemakbrs were
happy to have as guests their
\~\county council president, Mrs.
~Laura Joyner; also Mr. Joyner
~d children; county agent Lan-
ders, M~s. Landers, Mildred and
Jimmy, Miss Martha Ulrich, state
clothing leader; Mrs. June Wad-
dell, war food assistant for Crook
and Weston counties; Mr, and
Announcing
Montgomery
Ward's
Great
Pre-inventory
Clearance
MONTGOMERY
WARD
Belle Fourche, S, D.
The nce Times, Sundanee, Wyoming
Ill'l !
Mrs. ~hlgene R|ehards; the Irven
HeJde family and Kenny John-
son who is a guest at the Nickel-
son home.
After partaking of a bountiful
dinner the ladies held their reg-
ular business meeting during
which Mrs. Joyner gave a very
interesting report on the state
council held at Thermopolts.
In The Black Hills of
!
Mrs. Robbins was uns~ble to be |
wlth us on account of illness, The ]
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meeting and picnic was original-|
ly planned to ,be held at her home |
as has been the custom for the |
past two years. I
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OAK LEAF CLUB
The July meeting of the Oak
Leaf Clu~b was postponed one
I
week because of the celebration [ The meeting was closea
held at the school house July 12. [ our closing song and then
There were five members and [ over to our recreation
six visitors present. The meeting [-Lucy Mlnnich.
was called to order by the prezl-[ Our next meeting will
i the schooI house with
dent Ella White.
Masie Wolfe and Edith Wolfe Storts as hostess on
were chosen to attend the demon- ~ --...-..-.--.
stration on ehildrens clothing in Typewriter Ribbons at The
Hulett July 14.
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"Good ,,qo/d/vt" "
IT CONSISTS of two simple words.
Yet every soldier who's worth l is alt covets it.
This title is simply:
"Good Soldier.'"
It isn't just happenstance that so many women
in the WAC have earned this title-the proudest
in the Army.
For wherever Wacs are working, both here and
overseas, there you find a job well done. And done
with a spirit so gallant and fine that high Army
officers everywhere say of the ,¥AC ....
'q'h '
ey re soldiers. Good soldiers"
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