The 64th General Observer v1 n3 May 1st 1943

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Vol. I, . Uo. 3' 64TH G.,CjimJiAL HOSPITAL, FOBT JACKSON, S. C.
Following the recent inspection by the .
4th Service comrnand inspector, the netach­ment
t..ras given some very nice compliments.
The dismounted drill, gas-mask drill and ·
_mass calisthenics ~ere excellent, accord­ing
to the insp_ectint; officorso.. ~:;.ey also
found the mess hallS, day rooms,- huts·and
supply rooms immaculate. I would like to
take this opportunity' to congratulate our·
men for their splendid sho"ring.; L€rl!s w'Ork:
to matntain ·~hese ~igh standards of house­keeping
and proficiency in field work~
L~JVBE;~CE tl. BURT. Capt, MO; p · ~T Off•
HERE! S J.: T'r!OUGHT
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"I· am· a ·part of all ~room I have met .. "
Those f ·et.,r 'I'Tord~ ~eemed to come to -iny • ·
mind the · other day '"h.en a little dis- : · ·
agreement that should never have been, _
came up, among several very close ·. frhmds.
At no time il;l our ·lives have t.,re· as
individual a· faced. so "many types _o£ per­sonali'ti'es
and teL1p~rrnen~s as .,.,e · have .
· since t-re jo-ined the ArL.1.Y•
Vle '"ere brought · tog()ther as a: unit·
of pel:l.Ce-loving, fun-loving'; ' roniantic
. young ~".mericans• t'le have drilled and
been school·ed. in the p;rineiples' of a
great· Army. That t-ms · for · o~e 11urpose
and one_ o.nly. To erase from the earth
for all future generations,-DictatorshipJ
We are, here to figh't for the freedom· ·
our -forefathers gained for--us back ilr 11 76 11 •
\Te \-Jaflt this t"lar to end as quickly .
as lJossible, ·and · to do so t.,re must fight
together and forget . ori~ potty grievances.
Sunday, i•iay lTin th, is 11.0 ther 1 s Day.
This is strictly an .~aerican celebratio~
for, so far as we kn0\1, no other na.tiop.
designates a certain day each year as a
coramemoration to its nothers. To all oj
us m.,ray from home and all that home
stands for, i:Other 1 s :D~r this'·;;rear slloU::
havc . spcciaJ. significance. In happier
yenrsr it nay have meant for us a dey 01
\vhich the f:J.Orist camo . around ''lith a ·
pratt;/ bohquot, or perhaps, you prod:ucec
a big 'Box of canC:.y' hurriedly bought latJ
the night before, ,.,hen your best .;irl
roninded you of it. ~1is ·yanr.; perhaps,
you nrc 1nanning ·on a phorie call or a · ~
telcgrPJ't1 (both of \orh.icl'l arc discouraged·,
for good · rc<'.Sol1s) or on !)urchasing seime
ivar :3onds for your mother h1hich is vo1ft·
nuch encouraged~) :All · such gifts · or re;;
ruoubrrmces .are· vrcll and good, Dlld.: mothe~
Will be o1.tor-joyed to· receive thCLl, and,
will tell tho people next door how .you
thought of her in · a special {.ray; and· sht
will hear these hlothcrs tell how their
boys rer.10t1bered then, too. J)on 1 t cause ·
your nothcr to grieve by letting the d~
pass unreucubored, - :while she hears hot-; t
boys in ~..-pur old gang nll f eli ci ta ted
their nothors~ : nlthough ronny of them ma;y
be nuch fn-rther at\lny fron home thn.n you
nrc. Ecttor thnn any of those connercir
gifts, however, would be t"lhat she would
appreciate nost: a sp.oC'ial letter-not a
co.rd bought do ... mtown-but a letter to hoi
alone, .tolling her that-yo.u. arc a grown
man no\1 nl:id ll.avo begun to rcal,izc all sl:
has gono through fot ;~rou .• .nll the tears,
tho sorrows, tho heartaches you hav.e
meant to her---h•ell, you ""'rite it your­self,
you can sn.;r it to her much better
than it is l'lrittcn hero •••