Bolté Wounded
ON NOVEMBER 10 the Editor received word from Mr. Guy Bolte that his son, Charles Bolte '41, had lost his right foot while on duty with the British Expeditionary Force in the Middle East. Nothing is known of the details of his injury beyond what is contained in the brief cablegram received by Mr. Boltte which reads as follows: "Right foot amputated 63 General Hospital Middle East Forces. Resting easily. Charles Bolte."
The former associate editor of The Dartmouth is well known to MAGAZINE readers through the Bolte Letters sent to his father and published in this MAGAZINE from time to time. After graduation, he joined up with the famous British Infantry regiment, the King's Royal Rifles, and after officer training in England, sailed early in June for duty in North Africa.
No word has been received recendy from two other Dartmouth lieutenants on foreign duty with the King's Royal Rifles, Jack Brister '41 and Bill Durkee '41.
The following is an abstract from the latest letter received from Ghuck Bolte, dated September 20, and sent to S. D. Moyse '24 in London:
"I am now a fighting soldier and desert rat, and have a new set of values, in which a cup of tea ranks just below the Divine Sacrament I am in the company of charming fellows, nice Etonians, cocky Cockneys, and solid North Country men —who make me feel that it is something of an honour to be in the British Army. They've seen too much of the desert, but I find it exciting and strange, quite beautiful at times, and so I love it, although my nose is peeling and three of my trucks got stuck in the sand yesterday."
