1943

By way of contrast this month, we have two overseas letters from men of the class who would .... it would seem be very happy to exchange places with each other. They are Pfc. Duke Doucette, huddling around a fire in the Aleutians and Cpl. GeorgeShimizu sweltering somewhere in the Pacific. Duke writes:

"The January issue of the ALUMNI MAG. just came through to this cold spot in Hades. With all the pictures of snow and cold, I'm certain that Hanover is a whale of a lot better than these windswept hunks of mud sitting in the middle of nowhere. I'd welcome some of those 15 below days in Hanover. The Aleutians is a fine spot for concentration camps Been up here almost six months. As the record I want to say that I stand ready, sight unseen, to change places with anyone [in almost any other theatre] and I'm certain he'll get the worst end of the deal. What I wouldn't give for a little sunlight and trees Thoughts of the College are paramount in many minds these days, judd Waldron in Italy, Al Coons in New Guinea, Jim Olsen in the South Pacific—all probably think the same way let's hurry up and clean up this mess so we can all get back. Some of us will and some of us won't, but those who do will come back to Hanover and those who don't will have made it possible for others to get back Not much news to pass on from here, but I know that Bob Ehinger was finishing up at Harvard Supply School on the 13th of this month (February) and was heading for the west coast."

Now from a GHQ in the Pacific, George writes: "God, but it's hot today. Times like this when I wish I were in Hanover in February, exams or no exams Our sole existence in this place is only to wait fanatically for mail. And then practically memorize every word and line. Can't say much but shall be very happy when our Fifth Year Reunion comes along. It'll be a better world to live in by then. How's Koslowski and what's happened to Mosley, Ahearn, McCaw and Randall. I'd give anything to spend another furlough in Hanover with Mary. I'd give anything to be with Mary period."

And just to round out the contrast and coincidence department, this note from Bob Stokes at Midshipmen's School, Notre Dame, is offered in evidence: "After the great gathering of '43s here a year ago I feel quite lost. I did run into Seth Washburn who transferred to MIT sometime in College. Looking through last year's yearbook it was not surprising to find almost every other picture belonging to a Dartmouth '43. The surprise came yesterday when I started wearing»a cap used by Nelson McClary a year ago.' My regards to you, Mac, wherever you are. I came here from the enlisted branch via Jacksonville, Fla."

War on Women Dept: Engagements for the month:

Murial Hanlon of Astoria and Sag Harbor, L. I. to Lt. Warren Van Dyk, Army Air Force's; Carol Lee Atwood of Minneapolis (and Vassar) to Officer Candidate Harvy Daniels; Dorothy Hickey of Rochester, N. H. to Sgt. Dave White, AAF now at Patterson Field, Ohio; and Natalie Sutherland of Washington to Lt. Bob Carney, Marine Corps paratrooper now in Los Angeles after duty in the south Pacific. This last is by way of an armed forces liaison—Natalie being the daughter of Maj. Gen. Sutherland, Gen. Mac Arthur's Chief of Staff, and Bob's father, Read Admiral Carney, being Admiral Halsey's Chief of Staff.

Those who took the fatal step last month: Mary Mecklin and Johnny Jenkins at the Episcopal Church in Hanover Ensign JimWells and Jane Page o£ Newcastle, Maine. .... June Bandoli and Ensign Roy Watson in Chicago just before Roy was ordered to sea duty.... and finally T/4 Dick Wood and Jean Barry of London and a member of the WRENS .... in London where Dick is working for the OSS.

Harry Bishop is at Harvard Med School. .... Ens. Kevin Kenny is on an LST in the Pacific Gerry Riley is a chemist for Charles Lennig Co., Philadelphia FrankHussey is with an air force squadron doing weather work with an APO out of Seattle. .... Jim Dinsmoor is now studying at Columbia Sgt.. Walt Pettit is making contour relief maps out of cardboard for Army pilots in England. They follow their course by touch as they fly along Ensign Bob Varney is now an instructor at Pensacola. There's a nifty story about Bob in the Littleton (N. H.) Courier written by a child in third grade quotes a Miss so-and-so, the teacher, as being very proud of Bob becoming an Ensign because even in third grade, she said (for publ ication), he showed evidence of being a brilliant boy and a superior student. Three cheers for the Selective Admissions process!

Ens. Peter Heggie describes his wanderings in the Navy from Notre Dame to Norfolk to radio work and odd tasks on a four-stacker in the Atlantic and commends: "It's funny how long it takes to reach a point where you begin to feel that you are accomplishing anything at all on board ship. The organization is so complete and technical that you're out in the cold for the first few months. The growing pains of the new officer are starting to ease out of spine and the neck is not as stiff as it once was.

"Item for your lousy gossip column in which you recently slurred the name of my fair ship: HenryPayton Inge is now a lieutenant in the Air Corps (sic) wings and all. He has promised to pay back the dough he absconded with from one P. Heggie when he left the College of the long pine. It was just a note tacked on to his graduation notice asking for an address and signed Umbriago.

"I've managed to get back to Hanover for a couple of days on two occasions The COSO thrives (let me grind this in with my heel) while The Daily Dartmouth languishes in some dingy corner of a few dingy minds." (Ed. Note: Let Dartmouth's Dingy Bentley-directed Barrymore cribbage-cheating, face-making old Heggie—ponderwhether COSO's exorbitant ticket prices or The Dartmouth's challenging prose will be most eagerlysought after the post-war period.)

That's all for now. A long letter from JoshClark will have to wait for next month: 4-V-mail pages.... 4. You can't afford to miss it as the movie trailers say. Volunteers for Class Secretary (preferably men who will remain civilians for the duration) please communicate with the writer. This is not an occasion

for false modesty, gentlemen. If you're sure of staying where you are, the class needs your help. This is a pretty urgent matter, so write today.

NAVY PILOT Ens. John C. Behringer '43 recently received his wings from Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

THERE'S NO TIME OFF FOR LUNCH in the south Pacific. Radioman Frank Hartmann '43, who has been in the Navy for the past two years, eats a sandwich while on duty. (This photo appeared in a Pearl Harbor anniversary issue of the "New York Post" weekly magazine.)

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