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:From Our Boys In The
From Som ewh ere in th e Aleut ian s
Dea r Mr. Blackford:
Your kind note, in vitin g me to write
on ce-month ly lette rs, has been re('e ived, in
addition to the crisp slip of paper with t h ~
frilly edges_ Whil e items of ~ nte rest up
Aleuti an way a re ra ther sca rce and of littl e
va ri ety, I will keep pennin g 'em unl ess
duty, censorshi p, or ed itorship thwa rt my
efforts.
In this comm erciali zed era, whe re cur-
rency paces a ma n's life, it is a refreshin g
novelty not to be bo th ered with mon ey wor-
ries. Before th e Post Excha nge was estah-
lished, a soldier's spendin g ca pacity was
exactl y ze ro. A l ifetim e of habits, in wh ich
the gree n stuff predominantl y fi gured, was
temporaril y sta ll ed. Whe n th e Post Ex -
change tacked on th eir " Open for Busin ess"
sign, men lin ed up; so deeply in grained
was th e buyin g hab it that they planked
down coins for items for whi ch th ey had
no conceiva bl e use.
A soldier in a n outpost loses co ntact with
reality. Th e probl ems of eye ryday livin g,
some of th em comp lica ted a nd co mplex,
a re mi ssin g. The outposter loses in centi ve
to think for h imself. Th e Arm y provid es
th e fo od, clothin g, she lter, work , entertain -
ment. The soldi er, in foll owin g th e d ictates
of rou tin e, almost beco mes a n automaton.
When he is thrust hack into normal civilian
life, how long wil l thi s readjustm ent re-
quire?
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Living happi ly with a woman , accordin p:
to th e ma rriage experts, is a fin e art requir-
ing tact, pati ence, tol erance, a nd enou gh
attributes to fi ll a book.
But li ving with men is no cin ch, either.
To keep co mmunications ro lli ng, occupant:"
of the tents and huts work a round the clock
in different shifts. The dayman walks in at
four p. m. T he hut is cool a nd s leep· in -
ducin g, and the gra veya rder is rollin g off
th e z-z-z·z's in rhythmic self-contentm ent.
Feeling chill y, the dayman turns u p th e
stove. Th e graveyard er commences to . til'
un easily, the rhythm of his brea thin g so und -
in g like spark plug di lli culti es on the fami ly
bus. As the temperature climhs, the grave-
ya rdeI' sti rs mo re u neasily. Finall y he opens
his eyes and says, " F-n -n-n -p-p-f-f-f, it's hot
in here," r.olls over and tries to merge with
Dame Morpheus.
The next time he opens hi s eyes, th e
heavy- lidded opti cs are sull en a nd hostil e,
and the words are there to match th e mood.
"Turn the 'damn hea t down. I'm swea tin g
lik e a pi g."
"It's j ust comfortable, Soldier. Go back
to sleep."
Then th e graveyarder lurches up, and the
battle is on. When the verbal fi esta reaches
the stage where blows are the next order of
the day, som eon e di scovers it is chow time;
so hoth combatan ts call a truce. After a
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