Christopher Columbus High School - Anchor Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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U. S. Coasf Guard CGR I I20 Dear Mr. Kestenbaum: I found fhe fime fo wrife home and fhoughf l'd drop you a line. We have been on fhe move quife a bif, running convoys up and down fhe coasf. Wonderful life ouf here. lf's making a real salf ouf of me. We puf ashore af Aflanfic Cify and Asbury Park on fhe way. Nice places buf you have fo be a millionaire fo really enjoy if. However, we had a good fime, since fhe girls had plenfy of money fo burn. Very sociable people ouf fhere. They even meef fhe boaf. We have quife a job doing fwo fypes of dufy. Thaf is, fighfing a war and af fhe same fime keeping up fhe morale of fhe girls whose boy friends are in fhe Army. We do bofh, very well, WE fhink. l seem fo have grown fwice as old as l really am. You would never fake me for ninefeen wifh a grown beard. Somehow if makes me look so dis- finguished. l feel like an admiral. lf really comes in handy fhough, in shuffing off fhe cold blasfs of wind and spray from your fhroaf. l may drop in on you some day and scare fhe girls in your fyping classes. Buf I don'f fhink fhe officers will lef me ashore wifh whiskers. Unless maybe -ll join fhe House of David. Goodbye for a while and keep up fhe good work. Words can'f express fhe way we feel abouf fhe work our friends are doing af home. Yours sincerely, STAN CAFARA, B. M.2fc Af Sea K Ar. Kestenbaum, Hi Received your leffer yesferday, and was very glad fo hear all 'of fhe news from school. Maybe fhis liffle poem will explain why you receive such few responses fo your various leffers. Can'f say a fhing, fhe Censor's fo blame. Jusf say fhaf l'm well, and sign my name. Can'f say where we sail from, can'+ menfion fhe dafe. Can'+ even number fhe meal l've afe. X . X Can'f say where we are going, don'f know where we will land. X -ig. Can'f inform you if mef by a band. Can'f menfion fhe weafher, can'+ say if fhere's rain. X .- All milifary secrefs musf secrefs remain. v f' Can'f have a flashlighf fo guide me af nighf. 'in' Can'f smoke a cig., excepf ouf of sighf. ' :tl Can'f keep a diary, for such is a sin. q Can'f say for sure iusf whaf l can wrife, f U E So l'll .call fhis my leffer, and close wifh good nighf. ' . I know you would like fo know where l am and whaf l'm doing. Sorry. if However, I can assure you I am in fhe besf of healfh. Geffing fhe girls fo give up fheir silk -and nylon sfockings musf be like pulling feefh. l've changed my rafe from Seaman lfc fo Fireman Zfc. lf and when I gef fhe opporfunify, l will pay CCHS a visif. Time is geffing shorf so l'll close now, hoping fo hear from you soon. x f ' 0-vnAr'r.u'1Tm Sincerely, JOE DISEGNI, F. Zfc I feel like an admiral.

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Liffle River, Soufh Carolina Dear Mrs. Helfer: Well here I am in Soufh Carolina. We passed Norfh Carolina yesferday and fhe day before. Chrisfmas Eve we sfopped in a liffle fown called Bel- haven, N. C. If was quife a nice fown. I fried fo call home buf was fold I'd have 'ro waif af Ieasf fhree hours for fhe call fo go fhrough. So fhaf ended fhaf, I fhoughf. A couple of fhe boys and I decided 'lo drown our Chrisfmas Blues. While doing fhe same I happened fo become acquainfed wifh fhe chief of police. Well anyhow, he 'look me over fo fhe sfafion house and fold me I could call any place in fhe U. S. and folk as long as I wanfed as a Chrisfmas presenf from fhe fown, fhrough him. As if was an official wire my call wenf righf fhrough. Boy, was I a happy fellow. Affer making my call I fixed if so fhaf fwo ofher fellows could do fhe same. In fhe wind-up fhe score was fhree happy families, fhree happy sailors, and one proud police chief. We also gof an invifafion fo fhe chief's home for Xmas dinner buf we had fo shove off early fhe nexf morning. We lefl' N. Y. as I suspecfed early Sunday morning I3 A.M.l. We did convoy dufy parf of fhe way down. Well, whaf's new wifh you. I hope you had a very nice Chrisfmas and will have a nice New Year's. Sincerely, CHARLIE GRUETZNER CGC83375 P.S. This is fhe smallesf fown I have ever seen. If is all asleep now l2:0O A.M.l I hope I can find a mail box somewhere. Ff. Monmoufh, N. J. Dear A. J. If was cerfainly a delighfful surprise fo hear from fhe folks back in Colum- bus. Thanks for sending a copy of fhe C.C.I'I.S. News Flashes. You may be inferesfed fo know fhaf Murray Boizell and Anfhony Pace, who gof fheir sheepskins wifh me back in June, '4I, are wifh me here af Ff. Monmoufh. George Weber of fhe same graduafing class is also in fhe Signal Corps, buf sfafioned in fhe Sfafe of Washingfon. Well, l'lI leave fhe resf of fhe gossip fo you. I pulled a fasf one in enlisfing in fhe Army. In my civilian occupafion I was only geffing paid for 6 days work-in fhe Army, I'm geffing paid for seven. Nof bad, eh? Life here is swell-we are only one-quarfer of a mile from fhe ocean, and affer a Iighf rain we sink eighf inches below sea-level. On manoeuvers, now. Jusf repulsed fhe enemy so I'm faking a breafher. Preffy fough, wrifing in a fox hole. Here's chow-a formafion I'm never lofe for. Regards fo everyone and fhanks again, . 5 PVT. SEYMOUR HERMAN, Co. K Isf SCRTC I in 'K Q ' 1: eral ' 2 Q 3 - l mx t' i Y I QPIACERE-Nu al - ' . J 'F Q f 'IQ .'g . - N ' 7,' - F' Q , ' 1 A h ,xl 1 I II- X 3 Here's Chllll'-ll formaliou I'm never late for.

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Band, 4fh Coasf Arfillery, A. P. O. No. 826, cfo Posfmasfer, New Orleans, La. Dear Mr. Kestenbaum: Your Ieffer of December 8, I942 on behalf of lhe Commercial Club iusf arrived. Thanks fo fhe facf lhal' I have a cold sore on my lip I have been excused from morning rehearsal and so am able 'fo answer you prompfly. Apropos your requesf for defails concerning my Army career, fhose I am able fo give you a very few indeed. As you know, I enlisfed immedi- afely affer graduafion in June of I940 so fhaf I mighf have a crack af one of fhe few appoinfmenfs lo Wesf Poinf. All my efforfs since 'lhen have been benf fo fhaf end. Lasf year I was a sfudenf a+ fhe Army's Wesf Poinf Preparafory School and, while I ranked among fhe firsf len of a class of one-hundred and for+y, I iusf missed ouf. The issue is sfill in doubf as fo whefher I will enfer fhis July I. I have laken fhe compefilive examinafions for fhe appoinfmenfs of my represenfafive, Sen. Mead, and Vice-Presidenf Wallace, and have also gone before a board of officers for an Army desig- nafion. So far no one knows as fhe resulfs have nof come ouf ye'l'. The ouffif I am in, besides affording me much pleasure fhrough ifs musical acfivifies, also allows me quife a bil' of free fime for my sfudies. All in all if is an ideal sef up albeif if has been 'Iwo and a half years since I've seen a familiar face. To fhose sfudenfs who may soon be enfering fhe service I have fhis 'Io say. The Army may af fimes seem cruel, impersonal, and enfirely impassive fowards a young man's wishes and abilifies. There are no soff spofs in fhe Army. Opporfunifies for aclvancemenf are a-plenfy buf fhey mighf as well nof exisf if you don'f know your own mind. If you have your hearf sef on a cerfain goal and don'f iusl wanl fo be carried along wifh fhe fide, find ouf EVERYTHING abouf fhe goal, do EVERYTHING fo make il possible, and above all, keep a clear head so fhal' you may be able fo fake advanfage of fhe slighfesf break. The Army definifely has a place, and a good one foo, for a man wifh inifiafive. Hoping fo hear from you again very soon and wifh besf wishes for a vicforious new year and a humane peace, I am Yours in scholarship, LAWRENCE W. SCHLOSS, Class of '40. A I if T . I I M, 41 . D f V - I Q . T P 1 I A -I WW O '-...IW I 1, I I ,y ,rl l 3 NE, , O O , X 0 1 5 O 0 I-3 QL o Z4 0 O Z , Q J o Q Q cr cv O V0 O O 0 O O 0 I C1 0 , Z Z? 0 0 1 cy f M W 9 SI Ifrsrfz pai' O I . . . believe me it was swell to hear from you.