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

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X. ' Gosh, that gun is my pride and joy. . f,.,X au' Q ra Q Q 6 , N Q, pear Marine Corps Schools Defachmenf Quanfico, Virginia Dear Mrs. Governalez I received your mosf welcome leffer, and believe me if was swell fo hear from you. You sure make a fellow feel good. I am so glad fo hear you have forgiven me for fhe frouble I gave you back home-. I don'f mind felling you I had fun and would sure love fo be back. When I was in school I couldn'f waif unfil I gof ouf. Now fhings are differenf. I've been around. I am glad you gof fhe picfure I senf. Gosh, fhaf gun is my pride and joy. She sure is a beaufy. I call her all differenf names. I sure will be proud fo use if. I owe fhose Japs plenfy, and I hope fo repay fhem. If is swell fo hear all my classmafe buddies are in fhere pifching. I know how fhey all feel. If sure will be swell fo gef back and have a celebrafion and wifh our feacher fhere, foo. Don'+ worry Mrs. Governale, we will be back vicforious. Thanks a million for 'raking care of my message. I don'f know when you will hear from me again. We expecf fo shove off any day now. As soon as I gef a chance fhough l'lI wrife fo you. I'll be looking for you along Fiffh Avenue. I goffa sign off now as if is fime for faps. So long for a while and if any of fhe gang comes fo see you fell fhem I was asking for fhem. Sincerely, PVT. ROBERT J. SCHNEIDER WZ A in U01-I. 4,9 X 3 x N DI: GSX s .. IW IP -givin :ai ya I . . . we will be back victorious. BERNAUER

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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.

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