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This is broadcast number three in the new series for K T A R phoenix
series. Number 2, 65
greetings, Friends from the pacific alloy, Arizona Williams? Miami and
jerome? The communities represented personally by the boys. We are to
interview during these next few minutes. I think these fellows are all
from the 32nd division, that famous red arrow outfit. You possibly
remember our interview with General Gil, the commanding officer of this
group plus all the other interesting comment about the division that we
have passed on to you from time to time. The 32nd is one of the most
famous combat outfits in the Pacific Theatre. One of the real veteran
crews. And you may be sure that these boys from Arizona who are a member
of the outfit or are members of the outfit have taken their share of the
abuse that has been distributed from bouna to the villa verde trail the
last of the great combat actions for which the 32nd will be remembered.
Our first boy is James burkett. James. Your mother and father's name frank
virtue mrs adding virtual. Oh fine. And the town is Eloy Arizona frank.
You look too young to be in the army. Did anybody ever tell you that
before? And also they said that was the right age for them? Well, do you
feel too young? No, sir, I feel I'm doing my part over here. The rest of
boys over here and I'm no better than our Well now that's a very congenial
attitude about it all if you were going to change it, what would you do?
Would you have steak every day or would you make other arrangements? I
believe that have steak at least once a day gee that steak and gravy and
potatoes. Can you imagine anything any better than look at those boys in
the technical department. They're they're just about to die over there
outside. Do you get plenty of fruit and vegetables over here? Well, we'll
get quite a bit, sir vegetables. Well, it's about austin's, you can get a
hold on. They're kind of hard though over here. That dehydrated,
dehydrated. Maybe we better not talk about that. You know, what were you
doing when you were at home going to school and I was going to school and
I quit. I worked for Henrik walker. You know what, drove the truck out of
phoenix, potatoes, whole whole name, potatoes. Fresh. That'd be wonderful.
It would be wonderful to get a hold of. Right, I'll say it would. Well,
what would you like to say either to your old boss or to your mother and
dad or your friends? I'd like to say hello, mother and dad and I hope
they're fine and I'm making it okay. I'll tell you mother and dad. He
certainly looks good. He's got rosy cheeks and no curling his hair yet,
but it's still just the same color. No gray hairs. I don't see, do you
know, I haven't got no gray hair yet, but I don't know if I stay long.
Well, if you don't get them, you'll be the first boy that I've seen around
over here. You didn't have reason to get them. That's right. Well, thanks
a lot. It's nice to see you jim. And I hope it isn't too long before we're
all back together in Arizona. Right, Thank you. And now let's have uh,
estrada here from Williams pause just long enough to let him move over
here in the place that was occupied by James R. Studio facilities here at
G. H. Q. Are quite sufficient, but they're very compact. So we have to
monopolize every single solitary bit of space in order to be sure that we
get the job done neatly. Let's have the name. This first name here. Looks
like it's more than I could manage.
No, that sounds like Fatima cigarettes.
Well, I suppose you do smoke, don't you? You don't smoke so you don't have
to worry about tobacco over here. And the boys have a lot of trouble about
that, don't they? They have to do the fellas. Most of them get all the
tobacco they need or are they short most of the time? I short. Well,
that's bad. We uh are doing without tobacco and the state's enough, but
they ought to have them out here. Somebody's getting them who do you
suppose is getting them? I don't know. I don't know either. But I'd like
to know and I know a lot of other people that would like to know. What are
you doing in the 32nd division? Well, right now we're resting and enjoy
enjoying it. Lots of good food. No, not quite. That's being honest. If you
were home, what would your mother probably fix you? That would be your
favorite dish. Well, I don't know. I don't have no mother. Oh, you don't.
Well, who would cook you your favorite dish at home? My sister. And what
would it be? No, you don't have any favorites. No favorites. Somali creole.
Tacos. Anything's good food at home. Well, I don't know. Maybe a steak.
Oh, steak about that thick and real juicy. Not too done. Oh, Okay. It's so
near dinner time too. And here we sit talking about things that are 10,000
miles away. Well, let's talk to the folks a minute. Tell them what you'd
like to tell them. Well, just hollow out to death and sister and brothers
and I hope they're fine. I'm making okay if you always had that little
mustache. Well, no, it's pretty cute. Looks like Rudolph valentino. Well,
thanks a whole lot. You slip away now and we'll try one of the other boys.
That was faustino estrada. Williams. Arizona mrs ehh, estrada's son. Now
, Billy J Hill of Miami. Billy J Hill of Miami. Uh, Billy, how you been
doing? Well, that's good. It can be expected in a place like this. You
don't look tall enough to be in the army. Well, I wish I wasn't. Don't
they put some kind of restriction on your height before they let you in?
Yes. five ft and I just hit the mark right on the beam. Huh? How do you
like this? Part of the world? Have you seen enough out here to be glad you
came or do you wish you'd never come out here? I wish you'd never been
here. I'd like the state's better. Oh well, who doesn't after all? The
final preference would certainly take us all back to the states. How many
points do you have? 59? That isn't enough, is it? No, it isn't. When did
you join the 32nd In November of 43. Was that during the Guinea campaign?
No, it just in time to get a hold of it. Oh, you were then in a part of it.
All right. Yes. I started out at Sagamore Beach landing. And you got into
that uh mud at lady in the first class style. Huh, gee, That stuff must
have been terrible. I've seen lots of pictures of it and it must have been
really rough. It's just about knee deep all over the island. All rained
every day. Well, it's been better up here, hasn't it on lasagna? Yes, it's
considerable better. The weather here is much better than that. Have you
been enjoying good help? Yes, I can say I have no wounds. No. Pretty lucky.
Let's say something to the folks at home in a personal sort of way? Well
, I'd like to say hello for Raymond Wimberly folks in Pima Arizona. And to
Evan Billingsley there in Miami someday I'm gonna be back here with you.
Have you met many Arizona boys? I hear you speaking here for some friend
of yours. Have you run into a few? Yes. This Raymond Wimberley from fema
Arizona. He's in my company now and we run around a good l together and
he's in good health and just as anxious to be home as you are. Uh are you
a combat infantryman? Yes. Heavy machine guns, heavy machine gunner. Uh do
you work right up with the leading squads or do you bring up the next
units? No. Heavy weapons company is kind of a sport rifleman given
overhead fire for advances on them. But you get plenty of work to do.
Alright,
well, Billy, it's good to see you and I imagine that Miami will be glad to
see you? One of these days when you get home. Well, if you'll slip away
now, I'll call one of these other boys in Billy's mother is living over in
texas but his many friends in Miami will appreciate his message of
greeting and particularly the proxy media greeting that was passed on to
the boy's parents in Finland. Our next boy's name? Homer coming home our
comings. And will you give me your address? Homer box 9 to 4 jerome
Arizona and your mother and father. Mr Homer cummings and mrs Maggie
coming and I believe you were married. Yes sir. That's right. What's her
name Marie cummings now Marie yes I bet she's pretty isn't she? Well I
think so. Oh that's wonderful. She right you're nice letters. Yes sir.
Quite often to tell you how much you loved you and all that. So yes sir.
It has all that in it. That's wonderful. And you tell her how much you
love her. Oh yes sir. You're not afraid of the sensor. No I'm not afraid
of him I've never seen. Well he probably says the same thing in his letter
so you can imagine how you been getting along fine sir. Best of health and
everything. That's good. Well you have a nice ready smile for as long as
you've been with the 32nd division. That's probably some sort of an
achievement. How many times? I've just been with them about two months sir
then that smile hasn't had time. I'm are you getting along with the food?
All right. Well at times sir then you mean to condition that by saying
that at times you could stand one of those steaks like my friendly very
readily. You get any fresh meat at all. No sir. Not in quite some time. Uh
Well it won't be long one of these days it will be different. So we're
hoping let's have a greeting to the folks at home. I'd like to send my
love to my wife and sent. I'd also like to say hello to my mother and dad
and to my aunt's in that vicinity. You're all right and they don't need to
work. Yes, sir, That's right. Okay. Well, thanks a lot. Homer cummings
that rounds up the quartet. Another group of four boys whose primary
number one all time personal interest is home. And those of you who make
it home James, burkett, Postino, estrada, Billy J Hill and homer cummings
from Eloy Arizona, Williams, Miami and Jerome. I want to thank these boys
for their courtesy in coming into this warm studio and going through this
friendly routine with us. I know you enjoyed it. Especially those of, you
know the boys personally and that you'll be looking forward to our next
broadcast. That will bring you another group of the boys who make Arizona
a place of which we are also very proud until our next presentation
greetings to you from the heart of the Philippines. From Howard Pyle and
now back to fred macpherson. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Mhm. Yeah, mmhmm