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Rick,
This is broadcast number four in the current series of transcriptions for
Keita are in Phoenix. Howard Pyle speaking.
Well friends this time. It's going to be a little bit different. I've been
lucky enough to find four Very interesting negro boys connected with the
856 aviation engineers here in the vicinity of Manila. And they are as
eager as beavers to tell the folks at home about just how they're getting
along. I have had more fun visiting with these fellas than I have had
visiting almost with any other four boys that I can think of since I've
been over here. They're full of fun. They're full of conversation. They're
full of interesting remarks about the things that they're doing over here.
two of them come from phoenix, No correction. It's Tucson. Two of them
from Tucson and we have one from Tempe know Scottsdale. That's right. And
the other one from phoenix, I can't read my notes anymore. The first one
is corporal Edward e. Davis. Now you get right close uh corporal Davis.
And give me your address. Right. One box 2 50. And where is that
Scottsdale? Arizona, that's a great town, you know that. Yes, sir, it's
fine if I was there now, what would you be doing if you were there now? Oh
, I probably be up in in phoenix. Having a good time. What do you call a
good time? Well, probably going to a movie. I'm visiting my girlfriend. Oh
, you have a girlfriend in phoenix, What's her name? You didn't give that
to me. Well, her name is Ellery, she's waiting for you. I hope she is.
Well if she isn't we're going to be sore and we get back there, aren't we
? Yes. Do you hear from her pretty regularly pretty regularly? Have you
been fairly happy out here? Edward? Well I couldn't say I was happy
because I don't like over here. What is it you don't like about it over
here? Well it's too much inconvenience. Oh that's very well put, I don't
know of any better word to use an inconvenience as far as this is
concerned, It's inconvenient to be this far from home # one isn't it?
Inconvenient not to have transportation. It's inconvenient kind of to be
in the army, isn't it? That's right. What are you gonna do when you get
home Edward? Well I'm gonna try to finish college. Oh have you had any
college? No, I haven't had in college but I finished high school. And
where did you go to the grand school? Yes. Um Where do you think you might
go to college? Tempe or Arizona or somewhere? Well I'll probably go to
Arkansas State college. That would be good. And what are you going to
study? Do you have that plant? I haven't planned yet. You make good doctor
, wouldn't you? Maybe I'm in the medical section now. Well that's good.
Any message for the home folks? Let's talk to him a minute. You there
there right there listening to you go right ahead. Hello mom, Dad, I wish
I could be there with you. I miss you so much. Until that day when I can
come home to you cereal. Good enough. Thank you very much. Corporal Edward.
E. Davis and friends. That was right from the heart. I was sitting close
enough to feel it and I know whereof I speak. All right. We come now to
Sergeant robert. Foley. Sergeant robert. Foley Sergeant. Give me your
address around three bucks. 21 Tucson Arizona. And your parents name? Let
it fall in Henry Foley. And how do you suppose they're getting along about
now? Oh, fine, fine. I hope they write to you pretty regularly. Regular
every other day. Do they ever have any advice for you when they're right.
Well, everything I get, they talks about the goods and everything like
that and that's what I love. I
look good. I'll second that motion. I don't blame you a bit, but I haven't
seen any girls over here that appealed to me quite like the ones at home.
No, they're not clean. Like the one at home are they know they don't know
what it is. Do you know what the difference is? I can't figure it out. But
there's something something different. The areas. Well, do you see
anything else over here that appeals to you particularly? Do you like the
country at all? Well, the country, I guess it's all right for the
Filipinos and the Filipino. But for me, I'd rather be at home? What did
you leave in Tucson? What kind of work were you doing? Well, I was or far
you like to farm. Pretty good. Going to go back to it when the war is over.
The sort of thinking about it. What do you like to grow most that cotton
crop we like to go crack on peas, corn watermelons. I don't know. That's
that. Watermelon sounds like I love water. Yes, sir. I like mush melon.
Some melon, cantaloupe, cantaloupe. Right. Well, I think there's a little
bit of difference in them. They make good eating anyway. Sure. Come in
handy about now, wouldn't they? Ice cold. Ice cold. Yes, sir. Well, what
would you like to say to the folks at home? All right. I got something to
say. Go ahead. Hello mother and dad. I wish that y'all help me speak. I
know that you would be glad to and I wish that I was back there with you.
And I know that y'all would really love to hear me. I have been in the
856 About two years now and I think it is one of the best units we have.
We have bill Rhodes and strips and everything else hospital and all sort
of work like that. I'm really proud of the outfit myself and I know that
the other boys are to most of them. That's a good speech. Did you rehearse
that or did you have that Just right on the tip of your tongue? Well, I
had it to salt on my tongue. I see. Well, you don't need to worry about
the folks at home being eager to see you. I bet if we could see your
mother right now, she'd be crying just a little bit. I bet you were too.
I'll bet. Well, let's see what Sylvester over here asked. Shall we? Thank
you very much. Sergeant robert. Foley root three bucks. 21 Tucson Arizona.
And now what is your uh T five Sylvester? Where what's T five T five
technicians? And at five and fifth grade. Are you a good technical man.
Well, I'll try to be anyway. What do you do technically? Well, demolitions
and a welder. That demolitions doesn't sound good to me. Well, uh, it's
pretty tough. Right? What? You got to have to marry you when you got the
nerve. Huh? Well, I think I have so far. Well, you certainly are a nimble
about it anyway. And talking about it. What were you doing at home when
you came into the service? Well, I was working for the, working at the
country Club as a waiter. Oh, that's high class company. Well, it is, I
wouldn't live. That's pretty high class are pretty good money. Pretty good
money. Yes. So that's one thing I like about it. Nice people. That was
nice. Always nice people out of the country club. What are you gonna do
when you get home? Well, I've decided to go into a business some of my own
, which I haven't quite decided yet, but I'm putting all right. I would
say pillars in one basket in order to do the thing that I want when I get
back home. You know exactly what that's going to be. Well, I haven't quite
decided yet whether it be a restaurant. Uh see a shoe shop restaurant or
you mean shoe repair shop right now, you'd be pretty welcome at home in
the shoe repair capacity. I'm quite sure we're our restaurants either for
that matter. What are you gonna say to the folks? Well, we're well, I
would say hello to my mother and father and also a very good friend.
Mr wright mr Rice. Yes, she's my memory is better than you saying he is.
And also uh a little little girlfriend pal, I'd rather say her name is uh
mr upper Fleming age age. She was about 18 now. Thanks. Pretty pretty.
Very pretty. Oh yes. Well if she has nice and white teeth as you have, she
must be a homer. Thank you very much. All right, well thank you a lot.
Sylvester where the address is? 5 35 east jefferson phoenix and the
friend he mentions especially as Mr H. H Rice. T five Sylvester wear a
great boy. And now we come to corporal Willie Hill. That's a good name.
Willie koppel Well a Hill 9 14 south salary to Tucson. Arizona. Tucson's
a long ways from here. You know, we've run into a lot of boys from Tucson.
Yeah. Yes, sir. And they all say the same thing array for Tucson. Did you
go to school there? Let's see. Did you know the Batiste boys? Great guys
weren't. I never saw a better football players and tracking men in my life.
Did you, did you ever play football down there? You did a lot of watching
notice. I bet you were the loudest. Holler in this time. Did you graduate
down there? Didn't quite graduate. You're gonna go back to school. But I
thought, hey, we think about going back. Well, the army sort encourages
that, you know, that's right. Sure you'd be a lot wiser and getting along
in the world after it's over. If you do go back to school, what would you
like to say to the folks at home? Willie? Well, I just like to tell me for
the hello and hope you're listening. Glad to cut me when I come home. I
hope you will help all of them as well. You look well enough. Willy look
pretty well. I hope you just naturally the rugged type, I guess. All right
, well, thanks a lot. Corporal Willie Hill from 9 14 South santa rita in
Tucson. Arizona. The father is mr Oscar Hill folks, I've enjoyed it. And I
hope you have to. These fellas are the essence of home. The towns they
represent are as close to them, almost as the clothes on their back. They
remember very well, and as you have heard their personal greetings to the
families at home and to their friends, you can know that it came from the
heart. I've enjoyed meeting them and I'm sure you have enjoyed their
microphone personalities and the uh way in which they have greeted you
from the heart of the Philippines and the pacific area, they'll go on to
the war. The war will go on until it's finished. But one of these days
we'll all be home and when we get there, you better be waiting for us
until then. Howard Pyle turning the microphone back to fred Macpherson.