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NEW YORK and JERSEY CITY, SATURDA Y, FEBRUA RY 24, 1945 VOL XIII

SG T. LO U IS LO BU R

.^4__T E C H . P E T E R Z A H A I L O

LIEU T. J O H N TERLECK Y , J R .

Wounded in ActionAs reported in the curren t mo nth - ' bro the rs in service will be able toly Catholic Advocate bul le t in of St . get home on leave .J os e p ha t ' s U kra in ia n c hurc h in Ro- = =Chester , the fol lowing are the la tes t!c a s ua l t i e s f rom tha t pa r i s h : R 2 / C Steve Smolski . is in the Navy.Sg t. William Billlski, 24, one of fourservice men sons of Mr. and Mrs .Wil l iam Bil l iski , 68 Cra ig S tree t , w asser ious ly wounded in ac t ion a secondtime in Germany on December 19th.His f i rst wound was suffered Jun e23rd in Fra nc e .His brothers in the service are Cpl .John, with the Army supply in Belg ium ; Cpl . F ra nk , a pa ra t roop e r inth e P hil ippines , and Cpl . Steve . Bill iski , ' J n Flor id a . Tech. Sgt . Walter Smolski , 26, sonof Mr. and Mrs . Emanuel Smolski , 43Rhine S t r e e t , w a s s l ight ly woundedin ac t ion with the Medica l Corps inG e rma ny on D e c e mbe r 18 th .Wa l te r e n te re d the s e rv ic e in J une ,1941, and 4ia s s e e n s e rv ic e in England, France , Belgium, Holland, Luxe m b u r g and G e rma ny . A bro the r ,

Pvt . Alexander Kucy, 26. son ofMr. and M rs . Theodore Kucy. 55 WeylStree t , was wounded in infantry act ion in Germany on December 28th,and is recovering in a hospital inF r a n c e .Pvt . Kucy entered the service las tMay and has been overseas s inceN ove mbe r .Mrs . Kucy res ides a t 576 ConkeyAvenue with her 16-month-old daughter , Joanne Carol .. *Pfc. Michael Huslil*. 2 1, son of Mrs .Dora Hushla , was wounded a secondtime in infantry ac t ion in Germ anyDecember 18th. His f i rs t wound wassuffered September 15th in Germany.-Pfc. Hu shl a entered the service inDecember , 1942, and bus b een, overseas s ince Qctober j 1943. A bro the r , | ruar y, 1943.

ously repo rted missing in action in th eEnglish Channel on June 9, 1944, hasbeen reported killed in that action,reports Pe ter Kuchma, secre tary ofU.N.A. Branch 361 , of which Zahailowas a member .The slain soldier was active in Ukra inian American youth l i fe in NewYork City. He leaves behind -him ,bes ides his parents , his s is te r Anna,who is wife of Lt. Georg e S ., Win-ton ia k .

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Slain in Germany*c *Pvt. C harles Andrews, 2 5, son ofMr. and M rs. aniok, 748Clifford Ave nue, is a priso ner of t heGerm an governm ent . He had beenmiss in g in infan try ac t ion in Franc es inc e Se pte mbe r 26 , 1944.He entered t i ie service in Feb-

CH A RLES W. EV A N IKland, repo rts Pe te r Kuchma, secre taryof U.N.A. Branch 361, of which Eva nik was an ac t ive^ memb er , servingfor a t ime as i ts recording secre tary.Pfc . Evanik is survived by his wifeOlga and baby son Ihor , a b roth erMichael , who is in a German pr isoncamp, and his mother somewhere inthe old country.

Wins Silver StarFor "Gallantry in ac t ion" as a B-17Flying Fortress bombardier on a miss ion to Berl in, Jun e 2 1, 1944, Firs tLieut . Pe ter Kowalski , of 21 LeedsSt . , Stamford, Conn. , Ukra inian bydescent , has been awarded the Si lver Star .As reported by the Stamford Ad-,vocate , Lieut . Kowalski , now a ve teran of 23 bombing miss ions agains tI e ne my ta rge t s , r e c e ive d the impor ta n t! de c ora tion f rom Br ig . . Wi l l ia m . G ro ss .Hit in the jaw by a piece of flakwhile his . Fo r tres s ' 'Mars ha Sue " wasbeginning i ts bombing run over Ber-! l in, Lieut . Kowalski s t ruggled back to| his i ns tru men ts to ge t his explos ives| away and close th e bom b baydoore .Though a lmos t e xha us te d by th i strying otdea l , he tenac iously c lung toconsc iousness and ass is ted the naviga t or in adminis te r ing f i rst a id to

himself.The "M arsha Sue ," with the re s tof i ts formation in the mass a ir a ttack on the German capita l , hadfought i t s w a y to the t a rge t th roughan a t tacking f lee t of more than 50Ger ma n fighters. Lieut. Kow alskihad been busy with his nose turre tth roughout the ba t t l e , l e a v ing hisguns only when the bombing run beg a n .

The enemy fighters were gone by,then, but the Forts s t i l l were havingple n ty of trouble , fo r the a n t i a i r c r a f tf ire was thick and co nstan t . T he flals(Concluded oB page 62. ^A

Dies in GermanyIn combat service l i t t le more than:th re e m onths , Sg t . Loui s Lobur , amem ber of U.N.A. Branc h 2 96, was

Killed Over GermanySecond Lieutenant John Terleckyj Jr . , 2 1, son of the la te John TerleckySr . and Mary T erlecky, Rt . 5, Warr en,

Slain in Channel Action Technic ian Third Grade Peter Zahailo, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ste phen Zahailo of New York City, previ-

j Killed in Plane CrashPfc. Cha rles W. Evani k, 30, of New York City, was killed la st Decem berin an a irplane carrying him to Eng-

ki l led in ac t ion in Germany, his wife ,Mrs . Anne Lobur of 1710 Third ave . ,Arnold, Pa . has been informed, re po rts M. Zemleduch, secre tary of,Bra nch 2 96. He was ki l led December? i , and for awhile was reported missing in ac t ion.Sgt . Lobur was inducted into thearmy and le f t for ac t ive service Decemb er I I , 1942. He tra ined with anInfantry divis ion a t Camp Howze,

Tex. , and Camp Cla irborne , La . , andWas shipped ov erseas las t S eptemb er . ,Besides his wife , and two-year-old,eon, Gary, he leaves his parents Mr. !and Mrs . Andrew Lobur of 1710 3rdavenue , Arnold, and a brother , Sgt .Pe ter Lobur , now s ta t ioned in Belg i u m .

Ohio, was killed over Monheim, German y in ' th e co urse of a bombingmiss ion. He had been previouslyl is ted as miss ing s ince September 9,1944, rep orts John Krawetz , secre taryof U.N.A. Branch 140, of which Lt .Ter lecky was a member .A co-pi lot on a Flying Fortress , Lt .Ter lecky was the holder of an AirMedal and an Oak Leaf Clus ter .An honor high school s tudentgrad uate , John worked in a Detroi ta irplane fac tory pr ior to en ter ingservice in February, 1943. He rece ived his commiss ion a t StocktonFie ld, Calif., and went overseas las tMa y.Besides his m other Lt . Ter lecky le f tbe h ind h im thre e bro the r s , M / Sgt .Michael , with the Air Tran spo rt Com-'niand in California , Harold with theMe rc ha nt Ma r ine a nd Wa l te r a t home ,and two s is te rs , Mrs . Pe ter Buch ofWarren, Ohio and Mrs . Burnich ofY oungs tow n, O hio . h h * ld w h e n t h e t w o


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-'" Loving A' SoldierLoving a soldier's not all play,In fact, there's very little of it gay;It's mostly having, but not to hold,It's being young, and feeling old.Loving a soldier's all milk and nocream,It's being in love with a misty dream. 1It's getting a valentine from a Western camp,And sending a letter with an upside;down stamp.It's hoping for a furlough you know!won't come, . JIt's wondering if he'll ever get home.And when he does come it's laughtertogether ,Unconscious of people, of time, andthe weather .It's hearing him whisper his love foriyou,And your murmuring whisper thatyou love him, too.And then comes the wonderful promise of love,And knowing that you're watched bythe Father above..^And loving a soldier's a good-bye atthe train,And wondering if you'll ever see himagain.And reluctantly, painfully letting himgo ,When inside you're crying for wanting him so.When you watch for the word thathe is well,And wait through a long, draggedout, no-letter spell,And your feet are planted on sand,not sod,And your course of strength comessolely from God.Loving a soldier is undefined fear,.And crying until there are no moretears.And hating the world, yourself, andthe war,And stomping and kicking until youcan't fight anymore.And then giving up, and kneeling andpraying And really meaning the prayers thatyou're saying.And when the mail comes you bubblewith joy,And act like a child with a shiningnew toy.And now you know he's far away,And you just keep loving him moreevery day.You are so proud of the job he's helping get done,You don't care anymore if living's jnot fun Then you grit your teeth and muster!

a g r i n - ^You've got a fight and someone who'sin You've got a war, and you'd betterhelp win. \And then comes your birthday; you'rea year older today,But you feel just the same a s you |did yesterday;You note you've changed; you'rewiser, more strong;You can weather this war if it'stwenty years long!You'll work and you'll sweat everyhour of the day;Your job w ill be ha rd, but you'll jsure earn your pay.You're tired and weary, but you're!doing your share; jYou're helping the soldier to win over!there.So , loving a soldier bitterness, tears;It's loneliness, sadness, unidentifiedfears;It's fretting and sweating and loving;!It's nothing to take for a darn lotof giving;No - loving a soldier is really no fun, But it's worth the price, when the!battle is won! MARIE_ ,Setae Defini t ions

Public Opinion: What people thinkother people are thinking.An optimist: A crossword puzzle fanwh o starts with a fountain pen." Re mo te cont ro l : The k ind moet paren t shave over there Children.

Pa~MM-Vmlley Servicemen in ActionThis month's number of the *4Jke-iViews" bulletin published in Englishland Ukrainian by the parishioners ofhthe Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukraini a n Catholic church in Olyphant, Pa.| reports the following news item s con-j cerning servicemen from the Mid-jValley area:Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Chomko, River St. , received word that their| son, Corp oralH fohael, has been promoted to sergeant. He is somewh ere in Germany. He received his basic| training at Camp Jfcitner, N . C , andserved at Camp Picket, Va., beforegoing overseas .Capt. George A. Xinko, "921 "Washington St . , Throop, who f lew thirty-one missions against the enemy inEurope as pilot of a B-24 Liberator! Bomber, has arrived at Miami Beach,Fla., for reassignment. He wears theDist inguished Flying Cross and theAir Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters . His wife , Beraiee , and nis mother, Mrs. Anna Linko, both reside atthe Throop address.Pvt. John CfeeJak visited his sister,Miss Anne Chelak, 113 Mooney St.He recently completed his basictraining a t Camp Blending , Fla., andhas been assigned to Fort Meade, Md.He has three brothers in the service.Joseph, Ph, M. (3/c) , in the Admiralty Islands; Michael, seaman(1/c) in Puerto Rico, and Pvt . Harry, who is attending Radar schoolat Boco Raton, Fla.2nd Lieut. Ola Dutthney has arrived in Englan d with the armynurse corps, a ccording to. word re-!ceived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.:Michael Dushney, 539 East Lackawann a St. A gradua te of Olyphan t;High School, and the Scranton iftate

Hospital School of Nursing, Leut.Dushney was engaged in privatepractice before entering the armyon March 1, 1942. She went to FortBelvoir, Va., then to Camp Swift,Tex., where she was stationed for twoyears prior to leaving for overseasin December.Pfc. Nicholas Homiek, U. S. Marines, now in the Palau Islands, and;his brother Private Michael, whomhe had not seen in some time, spentthe Christmas holiday together. Private Michael is with a machine gununit. Ano ther brother, Pfc. John,met Pvt. Jimmy Clancy, of Olyphant,som ewher e in, the C entral Pacific.They are sons of Mrs. Anna Homiek, 505 Ridge Road, Peckville.Pvt. John Shuck, son of Mr. andMrs. Karol Shuck, 107 Agnes St.,spent a 15-day furlough after spending several months in the EuropeanTheater of Operations. He enteredthe service in April, 1943, and isserving with a military police unit.Pvt. Nestor Rydzanich spent a furlough for twenty-e ight days at thehome of his mo ther, .Mrs. Anna Ry dzanich, 832 E. Scott St. , after morethan a year with the army in Italywhere he was wounded in action.Pvt. Rydzanich who holds the Combat Infantryman's Badge and hastwo Bronze S^ars, has also beenawarded the Purple Heart. A brother , S/Sgt . Stephen, who also was

wounded in action, is now in a hospital in England.Cpl. Joseph Petrush esky, son OfI George Petrushesky, 129 Willow Ave., is missing in action in Luxem-! bourg since December 19, hie father! was notified by the War Department.; He entered the army three years ago and has been overseas a year. Two; brothers are in the armed forces, John, in France, and Michael, San Francisco, California.'He has no explanation for it, butI Marine Pvt. Elmer J. Yecfe, 709 E.[Grant St. , Olyphant, declares some1 of the Japs on Saipan preferred dying to fighting. Private Yeck, a patient at the naval hospital at Far-

ragut, Idaho, has just received thePurple Heart award for wounds suffered on Saipan. He also participated| in th e Tim an ca mpaign. The story

about Yeck, as received here from!Farragut , fol lows: I t was last Au- jgust , the same day he got his wounds.T h e n o rt he rn p a rt o f S a i p a n h a dbeen pretty cleared of Japs, but amarine patrol of some thirty menwa s still 'searching for bands ofsnipers. The marines were spreadout, adva ncing, through tal l gra ss .Suddenly the patrol leader snouted"grenade!" and the me n flattenedthemselves against the ground..There was a sharp explos ion. When Yeck started to move on, h is leg'gave way. He had been hit byj shrapnel in three places. Others carried him back as the Yanks began anattack on a Jap "nest." Before thej'Americans could throw a grenade,'however, they heard another loudexplosion and parte of Japs flew inin all directions. Investigating, theYanks found that the Japs had'blown themselves to pieces with'grenades , although they had a machine gun which had not been fired,and ammu nition for it. "They couldhave mowed us down," declaredI Yeck, "but for some unknown reasonthey preferred to kill -themselves."Private Yeck is a son o f Mr. andMrs. Yeck and has been with theMarine Corps since Dec. 17, 1943,and over seas since last April. ,

T/Sgt . Paul Zinsky, husband of theforme r Mis s E l inor e Pe tr o , Mot tSt., Peckville, and son of Mrs. MaryZinsky, 703 E, Grant Street, Oly-;phant, wa s aUghtly woun ded in action in Luxembourg on January 6,his wife has been informed by theWar Department. Sergean t Zinsky, aformer member of the 109 InfantryRegiment, enlisted in the regular army in-November,-1940. He trained atFort Dix, N. J., Camp Gordon, andFort Benning, Ga. , and went over- '' seas early last month. He is a member of an infantry regiment in the80th Division, 3rd Army.Sgt. Lou is Mosley is visiting hisparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mosley^922 South Valley Ave., after service'in the European theater of opera- ,tions, where he was wounded in ac-ition in France on August 19, Sergeant Mosley has been in the army,since July 3, 1942., and was with|an infantry division in France sinceAugust 6, 1943. Holder of the Purple|Heart; Seargeant Mosley will go to,'McCloskey General Hospital, Temple,} Tex., at the end of h is thirty -dayI furlough. lMarine Pfc. John Haluska, who has returned from overseas, spent a 30-I day leave at the home of his mother,Mrs. Elizabeth Haluska, 535 Parkj Street. Private Haluska wears four'batt le s tars:Pvt. Theodore LabowKky, who was; wounded ill Frence on Novem ber 17, arrived in New York on January 13th;jvieited his brother, George, in Newj Jersey over the weekend, and is now| convalescing at a hospital in Cam bridge, Ohio. Award of a Purplej Heart was received by his mother,Mrs. Jacob Maznick, on January,8th.Pfc. Nicholas Paulish, 26, husbandI of the former Miss Mary Patuk, 627IE . Pine St. , and son of Mr. and Mrs/

; Peter Paulish, Bank St., Dicksonjdty, is miss ing in act ion in Lux-| embourg since December 22, his wife{has been notified by the War De-jpartment. He entered federal serv-I ice with the 109th Infantry Regiment'in February, 1941 and went overseasin October 1943. He was a mem berof the military band. A brother,Pfc. George Paulish, is with an armored division in Luxembourg.Lieut. John Pesota, 32, son of Anthony Pesota, 415 Willow Avenue, ]and the late Mrs. Anna Pesota, was"!slightly wounded in ' action in Germany, December 27, a War Depert-ment message informed his father . 'A graduate of Oryphant High School*1

where he was a football player , L t . !Pesota entered federal service withthe 109th Infantry Regiment in Febr u ar y, 1 . H e w a s l a te r t ra n sf er edN

! to the 33rd Infantry and served with| that unit in the, Manama Canal Zone.He returned to the 109th Regimentand then was assigned to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning/Ga. ,where he was commissioned in December, 1942. He went overseas inMarch, 1944, from Fort Meade, Md.Ensign George Wasnetsky has beenpromoted tc lieutenant junior grade,according to word received by hisfather , Peter Wasnetsky, 127 Hickory Court , Olyphant. L t W asnetskyenlis ted July 7, 1940, and was atPearl Harbor during the Jap sneakattack on December 7, 1941 . ' H e w a sin seven major engagements in thePacific and also participated in theinvasions of Normandy and of southern France. Three brothers are alsoin the service . T/Sgt . John and Sgt .Joseph are somewhere in France andPrivate Stephen is s tat ioned in England. A sister, Mary, has just received a medical discharge from theW A V E S .Ehg;


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F r o th e . . . t e th e U . S. A.By PFC. THEODORE LUTWINIAK m a j or it y o f th e A m e ri ca n c a sualties that are evacuated fromthe European Theatre of Operations'to the United States via U. S. Armyhospital ships do not know'what to-expect aboard ship. They had spentmonths in busy general hospitals inthe E.T.O.lying on their b a c k s-waiting for the orders that would!send them home. They foughtagainst though ts of the recent pastand hardly dared to think of the uncertain future. When the evacuationorder comes and things s tart happening, it is all too momentous to understand as anything but -another;army movement, another change ofscenery. Army serial numbers so-and-so were leaving the number so-]and-so general hospital.The casualty is transported to therailroad station by ambulance. He isput on a hospital train which bringshim to the port where the hospitalship is docked. -His tags are checkedand he is taken off the train to findhimself ascending a gangplank head

first in his litter. He stretc hes fora glimpse of funnels or rails.Once in his bunk aboard ship, thewounded soldier decides he was"lifted into the lap of luxu ry." Areal rest mattress to lie on"coke"to drinkchicken and ice cream toeatmovies-bingo pretty nurses.He is called by his first nameapleasant change from his ASN.The morale of a patient on boardship is high. Despite everything thatjhas happened to him, he is happy. in the E.T.O., he is finally on hisj-way home. Other factors contribute,:to the patient's happ iness. He re-jice ives every care and consideration/from the doctors, nurses, and ward Vattend ants. The ship 's public ad- ]dress system broadcasts music , Jfeatures, and news bu lletins, several 1hours daily, The patient hearstranscriptions of his favirite radio 1show s, including Bob Hope, the y the oppressive m easures of the iccupants of their native land. 1

Ukraine's age-long fight for free-!Jlorn and indepen dence is d renched 'n blood and tears. The beautiful *Jkrainian songs are full of tears and 'leavy sigh s. And so is Ukrainianiterature. No wonder that Ukrain-1ans in general are sad and addicted fault-finding. Those are the chief,iharacteristics of an unhappy, dis-ippointed people. ;Phe Sadness in Ukrainian Literature

On the other hand, Americans and \Canadians are the types of a happy,successful people. And so are the roung, Americans and Canadians of Jkrainian descent. They were born . They were educated and brought.ip in a happier atmosphere. The y!ire happy and they want to be hap- j>y. And th at is the ma in reason 'vhy many of them are reluctant to!ead Ukrainian books which are full;if tears, sighs, and disappointments. .[It is true that Vaeil Stefanik'sl.hort stories are of high literary!,;alue. In fact, mos t of them are!ittle masterpieces. And yet they!re so full of life's misery, tragedy,;hagrin, and disappointment that j Jne hesitates whether to recommendhem or not for reading here, injjAmerica. One leadin g Canad ian e du- f,ator of English descent, with doc-01^8 degre e, sa id to me o nce, "Your |.eople are being poisoned into in- ' ,ctivity and tragical resignation byj:uch stories as of Vasil Stefanik."

Well, Vasil Stefanik's works a r e j ,ot an exception in Ukrainian litera- ,ure. We find as mu ch misery, tra- ,edy, and disappointment in the ossessionsand within the Dominion of Canada,to secure their moral and mental de-; velopment, to educate and instruct; them in the principles of free government, American institutions and laws,rand for these purposes to open, organize and maintain schools, librariesand other educational facilities.Among its other objects was the relief of disabled and destitute members and their families.Organized on democratic principles,the association meets once everyyears in various cities in this countryfor the purpose of electing executiveofficers, who constitute the supremeassembly of the corporation. Participating in the election to be held thisyear, provided the government banon conventions is l i f ted by the end(Concluded on page 5)


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SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIAThe fo! owing tetter from a L nrainian American serviceman in A ustralia to hie friend in the Olyphant,Pa . area appeared in the currentnumber of "Uke-Views" publishedthere . )

5 ' sp en d a g o od de al o f t im e a tsome of the Australian clutswher e drinking is alwa ys good. TheAussies are fine fellows even thoughtheir tales are a bit tall.There's a good deal of bustle, heat,-card games and a devil-may-care attitude. The heat of late has been,the over-powering, devitalizing kind, j"We shudder to think that Springhasn't arrived yet. Added to that isthe invitable fact that we'll soon beheading North toward the Equatorand the Rising Sun.Glee Club

Things out here are rather dull "by American sta nda rds. The crown-ing point of any day's program is to,sit through a double feature at thejmovies. Lately we organized a GleejClub and spend most of our nights"baying at the moon. Every bodywithin earshot has registered protestbut we're standing on our right of!Freedom of Speech or something.It's getting so now that we canaround here that can stretch to thexiesired size. Anyw ay, it is guaranteed to keep you warm during myabsence .As far as news of the world is';concerned, we get only fragmentary,and antiquated bits of itfor that*reason I would appreciate any local!newspaper .The war is exacting a terrific price. ]The greatest joy and glory I willhave known will be that lucky daywhen we come sailing home again.In answer to your question I wqn'tbe able to tell you when we leftthe U. S. All this information ispertinent and is basically of militaryvalue and not for release to civilians.-Questions similar in character, pleasedo not ask.

Nothing Bat SteaksOar mea ls are becoming a bitmonotonous as t ime goes by. Eversince we've been here we have eatenpractical ly nothing but s teaks andsteaks. It sure would be a pleasureto see a greet, big, juicy pork chop-for a change.

. The . moo n is now in one of itsfull phases and it's a thrill just tothink that those same beams shiney

and glorify the ones I love backhome.This week we adopted daylightsaving time. It is a blessing in thisclimate as it gives you a chance todo your chores in the cool part ofthe day. It makes me a bit sad toto contemplate on the number ofbeautiful autumn months that havebeen washed out of my life; theWorld Series; football games; brisk,invigorating days; cool, wonderfulnights. Ah, mein isn't much toask for it sure would be a w onderfulrenewal of experience for me.Yesterday, I spent my first day inthe jungle and it was exactly as Ithough t it would be, except worse.We started out at 5:04) A.M. anddidn't get back until 10:( P.M. Bythat time I was so completely exhausted I went to sleep without eating. In order to get throu gh, wehad to fight every inch of way: thevines and brush are so thick, almosta solid mass of wood. There are notrails and we had to cut our ownwith a (censored) a preview of whatwe may soon expect in (censored).The more I see of this country themore I believe in America first. Oneof our officers has travelled all overthe world - London, Pa ris, Vienna,Berlin, South America, Mexico andnow here. He claims that the moreyou travel the" stronger becomes yourconviction in the greatness of theUnited States of America.Last night as a climax to a weekof ennui the whole gang went totown and tippled a few. (Quite afew). Sort of makes things more tolerable for a spell. Though we allmiss home; most of all we4 missthose things that home stands for.

More letter* WantedTime seems to hang heavy when Ifail to get mail from home for any;extended period of time. It seems jany kind of letter makes the daya bit brighter. So don't fail me fortoo long.You asked in one of your letterswhat you can send me for Christmas.The utility of almost anything voucan think of is practically nil here, However, you can send me a con-tainer (tin preferred) of hard candy and some fi lm. told (censored) have wanderful profiles.I can't tell you exactly where weare. except to say that it is a tropicalclimate. Banan as, pineapples andcocoanuts grow in profusion around'here. Everybody in the Squadron isbrown as a fuzzy-wuzzy.The lads were a bit downhearted;today by the departure of Sgt. Beans.(Judge or Pappy as he was affection-,ately known). He is suffering from^malaria and was sent to a hospitalin the South. . As a result, he wilprobably be discharged from theArmy. At best, we will probablynever see him again in our organization. You can have no idea howcompletely he endeared himself' inthe hearts of the gang . Despite hisaffliction, he was always the mostcheerful and optimistic fellow in thegroup. Tears 8treamed down hischeeks, however, when he tried tosay good-bye .Spent yesterday in one of the mostbeautiful spots I've seen anywhere.We formed a party and took a tripto one of the nearly islands (namewill have to remain unknown). Afterabout a two hour boat trip we arrived at our d estination an d weretreated to one of the finest beachesthat anyone in the party had everseen. The natural grandeur of themoun tains, wild with the unusualcoloring of native blooms, was aa fitting background for our picnic.Swimming was in ocean water soclear that you could open your eyesunderwater and see for quite a distance.

Getting H otter. Every DayThe weather keeps gett ing hotterever, t::;. It is zcvr a great deal!hotter than any weather I experienced;

A S u r v e y o f U k r a i n i a nH i s to r y fo r Y o u :* P e o p l eTerritorial Expansion

TOURING Volodimirs reign the Uk- * rainian kingdom of Kiev was thelargest country in all Europe, eventhough it did lose some territory inthe east and south. The loss in theeast was of little consequence, forthat section had lost most of itsformer commercial preeminence. Ofconeilerable consequence, however,was the loss in the south., resultingfrom the encroachment by the Pe-chenehs, who# seriously menaced thetrade route lead.ng to the Black Seacities.Offsetting these losses were theterritorial gains made in the west.Volodimir captured Bolotsk and thenpenetrating deeper established a common frontier with . the Prussians,thereby shortening the trade routebetween Kiev and the Baltic Sea.More important still was that the Carpathian region, which today is knownas Carpatho Ukraine, fell under Vo-lodimir's control too. The salt deposits here proved especially valuableto the Dnieper section of Ukraine,for the Pechenehs had made accessto the salt deposits around the BlackSea virtually impossible.

Peace with Neighboring CountriesOn the whole, Volodimir lived inpeace with his neighbors. With Byzantium, of course, the relations were

friendly, and became more so withthe development of trade with it.Greek merchants and artisans were acommon sight in Ukraine, while Ukrainian and Varangian traders werelikewise seen in Constantinople andother Grecian commercial centers.Friendly relations were also had with tthe Hungarian ruler. King Stephen,who also introduced Christianity into his land. And similar relationswere established with the Czech KingAndrich.War With Poland

With Poland, however, peace wasnot lasting. It was broken by Volodi-mir's seizure of the Chervin region in981. War broke out between thetwo countries in 992 and Volodimir,invaded Poland. What success attended this invasion is not mentionedin the Ancient Chronicles. Wh en!peace was established, Volodimir;maried off his son Sviatopolk to thePolish King Boleslav's daughter. Intime Sviatopolk began to rebelagainst his father's authority, and!Volodimir had his son imprisoned |together Bishop Reinburn, who wasalso involved in the plot. When 1Volodimir learned that Bolealav was 1

he instigato r of the plot, he severedall relations with the Polish ruler.In 1013* the latt er decla red waragain st Volodimir and increased thestrength of his army by adding German and Pecheneh mercenaries to it.His expedition against Volodimir,however, car-ie to grief when fighting broke out in his assorted troops,so t|t he was Compelled to surround and destroy his Pechenehallies.System of Governing

Though the kingdom during Volo-dimir's rule was som ewhat smallerin size than it was under his father,yet it was far better organized andgoverned. Where formerly the various districts were ruled over by localchieftains whose relations with Volodimir were strictly feudal, i.e. theyheld the land in compensation formilitary services they rendered himwhen he needed it, now these districts were governed by his own appointees, his own soiis, who weredirectly responsible to him.

Decline of Varangian InfluenceDuring Volodimir's reign, too, theVarangian influence in Ukraine began to decline noticeably. In hiscapture of Kiev, Volodimir had beenaided by Varangian mercenaries, whodemanded a high price for their services. According to the Chronicles,Volodimir asked them to wait amonth to give him enough time toraise a sufficient number of martenskins to pay them. When theyagreed, he secretly devoted that timeto the gatherin g of an army. Whenthe Varangians saw what he haddone and realized that he had theupper hand, they admitted their i n ability to do anyth ing abo ut thema tter and asked him to direct themto Byzantium, where they expectedto find employm ent and booty. Volodimir- agreed an d s et th em off ontheir journey south. In the meanwhile he sent messengers ahead ofthem to the Grecian king, warning

him of the coming of the Varangiansand counselling him not to employthem as a body but to scatter themthrough out his kingdom. The Greek{monarch took his advice, with the; result that the fprce of this particularbody of Varangian troops ceased tobe any danger to anybody.Similarly, Volodimir gradually re-| mover Vara ngians from all respon -I sible posts and filled them with native Ukrainians.FOR VICTORY BUY BONDS

m Georgia or Florida. The natives,h o w ew , keep te l ling us that it really gets "h ot" around December andJanuarya white, hot Christmassomething to dream forward to.Speaking of Christmas, please donot go to any pains of getting mea Christma s gift. There is very little that can be useful in this locality.We can get almost everything weneed at the PX except candy, American drinks and American newspapers.Boy, what I wouldn't give for a coldcoca-cola.

The weather has been blisteringlyhot today. Even the natives mopealong with tongues hanging andsweat dripping. Thinking I had already acquired a Seep protective coating of tan, I fell asleep in the sun.Result was the worst burn anyonehad around here to date. To be ent ire ly safe in the rays of this sunrequires the skin of an e lephantThere seems to be so many in

teresting things to do at home whenobserved from a 10,000 mile perspective: sipping a soda in Turko's or"chewing the rag" with "Dazzy" Le-boweky seems like a pretty excitingnight compared to the present.

The horse races are quite an eventout here. At noon on Saturda y everything* closes up tig ht and the to wnI is soon deserted. Whole families, soldiers, sailors and everybody who canwalk, hike, ride or hobble can befound at the track. After the thirdrace the tea_and crumpet stand s doa land office business. The attitude ofthe Aussie is very mueh differentthan that of an American in regardto horse-racing. H e goe s to the racesnot to be smart or to be seen, butbecause he i s a real student of horseflesh. It's part of their national character to be rough, rendv ond h oie st .They despise stuxieu shirtedness andpretense; -


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Pfc. Stephen Baggar, son ofNicholas Baggar and the late Sophie Baggar, 364 York St., JerseyCity, N. J., was reported missingin action on October 16 in Germany. A few weeks later he wasreported as killed in action onthat date .Stephen entered the service inOctober, 1942 and trained in

Meet Aboard Hospital What The y Say UKRAINIANS FIGHTS h i p - "FOR FREEDOM

PFC. STEPHEN BA GGA Rcamps in Colorado, Louisiana, andCalifornia before going overseasin June 1944.Another son, Pfc. William Baggar, was reported wounded in Germany on November 18. He is inan En glish hospital suffering fromshrapnel wounds of the leg andknee. He enlisted in the Armyin January 1942 and trained in

T/ 5 Michael Moroz Of Boston, Mass.who was being evacuated from theEuropean Theater of Operations tothe United States via the UnitedStates Army Hospital Ship Larkspurwas greatly surprised to find a fellowUkrainian American on board shipin the person of Pfc. Lutwiniak, amember of the snip's complementand editor of "News Buoy," the ship'snewspaper.Moroz has been in the Army sinceOctober, 1941, and overseas sinceSeptember, 1944. He was wounded inGermany, his second since he wentoverseas, and wears the .. PurpleHear t with an oak cluster. He is alsothe wearer of the Silver Star, received for action in Holland. Michael,a member of Branch 238 of the Ukrainian National Association, wasvery happy to arrive in the UnitedState s. His uncle, Peter, was formerly president of a Boston U.N.A.branch.

The Larkspur arrived in Charleston, S. C , on February 1. Moroz wastaken to nearby Stark General Hospital, from wh ere he 'will go to ahospital closer to his home. Lutwiniak, a former U.N.A. employee anda Ukrainian Weekly contributor, wentto his Jersey City home on furlough,where he was greeted by his wife,Mary, and their four-month-old son,Terry. All are memb ers of U .N.A.Branch 287 of Jersey City. Lutwiniakhas been with the Larkspur since August, 1943, and has completed threetrips across the Atlantic.

President Franklin D. Rooeevett inhis message to President SergioOsmena: "After long year s of planning our * * interesting talk on the "Uk-hearts have quickened at the magni- r a i n e ' t h Battle Ground For Free-f lcent s tr ides toward freedom that! d o m ' " b v Dr- A - A - Granovsky, Uni-have been made in the last month s *ere ity o f Minnesota professor, feat-at Leyte, Mindore, Linga yen G ulf ! 1 , P e d t h e "**ntly held meeting of theand now Manila. We are proud of |Me n'8 a u b o f Congregationalthe mighty Wows struck by General church of Faribault, Minn. MembersMac Arthur, ou r sailors, soldiers, and o f *** other , church m eii's clubs wereairmen; and in their comradeship- in-1* n_ vi tfd^ to a t t e n d m e et in g a ndarms with your loyal and valiantpeople who in the darkest days havenot ceased to fight for their independence . . . L et the J apanese andother enemies of peaceful n ationstake warning from these great eventsin your country; their world oftreachery, aggression and enslavement cannot survive in the struggleagainst our world of freedom andpeace?'

about ($0 were present.Attracts Sympathy

"TJkraine and the heroism of theUkrainian people in this war haveattracted the sympathetic attentionof the entire world," Dr. Granovskysafd in presenting his discussion asreported in the local press."Ukraine is the victim of ruthlessand unjustifiable aggression. No otherpeople has suffered and endured moreJ o hn W . D a v is , f or m er A m b a s s a d o r ! ^ t h e ^ ^ " f exp erien ces ofto Great Britain: 1 m o d e r n w a r f a r f w h i c h h a 8 raSed f o r. . ! r%. u /^ , **. T T .. ,,! f o u r years on the war torn territories.At Dumb arton Oaks, th


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THE TEN MINUTE BRB&KReturning to carhp after a hardmorning's workout, a pratoon of soldierswas relaxing and taking it easy beforestarting on the last lap. As they sat around

alongside the road, a column ofItalian war prisoners marched brisklyby andfrom the corner of his mouthone prisoner muttered with undisguisedcontempt: "Golda bricks."After giving the private a dressingdown for being so late returning with thesupplies,' the sergant demanded, "Okay,let's hear how it happened, Miller.""Well, I picked up a chaplain alongthe road," sxplained the woebegonerookie, "and from then on the mulescouldn't understand a word I said."

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He was troubled-by an aching molar, j W e s e i c o u c h.After the examination', the dentist in- O m e l e t ...formed- him that the tooth would have to j Zenchakr ..come out. The corres pond ent ask ed. the K osfcuik .......

The sailor had just finished an ardentproposal of marriage. "And if I refusey o u , " asked the girl slyly, -"will youkHl yourself?"

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cost and found it would be %200100"Are you^crazy," shouted the newsman."Why, in the States I can get a toothpulled for 4 .0 0 .' '" Y e s , 1 know," replied the dentistwearily. "But over there you can openyour mouth. Here we have to take it outthrough your ear." Henry lived in the suburbs and drove toand from work. One night his car stalleda little way from town. When midnightcame and he had not yet put in an ap-

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The local lunch- center was crowedand noisy, butone disgruntled customerfinally attracted the waiter's eye andmade himself heard over the hubbub;"I haven't come to the ham in thisfcandwich yet," he complained.j "Take another bite," advised thef a l t e r . Alleyes were riveted on the dfner asl ie took a huge mouthful. "Nope*, noney e t , " he declared."H-ra-flB-nV* said the waitet- thoughtfully . " Youv m ost h ave fo.ne right pasti t . "

' ' p HI HAt the height .of the Gestapo^pressureIn German y, and .just before the UnitedStates entered the wa rr an American-correspondent there went to a dentist.

Lady Move Patron: "Shall I remove myhat?" ~. J.Man: "No that's not necessary, madam,It's much funnier than the comedy on thescreen.""Paw"."What, son?""Why didn.'t Noah swat them twoflies when he had such, a good chance?"Last night I held a lovely handA hand so soft. and. neat,I thought my heart would burst .withJoy, NSo wildly did it beat.. No other hand, onto my heartCould greater, solace- bring .Than the dear hand I held last night-Four aces.and a king.

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plantoperatedby te Nazis. One day sheHfromthe American artillery found It,and the great factory went up with

a mighty roar..When the old lady.heard, the soundshe turned toward the door of her .sitting room, and said. "Come in,Yvette."When the servant entered the room,she eaidi "Do you know, Yvette, my.hearing is improving. That's the firsttime I've heard yon knock at the doorfor twenty years.'w a x > se c X 4 5 K < < U N U S U A L B A R G A I N S !

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