Sgt. Tom Ellis, 3100[?]83
Hq. VI Corps. APO 306
c/o Postmaster, N.Y.C.
27 November 1943

Bryant Service Club
Bryant College
Providence 6,
Rhode Island
U.S.A.

The Field, Italy

Dear Service Club,

Mighty pleased to receive your swell and newsy Christmas V-letter which came today. Been sometime since I had some news about some of the alumni and goings on back there at the alma mater.

Glad to hear Bill Aguiar ’40; my class, is safe and that Ben Scuda is also safe and which I had heard about some time ago. Some surprising news about Mr. Naylor taking the big step as I remember him as the confirmed bachelor. My congratulations to him. The news about the other marriages is interesting too as I knew them all.

Since you have last heard from me I’ve done quite some traveling and have had some harrowing experiences as I landed on this land that very first day of the invasion. To all those studying shorthand tell them they should try it imagining planes overhead, bombs bursting and big guns booming ~ really some problem at such a time. I hear now and then from some of the fellows and they all seem to be doing fine.

To the club and all I wish a Very merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Tom Ellis ‘40 [Transcription ends]

4 August 1942

Sirs:

I wish to thank you very much for your club’s very unexpected and welcome gift of cigarettes.

Your club is certainly doing a splendid job in remembering the Alumnus now in the service. My congratulations to you and all the members for a continued success.

My correct address is:
Hq VI Army Corps
Providence, R.I.
G-3

T/Sgt. Thomas Ellis
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