Normandy France
2 February/45

Bryant College
Hope & Benevolent St.
Providence, R. I.

Bryant Service Club:

I wish to extend my utmost appreciation and grattitude [sic] for the sweater received from the Bryant Service Club. In addition, I must say that the total contributions and effort that make such and organization possible, will never be forgotton [sic].

It has been a long time since I last received work, so I might reveal a few of the previous acquaintances with other Bryant attendants. for some time I had been stationed with "Bill" Lambert, faculty of '43, and George Pastore, class of '43, while on temporary duty at the Office Of Dependency Benefits, Newark, New Jersey. In addition, met Tommy Dunne and Bob Bernstein, class of '42, at Army Finance School, Wake Forest College, North Carolina, who were given Air Corps assignments. Later, at Ft. Harrison, Indiana, a number of Foreign Disbursing Sections were activated and we were separated and assigned to these various units.

Bill Lambert, John Renza, and George Pastore are supposedly still in England. It has been some time since I last heard from them, due to the fact that they move so often.

It seems that we wasted no time after arrival here--commenced disbursing merely a short period after hitting the beach, in attempt to sustain the motto of Finance, "Get 'em Paid." Our organization consisting of 17 enlisted men and three officers, disbursing to several thousand troops in this sector.

In closing, once again, I wish to thank you all for you[r] interest and consideration to the Bryant Service Club--an organization that has more than reached its goal.

Respectfully,
Edward W. Pagliarini
Edward W. Pagliarini
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15 APRIL 1944

CPL. E. W. PAGLIARINI
126^TH FINANCE DISBURSING SECTION
FT. BENJ. HARRISON, INDIANNA

Bryant Service Club:

In acknowledgement to the letter I received from the BRYANT SERVICE CLUB, I wish to extend my appreciation to all its members and representatives, I finally received the letter after it made its long tour via Miami Florida, through Wake Forest College, N. C., and than to Newark, New Jersey. It’s a funny thing, that no matter where and how many times you move in the Army, your mail will finally catch up to you within the fiscal year.

I suppose it was known to all at Bryant, that Bill Lambert, George Pastore, and myself were together for a period of time until we were recently assigned to disbursing sections. There method of disbursing and separating its men is practically a plan. We tried to get transferred into one section, but it was too late to get any desirable results.

We still are training here at Ft. Benj. Harrison, and I think that the time has arrived whereas the technical training will cease. I think, that from now on it will be field experience. For twelve months I’ve been in the training course, and I can more than picture myself crossing the creaking gang-plank. Destination, some distant swampland to “GET ‘EM PAID”.

The BRYANT SERVICE CLUB is really doing a tremendous job, I know, to help those in the service, and I honestly can say, “we really appreciate it very much” To all its representatives, we say, keep up the good work.

MOST SINCERELY
Cpl E W Pagliarini
Class of ‘43

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