UNITED STATES ARMY

Camp Kearns, Utah
April 12, 1944
Wednesday Evening

Dear Bryant Service Club:

Received your wonderful p package yesterday afternoon and want to express my thanks but cannot in words. It is nice to know that you are still thought of. I don’t think Mr. Gulsky would have such a hard time looking into the past at that kid with glasses who made life miserable for him.

Your gift is much the worse for wear this evening for the other boys in the office besides myself have been on raiding parties.

Suppose that you would like to know what a Bryant Alumnus is doing. I am chief of a Signal Section which in turn is servicing for the Western Technical Tng. Command. Formerly serviced for the 2^nd Air Force. The W.T.T.C. trains men for combat and ground duty for the Air Forces overseas. I’m in a Signal Co. composed of a supply and communications unit. The communications unit, of which I am a part, receive teletype messages and also operate a booming Western Union business for the convenience of the military personnel on the post. We also have cryptographic security to do, because of the frequent codes that we have coming in over teletype. Being in charge of a comm. section has its various problems, as you can see.

Was home on a furlough but because of it being so very short did not visit as many people and places as I had planned beforehand.

Want to thank you again for the girt you sent me now and the ones in the past for which you received one letter of acknowledgement. My address as you can see has been changed. Thanks for everything. Be seeing you soon,

Yours Sincerely

Sgt. William C. Scott
C/o Signal Office
Camp Kearns, Utah

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April 12, 1943

To My Friends of the Bryant Service Club:

I received your gift of candy while at Spokane, Washington, and was the most surprised and pleased soldier in camp. I am sorry that I did not let you know how much your Xmas gift was appreciated. You may hear this all the time but there are no words that I know of which can express my thanks. I will always be grateful to hear or read the news of the college, as I did in that letter received so very long ago.

I have been traveling at a great rate. Some 7000 miles I guess. Am now in the Signal Corps. Attached to the Air Force at Camp Williams, Wisconsin. Graduated from supply school, but because of my typing speed and the lack of teletype operators I was sent to a teletype school. Result is that I am now am operator of a teletype machine, waiting for my O.C.S. Application to go through the proper channels.

You might be interested to know that I saw Mr. Shors at the railroad station in his shiny, new uniform. He certainly looked in fine shape, and was as much surprised to see me as I was him. AI was also glad to hear that Mr. Lee is getting his commission, too. Congratulations, Mr. Lee; may we meet again.

I have not attempted to make this letter formal but have tried to make it sound as if I knew you. You never know how the fellows crowd around at mail call and their reactions afterwards. If you know of or hear of anyone in doubt about writing a soldier, why please set them on t he right road.

Thanks for being so kind to me, I will try to be deserving of it. Would you remember me to Mr. Gulski and Mr. Appleby and the others please.

A Very Glad Friend

W. Clifford Scott
August, ‘42

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