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THE SEASICK STAFF
EDITOR
T/Sgt Bennie Howe
ART EDITOR T/5 L. E. Gorman
SPORTS EDITOR
T/4 F. J. McDonald
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
T/4 C. W. Thomas
T/3 ·V. D. 0 'Neal
OFFICER IN CHARGE 1st Lt. G. P. Guillot
TRANSPORT SERVICES OFFICER Capt. T. J. Hess
"A FRESH START"
•• Maury Maverick, "World War 1 veteran, Texas statesman, and vice-president
of the War Production Board, has a reputation for plain
dealing and speaking. If he thinks a
thing is wrong, he says so, and sticks to it. This is unusual for a politician and has
cost Mr.
Maverick a great amount of opposition. Asked why he never pussy
footed; he replied, "Having died twice in France, it isn't worth
while to avoid one political
death by being a demagogue".
Like other soldiers, Maury Maverick returned from the war to civilian life with clearer
vision and greater courage than he would have had otherwise. Anyone who has
passed so close to death, feels that he has been given, for some unknown reason,
a fresh
start in living. Most of us are going home with that conviction, Having
brushed by
death, we feel that there is less to fear from life. Such a feeling will make for a stronger,
straighter, more satisfying life.
.. The attraction of the Christian gospel is that it, too, furnishes men with a fresh
start. The new life becomes so different
from the old that Paul, the apostle, does not speak too strongly when he says, "It is not I
that live, but Christ liveth in me". The keyword of the Christian experience is "forgiveness".
That means God is willing to wipe out the past and improve on the future if
we give our cooperation. It means a new, clean leaf on the calendar of life. It is at once the
forgetting of a tremendous, old debt, and the promise of unlimited help. If it seems unbelievable
that God should offer such a new chance for men, consider this; "(Christ) -
bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead
to sins, should live unto righteousness"
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That is, I probably will
unless Mary figures that it will be better to go by bus or
subway. The 50 cents or so difference wouldn't be much to an old overseas
veteran, but it would provide an extra lipstick or pack of bath salts for Mary
sometime when she wasn't expecting it.
.. Come to think of it, the subway might
prove to be a little crowded, and we may have
to wait in a line for a while at the box office. However, that won't be
much discomfort to a fellow like me who's stood in long lines so many times
during these past few rears. It may even be fun waiting in line
at home nowadays. Mary will probably get a kick out of hearing me
call it
a "queue" and talk about "booking seats".
.. once on the inside of the theatre, though, we wi11 seldom ever have to wait for seats. That is, unless it's
a real
busy night and there is a very popular film showing. I love
to settle myself down stretch out good and comfortably in those nice soft seat! Sometimes 'though I'11 admit that
I've got to sit up high or maybe lean over to the right
or left on account of the other
folks who may be right in front of me. But after I get seated, I can
see most of the screen all the way through the picture. Mary likes to hold my
hand in the dark and lean her head upon my shoulder. But even if I can't see the show at all on
account of that,
I wouldn't think of moving and spoiling her fun. I can't
always relax and light a Camel--but no,
I guess they don't permit my smoking in the theatre at home.
.. After the picture is over, we usually remain sitting until the crowd had gone. But most times there are too many other people in the same row who want
to get out, so its just as well we go along with them. guess I'll have to be a little more careful when I m, moving in
that kind of a crowd now. Sometimes it seems to
me that these civilians are even a little more eager than the average
GI to make
their way through a large gathering. But I know I can depend on
My Mary to help me out. She usually just
takes a good tight hold on my coat and takes off through the crowd like a
frightened little deer. I found out
long ago there is no sense in trying to apologize to people whom you
itera11y
bowl over, or excuse yourself for treading on anyone's toes, because the whole thing is quite well taken. In fact, civilians seem to
have an unwritten code of understanding about such happenings. Well, a few ill
bred persons may crankily get off some fresh remark, but
I can always depend on little Mary to square them off quickly enough.
.. When we do get well outside
the theater again, its altogether very likely that very likely we will meet the Joneses.
Mary always did have the unique
ability to find old friends everywhere we went. The girls will probably arrange
for us to visit over at the Joneses for coffee before going home. Then that
will give them a chance to talk over everything that has happened since they last
saw each other.. while Bill shows me all the
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