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• ) < s v. z 1 I SAVED THIS PICTURE IN THE PAPER. THAT KS JUST LIKE i*™..« YOU, JIM 4P& W'M jwm rKSfek YES-AND IN THE INTRICATE TEAMWORK AND SPLIT-SECOND TIMING OF MODERN INVASION TECHNIQUE, STEADY NERVES ARE A MUST EVERY STEP OF THE WAY SURE! THATS THE PRACTICE LANDING WE MADE JUST BEFORE MY FURLOUGH. WE'RE COMING DOWN THE CARGO NETS THERE.. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT SHOW, MARY. DIVE-BOMBERS, WAR-SHIPS, PARATROOPS,INVASION BARGES, TANKS,.. WE HAD A FULL-DRESS REHEARSAL AND H-HOUR PLUS FIVE... OKAY.. to/ IT WAS THE WAY! LIKE A TOUCHDOWN PLAY IN FOOTBALL- EVERY MAN HAS TO GET TO A CERTAIN SPOT AT THE EXACT TIME...EVERYTHING'S TIMED TO THE SECOND AFTER THE DIVE-BOMBING AND SHELLING CAME LIGHTERS WITH TANKS, AMPHIBIOUS TANKS, AND OUR BARGES OUR FIRST TANKS WERE ALREADY BLASTING AWAY AT THE HILLTOP WHEN WE HIT THE BEACH WITH OUR MACHINE GUN THEY'RE MY FAVORITE, TOO! THEY'RE EXTRA MILD AND COOL AND CAMELS YOU BET ! CAMEL IS THE BIG FAVORITE WITH THE MARINES. THAT FLAVOR SURE HITS THE SPOT! WE MADE OUR HILLTOP RIGHT ON THE BUTTON. OUR TOPKICK WAS SO PLEASED HE OPENED UP HIS PACK OF CAMELS, , HEREfe A SNAP-SHOT J It. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, W iuaton-Sal- North L.-iroln IMPORTANT TO STEADY SMOKERS The smoke of slow-burning WITH THE MEN IN THE f BASEO ON ACTUAL SALES RECOROS IN POST EXCHANGES. SALES COMMISSARIES, SHIPS SERVICE STORES, SHIPS STORES. AND CANTEENS ) AND COAST GUARD, THE FAVORITE CIGARETTE IS CAMELS SUIT M£ BETTER ALL WAYS THEY contains man that of the 4 other largest-selling brands tested—less than any of them-cccordtng to inde- pendent scientifis tests of the smoke itself !
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 288, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 5, 1942,
newspaper,
July 5, 1942;
Sweetwater, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth310241/m1/16/:
accessed July 18, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.