Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....McARTHUR, MAJOR CHARLES January 11, 1945
WWII - Letters U.S ARMY
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LETTER FROM BELGIUN
THE DISPATCH IS IN RECEIPT OF A MOST WELCOME AND INTERESTING LETTER FROM MAJOR
CHARLES E. McARTHUR, FORMER CORDELE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, WHO IS NOW SERVING WITH A
U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DETACHMENT IN BELGIUM. MAJOR McSRTHUR WAS BORN AND REARED HERE,
THE SON OF THE LATE DR. AND MRS. T.J. McARTHUR,BELOVED PIONEER CITIZENS . HE HAS
BEEN OVERSEAS SOME MONTHS.
 MAJOR McARTHUR'S LETTER WHICH WILL BE OF INTEREST TO HIS HOST OF CORDELE FRIENDS,IS
PUBLISHED HEREWITH.
  GENTLEMEN JUST A LINE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE OLD HOMETOWN PAPER, THE DISPATCH IS
COMING THROUGH TO ME HERE IN THE E

TC WITH QUITE SOME REGULARITY. THERE IS NOTHING TO KEEP ONE'S MORALE AT A HIGH LEVEL
MORE THAN THE '' HOME TOWN PAPER'' AND I THROUGHLY ENJOY IT. SINCE AUGUST, MY LAST
VISIT HOME, I HAVE BEEN IN ENGLAND SCOTLAND,FRANCE, BELGIUM,GERMANY ,HOLLAND,AND NOW
BACK IN BELGIUM. OUR UNIT WAS IN GERMANY FIGHTING IN THE CEILINKIRCHEN AREA,AND
FINALLY CAPTURED THE CITY OF CEILIMKIRVHEN,AND FIGHTING UP INTO WURS AND LINTERN AT
THE TIME OF THE GERMAN BREAKTHROUGH DOWN IN THE BASTOGNR- MARCHE SECTOR. WE WERE
CALLED DOWN TO HELP REPULSE THE GERMAN'S THERE. AT THE PRESENT,THINGS LOOK A GREAT
DEAL BETTER IN THIS SECTOR FOROUR CAUSE. I FEEL THAT THE ENEMY WILL BE FINALLY
PUSHED BACK FROM THIS TEMPORARY GAINS HERE IN THE ''BULGE'' OF THE ARDENNES
MOUNTAINS ,AND ACROSS TE RHINE INTO BERLIN. THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL SECTION OF
BELGIUM. THE MOUNTAINS ARE COVERED WITH SNOW, SOMETHING WE OF SOUTH GEORGIA,SELDOM
SEE, AND ARE A ROLING NATURE. IT IS VERYCOLD HERE,BUT THATDOES NOT SEEM TO KEEP THE
FIGHTING DOWN. I AM ENJOYING MY WORK HERE, BUT I AM UNABLE TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT
CONCERNING THE NATURE OF MY WORK. THAT WILL COME LATER. GIVE MY REGARDS TO MRS
WHITE,MISS NEAL, AND ALL OF THE REST OF THE GANG THERE,WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
MORE DISPATCH EDITIONS.
 CHARLES McARTHUR

Additional Comments:
HE WAS A GREAT DOCTOR AND PRACTICED UNTIL HE RETIRED
.IN CORDELE

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