Chester County PA Archives News.....Private First Class John F. DULIN, 1943 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kathy Dulin-Doedderlein ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ 6.29.1943 DLN After serving 18 months of foreign soil, Private First Class John F Dulin of the Marines has returned to the states and is having a furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. James E Dulin 140 W Gay St. “Jiggs” as he is known to all, arrived in New York by clipper on Wednesday of the last week. Since that fateful day of December 7, 1941, when the country was attacked and thrown into war, he has served with a detachment of Marine in a naval base in Brazil. When the country went to war, Private Dulin was home on a one week leave, and upon his return to Quantico, VA, he along with 50 other Marines were dispatched by air to the station in Brazil. They were shipped on the direct order of the President. The climate below the equator is very different that in this county, although many are under the impression it is extremity hot all during the day. Private Dulin said that when the soldiers are on guard during the night they must wear heavy clothing to keep warm. The days are about the same as the local weather at the present time and when it rains it is a downpour. When the president of the US stopped there on his return trip to Washington after the famous Casablanca Conference the Marines formed a guard of honor for him. The Army of Brazil are not as well equipped as the US Army and Marine Corps, which are stationed there. The soldiers of this country have “spoiled” the natives by spending their monthly pay envelope in a generous manner. The rate of exchange is very good and the soldiers always give them more money than was necessary, thus giving the natives the idea of asking more than their original price. When asked what the soldier thought of President Roosevelt and his plans for the war and post war periods Private Dulin replied that the men stationed in Brazil wer___ him a good leader for the country and that they were fond of him and they considered him __ at the present time. The feeling of John L Lewis and the striking miners was totally different. Privet Dulin stated that when he arrived in town on Saturday afternoon he received the grandest feeling when he realized that this was his home and that many of the boys with whom he formerly worked and played and gone to war, there still were a few whom he could sit and talk with about fishing and hunting and a hundred other things.