Tell It to the Marines

Slender, young, handsome Marine Captain Horace W. Fuller of Milton, Mass., more recently of Guadalcanal, knew what he wanted. His voice shook as he told it to OWI's Overseas Branch in Manhattan. He was on his own, without official backing, but would OWI please do something for the men out there? They were lonely and very tired. The mail was not getting through as fast as it might. Could they be reached direct?

Upshot of Captain Fuller's plea is a moving radio program called Tell It to the Marines beamed for 15 minutes, five times a week, to all the South Pacific. In addition to news, tunes and scuttlebutt (gossip), the Marines are reached direct with messages from home. Samples:

> Your father has sent you your best hunting knife. And since you have open season all year round down there, he is making another knife for you from an old bayonet.

> Your father is now in London with the American Red Cross. Your mother and your sister, Gretchen, have received the snapshot of you and the General.

> Corporal "Jones" says that he will collect that $14 from you. However, if you care to settle in another manner, it's O.K. with him. Fourteen Japs will turn the trick.

> Captain "Smith" went to Springfield to deliver your Navy Cross to your mother . . . just before Christmas.

> Daddy finally got his new teeth, but instead of wearing them he carries them around in his pocket.

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