Sammy May

November 19, 1942

Sgt. SAMMY MAY, son of Mrs. M. B. Butler, is stationed in the Canal Zone.

February 4, 1943

Another letter to The Tribune this week is from Tech. 5th Sgt. SAMMY MAY from the Canal Zone is very much appreciated. , He said he was "getting along fine and in good health and I hope all the folks at home are the same." Sammy said that "there is very little I can write about" so his letter was short.

(We fully understand that very little can be said in letters back home. Twenty five years ago ours were being censored when mailed from "somewhere in France.")

January 20, 1944

Got a letter this week from a Flagler county soldier we have not heard from in a long time - Sgt. SAMMY MAY. He is still in the Canal Zone and expresses his thanks for The Tribune saying, "I am able to keep up with most of the boys. I have been hoping to run across some of them here …. but the nearest were from Miami. My best regards to you and all the folks of Bunnell."

(Sorry, you didn’t run into Cecil Creech of Bunnell while he was in the Zone. Two years, at that, but he is here now)

June 29, 1944

Sgt. SAMMY MAY is home on furlough to see his mother and stepfather. Sammy has been in the Panama Canal Zone since before Pearl Harbor. He will go to Ft. Meade, Maryland, from here. Whereto then is up to Uncle Sam.

July 13, 1944

Sgt. SAMMY MAY left Sunday for Camp Meade, Maryland for assignment after a nice furlough here at home.

August 17, 1944

Sgt. SAMMY MAY who was home here on furlough recently after several years in the Canal Zone, is now at Camp Stewart, Ga.

March 8, 1945

Sgt. SAMMY MAY, regular army man, and who was here a few months ago on furlough after several years on foreign duty, is now in Germany, according a letter received here by his mother, Mrs. M. B. Butler.

June 28, 1945

We got word this week of two Flagler county boys meeting in Jena, France. The boys were Ray Mercer and SAMMY MAY. Sammy was recently attached to the infantry outfit that was moved to Ray's station.

Ray was standing at a 3rd story window and saw Sammy standing in front of the building. Sammy said that he was the first Flagler county boy he had seen in the ETO.

October 18, 1945

We learn that Sgt. SAMMY MAY has returned to the States from the ETO, and has gotten married since he arrived. He is still in the army.