Jack Thomas Tidwell

April 6, 1944

Billy Tidwell has been advanced to the rating of coxswain, his mother, Mrs. Bell Tidwell informs us. His brother, JACK, just 17, has joined the navy and he leaves today for Jacksonville to be sworn in.

April 20, 1944

JACK TIDWELL writes his mother here that he is stationed at Camp Peary, Va., for his boot training. Jack says the country is beautiful, but he still loves Florida.

June 1, 1944

James Miller and JACK TIDWELL of Flagler Beach have just completed their navy boot training at Camp Peary, Va., and are spending their leaves at their homes there.

JACK THOMAS TIDWELL, USN, of Camp Peary, Va., is spending a leave of five days with his mother, Mrs. Belle Buckman.

January 11, 1945

JACK TIDWELL of Flagler Beach is a member of the personnel at a naval hospital at Corona, Calif.

March 15, 1945

First off, a short note from JACK TIDWELL, hospital apprentice in the Navy at Bremerton, Washington. Jack sends us a change of address and says that he certainly enjoyed the copy of The Tribune that he got. He added that "I will soon be going aboard a ship and the BunneI1 paper will be a Welcome sight when I get my mail."

(Hope you like your ship, Jack, and be sure to keep us informed of any change of address).

June 21, 1945

A letter from JACK TIDWELL who is aboard the U. S. S. Siboney in the Pacific area. He says;

"I have been receiving the Tribune quite regularly, but it stops for three or four weeks at a time. I can't expect any better results with me moving so much, but I think I now have a permanent address.

I was sorry to hear about Johnnie (Tidwell) having been wounded and hope that he is recovering.

The Tribune has also brought good news too. It surely is a treasure to me. So much for now."

November 29, 1945

And here's a letter from JACK TIDWELL, in the Navy aboard the USS Siboney. Jack writes:

“I would like to thank you for the paper. I received four copies in the past two days, the dates ranging from July to September. I cannot thank you enough in a letter because I truly enjoyed every one of them.

We have been in the Tokyo Bay area for some time but are finally underway again. And I certainly was glad to leave that place.

I was at Tokyo and Yokohama once each and Yokosaki several times. Tokyo and Yokohama were left in total ruins by our B-29's but Yokosaki wasn't hit.

Personally, I think the Japs are the filthiest lot it has been my misfortune to be around. It is surprising to learn how high their literacy rate is and then see how they live with little or no way of controlling disease. The place is literally covered with dysentery. And that about sums up my opinion of the Jap.”