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[top of page: hand written notes from left to right]
April 11-1
(M.P. pin/ [page torn]
Given to me [page torn]
a friend m [page torn]

[stamped number] J501259

[page torn] to me
[page torn] y Claude
Pease

Calvary
Camp Lackett
Calif.

[picture of three women sitting in chairs cut from a newspaper]
WAAC RECRUITS--Lena Mae Whedbee, 1044
South 34th street; Julia Jackson, 1326 South Han-
cock and Lucy Mace, 1124 South 12th street, as
they entrained Sunday for the WAAC training
center at Des Moines, Iowa. These three young
ladies are the first to join from the city proper.
--Photo by Sydnor.

[hand written note]
First birthday in the army 1943

[White birthday card with illustration of a white female soldier encircled by a red, white, and blue ribbon. The card is also embellished with illustrated red and blue flowers]
Birthday greetings
TO A GIRL IN THE
WAAC

[hand written note]
368th
Pin
Stolen from
a friend when
first came] into
the Army
1943

[new paper column pasted in far right]
d BLUE HELMET , FRIDAY, JANUAR[page cut]

SOLDIER OF THE WEEK

Fort Huachuca has among it's en-
listed men many soldiers who in
civilian life, contributed much to the
welfareof the general public.

Pvt. Hiram C. Wheatle, Head-
quarters, 25th Infantry, although
only twenty-nine years of age, has,
through his real estate connections,
done his share toward making liv-
ing conditions more comfortable for
the residents of New York State.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Pvt.
Wheatle came to this country some
fifteen years ago. He was graduated
from George Washington High
School in New York City, after
which he attended Columbia Uni-
versity, where he majored in Busi-
ness Administration.

At the early age of twenty-one,
Pvt. Wheatle obtained his real estate
license in the State of New York.

A few of his accomplishments
since that time are as follows:

Pvt. Wheatle aided in the organ-
ization of the Harlem Real Estate
Board of which he was voted to the
position of Secretary and a member
of the Board of Directors. The pri-
mary purpose of this board was,
and still is, to improve living condi-
tions in New York State.

The organization of the Constan-
tine Realty Corp., must be accredit-
ed to our "Soldier of the Week,"
which now has a capital of over
two hundred thousand dollars. Even
though he is in the Army, Pvt.
Wheatle has still been retained by
the Constantine Realty Corporation,
as its President.

In addition to the above duties,
Pvt. Wheatle was the transactor of
many real estate deals under the
banner of his own business "Hiram
C. Wheatle, Real Estate," of New
York City.

A great lover of sports, he was
Captain of the Cosmopolitan Tennis
Club, and a member of the St. Nich-
olas Tennis Club.

Pvt. Wheatle was inducted into
the Army on November 5, 1942, and
hortly after his arrival here, was
assigned to Headquarters of the 25th
Infantry as a clerk, where he is
proving himself to be quite effi-
cient.

Asked what his greatest ambition
is, Pvt. Wheatle answered, "My
greatest ambition at this time is to
do all that is within my power to
defeat the evil forces of Hitlerism.
However, after the war I hope to
organize a Savings Bank in the
state of New York."

Judging by his past record, it is
our belief that both ambitions will
be realized.

[Handritten beside a button pin on the bottom right corner]
3697.A.
Stolen from a friend
1943