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25, 1943 that “thanks to the typing course I took at Bryant, I am now working at our Battalion Headquarters in the capacity of company clerk. The work is very interesting and it keeps me fairly busy.” Similarly, Cpl. Louis Bastone writing from Tampa, Florida on August 2, 1942, reported, “At the present time, I am really enjoying the service. I am a clerk in the Aviation Ordnance Department. I find the military system of office work very interesting. Thanks to Bryant College in preparing me for this type of work Cpl. Louis Bastone, class of 1939, writes, “I find the military system of offic work very interesting. Thanks to Bryant College in preparing me for this type of work and in doing this I am serving my country to the best that I am suited for.”
and in doing this I am serving my country to the best that I am suited for.” As the Company Clerk for the 772nd Quartermaster Company at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, Cpl. Gardiner W. Congdon likewise acknowledged in a June 29, 1942 letter that “it should be to your advantage to know that my Bryant Training is coming in handy in Uncle Sam’s Army. I have been in the service but a few short months and Bryant Training has helped me to get some promotions.” In a January 23, 1944 letter, Storekeeper Alfred H. Murphy, assigned to sea duty aboard the USS
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