Richmond, Virginia
Friday May 12, 1944
Page six
Boxed Sidebar story on the 898th Engineer Aviation Company's return to the States from Ascension Island.
"For 70 days, the Engineers sweated out their first mail call on "The Rock," and then a hot rumor sped around: 'There's a Navy destroyer offshore with our mail.'
When the destroyer put ashore its cargo, though, it was found that there was only second and third class mail for the Castlemen [the Corps of Engineers insignia is a castle]--newspapers, advertising circulars, etc. no letters or postcards.
