Windham County Observer

Pvt. Philip Giraca, Overseas Veteran, Home On Furlough

Pvt. Philip Giraca, veteran of the Tunisian-North African campaigns, as well as of 18 months' service overseas during which he received a good conduct citation and star for taking part in a major engagement, arrived in Putnam Monday on a 21-day furlough, which he is passing with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Giraca of 9 Lee street.

After being in the British Isles, mostly Scotland and England, he was sent to Africa and assigned to the Third Division during the Tunisian Campaign. He was later assigned to the V-mail station in North Africa. During his stay there, he found that mail from home and substantial food were the things most wanted by the servicemen. For his part in a major battle, he was awarded a star, also good conduct citation.

Although barred under regulations from discussing in detail many of his experiences, he stresses that the Army takes the best of care of its men, that there is plenty of meat, bread, canned milk, sugar, and other food necessaries. He states that the PX supplies are excellent, and that plenty of cigarettes and like supplies are practically given to the men in the service.