Stamps, Back Roads, and Snakes

Pvt. Norima Horimoto, better known as “Shorty,” of Co. L, 442nd Inf., worked as a mechanic's helper in the American Can Co. In Hawaii. His hobby is stamp collecting. He has a large box of unmounted stamps in the Islands. When asked what he liked about the mainland, he promptly answered, “the scenery.” although he admits the scenery here is beautiful, he could not help lamenting the fact that the train trip took them through “back roads.” Another “disappointment” came when he didn't see snakes in his GI bed, let alone in the barracks. It seems he had heard so much about the Mississippi snakes, he expected to see them crawling over everything,