World War II Honoree
Civilian on the Home Front
Donald Gribbons
Hometown
Worcester, Massachusetts
Honored By
B. A. Steele
Relationship
Daughter Of His Friend
DON GRIBBONS WAS THE EDITOR OF A NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS-SHEET 'THE VERNON HILL SPIEL'. THIS PAPER WAS PUT OUT TWICE A MONTH TO ALL THOSE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES FROM THE VERNON HILL AREA OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. IT STARTED OUT WITH 25 COPIES AND BY THE WARS END, HAD A CIRCULATION OF 850 COPIES. THE SUBSCRIPTION RATE WAS ACTUALLY A REQUEST FOR THOSE RECEIVING THE MIMEOGRAPHED PAPERS TO SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE WHEREVER THEY WERE STATIONED. EACH EDITION CONTAINED EXCERPTS FROM OVER 100 LETTERS REPRESENTING EVERY BRANCH OF THE SERVICE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. (ON NOVEMBER 9, 2002 MR. DONALD GRIBBONS RETURNED OVER 1,400 ACTUAL V-MAIL LETTERS WRITTEN TO HIM FOR 'THE VERNON HILL SPIEL' TO THE VETERAN WRITERS OR THEIR FAMILIES DURING 'OPERATION MAIL CALL'.)