Ref: We Get Letters
Dear Bill & Sue 
My father (1911-1992) introduced me to Mr Burroughs exciting world when I was very young and told me of their meeting when ERB visited my fathers regiment while fighting the Japenese invaders in New Guinea in 1945.

I recall him telling me on his return Mr Burroughs was a very "large" man and the oldest war correspondent he met while on active service at the "front". I remember being very impressed to learn my father had actually met my boyhood hero but also a little disappointed that he did not appear ro resemble either Tarzan or even        Captain Jack Carter of Virginia very closely! 

In case you had not already guessed I have come to the wonderful world of electronic contact quite late in life,my family presenting me with a magnificent PC on my retirement and telling me to have fun! A little like tossing the keys of a Rolls Royce to a caveman and expecting him to drive happily into the twilight without a backward glance! Perhaps they have more faith in me than I have!  So please excuse any initial fimbling while I try to join you . 
Kind regards, 
Andrew Melrose, 
Sydney, Australia 

ajmelrose@primus.com.au 

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Read ERB's own letters and war reports from the Pacific at:
ERB: The War Years