The Hammond Times Indiana Oct. 30, 1944 Crying? Not This Soldier Lansing If they did not know to the contrary, relatives and friends of Pfc. Eugene BRINKMAN, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank BRINKMAN of this village, might expect the paratrooper to bemoan the fact he's been twice wounded in the war. Not so BRINKMAN! First of all, he's the proud possessor of the purple heart decoration with three stars, which he recently sent home to his "mom". Secondly, BRINKMAN contends the work of G. I. doctors in treating him during his most recent wounding has made him into a "most handsome looking brute." In a letter accompanying his decorations, Pfc. BRINKMAN, who still is confined to a hospital in Naples, said the physician attending him has finally removed a wire which braced his jaw during the past two months after he was wounded. Apparently happily startled by the apparition that now looks back at him from mirrors, Paratrooper BRINKMAN wrote: "Mom, you should see what a handsome looking brute I am now. My G. I. haircut has grown into long way hair and I've also raised a 'soup strainer' during the time I've been under treatment here." The village paratrooper who has been overseas since last May, previously was wounded August 22 in France.