3'i) ARR tL I94S U S S PRAIRIE

DL.AREST T lD

AND L0lvl,

YOUR LEI I'EIT OF

lI

APRIL AftRIVED SAFELY THIS

AFTERNOUN,

I CANT $EE HOW ELSE, hOTtNG THE S|ZE 0F THE ENVELOPE !!HICH |!AS PROCTEUTING IT. I\EVERTHELESS IT
ANll

IllAS FUN LOOKING FOR THE LETTER, AND QUITE

A THRILL

WHEN

rUUND l T.
I

SEEMS
I

AS IF

YOU TUIO ARE

IN A.. ,,RETTY FANCY

YOU WERE ,vIUSCLE lN

RACKET. THAI
FROfui

S,

GITT I i'rG

TH I NGS CONT I NUALY STOLLEE

YOU. E

vljOULDNIT BE

A BIT SURPRISE]] IF

PUL-lNc TH0SE JOBS Y0URSELVES AND TRYING T0

0N S0

INSURANCE. YOU i\iEVER DID HEAR AB0UT THE BUICK

DID Y0U? WELL,

HOPE THE CULPRTT

tS

CAUGHT

TH|S

Til,4E

AiiD IIJITH THE GOODS.

IVERE THERE ANY NYLONS

IN THE dUNCH

OF CLOTHING THAT t'l,AS TAKEN?

WELL, 0N BEHALF 0F THE SERVICET,iEN 0N BOTH SIDES ()F THE GLOtsE, AND fuIY HUMBLE SELF, WE THANK YOU FOR
DONf,f,I ON OF
YOUR

P I NT

OF BLOOD. WE ARE ALL PART (')F

I

THE

SAME TEAM, F ISHT I NG THE SAME I^IAR AND FOR L AND ANY DEED FROiii ANY ONE OF

KE

NTERESTS,
THE

US IS

CERTA I

II

TO HASTEN
AND

FINAL GLORIOUS p|CTORY 0F HITLER, i/USS0, HlROHlT0

c0. (punplr

HEART APPL tcAT I 0r\i EN0LOSED) (

RATE ONE tviysELF

FOR THE ''IELL FED ANll HEALTHY

IRING

'itORM

Aili SPORTING lN

THE ,,:OST INCoNV tEN I ENT SPoT) .

IIVE

BEEN JJUII,iG PLENTY OF READING THIS WEEK.

TWO MONTHS ll1,ORTH OF BACK

IT

SEEMS

AS IF

LIFE

AND POST

i,IAGAZ I

NES

ARR I VED

ALL AT ONSE.

I HAD B.EEN READ I NG

STUFF FROM THE SHIPS LIBRARY, BUT HAVE DISC|.)NTINIJED

THAT lN FAV0R 0F THE FLT|?EMENTI0NED. AM0NG TH0$E 800[rS,

lF I

HAVEN(T ALREADY SAID

S0 ll'J PREVIOUS LETTERS,

WERE

TFAREWELL

T0 ARMSt,0ff ivll0E AND MEN| ANr

Al\l

ARTIC

EXPLORATION VOYAGE.

SOMETIMES vrjONDER WHERE THE WRITERS

I NFORMAT

OF THESE
AUTHOR

iviAGAZ I NE ART

ICLES GET THENN

ION.

UNE

IN LIFE

WROTE ON ,,HAT HE CLAIViED TFIRST HAOD

INFORMATIONI OF PACIFIC

ATOLLS. HE

PROBABLY SPENT AT

LEAST EIGHT HOURS ON EAOH

(]NE

ACCORDING TO

HIM

THESE

LITTLE PLAOES OUT HERE ARE REALLY AND TRULY PARADISES.

AirD EAtiH
THE
SI

NGLE I ShAl'iD I THE HEALTH IEST IIAMN I SLAND

IN

PACIFICI.

I]UT'IIARDLY THEY ARE dEAUTIFUL- THE OCEAN

DEEP CLEAR BLUE AND IIHEN THE WAVES BREAM FORM THE illOST

BEAUTIFUL GREENISH COLOR. BUT THAT

MY

Is

THE LII'/IT.

INTIRE
THINK

OVERSEAS CAREER HAS BEEN SPENT

AT

ISLAND

ATOLLS.
UP

I CAN SAY ^ND RECEIVE NO CRITICSM FROM

lF
ONE CLlltlBS

ANY.EXPERIENCE! HAND, THAT THEY AINT WHAT THEYIRE CRACKED

T0

BE.

0N MOST 0F THEM,

A 15 F0RT

tui0UND

HE CAN CAAIM HEIS BEEN TO THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE ISLAND. THE ATOLLS HAVE SO LITTLE TO OFFER THAT I IVE ONLY
ACCEPTTD

THE SPPORTTJNITY TO GO ASHORE ON ONE T!'IJIOE SINCE LEAVING

PEARL HARBOR.
BUGS AI'JD FL IES.

IT'S

;I{UCH CO0LER ABOARD

SHIP !IITH LfiO/"

[*ESS

ENOUGH

OF THAT.

DID
vrslTED

EVER TELL YOU THAT fuiARTHA FETZERS FIANCEE

ME ABOARD THE MtGHTy

g?

HE|S AN ENSTGN

A
IN

C0I/MUN I CAT

l0N

OFF

ICER AT THAT S0 ltiE HAD SOlylETH I NG

COMION. HE SEEMED TO LII',E THE PRAIRIE. HE MD

UP AT OKINA|IIA AND OFF

BEEN

I!1'0.

INCEDENTALLI{

HIS SHIP IS

A DESTROYER- THE FARRAGUTKN0W'tDAiviN THE TORPEIOE$

NA|vIED AFTER THE ADMI

ML

YqJ

ETc.n LIKE EVERYB0DY l{ D|DNtl

CARE MUCH FOR THE

SAI{,

PACIFIC. ITIS

LITTLL

ROUGH ON

DD.

CLEVER LAEREL AND HARIY ivlOvlE THIS EVENINc.

AFTER

lT iiAS OVIR CAME 0N DECK AND IIATCHE D THE MOVIE 0N THE CAN TIED ALONSSIDE* THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU. IT IS
PICTURES.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE
SA

GUESS

IIM

NOT TFE ONLY

LIKED GUYS IIERE SITTING 0N THE ''dH0 LADDERS GUN TURFETS ANY PLACE OF GOOD VANTAGE.
riELL

lL0R

lT.

iiAlLS,
T; I I

!N

, I

BF-ITiti SECtRa- (THattS NAVty-SALTy)

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