IN

REPI,Y

REIER TO:

U. S. S. PRAIRTE (no_rs) 17 SEPTEMBER L%5

DEAREST FAMTLY,

HEAVENS! I'IILL NOT THIS LOVELY SHIP EVER MOVE? FOR

THE

PAST MONTH EVERYBODY HAS BEEN EXPECTING TO GET UNDERI'IAY, EITHER FOR l-{0ME 0R JUST ANYPLACE, BUT

Dt' WE? NEVER. 0N

trlE SIAY

JUST TUGGING THE SAIE AN,-HOR AS lluE HAVE FOR THE PAST YEAR.
NEVERTHELESS, WE AREIIIT CIV ING UP HOPE-

ITIS

BOUND TO COME.

OH. SPEED THE HAPPY DAY.

THE CLOSEST FRIEND
PURGH
lltJE

HAVE Ii!ET

IN

THE I.IAVY

IS A PITTS-

LAD.

HE IS AT-ACHED TO THE FLAG AROARD THE PRAIRIE.

TEASE EAnH OTHER REGULARLY

Htli'T0

ME AB0UT

KISK|- llHteH
PTTTSBURGH
IIIE

HE CALLS THE PANW lflATST SCHOOL,

T0 HtM ABOUT

ltlHICH
ASKED

INSULT REGULARLY ABOUT THE SMOKE. THE OTHER DAY,

0OI",IMUNICATIONS OFFICER

'*' AND HE SA|D yES AMD rT !1AS A VERY F|NE SCHO0L- AtS0 THAT oUR
SH I PS NAV

IF HE HAD HEARD OF KISKI

IGAToR ttAS A GRADUATE. WELL

, ll1HEN I
IlE

HEARD TH T "

HEADED FOR THE NAVIGATORS

H

BRIME IN A
HOUR

CLOI.ID OF

SMOKE.

FOTID

IM THERE AND FOR THE NEXT

RE-HASHED ALL ABOUT

THE OLD PLACE. HE HASN'T BEEN BACK TO SCHOOL SINCE HE GRAD.

UATED

n'

t37
A

Ar,tD NATURALLY

HAD PLENry
ITH

T0 TELL HtM-

tF

COULD GET

lryORD

IN

EDGE'il

ISE

ILE HE SEEMED TO L IVE H IS

TOLD

PREP SCHOOL DAYS OVER

AGAIN.

HIII

THE SCHOOL IJIAS ilION.

PROFIT NO|t, AND AEOUT THE NEv'l

KISKI

PLAN OF

STIJDIES.

HAVE

ALL i'V ALUUIII T4AGAZINES trROM AUEUST

LrtME

'43

ON AND GAVE THEM TO

ADDRESSES

r0 READ.

\!0TtCED TrrAT ilE tlAS ArroNG THoSE LoST AiID

LISTFD 6115qY

NOllI,

1*'* AND AU GIVII'!f" I'YSELF CREDIT FOR

IN REPLY
REFER TO!

PACE Tlll0

U. S.
HAV

S. PRAIRIE
l,lR I

tNG zuC0VEBED

tM.

IrM

cotNc r0

TE THE SCHooL

AND

INFORM TFEM

HE
ME.

IS. I

TOO. IIM SURE THEY'LL BE GLAD TO HEAR WHERE DAVI]J R. LANGTITT IS HIS NAME- LT. LANGFITT TO
AORE VOI' vt,ITH OUR CONVERSATION FOR

IIVON.T

IT

lryOTILDN?T
ME

INTEREST YOU OF TIJE PLACES l/t,E K[''OW. PIJT

IT DROVF-D-TO

THAT

KISKI

EHANGES L ITTLE

IlIIH

THE YEARS- THAT ALL THE

BOYS SEEM TO REiJEVB|:R THE SAI,'IE FAVORITE SPOTS, SO.i/lE CHANG-

ING

A LITTLE

FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT ON THE WHOLE EVERYTHING

I1AS FAMILIAR TO EACH OF

US- UNLIKE A HIGH

SBHOOL WHERE
HE

IN

TEN YEARS CHANGES MAKE THE PLACE UNRECOGNIZEABLE.

RECALLED MR. HUND, JtM[4y MARKS-WHO ytAS

STUDENT THEN

HIISELF,

POP ARNOLD, AND OTHER TEACHERS lllIHO

I ALSO I($EI{.

BUT HE REME'MBERM MARCIA DAUB AS I{HEN

A BABY- &IE I{AS NO BABY

I I{AS THERE- ROOF: INOIDENTALLY, BR0SE,

AND RECALLS HER OLDER SISTER

MARY LytVN FOR lflHOM HE

rl:NT R00F; T00.

[Iy BtnDy, f{AsNrT

aEEN

S0 r-r0r

0N

THAT PANry l'lAIST STUFF LATELY-

HAVE TTIO FULL LIEUTENANTS

0N [,lY SIDE t\!011. HA! LAST $'EEK- FRIDAY AND SATI'RDAY,

TO HELP RELIEVE THE i{ONOTONY.
OUTOLASSEI] NOIII WHEN

IT BLEI{ PRETTY HARD BUT I FEEL READ OF A I]IJI\IDRED FOQTY i'ILE ',1IND IN

'lE

HAD

A PACIFIE TYPHOON

EEORIDA- IlHICH MAKES I/E lllONDER

GEORG

IF

LOMS HOTEL

IS

THERE OR IN

IA

ilI0tl.

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PAGE THREE

U. S.

S. PRAIRIE
THE BUT

ItM
NEXT

LOOK|NG F0RWARD

T0 GETTF'IG OUT 0F THE NAVY lN

\EAR- TO TAKE SECRETARY FORRESTALS ll'lmD SERIOUSLY,

u,HN

L00K TlfiTCE AT My D0|NTS - 263/4 0F 4- I rJAVE ifY EoUBTS, AN AWFUL LoT 0F MEN 0N THE DRA|R|E HAVE rH[tR potNTS roR

DISCHARGE, AND

IT IS ALREADY ADPROACHING THE STAGE WHERE A

A RELIEF. THIS SI{I.P- IS

I,|AN CANT GET HOIIE UNLESS I'IE HAS

BEING

HIT

HARD BECAUSE OF THE TERRIFIC AMOUNT OF MEN llllHo

HAVE BEEN ABOARD UPU{ARDS OF THREE

YEARS.

THEREFORE [,IY FUT-

uqE tsNtT T00 BR|GHT, BUT lrM oOUNTING 0N THE NAVY T0

0F
S0tiilETH

THINK

ING-

H0PE.
I,4ONEY

DIN YOI' EVER RECEIVE i'Y LAST

ORDER-

IT

MSUT HAVE

ARRIVED HOME AFTER YOU LEFT FOR CANADA. SO FAR I IVE SENT
HOME

$TSd DOLLARS I N 'IONEY ORDERS AND HAVE ANOTHER HUNDREDI,IAYBE MORE, COMING AFTER NEXI PI\CAY THIS WEEK. PLEASE LET

ME

I(NOvT AS YOU HAVE BEEN I-)OINC FINE,

WHEN I\,IOIIEY ORDERS

ARRIVE SO

I CAN,STRAIGHTEN IT OUI HERE.

ALT,IAYS HAS

rpE'L0CAL PADI0 STATION AT ULITHI

PERIOD AT CLOSINC FOR THE FIVE

DEV0TI0NAL
MEN

TII'E

I"EEhI THE CHAPLAIN TALKS TO TI-IE

lll

UTES PRFCEEIIIt\10 HARtrOR

UJI.JI-N

rAPS. I

WAS SURPRIS:D

THE OTHEP I{IEHT (eun

HE STARTM READIN{T OUT OF THE SENTINEL

lsr tAN sc tErrcr

) nrlu UADE soirE vERy N rcE REiIARES ABoUT

BEEN $,ILDCAITING

IT. I |IONDER IF HE IS A CHRISTAN SCIENTIST OR JUST USING

GOOD

LIIERAIURE. IIVE

IN MY BIBLE AND

SCIENCE AND HEALTH'

I MUST HAVE LOST IUY 3URRENT QUARTERLY

IN
MY SPARE TIME.

SO HAVE JUST BEEN READING HERE AND THERE

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U. S.
tN cAsE y0uR
SIXTH RID A NICE ARTICLE OII

S.

PRAIRIE

TNTERESTED, T|ME MAGAZTNE FoR AUGUST

ULITHI. IF YOUR INTERESTED-

I REPEAT.
DMA
TO
GO

I GUESS. BOY AM I ANXOOUS SEE HOrl MUCH SHE HAS GROIIN. MAYBE I CAN SOON IF I DOI{T
HAS STARTED SCHOOL NOtl

TO C+lItIA OLSOMIPIACE JTJST AS IERR IBLE.

ITIS rlELL

PAST MY BEDTIME AND ONE OF THE .GI'YS

IS

G I V I NG

ME THAT STARE IlHICH SAYS-'OKAY YOUIVE IIRITTEN FOUR PAGESHOI1 ABOUT LETTING

ME IN THEREI SO I ILL KEEP PEACE IN THE

HOUSE BY SIGNING OFF FOR NOIT.

LoTS AND LoS$ 0F LOVE,

BtJD

PLEASE FQBGIVq UI'.II{8ITTE[-91GryATUREBUT N0 pEr,! 0R pENCtL T0 tttfEltf

IlF

iOnt

Wiiu.'

B:ST INTENTIONS

MEANT,