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10 FEBRUARY
DEAREST FAMILY

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IT IS NOI{ ABOUT ELEVEN OCLOCK SUNDAY NIGHT- AND THOUGH I JUST CALLED YOU UP THIS EVENING. DECIDED I MIGHT AS VIELL WRITE ARE THAT t'LL FrAvE LTTTLE T|ME FoR c0RRESP0NDENCE

THERE ISNIT lvlUCH NE$IS T0 SAY NOl{ THAT VlErVE DISCUSSED THE MAJOR PROBLEMS. BUT AS GO ALONG THITIGS MIGHT REGISTER THAT I IflENT FORGOT TO MENTION ON THE PHONE. AFTER LEAVING YOU FOLKS TO MT BUDDIES AND SHOT A FEW GAMES OF POOL. THEN WENT UP BACK TO THE BOiilLINC ALLEY. UNFORTUNATELY IT IIAS TOO'CROWDED- AND IHE I4AITINC LIST LONG. SO INSTEAD OF BOtllLING UIE 'JVENT INSTEAD. TO ONE OF THE MOV IES ON THE BASE AND SAIII BOB HOPE AND B ING CROSBY IN ITHE ROAD T0 UTOP|EI. lrVE SEEM S0l'E PRETTY SCREI{Y PICTURES BUT THIS ONE SORT OF TOPPED THEM ALL FOR NONSENSE. THE ACTION TAKES PLACE IN ALASKA- DOROTHY LAMOUR SHOlryS UP IN A SARONG. SANTA CLAUSE SHOlt,S UP OUT OF NOWHERE. AND A SHAGGY DOG CHASES AROOND A SALOON IIIIITH A STICK LIGHTED,DYNAMITE IN ITS MOUTH. PDENW OF LAUGHS DONT MISS IT. AND FUN-

REPAIRS FOR MY HORN OUGHT TO RUN FROM FIFTEEN DOLLARS ON UP. SO DONT BE SURPRISED IF THE CIiARGE IS PRETTY HEAUT. TOLD THEM' TO AND ANY NEI{ PARTS NEEDED. AND TO GIVE IT A THOROUGH GOING OVER. BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY TRIPS TO H. N. WHITE. YOU'D BETTER CALL AND SEE IF THE INSTRUMENT IS READY. REMEMBER TTIE CARD IS IN THE SECRET DRAU'ER tN JHE_LlytNq Rqq[4. I'Ll= SEND SOME (F TH|S MoNEY H0bE, AND YOU CAN USE IT TO PAY FOR THE JOB.

VEEN tlROTE AND SA ID THAT ITESTERN RESERVE !{AS TURN ING DOI{N APL ICCATIONS FOR VETERANS DUE TO AN ALREADT HEAVY'ENROLLMENT. THIS DORT 0F I{ORRIES ME. IID HATE TO HAVE TO IIiAIT A COUPLE \ARS MORE BEFORE BEINC ADMITTIE TO A COLLEGE. HOITEVER. BY NEXT FALL THE EXCESS tvllcHT FALL 0F [{HEN SOME 0F THE VETS lltH0 u{El[T T0 C0LLEGE MERELY FOR THE FIFW DOLLARS A MONTH INVOLVED. DISCOVER THAT THERE IS A LITTLE NEVERTHELESS. IN THE IIIEANTIME I'M GOING TO GIVE PLENTY MORE TO HAVE ANY FREE TI ME THIS OF THIIUGHT TO A CHOIEE OF-SCHOOL. fuIAY DROP AROUND A FEI'I SCHOOLS AND LOOK THEM OVER. AM FIND SUMMER. ING OUT ANY DETAILS llllHICH MAY HELP ME IN MAKING A FINAL SXCEXAII DECISION. KISKI I{CIJLD BE A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR I'M SIfiE THAT THEY U{OULD ME MORE THAN II{ILLING TO LEND A HA}.[D AI{D GIVE A FEII VALUABLE POINTERS.

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t|lAq suRPRlgED T0 D|SC0VER T|{AT AUNT MtN tlAS AT orJR H0USE. IHAIIS PREITYY S'AELL. BUT IMAGINE THAT CLEVELAND IS PRETTY DULL AFTER A lilEEK IN NEIY YORK. SAY. IF IIM READT FOR DISCHARGE THEMID}LE OF MARCH, DAVID OUGHT TO BE GETTLNC OUT MIGHTY QUGOK. IF

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IIM STATIONED IN GREAT LAKES FOR A WHILE. I SURE r{OULD'LIXE-TO YIqII.AUNI i,IN AND SEE DAVID AIID COMPARE'NOTES ON EXPERIENGS. IHE^I{9T^II,UF. !_SArit_HtM t{AS tN B00T CAMP. HM, A LoT HAS HAPPENED
TO BOTH OFYSINCE THEN.

IqTHING NEII- I'M STILL ON THE DRAFT FOR TREASURE ISLAND THE FOURTEENTH. THE NAVY IS KEEPING ME AI{D THE REST OF US ABOARD UNTIL-TI VEBY LAST MINUTE. .TOMORROW t|,E GO TO HUNTERS POINT TO gALIBBATE RADAR AND RADIONE@ EQUIPMENT TAKE ON FUEL THEN TUESDA,Y IIIE GET DEGAUSSED THAT IS. GET DE-MACNETIZED SO AS NOT TO MINES. wmnrsnnV ttE FrlnsH-oun AVAitABtr[irv: Auo iHrnr FI NALLY THURSDAY GET TRANSFERRED- HOI1 IIONDERFUL.

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