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OFFICE OF THE PHYSICAL TRAINING OFFICER
WALLA WALLA ARMY AIR FIELD
WASHINGTON

Forrest C. Allen 9 December 1944
Director of Physical Education,

University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Doc:

I want to thank you for your consideretion and trouble in
sending me your book. Isolated as we are up here there were

no copies in stock at any of the places that we trade. The copy
that I used to own has long since disappeared.

Our basketball teem is not too red hot as yet but we do have poss-
ibilities. To date we have beaten Gonzaga University and McCawe
General Hospital. This coming week we play University of Ideho and
Geiger Field. What we really need is two guards. If we can dig
them up somewhere we might stand a chance against a little heavier
competition.

\ Qur Air Force is divided into four districts. We are in the

northern district. The winners of the four districts play off in
/ San Francisco and the winner there represents the Air Force in a
/ National Tournament in New York, on March 15th. The joker in

getting up a good team lies in the fact that these men must do all
of their practicing and playing after they have finished their days
work. Some of the boys work as high as twelve and sixteen hours
at a time so vou can see that they‘are tired when they come out to
practice. We find however that if they do come out after they get
off work they are really sold on the game, and they are swell to
work with.

We have a twelve team int@hural league running now and we find a
few boys that way. We hafe to use all permanent party personnel
because the combat crews have such a rigid training schedule.

Our old transportation bugaboo that we had to contend with in
Florida has smoothed out here. They fly us to our games in the big
B-24's. In this way we can make a trip, play a game, and be back
ready for work the next morning. If we are weathered in we heve a
fifteen passenger car (like the one at Haskell) which we ride in.

Thanks again for your courtesy. I enjoy reading about the boys in
the “Rebounds”.

Yours,

   

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