SUBMARINE CHASER TRAINING CENTER
MIAMI, FLORIDA

October 3, 1943
Dear Doc,

It has been many days since I have received either a personal dis-
patch or one of the mimeographed circular letters which are so wele
comed by all sons of Oread. I trust my name has not been stricken
from the meil list, and if it has please add it now.

I am about to be detached from this training center and will be order-
ed to San Frisco (terrible typing) where I will become the Communication
Officer on a new DE vessel under construction at the Bethlehem yard

in that city. After several weeks of fitting out, cammisioning,
shakedown etec., we shall be Af¥dJ7//p¢ the good ship USS England, and

be assigned to whatever mission the high moguls may decide upon.

I will probably be through Kansas soon but I believe it will fall my
lot to be in charge of the crew, and in that event I will be unable
to stop in Kansas for any time at all.

Mrs. Engleman and I have enjoyed ourselves thowroughly here in Miami.
The Hebrew race seems to predominate but there are plenty of fine
young Army and Naval officers here to associate with. In fact I ran
into Red Dugan and his wife only the other day at the beach. It was
a plesant meeting Doc, and you can be sure you and Lawrence were the
cheif topic of conversations

I don't suppose I need tell you extent of your reputation. Even down
here after my statehood is established, its not, "What does Senator
Capper think about this, or Do you know William Allen White?" but
rather, "What kind of a guy is this Phog Allen?" Honestly Doc, its
really a tribute to your fine work.

I read where you are playing Great Lakes this year again, I hope you
will send me a schedule of the season, and I would also like to get

a copy of that opening letter to all the players which you annualy
give out. That letter wes always an inspiration to me in school and
I believe in the months to come a little added inspiration will be
just the thing all our fighting men will need.

I hope you have all the success you deserve this year. We Jayhawks
all over the world will be withvff you ever night. Even yet when

I hear the Star Spangled Banner I am carried. back to the dimmly lighted
Hoch where only the silhouette of your teammates and the lump in your
throat drives you on to fight a little harder)