June 24, 1943.

tir. Don Ebling, Ge Spe, USI
U. S. 5. Paerragut,
c/o Fleet Postmaster,

_ San Francisoo, California.

Dear Don:

Now, I want to say a word about your failure to receive a
commission. Yon't you worry about that a minute, end I want you to imow
that none of your friends know but what you gave all you had, but maybe
you just didn't click with the right fellow. I+ wouldn't be Don Bbling
if he didn't plen to try again at his first opportumity. I remember
when you eames out first for my basketball teem. You weren't happy if
you weren't giving everything you had, and even when practice was over
you still wanted to stay and perfect some of the fundamentals that you
had not mastered at that time. Almost every evening I hed to send you
down because you stillwanted to work more, and sometimes you pressed a

‘Little too mush, but it was your loyalty and your desire to give service

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that caused you to be dissatisfied with the efforts you made.

; Ana then, too, I remember in your senior year what a
wonderful improvement you had: made. No one could have believed that