' United States
Army Air Forces

18 August, 1944

Dear Dr. Allen,

Thank you for sending me the Jayhawk Rebounds.
I have received every issue and have enjoyed them,
passing them on to two other KU fellows who are in
my squadron.

Since finishing five weeks basic training at
Sheppard Field, I have attended two month's CTD
at U. of Cincinnati and am now "on the line" at
Perrin Field, Texas, between Sherman and Dennison.

Please sand my next copy at this# address#
for I am not sure when I will be sent to pre-flight
at SAACC (San Antonio.) 250 leave in August with
250 more in September. 100 will be left over for
Ocbbber.and since my squadron had the fewest weeks
of CTD we'll probably remain here longest. We
won't mind for we then would get 10 day furloughs
and would enjoy? pre-fligkt under more favorable
weather conditions. It's plenty hot there now.

At Cincinnati I saw several Reds' games, seeing
an entire Cardinal series. I also saw the Cubs# and
Pirates. Tho not realizing it at the time, i saw
the best two teams in the Am. League in action## tHe
B4G when I saw the Browns and Red Sox in St. Louis
in June. Other sports features enjoyed at Cincy
was the finals of the Bri-State tennis matches in
which Seguara beat Iglbert and Bundy beat the women's
champ, P. Betz. All these attractions were for free.

We lived in dormatories, ate better than any king,
and naturally our morale was indeed high. Thus svoiled,
we griped a little about adjusting back to Gt life here
but find we are ag&&n enjoying most favorable circumstances.

Here July 4th Sam Rayburn spoke and two new
wwimming pools were opened. Yesterday I saw Waco AAF
trounce the Perrin team. Waco, winners of Texas tourney,
boasts Sid Hudson, Birdie Tebbets, and Nick Popovich,

former major leaguers.