May 8, 1943.

Lt. Myrl J. Hodson,
236 N. 17th St.,
Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Dear Myrl and Jane:

I find that I have not answered your letter of April 18th,
but I have just written to a gentleman down in Brazil who wrote me on
December 14th, so you sse I do get far behind in my correspondence.

The day I saw you good people I was in a rush to make three
connections - lr. MoBride, Mr. Haynes and lr. Reaves Peters, so you see
I had a lot to do in an hour's time. I did not notice that I revealed
my nervousness, but you people were going some place, as I recall, on
tla ase 80 _ rig — of those hello and goodby salutstions.
3 e been accus re of people that I the nervous
sign when I om in a hurry. But don't we all? ee

I notice where the 88th division was called on the alert. I

renember pretty distinctly one September night about ten o*clock we

were called out at Camp Sheridan and marched ton miles just because

the eolonel was anxious to show a visiting colonel how quickly he

could get his camp marching. So I am not surprised with this World

War on that these alerts are sounded just et the most unsuspecting
moment. Apparently the rumor regarding the President was correct because
I noticed where he had been down there, and he was alao out at Fort Riley.

Jeck Ballard, whom you know, wrote me from Fort Riley that he
was one of the honor guards that gat with the President in church at
Port Riley on daster morning. He certainly was all set up over the fact
because he sat just four rows from the Commander~in-Chief.

_. &ll of our basketball boys are now in the service. Charlie
Black is in Utah, Ray Bvans is in St. Petersburg, and Armand Dixon is in
California. They are scattered to the four winds of the United States,
but none of them have gone overseas as yet. Iam obtaining a list of
all the boys and we expect to write a mouthly letter to them. I will
send you a copy of our next month's issue. a

Now, regarding the photos. I will be honest and state that
am not sure that I can locate them but I will endeavor to do so. I
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have bad habit. Iwill carry a pack of envelopes in my pocket
for about two months. I generally use these envelopes on the outside

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