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the outstanding Kansas man thet evening,"

: Then Mit added, "It matters not how he got it, I'l] bet he took it with-
out a whimper, as he took everything that came to him,"

Mrs, Allen wrote T.P.'s mother, Mrs, Mary Hunter at Margaret, Texas, eve
tending our sympathies to her, T.P,'s sister, Mrs, Jimmie Hembree, wrote as
follows: ae

My mother received your very kind letter a few days agoe
We wish to thank you for this sincere expression of your sympathy. We always
treasure your letter for its encouragement now and for the future.

Our entire commumity mourns for T.P. Many have come or

written to us to express their sorrow, Among them are the parents of three other
a Jap prison camp,

oP. had told her to be
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Margaret, Texas : (Mrse) Jimmy Hembree
August 25, 1944,

In this morning's mail I received a letter from T.P.'s buddy, Cple Charles
Pe Loar, USMC. It was written from the Naval Hospital at Sen Francisco, Calif,
Cpl. Loar says:

“Dear Mr. Allen: oom

First of all I want to tell you who I ame I was one of —

Te Pe Hunter's best friends, We were in the same outfit, and I was with Tepe when
he was killed. I guess that story will be one of the unwritten tales of this war,
but Tepe was a hero, and a great guye I could write a whole book on his
and I think it would be a best-sellers I was also with him on his patrol on Bougain-
ville. |

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He used to let me read the paper you sent every month, be-