4,

Se and liteoh.tne anatomy of a colored gentleman's fractious steed. Said steed
tore across. the street and lended smackedab in the top of Bob's ear, hoofs and all.

Of course, Bob and Jean, luckily, were not in it. The car was a wreck
fron top to the chassis, Brothereinelaw 711] Williams, Hleanor’s husband, who is a
lawyer, saw the sorrowful owner of the steed and the poor old colored gentleman
offered to pay $10.00 a month until the bill was satisfied, However, Bob writes
that the poor old colored fellow has just been returned from the operating table
at the hospital and they found a huge carcinoma of’the stomach, They sewed him
back up, and the tag on his hospital record showéd “exploratory laparotomy".
That means they just euplovet ond found that an operation was contraindicated.

 

This means that Bob had a lot of experience out of the episode, ‘but no
moneys I am reminded of the philosophy of the oid colored fellow who had a blind
horse and when he died the old gentleman soliloquized, "Dem tat has must lose".
Too bad, Bobs But for the benefit of Rope Emgleman, Johnny Kline, Ralph Miller,
Bruee Voren, Marvin Sollenberger, Norman Sannemen, Charles Walker, Bill Hoghen,
Bob Johnson, Vance Hall, “aurice Jackson, Don Zbling, Bill Bevan, Jack Sands,
Leren Florell, Lyman Corlis, Kirk Owen, Lester Kappelman, Herb Hartman, Fen
_ Durand, and other of your teammates whose names have slipped my mind, they will
be glad to know that you eame out alive, And with your Army pay as a Pfo, it
won't take you long to get the wreek in shape so that you can get back to Bell
Memorial Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, where you will begin your interneship
sometime soon after October lst. For a country boy from Kansas to serve as
president of his medical class is perhaps compensation to offset your other dis-
appointments. Bob perhaps would never mention this, but with justifiable pride
the old folks are pretty happy about it, :

Lt. Ralph H. Miller has just written me from Drew Field, Tampa, Florida:
“Dear Doc, ;

I gust heard of T. Pe Hunter's death yesterday and it really struck
home. dean and I felt very badly about it. I think he was one of the grandest
persons I have ever known in my lifee It's a shame that he should have to go
because he is one of the boys who will be needed later on in this worlds My
hat is off to him because I think he was one of the greatest guys K.U. ever had.

If possible I would like to have his mother's address, 1 certainly
would epevosiate it if you cen send it to me.

From the heading you can see where we are now stationed. We like it
very much and I have a niee assignment, I am the Asst. Base Physical Training
Officer. There are a grand bunch of fellows here and I enjoy my work very much.

Have run into two K.U. people hére = Jim Sherman of Topeka, and Tom
Lillard of Topeka and his wife (Margaret Butler), We had a nice get-together
last night and talking of the swelldays of K.U. All of us wished that we could
be back there.

Dick is in the Aleutians and so far likes it fine. I understand Bob
Gilliand was decorated for action against Jap planes, Spike Robertson wes in
on DeDay and was plenty seared, so he says.

Enough for nowe Doe, your newsletter is wonderful and it is really
appreciated by all. I don't know of anything you could have done to make plenty
of guys happy. dean and I both send regards to youand the family. Hope you

ean send me that addresses