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; bee and Lityon.the anatomy of a colored. ntti, fractious steed, Said steed
' tore aeross the street and lended smackedab in the top of Bob's car, hoofs and all,

OF course, Bob wnt Joan, Leskily, were not in it. The car was @ wreck
from top to the chassis, Brothereinelaw Gil Williams, Eleanor’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 caroin of the stomach, They sewed him
back up, and the tag on his hospital record showed “exploratory laparotomy",
That means they just explored and found that an operation was contraindicated.

 
   

This means that Bob had a lot of idieawtense out of the episode, but no
money. 1 am reminded of the philosophy of the old colored fellow who had a blind
horse and when he died the old gentleman soliloquiged, "Dem that has must lose".
Too bad, Bobs But for the benefit of Rope Engleman, Johnny Kline, Relph Miller,
Bruce Voran, Marvin Sollenberger, Norman Sanneman, Charles Walker, Bill Hogben,
Bob Johnson, Vance Hall, “aurice Jackson, Don Ebling, Bill Bevan, Jack Sands,
Loren 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 came 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 ean get back to Bell
Memorial Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, where you will begin your interneship
sometime soon after October lste 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, —

Lte Ralph H, Miller has just written me from Drew Field, Tampa, Florida;

"Dear Doc, | , ee

I just heard of T. P. Hunter's death yesterday and it really struck

home. Jean and I felt very badly about it. I think he was one of the grandest

persons I have ever known in my life. 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 KeU. ever had,
If possible I would like to have his mother's address, I certainly

would appreciate it if you can send it to me, :

: From the heading you ean see where we are now stationed, We like it
very much and I have a nice assignment, I em 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 KeU,. people here = Jim Sherman of Topeka, and Tom

Lillard of Topeka and his wife (Margaret Butler)» We had a nice getetogether
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 fines I understand Bob
Gilliand was decorated for action against Jap planes, Spike Robertson was in
on DeDay and was plenty scared, so he says.

Enough for now, Doc, your newsletter is wonderful and it is really |
appreciated by alle I don't know of anything you could have done to make plenty
. Of guys happy. daan and I both send regards to you and the family, Hope you
can send me that address» ;