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the —— Kansas man that evening,"

Then Mit added, "It matters not how he got it, I*ll 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, ex-
pre one our sympathies to her, T.P.'s sister, Mrs. Jimmie Hembree, wrote as
follows: :

"Dear Mrs, Allen:

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

_ Qur entire community mourns for T.P. Many have come or
written to us to express their sorrow, Among them are the parents of three other
boys who have lost their lives = one in a plane crash, one in a Jap prison camp,
and one in company with T,P,. in the South Pacific.

My mother is trying to be brave as T.P. had told her to be
if anything ever happened to him, He was her baby and pride of her life, Though
the youngest of us, I sometimes think he was the wisest and kindest of us all,

Yes, TP. was ready to meet his God. T.P., on receipt of
a Christmas card from the Methodist church here, wrote a letter of appreciation to
the church not only for the card but for all that it meant to him, The minister
read it aloud to the people and said that he would always keep the letter as it was
B sormen within itself,

We were so glad that T.P. attended the University and
made such friends as you and Dr. Allen, We were glad that he had opportunities to
improve his mind and body amid such pleasant friends and surroundings. We wishto
thank you for making his college life so pleasant and profitable.

Let us hope that the death of T.P., and others like him
will not be in vain but that war will be banished from the face of the earth.

We have not received a letter of details yet, but a letter
from Marine Headquarters said that he was killed July 21, on Guan,

I am T.P.'s oldest sister.

Yours sincerely,

Margaret, Texas (Mrse) Jimmy Hembree
August 25, 1944,

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

"Dear Mre Allen:

First of all oo Iam. 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 adventures
and I think it would be a best-seller. I was also with him on his patrol on Bougain- —
ville.

He used to let me read the paper you sent every month, bee .