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Yio will follow your request, Ross, and save a tickot for the first basketball
game-when you got hone and you will be ny personal guest. Now don't forget. But
I will have to.ask you to personaily romind ne of that because when the excitement
of tho game is on I might accidentaily forgot you. So if you don't uso your Gel.
nerve, then it will bo your own rault, because I will be dolighted to have you.

"IT an going.to do. the “brovherly act" stunt now. There are several brothers
in’ the sorvice, and having rad five vrothsrs of ay owm in my immediate family, I
know with what grsat affection the. tia of orotkorteod is in compat. dnd having
wo sons in tho sormvise I car roadily dirce.n vhat tie greatest thing in all the
world would be when two brohevs wwes or Tieiis of combat or on the high seas,
even if for just a moment. It saiasios something in them that nothing else can
dos” : : a :

: I acknowledge with ‘shanks a letter from jlan C. Fisher, oa brother of Ross,
(APO 104,. New York) from-somowhore in.Germany, ian says, "T want to write to you
noainky “to express my appreeiation to you for sonding me a copy of the Rebounds. I
think ches its-a great piece of roading materiol. It is something which I wanted
+o 1eecive wnen you first published it but sinco i thought that it was prinarily
ids ‘your boys! I was hesitant to ask for ite snd, I'm definitely looking forward
to nore of it now that I’ve hada *aste of tho cakes . + « Pernaps Dad has told you
‘hat I am on my way honé - not to stay, I'n sure, but at loass for 1 visit. Ons of
thea highlights: of ‘my journey through, I hope, wil. be tho Hill. Undorbtoedly- there
:a7s been a lot of changes thero sinco I saw it last» I'm anxious to see +he new
chepel. and having the old shack down which used to ‘be west of the Fngineering
Buiiding should be o big improvement. Its going to be hard to wait for trot cld
Hil] +o show up on the horizons « 1» I'm not sure what the T. P. Hunter momorial
fund is, but without ‘lodking I know that it is..something good, Te. P. wos ‘one cf

the finest follows I over knew, If I get back there I intend to add ny tit to- tho
fune. Until I cet to see you personally,. good. luck to ‘you ond all the Jayhawkers."

Alan, I hope that you arrive in Lawrence sooner than this Jayhawk Rebounds

reachos yous ~~ ehad? #5 : a

-. Ana fron M/Sgt, Don Ee Blair (APO 408, New York) who is somewhere in Germany,
we have received an interesting lotter.- Don says: — "Received the mush apprect.ated
Rebounds yesterday, I think 4t 4s one of. tho most appreciated letters thas I re-
ceive, . . - There is a big. lump in my throat every time thore is mention of 7. Pe
‘ees « « Most of ‘our time is now spent. just wondering what will happen- to us next.

To use en old: exprossion hero, we wonder if it wiil be YGoldcn Gatn in '48", or
"Fort Dix in '56", or.even "CBI in late July", I guess time only will tell. « » »

I guess about the biggest thrill I havo had overseas happened when my brotior
walked into our headquarters last Monday morning. He cazie overseas about ‘wo months
ago and since I tame into Germany wo have been trying to find oach other. We fcund
out that one night while our battalion was moving from Franco to Germany that we
slept within ton niles of each othor,. He only had 24 hours and had to rotu:n to -
his camp in Belgiun, Hope to seo nore. of hin‘but that is hard to tell how thas
will work out.": a a .

‘Don, your suggostion about giving the boys' full addrossos would be fino, ex-
cept that wo do not desire in any way to violato the ccdo of wartime prattices as
set forth by the Office of Consorship, We do use the latest APY nembor “hat we

havo here, and that will get to him although you may not know oxactly where he is

‘because that would: lend aid and comfort to the eneny. ge Pautiee
eg Baa - > arent on & a a. .