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the Jayhawk Rebounds, giving the names and addresses of the various boys
in the service. In this way cur letter scfved a two-fold purpese -- it
gave some of the news of the University ond it also gave the latest
addresses to our fighting Jayhawkers, By this method many of the boys
who were unable to get the addresses cf their buddies otherwise were able
to communicate immediately with old pals.

"Major Fen Durend, in'a very shert and modest letter of March 20,
writes: ‘Recently several Jayhawkers out this way made promotions -- Bill
Jones to Lt, Col,, and Bill McKinley and myself to Major. Jones’ promotion
resulted from his excellent job at Tarawa as battalion commander = a spot
promotion. Jones ond I were also awarded Silver Star Medals as a result
of the Tarawa action. ly father recently wrote regarding your excellent
talk to a civic group in Junction City. Your mention of his sons in your
talk gave him oa roal' thrill and made him very jubilant... . Your Jayhawk
Rebounds still provide a lot of excellent reading matter for mes, Its my
‘only medium for eaeP ive ve with what many of my old buddies are Gainge

“wPirat feortseent T. Po Hunter (Co. E, 2nd Bn. 9th Mar.; “/é Fleet
Postoffice, San Francisco), after the rough, tough drubbing that his ~~
Marines gave the Japs at Bougainville, wrote that everything was going
fine until cne day they got his boys in a hot box. He said, "I thought
- for a while they were going to call in some of the outfielders and get us
out.' Using his- baseball terminology in a clever way, he said that the
American Marines retired the Japs in order, which to the Japs | means dis+
crders Gave them the old PRE TEs a 1

"Ete ‘clint Reeae (USS dinero. c/o Fleet Se aplio. San Pano)
-was one of our American Marines who hit the Japs at Gueda%sunal. fhon. he
came back to visit us in the States ond returned to San Diego where he- took
off ina destroyer. And he was in the Marshall Islands fuss. Fred Eber-
hardt was the only K,U. man that Clint ran ACTOSS. %o doubt there were

' more. Reports are that Grek is sagely back on his ship ond off apedan 4 to

‘ some saa Bee

"Ye have a number of Jayhowkers manning PT boats - Knute Kresie,
Johnny Kline, Hub Ulrich, Eddie Linguist. Knute Kresie says they" are not
_ looking for Dorothy Lomours when they busz around those —— e

"Among our beys in Englond are Capt, Paul Harrington (77th Evace
Hosp., APO 505, New York); Ens. Ralph 4, Skhaoke (Navy 246, c/o Fleet P.0.
New York); Lt. John a. Pfitsch (448 AAA -AW-Bn, APO 638, New York); Pfo.
Wilson R. Bob Fitzpatrick (Hdq.E,B.S., APO 517, New Tock)s and Pvt. WE,
Bill Bradford (Sqdn B,..Fdwds +17 RCO-ZVN, sich 635, New York).

"Ensign Beb 12 is with a es in -the Atlantic fleet, and
ibs Gene Haynes is oan assistant navigator aberad the battleship Alabewte

"Charles it W422 40m Arthur, Navy bombardiers, who with their:

- bombers have smashed every Jap island: before invasion, are beth back in
Lawrence, and Charles was married last-night to Miss Anne Bowen. Both boys
appeared before the War Dads at the Odd Fellows Hall last Monday evening
end thrilled the war dads with their modest tales of bombing "lake, Guadal-
canal, Bougainville, Truk, the Marshalls, ond other unpronouncable names

so far'as I'am concerned; but they didn't miss o single one of the Jap |