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‘So you see we are getti ug all of thése messares which should make us play
better bail. jd those meusazes do male us ees more Dcr. you, as we vant you to
know tnst we are ali prlling yor son bey whos ae soinug u mucn grander and
bigger job than we eouid over poivorm here at home. But we are fighting 'en
for you, felisw, Lots of good luck.

Bob Fitzpatrick, who was a member of cur ever-victorious 1943 tean,
writes us from &: waund.s He writes such a swell ietter that we are passing it
on to you. CS, we are proud of you. You must have gajored in English when
you were here. Did you? «anyhow, we want you back to finish, so count on ite

Pfc. Wilson R. Fitzpatrick, England. Jone ll, 1944

Heqe BeBe Pus ; :

APO E37, c/o Fue a's Dear Doc:

New York, N.Y. Sew a little article in our daily

peper, "The Stars and Stripes", tnat I
ih ge might imterest you, Shows that wherever we go we can koep up with
hat is going on back nome. The same paper also brought scme bad news
when it had the score or the Ifissouri-Kansas game at Missouri, Looks like
the Oklahoma Aggies kave a tough team this ycar. 111 we read abcut is Bob
Kurtand, I suppcse you have or will have soon a now letter coming out.

Those letters are swell and I sure: look forward to receiving mine and
find out where the rest of the boys are. Had a chance to pley some basket=
ball over here and tried it one night. You shouid have seen the gym we
played in. It was far worse than my high school gym and that was bad.

It was only about 45 feet long and 25 or SO feet wide, efore i went up
‘shere someone told me there was a.lew.ceiling. ‘Well, tho raf'tors ace SO
‘low that after you were about 4 feet past the free throw line you ccald
not shoot without hitting the rafter, No matter how close you tried to
miss the rafter dnd hit the basket. too, it oe be done, The tal
either hit the rafter or went under the basket, > you got out to mid-
court you could shoot a long shot through the rafter fror tne sides if
you were lucky,

Sow "Rea Ettinger's name mentioned in the paper about a basketball
tournanent his team won and he tied someone for high scoring. Ye is well
known by everyone that has been over here for some time. im gcing to a
Phi Delt dirner in London Friday and so hope to meet someone from arcund
hows. Know that John Lynch frem home and scnool is here but haven't soen
him yet. Everyvhing is fine over here except the damp weather is roally
cold.: a |

. Sincerely, -

Bob Fitzpatrick.

Bill Bradford also writes an | interesting ‘Lebeey from England, and Bill,
we will print yours along with the ccher epics. Good itie® to you, Bill. We
‘would like to — you back when the fuss is over. .

Pvt. We E. Seateame. England Jan, 10, 1944.
Sqin. B, Flt. 1, 17 R.C.0. (AVN), a

APO 635, c/o P.M. id Dear Dr. -:llen:

New. York City, N.Y. < I was roading: in our daily E.T.0.

| . newspaper, "The Stars and Stripes", and
the enclesed article about you was in the sports section so I thought I'd
let you mew that I'm still able to read your "blasts" (which defini: tely