servicee In this way our letter served a two-fold purpose -- it gave some
of the news of the University and it also gave the latest addresses to our .
fighting Jayhawkers. By this method many of the boys who were unable to
get the addresses of their buddies otherwise were able to communicate
immediately with old pals.

"vajor Fen Durand, ina very short 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 and I were also awarded Silver Star Medals as a result of
the Tarawa action. My father recently wrote regarding your excellent talk
to a civic group in Junction City. Your mention of his sons in your talk
gave him a real thrill and made him very jubilant. . . Your Jayhawk Rebounds
still provide a lot of excellent reading matter for mee Its my only medium
for keeping up with what many of my old buddies are doing.'

"First Liewtenant T. P. Hunter (Coe E, 2nd Bne 9th Mare, c/o Fleet
Postoffice, San Francisco), after the rough, tough drubbing that his Marines
gave the Japs at Bougainville, wrote that everything was going fine until
ene day they got his boys in a hot boxe He said, ‘I thought for a while
they were going to call in sane of the outfielders and get us oute Using
his baseball terminology in a clever way he said that the American Marines
retired the Japs in order, which to the Japs means disordere Give them the
old one-two, T. Pe

"Lt. Clint Kanaga (USS Blmore, c/o Fleet Postoffice, Sen Francisco)
was one of our American Marines who hit the Japs at Guadalcanal. Then he
came back to visit us in the States and returned to San Diego where he took
off in a destroyer. And he was in the Marshall Islands fuss. Fred Eber-
hardt was the only K.U. man that Clint ran acrosse No doubt there were
moreée Reports are that Clint in safely back on his ship and off again to
some other place.

"We have a number of Jayhawkers manning PT boats - Knute Kresie,
Jehnny Kline, Hub Ulrich, Eddie Linquist. Knute Kresie says they are
not looking for Dorothy Lamours when they buzz areund those islands.

"Among our boys in England are Capte Paul Harrington (77th Evace
Hospe, APO 505, New York); Ens. Ralph E. Schaake (Navy 246, e/o Fleet P.O.
New York); Lte John a Pfitsch (448 AAA - AW-Bn, APO 638, New York); Pfee
Wilson R. (Bob) Fitzpatrick (Hdqe E.B.S., APO 517, New York) and Pwte
W. Ee Bill Bradford (Sqdn B, Fl.1, 17 RCO-AVN, APO 635, New York).

"Ensign Bob Johnson is with a carrier in the Atlantic fleet, avd Lt.
Gene Haynes is an assistant navigator abroad the battleship Alabama.

"Charles and William Arthur, Navy bombardiers, who with their bombers
have smashed every Jap island before invasion, are both back in Lawrence,
and Charles was married last night to Miss Ann Boweng Both boys appeared
before the War Dads at the Odd Fellows Hall last Monday evening and thrilled
the war dads with their modest tales of bombing Wake, Guadalcanal, Bougain-
ville, Truk, the Marshalls, and other unpronouncable names so faras I am
concerned; but they didn't miss a single one of the Jap strongholdse The most
thrilling story was recounted by Charles and Bill when they described the
rescue of an American aviator who had been shot down and landed inthe Truk
basine One of the fliers swooped down and picked the boy up amid the most
fierce barrage that the Japs could throw at the rescuers of this boy. And

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