medal was presented by Col. Henry E,. Tisdale, now commanding Fort Ben-
jemin Harrison. Mr. Nees was escorted to the stand by Capt. Robert
Pattersone The citation was read by Capt. C. E. Lyon. After the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Nees and their four remaining sons reviewed

the troops of the Air Corps Provisional Training Battalion.

"Take up our fight with the foe
To you - from failing hands we throw the torch" - - -

To show you that our citizens on the home front are keeping faith,
the University of Kansas personnel did the greatest job of giving they
have ever donee The faculty, employees, students, officers of the Army
and Navy of this community gave a total of $5,356.59 to the Nati onal
War Fund and Gommunity Chest drive here in Lawrence. Our total combined
quota for Lawrence and Douglas County was $29,617. As chairman of the
drive for the University I deeply appreciate the loyal and even enthusiastic
giving of these fine people who are backing our boys up in a most loyal dye

And to you ever=-victorious basketball champions of the Big Six for
1943, I have good newse Mr. Julius Marks called me and states timt the
basketballs have finally arrived. We are sending these to the mothers,
Wives, and sweethearts of the boys as directed some months ago by these
championse I trust that when you boys get out of the service that you
may proudly exhibit them as a symbol of a team that started with some
disunity but finished floriously under very, very difficult handicaps.
It is the rocky road that you negotiate victoriously that causes many
happy recollections of victorious struggle.

Dean Nesmith just brings in a letter from Lt. Ole F. Nesmith,
V.Del, e/o Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco, California, in which he
says? “It is cool and cloudy and things are swell up above, Fa further
comment read your daily newspapers."

From this cryptic comment we can intuitively judge that there is
a lot of hate up in the skye

And I have a letter which just arrived from Ensign Delbert Campbell,
USS = LST = 241, c/o Fleet Postmaster, San Francisco, California, sending
me a blank check wanting the Kansan sent to him pronto so that he might
keep up with Mount Oread news. Delbert says: “We have gone 19 days
without seeing land, but will arrive at port soon. Last Saturday we picked
up by short wave the football score and heard K. U¥ beat Washburne"

Wishing you all happy landings, good hunting, and a victorious
return, I am

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education,
FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach.

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