Johnny, we want you and the other Rebounders to know about John
“thin Man" Buescher. He is now supervisor of recreation with the Dow
Chemical Company, at Midland, Michigan, working with Coach Everett Shelton,
formerly of Wyoming.

Pfe.e Hoyt Baker has left Camp Edwards, Mass., and is now at Fort Bliss,
Texas, B Battery, 140th AAA Bn. Hoyt, one of your Peabody townsmen, Charles
Moffett, has been turned down by the Naval Aviation Cadet selection bard
and by the Army, and is now 4F. The Navy turned him down beeause of an over-
bite impingement, and then he was drafted and inducted at Leavenworth on
September 20th. One night my phone rang and it was Charlie telling me that
the Army had rejected him because of sinuses Henry Shenk was happy to have
him back on the football teame

A/C Charles Black, Squadron 35, Pilot 17115706, S.A.A.A.B., Santa Ana,
California, writes: "I ran into Tom Chapman of Iowa U., and Lonnie Eggleston
of Oklahoma A. & M. when I moved to Squadrm 35. They were in the process
of leaving for primary. Also Ron Norman of Iowa State was with them. They
cleaned up the Pilot School B.B. Tournament, as you could imagine. Physical
training is plenty tough - thank goodness it lasts only an hour a daye Doc,
I believe its rougher than some of your basketball workouts, if such is
_ possiblee At any rate, I'm feeling very good. I weigh 223 now and still
look like a tack of bones.

“We are studying code, aircraft identification, gunnery, mathematics and
its all very interesting. Time is flying and I'm looking forward to peimary
and lots of flying. It looks as if the "slit-eyes", "spaghetti-benders",
and "square-heads" are going to fold sooner than we expected. That day will
be a great onee I received a letter from Otto some time ago and he said when
this is all over we're going back and really have a team for Doce I think
he has something there." :

Bill Forsyth is now in the V-12 program at the University of Pennsylvania.
He may be addressed at Morgan 42, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4,
Paes Bill says he has been playing a little basketball, and will go ow for
the team if he has time.

Ole Nesmith writes interestingly from the Southwest Pacific: “Ow camp
here, on an island in the Southwest Pacific, is as comfortable as one might
expect under the circumstances. Its located on the bank of a fast-moving
jungle river, and if we weren't visited so often one could easily imagine
he was ona trek with a safari and had stopped for an indefinite periode Two
of our pilots are Kansas bred - Ensign H. L. Peterson of Wellington, am
Ensign Glenn A. Braun of Atchison. Since some of our planes have insignias,
etee, we would like a colored sticker or print of a Jayhawk to use asa model
in preparing an appropriate colored insignia for their aircraft. Its a
grand thought that the Jayhawk will foy against our country's enemy."

Ole's address is: Lieut. 0. F. Nesmith, USNR,
VD=-1, c/o Postoffice,
San Francisco, California.

W. F, "Bill" Winey's weter-soaked, oil-soaked, and charred letter, written
on Red Cross stationery, wes received, and we are happy to hear from hin,
Bill is at HQ. lst Bn., Seventh Marines, Fleet Marine Force, c/o Fleet
Postoffice, San Francisco, California.

I want you to know, Bill, we enjqyed your fine letter. We are keeping
you on the mailing list for the dayliawk Rebounds and we trust that you are
receiving theme We wish for your early return along with the rest of the

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