U.S,Navy Pre Flight School
Del Monte, California
August 18, 1943

Dear Doc:

We certainly do appreciate the "News Letter" and are
anxiously. awaiting the next one. It's about the only means we
have of finding out where other K.U. people are located, Inciden-
tally, we got a card from Charlie Black who is in the Army Air Corps
at Sante Ana. It may be we'll get to have a visit with him one of
these days soon. Terry is with him there.

There are a number of men at this base whom you would
recognize either by name or face, They are Monk Edwards from
Wichita, Stalcup from Marysville, Thurlow from Abilene, "Judge"
Grimsley from Mason City, Iowa, Chrisman from Missouri, Kinnan
from Washington Univ., St. Louis, Joe Benson from Marysville, Pierce
from Kirksville - so you can see Missouri Valley is well represented,
Then, too, Lucy and I have met up with a "Lefty" Sproul who is
living here, Oh, yes, I forgot to mention your friend(?) Jack Baer

is here too,

I guess you know that Ernie Vanek is back in Chapel Hill
and I think Pfitsch of the famous "Pflashes" is manuevering around
in the desert near Yuma, Arizona. There is also a cadet Smith of
Russell, Kansas who played on th ‘freshman team while I was there,
He is doing good work and I expect great things from him. He tells
me that Dick Miller is at Iowa Pre-Flight. Gerald Barker, wa is
an Ensign with the Coast Guard near here, and we meet every now
and then and discuss old times. You will remember him as an Ottawa
University basketball star as well as an active summer school
student. Please mention this to Dean as we both talked about him
a lot, too. Otto Schnellbacher has a cousin, Harvey Schnellbacher,
who just graduated from here, He looks like good future timber
for K.U. - was especially good in the hurdles and basketball,

We have certainly missed good ol' Kansas heat, Our
average temperature here has been about 65 this summer. We wear
our blue woolen uniforms all the time because it is chilly otherwise,
Lucy is very pleased with the weather here - she has just mentioned
to me thet hay fever season has already started back home and she
has no signs of it here at all,

Several officers have been getting transferred to the Middle
West. Who knows, maybe my orders will come next, however, we hope
they wait until the summer is over - the heat would probably kill me.

Give our best regards to Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Hulteen, Henry,
Dean and the rest of the staff and keep those letters coming, Doc.
They're a good morale builder.

Sincerely yours,

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