January 6, 1944

Dear Dr. Allen:

Thanks a million for the Christmas Issue of your

most welcome Newsletter. You have no idea how Mrs. Brown ahd

I pour over the interesting contents of it. If it is as welcome
to others as it is to us you arecdoing more than your share

to help bolster the morale of all the boys in service. God Bless
You Doc, Keep up the good work,and I for one assure you---your
efforts are certainly not in Vain.

I was especially in hopes you would make some re-
ference to the basketball game you had with the Hutchinson Navy
Air Base because that is to be my next assignment. That is,

I am told thet. I have received no official written notice, and
in the Navy you never count on movig until you get it in writing
from the Bureau of Personnel in Washington. So I just have un-
official word. Should I make the move, I am surely going to

get to Lawrence and see you and all others, plus that basket-
ball team that my Dad sends me clippings concerning. Here's
hpping for an early visit.

~ Last week it was our good fortune to go up to San

_ Pranciseo. There we met Ensign and Mrs. Ernie Vanek, Ensign and

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Mrs Gerald »arker, and Ensign Herman Fischer. It was all Navy.
We also bumped into Ensign Carl Jessup at Treasure Island. It
was just like home meeting so many Kansas people. We had great
fun running down California an d for once we were in the majority,

Wheat a great feeling that is. You have no idea how these trans-

planted natives can rave. Our final parting words were that we
would all get together back in good ole Kansas when this darn
thing is over.

Good luck to Doe and all the boys who are keeping
KU on the basketball map.We get the scores out here and that's.
about all, but we still have our spirit and memories of the
wonderful games we saw and play over and over every time we meet.

as always,