10-26-1944

10-27-1944
My Dear Bill—
We rec’d your dear letter which you mailed at Omaha and I suppose by this time you have just about arrived at your destination, hope you have had a pleasant trip and I am sure you did. We arrived home safely at 2330 after our short visit with you. Boy! It was good to see you. You sure looked fine and I am sure you are one of the finest little guys ever born. I am very proud you are my son. I am sure the next few months will be another grand experience for you and I am sure it won’t be long till you get your commission. Talk about a swell letter. I am enclosing it from Don—it came thru 5 days sent it right back won’t you dear. Boy! How I would like to be with him. I am finishing the driveway tomorrow, wish you were here to help me-but I’ll get it done O.K. Bruel is going to help me—take good care of my boy-and God bless you always.
Lots of love Dad--


Dearest Mother, Dad, Shirlee & Rhoda;
Well, we have spent 3 hours walking around Chicago—and what a dirty town. We got some good chow up town and then went out to the lake shore. We spent some time in the museum and the aquarium so we saw quite a bit. I also saw where Don was stationed—at the foot of Randolf street. It looked like a nice place. It was right on the lake shore & close to town. In fact we walked to it from the center of town.
We haven’t stopped very long in any place yet so I don’t know what the other places are like. We did see a little of Omaha but not too much.
As I said before, it was surely swell to see you in Ogden. We really enjoyed the cake and candy, too. I’m sorry Dad didn’t get that deer but maybe later on he will.
Boy, I would certainly hate to live out here. There aren’t any mountains at all—just flat plains. Hell, I would nuts living here long.
The news surely looks swell doesn’t it! The Japs should know by now that they can’t win but I guess they’re too dumb. Heck, if they sink many more of their ships they won’t have any Navy.
I talked to a radio tech who just came back from the receiving ship in the admiralty group. He said it wasn’t bad there at all. He said it is on Mosa or Mona Island. Some funny name like that.
Well, I had better go get aboard & go to New Jersey eh!
Hope you are as well as I.
Love Bill