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USS BENEVOLENCE AH-13
SEPT. 21ST-46

DEAR MOM AND DAD:

     WELL HERE I AM AGAIN STILL GOOD AS EVER AND HOPING  YOUR ALL OKAY.  HOW'S 
THINGS GOING DOWN HOME? STILL AS BUSY AS EVER I'LL BET.  WELL, I HAVEN'T BEEN 
DOING MUCH.  MY OLD COMMUNICATION OFFICER INVITED ME AND CHIEF CAREY OUT 
TO AN INFORMAL DINNER ENGAGEMENT THE OTHER NIGHT, AND I MED HIS DAD.  THE 
J.C. PENNY OF PENNIES DEPT. STORES WHO IS A VERY INFLUENTIAL MAN IN SAN 
FRANCISO, AND WHO TOOK QUITE AN INTEREST IN ME.  HE IS A PART STOCK HOLDER IN 
THE PAN-AMERICAN AIRLINES, AND SUGGESTED I TRY FOR A JOB WITH THEM IN THE 
CAPACITY OF AN AVIATION RADIOMAN.  HE SAID THEY MIGHT EVEN GET ME OUT OF THE 
NAVY. HA!  I STILL DO'NT BELIEVE THAT BUT NEVERTHELESS I'VE WRITTEN THEM A 
LETTER WITH HIS RECCOMENDATION AND SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN I GUESS.  
ANYWAY WE CAN SEE CA'NT WE?

     DAY AFTER TOMORROW (TUESDAY) WE LEAVE FOR TSINGTAO CHINA AND WE ARE 
SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE THE 12TH OF OCTOBER TO RELIEVE THE "REPOSE AH-16" ON DUTY 
UP THERE NOW.  WELL I GUESS THIS IS IT.  I DID'NT GET TRANSFERRED AFTER ALL LIKE I 
EXPECTED, SO IT WILL BE THE CHINA COAST FOR ME UNTIL ABOUT MAY I GUESS.

     WELL I THINK EVERYONE HAD A NICE TIME EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF 
WEEKS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND THE ONLY BAD THING IS WE HAVE TO START 
BACK OUT AGAIN, THIS TIME FARTHER OUT. HA! IF A CHINK DOES'NT GET ME THOUGH 
I'LL BE COMING BACK THE FIRST THING YOU KNOW, AND TO STAY NEXT TIME.  I HVE 
QUITE A FEW PLANS I WOULD LIKE TO PUT INTO EFFECT WHEN I GET OUT OF THE NAVY 
WITH A LITTLE LUCK AND MONEY, WITH YOUR APPROVAL OF COURSE.

     I HAVE'NT HEARD FROM GEORGIA SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK AND HAVE WRITTEN ONE 
LETTER THE OTHER DAY.  SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO SEND YOU SOME PICTURES THAT 
WE TOOK OUT AT HUBERT'S AND VESTAL'S PLACE AND WHICH INCLUDED US ALL.  
PLEASE OVERLOOK THE FACT TOF THAT ILL-FITTING UNIFORM THAT I HAD ON.  I 
WANTED TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION WHEN I WENT OUT THERE AND I THINK I DID IN 
SPITE OF THAT LITTLE INCIDENT, BUT YOU KNOW HOW THINGS ARE OUT THERE.  I 
COULD'NT GET LIBERTY IN TIME TO GET TO A TAILOR SHOP BEFORE THEY CLOSED UNTIL 
I GO ON MY LEAVE. HA!

     WELL I SUPPOSE I SHOULD DLOSE, AS I HAVE SOME WORK TO DO AS USUAL, AND 
HAVE SIMPLY GOT TO TURN TO ON IT.  BYE AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

                                                                            YOUR DEVOTED SON
                                                                            CHARLES H--