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SUNDAY MORNING AUG-25TH
BIKINI ATOLL

DEAR MOM AND DAD:
     WELL AT LAST WE HAVE THE NEWS.  WE ARE LEAVING FOR KWAJALEIN THIS EVENING 
AND HAVE ORDERS TO GO TO PEARL HARBOR THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK, AND 
FROM THERE TO THE WEST COAST, (WE DO'NT{sic.}  KNOW WHAT PORT YET), AND WE 
ARE ONLY GOING TO STAY IN PEARL ABOUT 24 HRS, SO WE SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN 
THE UNITED STATES BY MID-SEPTEMBER.  THE ORDERS READ "FOR LEAVE AND 
RECREATION PURPOSES", BUT I DON’T THINK I'LL GET A LEAVE.  ANYWAY THERE WILL 
BE A LOT OF LIBERTY AND I'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THE FOLKS IN 
CHOCHILLA, AND CAN GET YOU ALL SOME THING FOR XMAS.

     IT SURE DOES FEEL SWELL TO BE GOING BACK TO THE STATES AGAIN EVEN IF IT IS 
ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE, CAUSE OUR ORDERS ALSO READ THAT WE HAVE TO BE IN 
SHANGHAI CHINA PRIOR TO THE 29 TH OF NOVEMBER SO I GUESS WE'LL HAVE QUITE A 
LITTLE SPELL THERE.  WE ARE TO RELIEVE THE "REPOSE" AH-16 WHO IS AT PRESENT 
MOORED TO A DOCK THERE, AND WHO HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. HA! 
RUGGED DUTY.

     I DO'NT KNOW WHETHER THEY WILL SEND ME BACK WITH THE BENEVOLENCE THIS 
TIME OR NOT, PROBABLY WILL, BUT IT IS VERY UNLIELY BECAUSE I HAVE ONLY 8 MORE 
MONTHS TO DO ACCORDING TO MY RECORDS AND THAT IS KINDA FAR FOR THEM TO 
SEND ANY ONE MAN, SO NEAR HIS TIME FOR DISCHARGE.  CONFIDENTLY I DO'NT THINK 
THEY WANT TO HAVE TO PAY MY WAY BACK TO THE STATES HA!

     HOW ARE YOU ALL? OKAY I HOPE.  I'LL SIGN OFF NOW AND WILL SEND YOU A 
TELEGRAM AS SOON AS I GET TO SAN FRANCISCO.  BYE AND BE CAREFUL.

                                                                            YOUR DEVOTED SON
                                                                            C. H. Grimes

PS: I'VE GOT THE WATCH THIS MORNING AND AM HAVING MUCH TROUBLES.