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    "ocrText": "PRESIDENTI PERSONAL FILE\nPPF 9\nGifts M\nNov. - -Dec. 1943\nPPF900541\nCOLBY, Lt. Comdr. Leslie E.,\nWilliamsburg, Virginia,\nP.P.7,\nNovember 5, 1943 - ack.\n9-M\nMiss Tully wrote to Comdr. Colby, thanking him for sending the\nbook matches to the President.\nDistributed.\nAttached is a memo, dated, 9/24.\nDear McCarter:\nSee P.P.F. 9-C The PresIdent amo Mrs. Roosevelt\nfmf\nMBIC me to thank you ever so much for that\n11+\nvery wonderful EMERGEN phich you sent to\ntheat- It is a fine ONE and will be on-\njoyes by all. Time both are very apprecia-\nLive of your chought OF them, particularly\nin these days.\nwith All good vishes from the\nPresident una Mrs. Receevelt,\nVery sincerely yours,\nGruce O, Fully\nPrivate Secretary\nMr. Joe\nBurnt Code,\nAlabasa.\n8771\nq-m 9,\nNovember 11, 1943.\nDear Mr. McCarter:\nThe President and Mrs. Roosevelt\nask me to thank you ever so much for that\nvery wonderful turkey which you sent to\nthem. It is a fine one and will be en-\nxppt 9-T\nX\njoyed by all. They both are very apprecia-\ntive of your thought of them, particularly\nin these days.\nWith all good wishes from the\nPresident and Mrs. Roosevelt,\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nX\nMr. Joe McCarter,\nBurnt Corn,\nAlabama.\nfrom; Joe McCarter\nBurnt Corn,\nAlabama.\nTo.\nPresident and Mrs. F.D.Roosevelt\nWhite House\nWashington, D.C.\n1 live turkey weight (in crate 43 lbs)\nExpress # 3782\nC.O.D. $ 2.29 Paid by Agent Murray\n5\nMy dear Mr. Taylor:\nMany thanks for your kindness in\nx\nsending me that calendar of Gaucho paintings.\nX ppt\nI do appreciate your friendly thought.\n9-C C\nXPP7\nVery sincerely yours,\n9.P\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nX\nW. B. Taylor, Esq.,\nMinneapolis-Moline Power\nX\nImplement Company,\nMinneapolis,\npl\nMinnesota.\nMrs. Ehen -\nDo you want\nto note ?\nFile Room\n943\nMy dear Mr. Taylor:\nMany thanks for your kindness in\nx\nsending me that calendar of Gaucho paintings.\nX ppt\n9-C 9- C\nI do appreciate your friendly thought.\nXPP7\nVery sincerely yours,\n9.P\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nW. B. Taylor, Esq.,\nMinneapolis-Moline Power\nImplement Company,\nMinneapolis,\npl\nMinnesota.\n3\nBB\nethy\nTWE\nPP7\nq-m\nNovember 15, 1943\nMy dear Mr. Taylor:\nMany thanks for your kindness in\nx\nsending me that calendar of Gaucho paintings.\nX pp7\nI do appreciate your friendly thought.\n9-C 9- C\nVery sincerely yours,\nXPP7\n9.P\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nX\nW. B. Taylor, Esq.,\nMinneapolis-Moline Power\nX\nImplement Company,\nMinneapolis,\nMinnesota.\npl\nBB\ngare John to Boardley WE\ntional Geographic Society\nof the maps in the President'\n# will be made within a few\nhoto made by 8. National\nwrote Dr. Grosvenor.saying\nhe had just and seen he was delighted with it. The President said he thought it Said was he B. knew job the\nthe cabinet which Dr. Grosvenor пка maue up for him to send to grand Mr.\nChurchill of the White House and it was a most attractive case. of the\nworld Prime Minister would be will a great addition. The President also thanked Dr. Grosvenor him\non the photograph find it as useful as he had found his, and the the new for map sending\na copy of the new map which he will include in his case.\nMr.\nSummer lin.\nSEE P.P.F. 7872\nAS\nP.P.H\nof\nUNIVERSITY\nTime\ndedication\nMore,\n7.0%\nof\nof\nthe\nUnited\nof\nbown\nbefore\n9-m\nAvenue\nCuestas\nNove,\nGROSVENOR, Dr. Gilbert\nPresident, National Geographic Society.\nWashington, D. C.,\nNov. 10, 1943.\nWrites the President he is sending him a cabinet of the National Geographic Society\nmaps of the continents and oceans. Says & rearrangement of the maps in the President's\ncabinet, to conform to this arrangement for Mr. Churchill, will be made within a few\nhours. Hopes the President approves of the White House photo made by a National\nGeographic Society Staff man.---The President, Nov. 11th, wrote Dr. Grosvener. saying\nhe had just seen the cabinet which Dr. Grosvenor had made up for him to send to Mr.\nChurchill and he was delighted with it. The President said he thought it was B. grand job\non the photograph of the White House and it was a most attractive case. Said he knew the\nworld would be a great addition. The President also thanked Dr. Grosvenor for sending him\nPrime Minister will find it as useful as he had found his, and the the new map of the\na copy of the new map which he will include in his case.\nSEE P.P.F. 7872\nAS\nP.P.M\nThe\nof\nthe\nbow\nbefore\n9-m\nplt\nI\nNovember 22, 1943\nthe\nRespectfully referred to the\nDepartment of State.\nx20\nAttention: Mr. Summerlin.\nM. H. MCINTYRE\nSecretary to the President\nhms\nCopy of booklet entitled \"Romances Perdidos\" by Vasa More,\nMontevideo, Uruguay; The dedication, in Spanish, reads \"To\nthe great regulator of the world Franklin Delano Roosevelt\nPresident of the United States of America, homage of a Uruguayan\nwriter who bows before the star spangled banner. Vasa More,\nJuan Lindolfo Cuestas 1446, Dpto. 8, Montevideo, Uruguay\".\nX\nX\nx#a\n487-A\nthet\n+\nG.D\nBELFORD, Miss Florence Mae,\nOakland, California,\nP.P.7,\nNovember 7, 1943 - (ack. 11/19/43).\nNovember\n9-M\nLet. to the President encl. copy of book, THE PROPHETS AND OUR TIMES,\ntogether with publications and, religious medals for the President and Mrs.\nRoosevelt.\nBook sent to Study; Periodicals T.A. and one medal sent\nto Mrs. Roosevelt with sender's address and copy of ack. The other medal is in\nB.B.'s desk draw.\nto donor Dean Months\nSee P.P.F. 9-B\nAnity America Tax Min. President\nfmf\nfor your market in sending billin a\nwege of the book, POLICE UNLEASHED, be which\nyou refer in your Letter of November this\nDemoth. 3. am you that your friendly\nSet imon approciated.\nVery sinnemely yours,\nGrapa Da Tully\nPrivate necretary\nDeades William lis Hosber,\nGraduate School or\nAnd Poblic Affairs,\nhyramse, 10, the I.\nSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY\nVountes\nMAXWELL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP\nAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS\nKustz\n10, NEW YORK\nach,\nNovember 22, M/22/7 1943\n50\nOc\npr.7.\nMy dear Dean Mosher:\nq-m\nNovember\n13th,\n1943\nMany thanks in the President's\nbehalf for your courtesy in sending him a\ncopy of the book, POWER UNLEASHED, to which\nTPA79-B\nyou refer in your letter of November thir-\nteenth. I can assure you that your friendly\nthought is much appreciated.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully tham E Mosher\nPrivate Secretary\nX\nin\nDean William E. Mosher,\nx Maxwell Graduate School Of\nCitizenship And Public Affairs,\nSyracuse University,\nSyracuse, 10, N. Y.\nSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY\nDean\nWILLIAM E. MOSHER\nMAXWELL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP\nAdvisory Counsel\nFREDERICK M. DAVENPORT\nSecretary\nAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS\nM. HELEN KURTZ\nSYRACUSE 10, NEW YORK\nachieve\nYork\n11/22/43\nNovember 13th, 1943\nDear President Roosevelt:\nI am sending under separate cover a copy of a work\nentitled Power Unleashed, written by one of my former\nassociates in the Electric Rate Survey, Mr. M. M. Samuels.\nOn account of your past and present interest in the develop-\nment of electricity as the servant of mankind, I thought\nthat you might be interested to glance over this simple and\ninteresting story about electricity.\nVery sincerely yours,\nWilliam E. Masher.\nWilliam E. Mosher, Dean\nWEM:CAS\nMaxwell Graduate School\nThe Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt\nPresident of the United States\nWashington, D. C.\nEhen\nfile\n1\nNovember 24, 1943\nppt q-m\nMy dear Miss McGinty:\nI want to send you this little note\nacknowledging the receipt of the calendar and\nrist\nration book cover you forwarded for the Presi-\nq.r\ndent and to express appreciation of your courtesy.\nthes\nI, too, appreciate your kind remem-\nX grace 9 July\nm\n91C\nbrance of me.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nB\n+\nMiss Marie L. McGinty,\n710 Union Commerce Building,\nCleveland,\npl\nOhio.\nSUMMERLIN, George T., Chief of Protocol,\nDepartment of State,\nP-O-7.\nWashington, D.C.,\nNovember 26, 1943.\n9-M\nLet. to Miss Tully transmitting three copies of a special ourth of\nJuly issue of the Honduran magazine Ferrovia, ogether with en letter of\npresentation, which have been forwarded to the Dept. for the President by the\nAmerican Embassy at Tegucigalpa at the instance of Mr. Raimundo 0. Pilloni,\nDirector of the publication. The American Embassy at Tegucigalpa has been\nrequested to convey to Mr. Pilloni a suitable expression of appreciation.\nThe three copies of magazine sent to Study and let. of presentation\nkept in file.\nSee P.P.F. 9-P\nfmf\nR.\nPP1\nq-m\nNovember 16, 1943\nMy dear Mrs. McMahon:\nYour letter of November eighth, with\nX RPF\nq-B\nthe enclosed booklet, has been received. It\nwill of course be made available to the Pres-\nident.\nVery sincerely yours,\nX Harby\nno that\ngesture on\nX75-A\n+\nM. H. McINTYRE\nSecretary to the President\nyour\nMrs. Mae McMahon,\nwill\n344 East 1st Street,\nZone 2,\nNMN\nLong Beach,\nCalifornia.\nB\nBooklet: what Really Happened his Dan at Pearl X Grilbert, Narbor LL.D.\nBeach Palif\nDear President and wife: 430\nam mailing\nantitled What Really Happened\nSex your inspection this Bork\nat Pearl Harlor. \"With malice\nto no man for - To the Druge\nhumane and Like ress race of majre He\nHegh mand. Aith mJ\nby god.\" The One hud Only\nrim\nsuggestime on part, little may\nEgo. no that of fering any\nmay, ask y afc to please limited read\nmy very humble\nthis valuable Book they y and and\npremit y We I to so, in-ter-\nyour self. am only\nPennsylvania.\npustice and the H unconcted Jor all\n3/- ested in the fight for\npeoples of world, regardless\nOur the have, we owe to our\nof Race, Dolar or Cred A first\nspt q-m 9'\nCreator - second with Brother-\ntrill. by love The to-nard Truth all nill men set us all\ngood and may \"NE bless\nyour Gree. may God Bless fall y Leadership my in\nwith mgo men who are cas\nxpp t 9.\nthe Survival &\nrim\nto\nheaditi able fact that assisting in\na most defin\nlicheel\nthere, are ful Ling Dock Beach Jail\nLounges, Cafe's inth Bars divers to\nsay nothing Z Tayi\nBot blacks antid fake fruit\nplaces of business selling\nUakdale,\nPennsylvania.\n3/amy on and all Rinds\nand to our young Been\ndtation down reomen to the depths drag of Tug dereya- There\npt\n- must HE let them\nyou\nyou this\nget array with it ? Thank\n9'\ntogethe\nMust Respect Jully Yans\nMrs MaE M-Mahon\nIn\ncil\nLong Beach Palif\nkppt\nq-B\n'xim to hub'\n100% American\nMichael\nRight will irin always\"\nOakdale,\nPennsylvania.\ndd\nby\nP.P. ?\nDecember 3, 1943\nNovember\nPPA\nqim\nE Smith\nMichael:\nhe absence of Miss LeHand, I\nnobile\ne receipt of your letter of Novem-\nth and, in accordance with your\n1 be glad to make available to the\nkppt q.B\n+\naccompanying copy of your writings.\nto\nhub\"\nYou may be assured that he will appreciate your\nkind thought of him.\nPym-Michal\nL.D.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nx\nL. D. McMichael, Esq.,\nOakdale,\nPennsylvania.\ndd\nMary\nDecember 3, 1943\nNovember\nPPA\nDo the President,\nqim\nVia. Miss Martaret\nMy dear Mr. McMichael:\nIn the absence Twolesed of Miss LeHand, I\nacknowledge the receipt of your letter of Novem-\nBe\nber twenty-sixth and, in accordance with your\nwishes, I shall be glad to make available to the\nKPP4 t\nPresident the accompanying copy of your writings.\n9.B\n\"rim\nto\nYou may be assured that he will appreciate your\nkind thought of him.\nL.\nL.D. McMichael\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace C. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nB\nx\nL. D. McMichael, Esq.,\nOakdale,\nPennsylvania.\ndd\nact ST\nand\nOakdale, Penna.\nNovember 26,1943.\nTo the President,\nVia. Miss Margaret LeHand,\nDear Mr. President:\nInclosed is a hastily thrown together\nassembly of my writings of the last twelve years --- soon\nto be published under the title \"Let's Be Partners\".\nMy hope is that this collection may prove helpful,\nFithfully yours, \"rim to hub\",\nL.D.M.Michal\nL.D. McMichael\nPP.7\nDecember 11, 1943\nV\nWib\nMy dear Mr. Murdock:\nIn the President's absence from\nWashington, I wish to send you this little\nXPPT\n9.B\nnote acknowledging the receipt of the copy\nof the booklet DEAR MOM. I know that he\nwill be grateful for your friendly thought\nx5130\nin wanting him to have this fine tribute to\nN. MURDOCK\nyour brave son, David, who gave his all for\nhis country.\nVery sincerely yours,\nB\nGrace G. Tully\neb\nPrivate Secretary\nHonorable John R. Murdock, X\nHouse of Representatives,\nWashington, D. C.\n7.\nBP TWE\nDm\nfastened in the\nis a mop\"\nfmf\nDear Mom\n7.\nDm\nfastened in the\nis a mop\"\nfmf\nDear Mom\nWe have lost our Dave\nIn the fight for Sicily.\nHe was our pride and staff.\nBut it is not our grief\nWe would share with you.\nIt is a legacy from David\n1 fastened in the\nAnd thousands of other\nI is a mop\"\nAmerican boys, we would\nShare with you.\nWhat is this legacy\nTossed across the seven seas?\nCourage and love of home\nfmf\nAnd devotion to duty\nIn the cause of right,\nAnd faith in God and\nFaith in America.\nThe songs these boys\nHave left Unsung are\nOurs to sing.\nMYRTLE M. MURDOCK\nRACHAEL MURDOCK ELLIS\nJOHN B. MURDOCK, Capt.\nJOHN R. MURDOCK, M. C.\n7.\n\"V\n1 fastened in the\nin is a mop\"\nfmf\nA Letter Story\nLIEUTENANT DAVID N. MURDOCK\nFirst Lieutenant David N. Murdock entered the Armed\nServices of the United States on August 11, 1941. His amphi-\nbious training with the Infantry led to numerous beach landings\non hostile shores. He was killed in action near San Agata,\nSicily, on August 11, 1943.\nThe State of Arizona remembers Lt. Murdock's heroic sac-\nrifice for freedom. His country remembers his death in battle,\nfacing the enemy, leading his men, stricken \"with a gunshot\nwound in the breast\". His friends remember his music and his\nspirit and his vibrant life. His brother remembers his joyous\nliving. Captain John B. Murdock of the 67th Fighter Wing\nwrites from overseas:\n\"David died with his boots on, fighting for a just cause. He\nhas no regrets. David did such complete living that he could\nmake a full life anywhere-even on a battlefield.\"\nThe following selected letters are Lt. Murdock's own\nmemorial to the courage, faith, love of home, and devotion to\nduty of our American boys who go forth \"with a cheery smile\nand a wave of the hand\" to give their \"last full measure of\ndevotion\" to their country.\nNovember 1, 1942\nDear Mom,\nWe're right smack in the middle of the Atlantic. The ship\nis darkened as it is each night, and I have to use a flashlight\nto write by. We've been at sea for a week and a day-\nand it's been a glorious pleasure cruise-calm sea, sunny\ndays, with big clouds and blue water, moonlight nights, star-\nlight nights-some a little cloudy, none cold. One guy said\nthe other day, \"When the war is over and I get married I'm\ngoing to go on a honeymoon over all the country I've\ntraveled since I've been in the Army.\" And I think he's got a\ngood idea. Uncle Sam has certainly taken us for some\nwonderful rides.\nWe're just beginning to feel a little tension in the air.\nFor a week now no one has acted as though we were heading\nfor a war-all relaxed-guys sleeping around all over the deck;\ncard games at night, song sessions and conferences on enemy\nintelligence. They've given us reams of information-maps,\nphotos, etc.-hope it's accurate-and plans for the attack-\nall very carefully planned. But the whole atmosphere has\nbeen very pleasant and easy. I suspect that this next week\nwill see a great change.\nWe are in submarine territory-and we hear rumors daily of\nsighted submarines and unidentified aircraft-though noth-\ning definite as yet, and no trouble. I don't see how we\ncan get by without some sort of attack before we reach our\ndestination-but we'll see. 00 It will be some excitement. They\ntake every precaution-cruisers and destroyers patrolling\nfront, flanks and rear of the convoy--a zigzag course\nand changing pace-patrols of carrier-based planes--no lights,\nno smoking from dusk to dawn-no radio broadcast and no\nreception except by the ship's special radios which are anti-\ndetection (or something).\nAt night it's quite a sight-after your eyes get used to the dark-\nness. You can see the dark shapes of all those ships-always\nthe same distance to sides, front and rear-kind of spooky-\nYou can hear and see the foaming water rushing by the sides\n1\nof our transport, but those others never move, night or day,\nsame place. And sometimes I get to thinking at night, espe-\ncially, of those thousands of men on the other ships-all\nthose eyes looking out in the dark-just like me-and everyone\nabsolutely confident that somebody knows where we are\ngoing and knows enough about the sea and ships to get us\nthere safely in spite of Hell and High Water (I mean that\nliterally). Just think of those poor devils riding with Columbus--\nbut then all they had to fear were sea snakes and the end\nNovember 8, 1942\nof the world.\nDear John,\nI get very homesick each day at sunset. You'd be surprised\nWell, Kid-This is it. We're in good shape and as\nhow much a sunset on the ocean is like a sunset on the\nfar as I can tell it's a complete surprise-no air or sub attacks\nArizona desert. It's the only other place besides the desert\nall the way across. It's now 12 o'clock and the first men are\nwhere you can see the sky from horizon to horizon. And again\ngoing over the side. I go at 2:15. The night is dark. The waves\nwhen a bunch of guys get out in the dark and start harmoniz-\nvery still. The sky is dark and everything looks perfect.\ning-just like an Arizona picnic-all we need is the smell of\ngreasewood and barbecued hamburgers and the laugh of home.\nStrange-no sensation of fear. I've often wondered-even\nfigured how to say, \"I'm scared\" in French. All equipment\nI was Officer of the Guard last night. Some fun inspecting\ncomplete. I'm a walking arsenal. You should see the men.\nthe guard all over the dark ship and down in the holds-but it\nMorale high. You'd think they were headed for a picnic-\nwas worth all the trouble when the moon came up at mid-\nwonder how we'll feel in 24 hours.\nnight-beautiful! Just aft the center of the ship are two big\nThe lights are all on in the town. We can see them 10\ntowers about 70 feet up, with lookout posts atop, and two big\nmiles away SO of course we're curious as to how much they know.\nguns. It's a queer feeling at night to look up and watch them\nWe are prepared for any reaction from the defending population.\nsway with the rolling of the ship. They look SO stiff. I keep\nEverything is planned to minutest detail.\nthinking that they ought to bend a little like trees-but boats\naren't made that way. I climbed up on top of the tower the other\nBetter get my stuff on and get up and take a last look at\nday-view was wonderful. I could see the whole convoy.\nmy maps. I'll censor this and leave it aboard. It may get to\nI got a sudden urge to dive off, the water looked SO blue and\nyou in time for a\ninviting.\n\"MERRY XMAS and a Happy Noo Year.\"\nWe hear the radio a little each evening. That's how I\nDavid.\nknow we're going somewhere. The programs are changing\nfrom American to British, French and German. *** Have a\nfeeling that I am in for a terrific education in the next few\nmonths-from a lot of different angles.\nLove,\nDavid.\n2\n3\nNovember 16, 1942\nmorning). We found the tripod and two boxes of ammunition\nDear Mom and Pop,\nand managed to get ourselves stuck plenty by the marine\nI wrote you a note aboard ship at midnight before we landed.\nthorns growing down under the rocks.\nGet it? We went over the side at (Censored) scheduled to\nWe hauled back our finds and dressed and then I saw an\nland in the fifth wave at (Censored). We had just heard the\nexcited Frenchman running toward me over the rocks so I\nPresident's message to the Free French so we knew they would\ngrabbed my gun and gave him, \"Arretez! Haut les mains\".\nbe alert for us. Our wave was late starting for shore in the\nHe was scared half to death but was friendly. He took me\nfirst place and about halfway in, the motor of my landing boat\naround some big rocks to his family who were huddled there-\nfroze and stopped. The rest of the wave went on in. Our last\ndriven from their home earlier by the naval shelling. I gave them\ntwo boats waited till the skipper got the motor going and\na wet chocolate bar and a pack of cigarettes and everyone\nthen found that no one knew the way to our beach-and all Hell\nrelaxed-anyway, he could tell me where we were and I knew\nwas popping ashore, rifle, machine guns, artillery, and then\nthe country well enough from map study to see that we were\nthe ships in our fleet opened up on the shore batteries at\nsome two and one-half miles away from our beach-clear out\n(Censored).\nof the Division zone of action. By then the sun was up and\nI took stock of the personnel in the two boats. I was the\nthe men were drying and the shelling had quit, SO we started out\nonly officer (besides our chaplain). I finally argued the\nto find our various outfits. On the way we found other scat-\nNavy kids that were piloting the boat that the only thing to do\ntered units. The First Aid men patched up a few wounded\nwas to get ashore anywhere and then we'd find the rest of our\nsoldiers-we had none in our group-and by 2 o'clock they\nwere all back where they belonged and I found the (Censored)\nunits. We finally landed on a rocky reef and floundered and\nBattalion and was able to take first word from it to the\nswam on in. Each man had from 50 to 70 pounds of equipment\nand ammunition on him and when we hit shore we found that\nRegimental C.P. even though it was 7 hours late. The Regi-\nmental group was (Censored) hours late landing SO every-\na lot of it had been dropped including all our m. g. ammunition\nthing was O. K.\nand the tripod mount for the gun.\nOn our way up the coast line we ran into no fighting-but\nIt was colder'n Hell and we were all alone on the\nthe firing was still in progress down toward (Censored) and\ncoast of (Censored), Africa with 5 and 10 inch shells whistling\nthere was lots of artillery fire and plane strafing down on the\nover our heads. (Our battleships were shelling a French Ma-\nbeaches where we should have landed-most of the casualties\nrine garrison just inland from us.) About then there appeared\nwere on that beach. After a terrific bombardment and some\non the horizon, on a sand dune, on horseback with cloak\nhand to hand fighting (Censored) surrendered about (Censored).\nflowing in the morning breeze, a lone Arab horseman. I was\nI drove in a la jeep about an hour later.\nabout to quit and swim back to Arizona. I had visions of\nhordes of Tuareg tribesmen riding down on us with rifles-\nQuite a sight-a beautiful little resort city all shot up-\nbut nothing happened. I suppose he was just a curious natero\nmade a tour of their harbor defenses-and, take it from me, they\nwondering what was going on.\nwere plenty strong-the taking of (Censored) was a damn good\nI had the men wring out their clothes, (we had all been in\njob by the American Army (with naval support)-most of the\nwater over our heads) and clean up the guns, and the m. g.\nfighting had been done by a single Battalion-and our losses\nweren't SO very heavy.\nsergeant and I went down to the reef, stripped, and went\ndiving for the tripod and ammunition (funny sight in the early\nWe all felt good and started out that night moving up on\n4\n5\n(Censored) 16 miles away. Not much excitement that nite nor\nmost of the next day-sleep a few hours in a trench-then\nNovember 18\nmarch a few miles-run a few of my \"messenger-boy-missions\",\nDear Rachael,\netc.-but about 5:30 that day (Monday) the guns from\n(Censored) found our C P and laid shells all over us. We all\nWe have been in for over a week now and are gradually\nlearned that high explosive artillery shell isn't bad SO long as\ngetting organized and settled. I feel fine-no sign of a cold even\nyou stay down in a trench-and it didn't take long to learn to dig.\nthough the first three nights were spent in and out of slit\nI dug mine with a trench knife and a helmet plenty fast.\ntrenches whenever the shells started flying. And I haven't yet\nslept in a bed though my bed roll caught up with me a few\nThe artillery fire followed us all night-everywhere we\ndays ago. We have lived entirely on Type C and K rations and\nmoved. They must have had telephone spotters from the houses\nit's evidently very healthful-must be well fortified with\naround (Censored). The fire was too accurate for guess work.\nvitamins, almost no sickness and quite satisfying. Hot coffee\nBut we never lost a man (from our Command Post group, I\nfor the past two days has been a great help.\nmean). At 3 A. M. on the outskirts of (Censored) our two\nassault Battalions ran into a trap and got out only with\nWe are in a very nice city about the size of Phoenix-\nconsiderable loss. I had to run a message to the 2nd Battalion\narchitecture mostly very modern. Most of the larger buildings\nat 9:00 A. M. and got into some excitement myself but it wasn't\nand apartment houses are of Paris World Fair flavor-many of\nbad, though I did have a shell explode only a few yards from\nthem incomplete, due to the war. Wide streets-funny mixture\nme when I wasn't looking and wasn't down. It took one fellow's\nof people-few cars-many bicycles. I can't get used to\nseeing some well-dressed woman, fancy coiffeur, screw-ball\nleg off.\nParis hat, etc., etc.-pedalling down the boulevard. We have\nThe rest of that day (Tuesday) we organized the Infantry\na little bit of gentle rain most every day-otherwise the climate\nand bombed and shelled the dock area. Early the next morning\nis wonderful-like southern California-without the fog.\nbefore our big push on the city we had news of the armistice.\nDon't know how long it will be till we have mail from home,\nI was most scared on the rocks that first morning. After\nbut I think of home a lot. What a funny feeling that night in a\nthat I got used to battle. At least we all know a little bit now\nbarn in Africa when I found my foot locker and opened it and\nwhat battle conditions are like so when we have another one to\nthere was my picture gallery of you and George and little\ngo through we'll do even a better job.\nDavid and Janie and Mom and Pop and John-just the same as\nbefore.\nLove,\nWord has just come in that it's O K to give our location so-\nDavid\nCasablanca it is. We landed at Fedhala and came here in\nthe next two days.\nI'm having fun parley-vooing French but would give my\nkingdom for a piano.\nLove,\nDib\n6\n7\nNovember 23\n- Typical reaction of soldier on learning of sinking of transport\noffshore: \"Damn-my bed roll was still aboard.\"\nDear Mom,\nI know you like \"impressions\". Let me send you a few.\n- French populace wild with joy on news of armistice-American\n- Soldiers grouped in the dark at the rail at 2:30 A. M., waiting\nsoldiers too tired to be much concerned.\nturn to go \"over the side\" hearing radio news of the President's\n- Sporty French man-about-town calling to soldiers: \"Good-bye-\nmessage to the French.\nboys-hallo-geeve-me-wan-cegarette-thank-you-please.\"\n- Soldiers descending climbing nets from transports into landing\n- Dignified, middle-aged Frenchman in fashionable restaurant\nboats not visibly afraid of the coming battle but fussing\nto American officer: \"Pardon, Monsieur, bot ave you ze Ameri-\nvolubly about the weight of ammunition and equipment\ncaine ciegarette?\"\ncarried.\n- American soldier smoking his first Moroccan cigarette with\n- During trip in for initial beach landing in the early morning-\nstrong odor: \"Whew-Jeez, bud, will you loan me a Lucky?\"\na machine gun makes a neat pattern in the side of the Higgins\nboat-one man calls to his buddy; \"Say, fella, were those shots?\n- Well-dressed, high-coiffured French woman with pert hat\nDid that sound to you like firing?\"\nand hi-heels pedaling a bike down the boulevard. Add to the\n- Dejected old Arab squatting mournfully beside his dead\npicture a cute kid in a basket on the handlebars or rear fender-\nor both.\nburro-killed by fragments of a Naval shell.\n- French children clapping hands in time with American band.\n- American Medical officer displaying with pride his beautiful\nevacuation set-up in a screened building of a rural villa-makes\n- American soldiers pushing a Frenchman's car to start it\non a cold morning.\na quick change of location when a piece of shell whistles\nthrough the lattice.\n- Group of American negro quartermaster troops grinning at\n- American soldier making a dive for the nearest empty fox-hole\nlocal troops of the same color-and the Senegalese soldiers\nas an enemy plane strafes the Command Post-finding that the\ngrin right back.\nhole was just dug by the orderly for the Colonel. The \"Old\n- French fruit-peddler selling oranges eight-for-a-nickel or four-\nMan\" gets sore-and I am embarrassed.\nfor-a-dime.\n- Group of soldiers waiting orders under fire outside (Censored)\n- African version of Step-n-Fetchit in ragged burnoose,\nignoring shell to get fresh oranges from nearby orchard\nbarefooted and with bandage on one big toe.\nand stewing up a \"captured\" chicken for lunch.\n- Spahi troops on ceremonial parade with uniforms of red\n- Soldier who has just taken cover under an oil tank car on a\nbreeches, blue jackets, and white turbans.\nrailroad track when caught between friendly and enemy fire,\ngets a terrific scare when the fire is lifted-finding the tank\n- Weary artillery officer after three sleepless nights and with a\nriddled with holes.\nshrapnel cut over one eye (Censored) looks down to find a\nFrench child reaching up to kiss the American flag insignia on\n- French aviator complaining the American soldiers stand up\nhis arm-goes on his way heartened, feeling his three days well\nand shoot back when strafed by aircraft-no fair!\nspent and ready to continue on the \"Road to Berlin\".\n- French artillery gunners chatting with American soldiers over\nLove,\nwine glasses after the battle: \"Americaine soldiers are crazee-\nthey walk through our 'impossible' barrage.\"\nDavid\n8\n9\nThursday, Dec. 18, 1942\nThanx again for all the letters. The guys get jealous of all\nDear Mom and Pop,\nmy mail but I guess I just have wonderful friends and a more\nIt's raining hard outside but I'm as snug as a slug in a\ndoting family. I only hope that all my letters to you haven't\nbeen stopped.\nthug--in my lil ole pup tent. It's a grand feeling-that patter\nof rain on canvas when you're warm and dry. I always remem-\nRemember this-the United States Army does EVERY-\nber the old canvas house in the back yard, and the sound of\nTHING for its men. With all the hard work and lack of free-\nthe rain, and those summer wind storms when we had to get\ndom we don't lack for anything that we really need (except a\nup and tear for the house.\nfew days at home)--so don't worry. There's only one thing\nthat I worry about-that you folks worry about me-so if I\nI'm writing by the lite of a flashlight, suspended from a\nknow that's out, I'm a free man. OK?\nbarracks bag rope in the top of the tent. At intervals it slips\nand hits me in the head-at other times it slips and falls inside\nLove,\nthe bag-so forgive the scribble and a few interruptions.\nDavid\nWe finally got our tents just before the heavy rains hit us.\nLucky! I've got a slick rig here. I dug my slit trench inside\nP.S. The only other Arizona boys in the Regiment to my\nmy tent to one side-so now I can stand up inside or sit on\nknowledge are Lt. Coy L. Morgan and Sgt. Thomas Kiernan.\nmy sleeping bag sideways and have room for my feet, and in\nI thought you might want to do something for me, Mother-\ncase of a bombing (which is very improbable but always a\nsend a note to their folks saying that the fellows are plenty OK.\npossibility) I can roll out of bed to comparative safety. Smart,\nLt. Morgan's wife lives in Prescott and Sgt. Kiernan's folks\nhuh? All the guys said the trench would fill up with water,\nare in Winslow.\nfirst rain-but the tent is well ditched, and through three\nstorms she hasn't shipped a drop.\nFunny what things one misses most when they're taken\naway. You should have heard the shout that went up when we\nhad white bread for supper the other night. Usually It's C\nration biscuit (a compressed graham cracker with the consis-\ntency of masonite.) There is now a quartermaster bakery\nback at the supply base but they can't supply all the units at\nonce-Anyway, we'll all love white bread when we get home-\nand a lot of other things, too.\nThe full moon is around again! I tell you, you can't beat\nthese nights-anywhere. \"Moroccan Moonlight\"-a good\nsong title, huh? Which reminds me. A Lieutenant here had\na brain storm-a one-verse ditty, \"STELLA THE BELLE O'\nFEDELA\", I compounded him a tune and the darn thing is\ngrowing into an epic. Two bits she becomes as famous as\n\"Mademoiselle from Armentieres.\"\n10\n11\nChristmas Nite\n10 February - 43\nDear Mom,\nDear Mom,\nChristmas has \"came and went\"-here's how:\nThe third chapter is closed out. First chapter was the trip\nand the fight; second chapter was the Armistice and stay at-:\nGot 16 carolers together. (They're darn good too-think\nthe third chapter was the best one to date-beautiful little\nit's the beginning of my glee club.) and we went out singing\ncity, nice bivouac near by, plenty to do, friends in town and\nlast night-clear, cold as the dickens, and a big full moon-\nplaces to go. But as I say-the third chapter was finished two\nbeautiful nite. We went to town in a truck, \"did\" the\ndays ago when we left and moved to , which is\nevacuation hospital and then came back by camps and four\nsmaller and very dirty and where we don't know a soul-besides\nother units and ended up with a tour of our area-so Christmas\nthe bivouac is far out of town over a terrible road, SO I plan to\nis not dead even in Africa.\nstay in camp. The new campsite is nice again-a good clean\nThis morning a call from Division asking for three officers\nforest-and our regiment now moves like real veterans-one\nto eat Xmas dinners at French homes. I took the call so I\nday after the move and we're all established and settled-tents\ngot one dinner-very interesting. M. Doisy is French-his\npitched and all installations made-I've been spending the\nwife is English, which solved the language problem. They\nafternoon drawing up a set of guard orders.\nhad a piano, a radio, and soft chairs-to sit on- and Boy,\nThe little chorus that I sang with in\npresented me\nwhat a meal! Everything just like you would fix it-baked\nwith a neckerchief and their Rose au bleu insignia-which is\nchicken, almonds in the dressing, good salad, etc., etc. (I still\ntheir only bit of costumery-I hated to leave them-but I picked\nburp garlic, though.)\nup several swell choral numbers for my own use after the war.\nIn the afternoon I stalled around town watching the people-\nWe have our bivouac troubles-when we moved into the\nalways fun to watch. Hopped a ride back to camp on a\nold area the Colonel said, \"No tents in line, get under the trees,\nmail truck-and what did I find here-2 big packages from\netc.\"-it was so ordered and executed. But about 2 months\nhome! O, man-my tent looks like a commissary-and it\nlater when the General moved into camp he thought we didn't\nwas a swell choice of groceries-all the things we can't get\nlook so good so he rules, \"All tents in line-get it dressed up\"-\nhere, and they came through in fine shape. After seeing the\nand it was SO executed. When we moved to this area, of course\nbattered remnants of some packages that come in, I'm thank-\nwe lined 'em up with an aiming circle, and Boy! does it look\nful that you wrapped them well. I've seen G. I. mail clerks\ngood! Now today comes an order from Allied Force HQ-\nin action, too!\n\"All installations will be carefully camouflaged\". So all the\nI'll be anxious to hear from the Murdock-Ellis Xmas there.\nCompany Commanders beat it for the C. P.-\"What are we\nAs for me, I feel a little woozie. Too much excitement-but\ngonna do?\" I personally can't think of any solution except to\nit was a swell Christmas and now my next course of action will\nline up the trees over the tents-same old troubles.\nbe to take one of my \"bran-new vitamin\" pills and go to bed\nThey have one of the Special Service \"B\" Kits here in HQ\nin my warm li'l ole pup tent, inside my good ole sleepin' bag\nCompany- radio, phonograph, P. A. System, records, etc. The\n--an' I bet I won't even turn over.\nboys have a great time with it-you can hear the loudspeaker\nThanks a lot-you people,\nall over the area-and they have a \"broadcast\" every morning.\nDib--\nAnnouncements, records, poems, plays, cracks and even some\n\"human interest\" bits. They took the mike into the supply tent\n12\n13\nthe other day SO the general public could listen while Sgt.\nFebruary 22, 1943\n\"Happy Joe\" Secolo (the best Supply Sgt. in the outfit)\ninterviewed an applicant for an extra pair of pants. First\nDear Mom and Pop,\nQuestion: What the Hell are you here for? Second Question:\nWhat the Hell did ya do with the last Pair? Third Question:\nActually that's the way the club looks now-nobody\nWhat the Hell do you think this is-pants don't grow on trees-\naround the fire-funny isn't it how those things come and go?\netc.\netc.\netc.\nThe club started like this:\nfinally ended up throwing the guy out of the tent, much to the\nWhen we first moved into the old Bivouac area just after the\ndelight of the \"Radio Audience\".\n\"war\"-the orders said, \"no fires\"-but camping out in a nice\nFinal announcement last night was: \"We are glad to play\nforest with loose cork bark lying around the trees and nights\neach and every request, but the management has expressed\ncold-an order like that just wouldn't work-well, Old Mitch\nthe desire that all requests be made by calling \"Message Center-\nbuilt a fire in front of his tent. Soon four or five officers were\none-one\" because when you guys come runnin' up yellin'-\nshivering around the little blaze-when up comes the Colonel-\n'Hey, play Casey Jones' then things get all screwed up and we\nlooks at the fire a minute, steps up and warms his hands, \"Cold\nnever get nowhere-thank you for your kind attention-and\ntonight, isn't it?\" \"Yes, Sir.\" \"Fire feels mighty good, doesn't\nsweet dreams.\"\nit?\" \"Surely does, Colonel.\" \"Couldn't see a little fire like that\nOne morning we had a half-hour reveille program. Between\nvery far, could you?\" \"Oh, No, Sir.\" \"If somebody will go over\nrecorded numbers on this cold, foggy, dew-soaked morning they\nto my tent and get the radio we can have some music with our\nput in commercial plugs for G.I. coffee-\"Have you tried G. I.\nfire.\" - \"Yes, Sir\" So that made the club an institution. We\ncoffee?-go at once to your nearest kitchen and try a cup of this\ntried to set up a big fire place further over but everybody al-\nsteaming, tasty, aromatic beverage which is also delicious with\nways went to the little fire by Mitch's tent-so we set the club\nsugar and cream or may be cut to half strength with hot water\nup there. Volley ball after supper and bull sessions at the Club\nand is still strong as Hell.\"\nwere quite an institution there-but that's all changed now.\nThey all built bihis (see last week's issue)-a lot of the old bunch\n-Another favorite on G. I. Bread-\"Do you roll, toss and\nhave been transferred to other units-both inside and outside\nspend sleepless nights? You do-then try G. I. Bread-just one\nthe Regiment-the Colonel (now General Macon) is leaving us\nslice-no more rolling, no more tossing-you'll just lie there.\"\nsoon and things move on.\nAh Me\nMentioning Mitch-he's quite a character-easy going guy\nDib\nwith a peculiar sense of humor, and just \"don't give a damn for\nnuthin\"-at chow the other day he called down to Chaplain\nDyerson, \"Hey Chaplain, what part of the Bible is the story in\nwhere old Sampson grabbed a bone for a club and whipped\nthe ass off of 5000 Filipinos?\" Dyerson answered, \"Why, I\ndon't recall that particular story.\" So Mitch says, \"See, if you'd\nread your bible more and quit pedaling your organ around\nover camp you might get someplace.\" Mitch is Special Services\nOfficer (a typical job for an 8-ball officer-I've found), and\nthe Chaplain cuts in on his territory by putting the little field\n14\n15\norgan in the trailer behind a jeep and riding around through\nSomewhere in Africa\ncamp serenading or starting group sings here and there-he's\nSunday, April 4th\na good Joe-or a good Holy Joe.\n4 A. M.\nYou asked about Roosevelt's visit-I think I told you-He\nDear Mom,\nvisited us-the men had to hike out five miles to meet someone,\nand, of course, they were well rewarded for their effort-it\nThe General will have arrived there long before this letter,\nwas a thing to be remembered forever-the picture (newspaper)\nbut let me know if you get a chance to meet him, and if you\nyou sent of the Sergeant shaking hands with F.D. R.-he is\nget the music manuscripts and case that I asked him to bring\none of our men. Me-personally-I didn't get to see him. The\nyou-Didn't think I'd be able to use it much more and it's safer\nAdjutant had to be present at the formation SO I had to stay\nfor the duration.\nin charge at camp-I'm sorry to say. But everybody told of the\nI led the band yesterday for a 2½ hour rehearsal. I don't re-\nterrific amount of protection, precaution and secrecy that at-\nmember anything that has affected me quite like that. I couldn't\ntended the whole thing. It was a wonderful thing. The civilians\nget my feet on the ground for six hours. It's a good band and\nat\nwere quite disturbed to think that he had come and\nthe W. O. band leader is a good guy, but the band only half plays\ngone and they didn't even know it. The news pictures were\nfor him. I think I got 'em going yesterday. I know that I got\ngood. I guess they gave a very real impression of the review\nme going. We worked through some pretty tough things, and\nAs for the location of the actual meeting in Casablanca I've been\nthey were good! I know that when the session broke up we had\nthere several times.\na big audience of guys gathered around to listen in-and as a\nAnd a letter from Pop-Dad, that's my prize.\nrule nobody hangs around the band practice-either the music\nwas good or the sight of a Lieutenant waving a stick was a\nLove,\nheluva novelty. Anyway, it was great fun. But after the elation\nDavid\nwore off, I got pretty low and homesick (first time I've been\nthat way)-which I guess was natural enough. I figure that in\nthe future, though, I'll be better off to stick to the military.\nSending you a little more leather. Guess this is the last.\nThey've upped the prices now SO it's almost prohibitive but\nI guess there are still enuf curio-seekin' suckers left in the\nAmerican Army here to keep on buying.\nDays are getting hot now-afternoons swell to spend at\nTempe Beach,\nLove,\nDavid\n16\n17\nSaturday nite-17 April\nThursday, April 22\nDear Rachael,\nDear Mother\nI am Officer of the Day today-I can remember when guard\nIt's a wonderful day. Two things have happened-I have\nduty was a \"dirt detail\"-now it is really a chance to get a little\nfinished my work before 11:00 P. M. and got two letters from\nrest. I even have a little time to sit up here in the guard area and\nhome. One from Ralph Hess-and the one you sent after the\nlook out across the landscape and almost figure that it is a\nleather goods hit D. C. It was such a funny feeling-kind of\ngood world and life can be beautiful. I never saw a country\nhazy. I said to myself-\"O, Yes. I remember those people.\"\nwith SO many scenes worth looking at-really a very picturesque\nplace. I'd like to come back someday when I could get more\nYou see, they gave me a company, congratulated me-and\nenjoyment out of just looking.\nI haven't had any time since-except to take a bath out of\nmy helmet at 11:30 P. M. or shave or change underwear when\nAnother flood of mail came in two days ago. I sat up half\nthings get just too dirty-and to rub down sore feet and crawl\nthe night going through mine by candle light in a blacked out\ninto bed at midnight and start going again at five. We hiked 50\npup tent. It was swell. I heard from almost everyone. Rachael\nmiles the first two days, incidental to 8 hours strenuous training.\nyour seeds, personal letter and kid pictures-all good. The\nI never thought it was possible-lost a lot of men by the way-\ngarden idea was fantastic. I'm going to spread the seeds in some\nside, but we are all getting tough, and the only consolation is\nold Arab's plowed field and have fun imagining the result.\nthat I can take it-and too, I'm in on the basic business of this\nThe pictures are added to my gallery. Mother, you sent me\nwar and maybe if I can help make K Company a solid outfit\nenuf clipping material to read for a month. I'll get to read it\nwe can help finish this misery a little quicker. Anyway there's no\nsome day.\nmore time nor energy for long letters. Shame too-I had some\nI've thought about home an awful lot lately-much too much.\nexcellent material-save till after the war.\nI have even remembered the shade in our back yard and the\nhoneysuckle vine and that GREAT BIG ole Apricot tree, and\nOnly did ten miles today to and from training. Have lots of\n\"German and American side\" in the sand pile and Mother's\nextra time tonight-may not happen again. Anyway keep\nWashing machine-a guy's a sucker for getting started thinking\nwriting. It's wonderful to be reminded that there's more to life\nback-but, Rachael, listen, I hope you do as good a job on your\nthan aches.\nbrood as Mother did on us-and when the next war rolls\nSay, Mom, do you remember how we felt after that first walk\naround let 'em have as many swell things to remember as we\ndown the Grand Canyon?-My God-\nhave-I think we were pretty lucky people to get tied up with\nDavid.\nour Mom and Pop.\ngoodnite\nlots of love\nDib\n19\n18\nJune 9-12:30\nMailed July 13\nMother and Dad,\nIt's late and I have to get some sleep, but I have a chance\nto leave some mail aboard now-on the other side mail won't\nV-mail, June 25, 1943\nget out for a long time.\nDear Mother,\nTomorrow starts the next big push and I'll have a swell seat\nfor the show-you guys watch the newspapers and someday\nA V note and a letter-this to let you know that all is\nI'll tell you what really happened.\nwell and that to let you in on the \"big picture\". It's been a great\nI am sure it will be quite sensational, though certainly no\nexperience. I've seen everything-and now we are at that\nsurprise. With all the power in this force I don't see how it\n\"Where do we go from here\" stage again.\ncould go wrong.\nI only hope that everyone there is as well as I am and as\nAnyway-I'll soon start my educational tour of Europe, and\nutterly happy to be alive-letter coming today-\nwhat I mean-educational.\nLots of love,\nThis step will be the beginning of the end and we'll finish\nit up in a hurry I betcha-I'm getting restless to go home.\nDib.\nLots of love,\nDib.\n20\n21\nTuesday, July 20\nDear Folks,\nYesterday was a good day. Ten weary days into Sicily and\nthen we actually spent a whole day in one place, got clean\nJuly 8-11 P.M.\nunderwear from our baggage, got mail from home and a good\nB ration supper-now were fittin' for fightin' again.\nin the dark the other nite I left my letters\nall other papers in my bag. Now I\nSunday, July 25\nhere, SO I'll add to it and leave it aboard--\nWell, that's as far as I got. I knew I shouldn't try to write a\nGertie (Stella's only rival) and a load of love.\nletter. We were alerted and moved out a half-hour later-\nin the wee hours we will hit Sicily with a\nand now the picture is changed. I'm writing at a desk with a\ngive \"Musso\" the hot foot. I know there won't\nshaded lite in a large city R. R. station at 11:30 at nite. My\nmorrow--it will take plenty time and effort\ncompany is guarding all R. R. installations and you can imagine\nand get this outfit of mine ashore-\nthe chaos in a city after weeks of terrible bombing, hunger, etc.\never get them where we gotta go-but I\nthen sudden turnover of military powers-the chance to loot\nand shoot up plenty of the enemy on the\nFascist stores (the R. R. station was a Fascist headquarters.)\nRefugees coming back home, people going back to work, sus-\n\"You picture it all in your minds-but no\npected soldier-civilians, fear for abandoned munition and\nwill be. It may be a thousand times worse\nexplosive dumps.\neasier than anyone has imagined.\" Me? I'm\nbut betting on the \"thousand times easier\"--\nI've seen overhead. (They've been com-\nAnd that's the end of the second sitting-fell asleep there, I\nning)-a sea full of ships-and plans--\nthink. Our guard was relieved the next day and we moved\ncan't miss! Anyway you\"ll know what\nto another guard job, which consisted of all nite motor patrols-\nyou get this note. We had an air raid\nfirst nite we cracked up a jeep in the black-black-blackout-\nwas the prettiest sight I ever hope to see-\nsecond nite I was in a daze and herded jeeps all over the\ncountry. Come morning-a terrible headache, fever and chills.\nabout that. Time's short.\nI got the company moved into a new bivouac area, then went to\nGood nite, you all-\nthe medic and he sent me promptly to the evacuation hospital\nDib\nwith 103 degree fever-malaria-and I'll be here for a week, I\nguess, a rest but boresome, a chance to finish this letter. I'll take\na new sheet and start over.\nAs for the big story of the landing, the news has told it\npretty straight. I won't repeat. A few unpublicized difficulties\nmight be interesting.\nThe day before the landing was a rough day-wind blew all\n22\n23\nballoons off the tank transports and the L. C. I.'s\nI realized just what that meant, yet they seemed genuinely\nthe barrage rolled and jumped and tossed all because day. Everyone I\nfriendly to us, for all their misery. Why, because they think\n(Infantry) dead sick-I stayed on my feet all day there thought\nwe bring food and because they know we are fighting H. and\nwas I but I couldn't get anyone else up. And 4:00 were the\nM., both of whom they hate violently. The worst of this\nhad to, little details that weren't finished-and at the next\nbombing business is-the Americans bomb a city until they get\nSO many we had to fight our way ashore-imagine the feeling.\nit and then the Jerries start the bombings all over again. But\nmorning the sea calmed at midnite and when we saw search- and\nJerry bombings aren't SO terrible any more. I've seen several.\nHowever, shell flashes and machine guns everyone roused out\nFunny thing-the whole spectacle, while always interesting,\nlights, details took care of themselves in a hurry. Artillery\ndidn't affect me emotionally at all-thank God. I've always been\nthe landed around us and m.g. bullets sprayed the boat. had Once fire on\nafraid I'd be terrified. I think I've gotten numb physically\nin, no one was hurt, and on the beach we no\nand emotionally in the past three months-which is the only\nthe all. way I can't understand it either. Had trouble landing, as\nway to get and stay alive.\nusual, at lost a ramp from the boat. Skipper was a little nervous\nBut-here's what happened. A big pile of mail caught up\nand got us 300 yards off the beach and on some rocks-waves\nwith me just after the big push, while we were settled in a\ntoo high to use the rubber emergency boats SO we swam,\nlemon grove outside the big city-and I had to grab my mail\nwere floundered and crawled in-just like the last time-but never\nand beat it back into the trees where I could read it and weep.\nlost man and but very little equipment. We had two small\nOh-the mail was wonderful, but it was the first thought of home\nskirmishes, a caught a few prisoners and were five miles inland\nI'd had for a long, long time.\non our objective by noon.\nWhen I get to the fourth kind of paper it's time to quit.-I\nWe fought, maneuvered, moved and defended for over a\nfeel about leaving the hospital as I did about leaving the British\nweek, rested two days and then swooooosh-across the island;\nBattle School (it was in Africa, by the way)-chief reason\nfound out why they'd been hiking the feet off of us for three\nfor wanting to go back-there may be mail for me back at\nmonths (though I still think they over-did it.) Did 85 miles in\nthe outfit. I'll drop V-mails from time to time-you all keep them\ntwo days, took three cities and hundreds of prisoners-and more\ncoming.\nthan half of it was done afoot-and the mountains of Sicily are\nPop-thanks for the note. I think we gave them Hell.\nthe worst in the world.\nJohn-write.\nOur company has been under fire several times-each time we\nmaneuvered and took our position. We (myself included)\nLove to everybody,\nkilled and wounded our share of the enemy, and the company\nDib.\ntook over 1500 prisoners by actual count, which is nothing to brag\nP.S. Two matters strictly administrative\nabout.\nI saw the effect of all-out American bombings on cities and\n(1) Did my footlocker of clothes arrive? Be on the look out for\ncivilians. Believe me, it isn't pleasant. I picked an Italian\nit-parcel post-and the bag full of uniforms should be\nborn boy for an orderly and kept him with me all thru for an\npacked and sent to Mrs. Johnson-address enclosed. Her\ninterpreter. We were talking to some civilians in the city when\nhusband is a swell guy and a good friend of mine. Hope it\nthere was a roar of bombers over head. I looked up with a\nwon't be too much trouble.\nquestion. They said, \"Don't worry-those are American planes.\n(2) I subscribed to \"Army Times\" and billed it to the Arizona\nWe know the sound of the motors by now.\" It was a while before\nCongressman. OK, Pop? It's for My Company reading.\n24\n25\nV-mail, July 30, 1943\nDear Mother,\nI've tried twice to write a big letter full of Sicilian experiences.\nV-mail, August 5, 1943\nIt's still unfinished. I seem to be busier now than I was after\nCasablanca. Anyway, there's a lot to tell and I hope to get\nDear Mom,\nit sent soon. Right now I am in the hospital taking the\nI get out of the hospital tomorrow-malaria cured, but weak\nmalaria cure, but they tell me I can get back to my company\nas the duce. I need several days of my own mess sergeant's\nin a few days. It's really wonderful to be able to sleep all\nchow and some exercise before I get back on my feet proper.\nnite and all day on a cot-a rare luxury indeed. The Mussolini\nAs for Sicily it's not a particularly pretty place-people very\ndeal was a wow-wasn't it? The air is full of rumors, guesses,\nunpicturesque and the villages are of colorless grey stone always\netc., etc.-but no one knows just what lies ahead. I get more\nbuilt on top of a mountain. The mountains are terrific and\nand more respect for the management of our army and armed\nwould present some wonderful scenes if we didn't have to\nforces! The big shots have done well by us. Casualties here\nclimb over them-that spoils the effect. All in all, I'd rather\nwere light-it could have been terrible, and it wasn't all because\nbe in Arizona-or D. C.-or anywhere over there-Well,-\nof low Italian morale either. Anyway, I've been right in the\nsomeday maybe--in the meantime, God bless you plenty.\nfront of things all the way thru and saw the whole show and my\ncompany did its full share and we're still in good shape. I\nLove,\nhope the worry strain there hasn't been too heavy.\nDavid.\nLove,\nDavid.\n26\n27\nSomewhere in Sicily\nSept. 2nd, 1943\nMy dear Mrs. Murdock,\nI wish to extend you my deepest sympathies in these hours\nof bereavement for you. The loss of Dave has been a sharp\nblow to many of us.\nDave was the only friend from Arizona I had here in this\nregiment SO I too feel a great loss. He and I had gone through\nWESTERN UNION\nour whole Army career together. Now that he is gone I feel\nvery lonesome because I have no one to chat with about our\nSEPTEMBER 8, 1943\nbeloved Arizona.\nJOHN R. MURDOCK\nThis Regiment has lost one of their best Company Com-\n1102 VAN NESS AVENUE\nmanders and most promising young officers. Dave did SO much\nTEMPE, ARIZONA\nfor the men with his music ability and he was doing something\nto keep the men happy in the service.\nTHE SECRETARY OF WAR DESIRES THAT I TENDER\nHIS DEEP SYMPATHY TO YOU IN THE LOSS OF YOUR\nHis loss is going to be felt very much in the future.\nSON FIRST LIEUTENANT DAVID N. MURDOCK. REPORT\nDave's death came almost instantly SO there was no pro-\nRECEIVED STATES THAT HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION\nlonged suffering for him.\nON ELEVEN AUGUST IN NORTH AFRICAN AREA.\nI offer you my deepest sympathies. You can well be proud\nLETTER FOLLOWS.\nof your son-he gave his life for the greatest cause this world\nULIO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.\nhas ever known.\nSincerely,\n/s/ Coy Morgan\nFirst Lt. Coy L. Morgan, 0-1287743\nA. P. O., No. 3, % Postmaster\nNew York, New York\n28\n29\nTempe, Arizona.\nSepember 9, 1943\nDear Mother,\nTHE SECRETARY OF WAR\nThere's nothing new to say-but millions of things to remem-\nWASHINGTON\nber and repeat. We've known for a long time how the cards\nwere stacked, but even SO it's terribly final not to hope anymore.\nDavid knew he wouldn't be back too, and I'm sure he died\nwith the complete satisfaction and self-respect of knowing he\nOctober 2, 1943\nstood well up on the scale of men as men. It's terrible to think\nhe went back into battle in a weakened condition, but his last\nV-mail attested to his confidence and regard for the higher\nMy dear Mr. Murdock:\nups in this war.\nDavid always wanted to compete-under fair rules-with\nYou will shortly receive the Purple Heart Medal, which\nno favors shown-and I think he must be content with the\nhas been posthumously awarded by direction of the President to\nresults of his last competition.\nyour son, First Lieutenant David N. Murdock, Infantry. It is\nHe had a job to do and I know without anyone's telling me,\nsent as a tangible expression of the country's gratitude for his\nthat, like the great guy he was, he did a super job.\ngallantry and devotion.\nI'm glad John's across-it will be easier for him. He'll do\nIt is sent to you, as well, with my deepest personal sympathy\nhis job too-and extra super, and I'm just as sure the law of\nfor your bereavement. The loss of a loved one is beyond man's\nchance favors him. John will come back to take the place of\nrepairing, and the medal is of slight value; not so, however, the\nboth boys and do the work of two. And he can do it. The\nmessage it carries. We are all comrades in arms in this battle\nbig job is only started-we need John and many others like him\nfor our country, and those who are gone are not, and never will\nto make this world click after the firing's ceased.\nbe forgotten by those of us who remain. I hope you will accept\nDavid died proud of his mother and dad-proud of his family\nthe medal in evidence of such remembrance.\nand what it's stood for-proud to die doing a job he couldn't\nSincerely yours,\nquite understand, but knew was right. As much as he loved\nus all-I'm sure the self respect with which he died made it all,\nHenry L. Stimson\nall right. He'd done his share and surely felt no regrets.\nWe've got to take up this battle where David left off and do\na job that would make him proud. We can't do that and be\nbitter. Anyway, David wouldn't like it that way. He loved\nthings to be smooth, cheerful, enthusiastic, and worth while.\nAnd gosh-wasn't he a swell guy. I hope if souls are used\nover and over he'll wait for me and we'll be twins next time.\nLove,\nRachael.\n30\n31\nUNSUNG\nTHOMAS BAILEY ALORICH\nDAVID MURDOCK\nof\n01\nPL\nAs SWEET As THE BREATH THAT\nof\n9\nGOES\nFROM THE LIPS OF THE WILD WHITE ROSE\nAS WEIRO\nAS EL-FIN\n10\n9\n+\nLIGHTS\nTHAT CLIM-MER ON FROSTY NIGHTS\nAs WILD As THE WINDS 7749T\nN\n+\nSONG\nI\nHAVE\nNE\nVER\nTHE CURLD RED LEAF IN THE AIR\nIS\nTHE\nIN TER STRAINS NOT E-VEN A NOTE RE MAINS ANO I\nTEAR\n$11\nth\nE\nto\n11\nde\na/a/\nN\nFFF\n#\nF\n$\n$\n0\nof\ng\nof\nof\nto\nof\nof\nto\nol\nel\nof\nof\nof\nof\nto\nAt\nW\nKNOW\nBY\nMY\nPUL\nBEAT\nIN SLUM-BER A HUN. DRED\nIT WAS SOMETHING WILD AND SWEET, AND MY\nSUNE\n&\n0\n0\ndo\nD\nKP\n0\n*lla\nalls\nMs\n#\nof\nHEART IS STRANGELY STIRRED BVAN UN-RE-MEM-BERED WORD\nI HAVE SAID THE EN-CHAN-TED RHYMES\nBUT\nERE\nI\nOPE\nMY\n2\nTIMES\n4\nollo\n3\no\nof\nof\n$\nF\nW\nOF THE\nEYES THE GHOST OF PO.EM PO. FLIES\n0\nalp\n#3\nto\ndates\nоффа\nis\n,\n>\na\nHe\nto\nto\nE\n1\nSTRIVE\nBUT\nI\nSTRIVE\nIN\nVAIN\nTO\nRE-CALL\nTHE\nLOST\nRE\nFRAIN\nON\nФфффо\n>\n3\nSOME\nMI-RA-CU-LOUS DAY\nPER\nHAPS\nIT\nWILL\nCOME\nAND\nSTAY,\nIN\nSOME\nUN-IM-AG-INED\nSPRING\nI\nMAY\nFINO\nMY\nVOICE\nAND\nSING\nTHE\nPO\nSONG\nI\nHAVE\nNE-\nVER\nSUNG\n7\nO\nto\nCopyright 1943\nJOHN R. MURDOCK\nROXOR CORPORATION,\nChattanooga, Tennessee,\nP.P.7.\nDecember 16, 1943 - filed. - Not ack.\nRYAN, Mrs. James,\nP.P.7.\nDecember 16, 1943 - filed. - Not ack.\nGibson City, Illinois,\n9-M\na small mop (two pieces of \"this wood fastened is a mop\". in the\nform of a Sends \"T\" by the a piece President of wire). Note attached; says\nT.A.\nfmf\nA\n+\nSee P.PF..9-R\n+\n+\nROXOR CORPORATION,\nChattanooga, Tennessee,\nP.P.7.\nDecember 16, 1943 - filed. - Not ack.\n9-M\nWASHINGTON\nCarton of book matches sent to the President.\nT.A.\nSee P.P.F. 9-R\nfmf\nCongressean\nStates\nCalled requesting\nM. D. McCauley, Detroit, Michigan\nxpp\nHere with a sap and CHOE - automatic\n+\ncase I map of the world.\n9\n+2.\nMrs. Notites to Mrm. Roosevelt\n+\nabout it and she said the President would\nxpr\nbe delighted to have it.\nMr. McCauley wants to present Lt. to\nthe President for his birthday. It is so\nbe a surprise. Wants to talk to someone\nhere about its receipt, installation, etc.\nTHE WHITE house\nWASHINGTON\n\"For\nNovember 23, 1943\nq.m\nX pet 5418\nX\nCongressman Mary T. Norton\nCalled requesting 5 minute appointment\nfor\nX.\nM. D. McCauley, Detroit, Michigan\nXPPA\nHere with a map and case - automatic\n+\ne-b\nM\ncase -- map of the world.\n*773\nMrs. Norton spoke to Mrs. Roosevelt\n+\nabout it and she said the President would\nXPP7\nbe delighted to have it.\nMr. McCauley wants to present it to\nthe President for his birthday. It is to\nbe a surprise. Wants to talk to someone\nhere about its receipt, installation, etc.\nw\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nwashington\nfile\nDecember 8, 1943\nMEMORANDUM FOR: MRS. DENNISON\nWith reference to the attached\nmemorandum, have you seen any corres-\npondence or had any phone calls from\nMary Norton's office on M. D. McCauley\nof Detroit, Michigan?\nRB\nRoberts too\nis to a\nsurprise Im sorry to as\nfiled\n12/9/43\nINTERWOOD I A\nARTHUR WILKES PAINTING CO.,\nBridgeport, Conn.\n12-16-43 (ack.)\nsent President gift of a memorandum pad. (Given to Mr. Groshon)\nSee P.P.F.9-A\nPPF\n9-m\nbr\nWILSON, C. H.,\nLos Angeles, 4, California,\nP.P.X,\nDecember 17, 1943 - ack.\n9 M\nNote of thanks to writer for sending the President the mirror.\nT.A.\nSee P.P.F. 9-W\nfmf\nUNDERWOOD, J. A.,\nHyannis, Massachusetts,\nDecember 18, 1943 - ack.\n8.0.7, 7.\nNo covering let.\nSends the President book matches.\n9 M\nT.A.\nSee P.P.F. 9-U\nfmf\nNEWTON, Dick and\nP.O.7.\nNEWTON, Barbara,\ndoor\n18,\nBeach Haven Terrace, New Jersey,\n9-M\nDecember 22, 1943 - ack.\nLet. to the President, sending him the Scottie match box, as a\nChristmas remembrance. STREET T.A.\nFereit may to Virualit you 3a the President's\nfmf\nSee P.P.F. 9-N your Identinces La useding Ma that beathers\n(if Unite the\nfor theought As and 3 Tustre La Dolor\nwyter Mas STATE to you Two the billing\nsession.\nWesgr sinnarely group,\n8. Validay\nSubmitty\nMost Sag.,\n3828 -\nWest The Year\nPPA m\nDecember 18, 1943\n9-\nMy dear Mr. Marootian:\nPermit me to thank you in the President's\nbehalf for your kindness in sending him that handsome\nX PP1\ntraveling set as a Christmas remembrance. Your friend-\n9-T\nly thought is appreciated and I have pleasure in con-\nveying his every good wish to you for the holiday\nseason.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nB\nX\nKarl Marootian, Esq.,\n?\n3552 Broadway,\nvb\nNew York, New York.\nP.P.7\nMB gift\n9-24\na Day pills and a package\nP.P.F.\nai\n9-m\nletter of Dec. 6th to the\nourtesy in sending him the\nes Mrs. Myric that her\non of the officials of the\nthe Office of Indian Affairs.\nassing of her aged mother. Mrs. Cornealia\n9\nrs. Myric was referred to the Dept. of\narently wants money from the Government for\n77\n(9)\nThe Land ofthe Free\n1\nP.P.7\n9-24\nikage of Une a Day pills and a package\nP.P.F.\n9-m\ning that her letter of Dec. 6th to the\ner for the courtesy in sending him the\nurther advises Mrs. Myric that her\nconsideration of the officials of the\nction over the Office of Indian Affairs.\npassing of her aged mother. Mrs. Cornealia\nrs. Myric was referred to the Dept. of\narently wants money from the Government for\n(9)\nAVEN, D.J.,\nMinneapolis, Minn.\nP.P.7.\n10-26-43 (ack. 12-17-43)\n9-24\nSends to the President a package of Une a Day bills and a package\nmcg\nP.P.F. P.\nTO:\nMYRIC, Mrs. M.D.\nTulsa Okla.\n9-m\nDec. 20, 1943.\nMr. Early wrote stating that her letter of Dec. 6th to the\nPresident has been received and thanks her for the courtesy in sending him the\nmat with the picture imprinted on it. Further advises Mrs. Myric that her\ncommunication is being referred for the consideration of the officials of the\nDepartment of Interior, who have jurisdiction over the Office of Indian Affairs.\nExtends the President's sympathy in the passing of her aged mother. Mrs. Cornealia\nRoss Presley Taylor - - -1he letter of Mrs. Myric was referred to the Dept. of\nthe Int. (Off., Indian Affairs): She apparently wants money from the Government for\nIndian land. (as per brief)\nSee - PPF 50-T\nAVEN, D.J.,\nMinneapolis, Minn.\nP.P.7\n10-26-43 (ack. 12-17-43)\n9-24\nSends to the President a package of Une a Day pills and a package\nof Alka-Seltzer. (medicine) Thrown away.\nsee P.P.F.9-L\nbr\nS\n8458\nFISHER, Harry B.,\nPhiladelphia, 39, Pennsylvania,\nPrO.7,\nDecember 22, 1943 - ack.\n9-M\nNote of thanks from Miss Tully, for sending the President a small\nV\nbottle of medicine for head colds.\nT.A.\nSee P.P.F. 9-F\nfmf\nfight Do. Narthemogrs\nTentar more of groutings\nthe the\nHand I Visabile\nyou, In for your of\nissue Sex without you ear the Vitas Sex\nThis\nclassess yours,\n- O. Titly\nSubmetary\nCourge\n206 Street,\nTHE\n8458\nPP1\ngiven away\nq-m\nDecember 28, 1943\nMy dear Mr. Madancy:\nnw\nYour card of Christmas greetings\nto the President and the handkerchief you en-\nclosed have been received and I want to thank\nXPP7\nX\nyou, in his behalf, for your kind thought of\n9-H\nhim. He sends you all good wishes for the New\nYear.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nGeorge S. Madancy, Esq.,\n395 Weybosset Street,\nProvidence,\nvb\nRhode Island.\ndry\nphones 8458\npany\nMONARCH WINE CO., Los\nEnds Terminal\nPurl Pian on the 8 m\n1800 Recourd Avenue\nN.Y N y\nanta, Georgia.\nember 17,2943\nRec'd\nnw\nbeen Marry am. X PPA. 1834 L\nIses\n18 President\nfor the\nDEL you SS to\nB\nMiss Frances Johnson,\nMonarch Wine Company of Georgia,\nYours very truly,\nSawtell Road,\nSouth Atlanta Station,\nMONARCH WINE CO. OF CA.\nAtlanta,\nGeorgia.\nFrances Johnson dd\nFrances Johnson\nSee'y to 102% Gilsten\n£1\n8458\npany\n3\nIf\nMONARCH WINE CO., les\nCHRISTMAS GREETINGS\nisso Secured Avenue\nto a Friend\n8.Y\nin the SERVICE\nGeorgia,\nlacks\nember\nRec'd\nnw\nMarray X 1834\nthe ppd. w\n999\n16 President\nfor the\nDEL you S.B to\nMiss Frances Johnson,\nMonarch Wine Company of Georgia,\nYours very truly,\nSawtell Road,\nSouth Atlanta Station,\nMONARCH WINE CO. OF CA.\nAtlanta,\nGeorgia.\nFrances Johnson dd\nPrances Johnson\nSecly to Mr. Gilston\nIt is not the same old Christmas\nBut the same old friends\nare dear\nAnd Old Glory, proudly flying.\nIs a symbol of good cheer;\nSo good luck and all good wishes,-\nHope this finds you feeling fine,-\nThough it's not the same\nold Christmas,\nYou're the same dear\nFriend from roleorge of Mine! Reduce, yes.\n395 Prop.S R.d.\nWe\nGrace G. Tully send The President\nof our Oat Private Secretary Wine for the\nidays and appreciate word from you to\nbe\nshipped,\nThank you kindly.\nB\nMiss Frances Johnson,\nMonarch Wine Company of Georgia,\nYours very truly,\nSawtell Road,\nSouth Atlanta Station,\nMONARCH WINE CO. OF GA.\nAtlanta,\nGeorgia.\nFrances Johnson dd\nPrances Johnson\nSeciy to Mr. Gilsten\n8458\nMonarch Wine Company\nMONARCH\nWINE\nCO.,Tex\n9.12\nDecember 22, 1943\nSecured\nAssociate\nSTATES\nSawtall Road, South Atlanta Station Georgia,\nMy dear Miss Johnson: X.P. P.7. 2\nMrs. Roosevelt has referred to this\noffice your letter of December seventeenth.\nI want to thank you ever so much on behalf of\nxeetu\nE\nREC'D\nnw\nthe President for the kind offer you make,\nX\nand it is suggested that you send the case\nque\naddressed to Mr. Frank Murray, 1834 L was\n1834.,L\nN.W., Washington, D. C.\nPlease assure Mr. Gilsten of the\nPresident's appreciation of his thought of\nhim. Thite House\nWashington,\nDa.C.\nVery sincerely yours,\nDear Madam:-\nGrace G. Tully send The President\nof\nour\nPrivate Secretary Wine for the\nAdaya you as to\nbe\nshipped.\nThank\nkindly.\nMiss Frances Johnson,\nMonarch Wine Company of Georgia,\nYours very truly,\nSawtell Road,\nSouth Atlanta Station,\nMONARCH WINE CO. OF GA,\nAtlanta,\nGeorgia.\nFrances Johnson dd\nFrances Johnson\nSec'y to Mr. Gilston\nMonarch Wine Company 12/22/2011\nOF GEORGIA\nThe Pioneers of\nMONARCH WINE CO., Inc.\nGEORGIA FRUIT WINES\nBush Terminal\nPEACH\nBLACKBERRY\nSCUPPERNONG\nCONCORD\n4500 Second Avenue\nMUSCADINE\nBrooklyn, N.Y.\nSawtell Road, South Atlanta Station Atlanta, Georgia.\nJuly\nMiss\nDecember 1 17, miss4 1943 20 RECD L st,nw\nMrs. Eleanor Roosevelt\nWhite House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Madam:-\nWe are anxious to send The President\na case of our Georgia Blackberry Wine for the\nHolidays and would appreciate word from you as to\nwhere this case should be shipped.\nThank you kindly.\nYours very truly,\nMONARCH WINE CO. OF GA.\nFrances Johnson\nFrances Johnson\nSec'y to Mr. Gilsten\nfj\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 11, 1944\n7\nMy dear Mr. Gilsten:\nMany thanks, in the President's\n8, 1943\nbehalf, for your kind remembrance of him\nat Christmas time. He wants you to know\nthat he appreciates your friendly thought\nand I have pleasure in conveying his every\ngood wish to you for the coming year.\nVery sincerely yours,\n22\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nX\nCharles Gilsten, Esq.,\nMonnrch Wine Company of Georgia,\nSawtell Road,\nOF\nSouth Atlanta Station,\nAtlanta,\nGeorgia.\nhms\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nwashington\n1/0/44 hime\nT1\nGEORG\nPEACH\nThe Wagner Joask\nMONARCH WINE CO., Inc.\nBush Terminal\nSCUPPER\n4500 Second Avenue\nBrooklyn, N.Y.\nfor Case of Blacklerry\n,\ngeorgia.\n28, 1943\nMine - (only 10 bottle\nreid- - brohen neck of\none bottle thrown in- - S.S.P.\nhad it distributed)\nf December 22\nand sending a\nOne\nMurray,\nspend\ny of sending\nChristmas.\nlly,\nE CO. OF GA.\nGilster sten\nCG:dcb\n8458\nMonarch Wine Company\nacho.\nThe Pioneers of\nOF GEORGIA\nGEORGIA FRUIT WINES\nPEACH\nBLACKBERRY\nSCUPPERNONG\nMONARCH WINE CO., Inc.\nCONCORD\nMUSCADINE\nBush Terminal\n4500 Second Avenue\nm\nBrooklyn, N.Y.\nSawtell Road, South Atlanta Station Atlanta, Georgia.\nDecember 28, 1943\nMiss Grace Tulley\nPrivate Secretary to President\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Miss Tulley:\nPermit me to acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 22\nto inform you that we are following instructions and sending a\nWashington, D. C,\ncase of Granny's Blackberry Wine in care of Frank Murray,\nI heard over the radio the President was going to spend\nChristmas at Hyde Park, therefore took the liberty of sending\nhim a case hoping it would reach him in time for Christmas.\nWith very best wishes.\nMost cordially,\nMONARCH WINE CO. OF GA.\nCharles Gilsten\nCG:dcb\nBB the me\nreturill\nppt\nDecember 27, 1943\nq-m\n2\ntecke:\nAND 1 has We\nme to thank you in the President's\nkindness in sending him a copy of\nST BATTLE, by We.J. Bryan, which has\nbeen received through the courtesy of Mr. Phillip\nH, Knight, The President appreciates your friendly\nthought of him and this little note conveys his very\nJury\nbest wishes to you for the New Year.\nVery sincerely yours,\ntlet +\nq-B\nGrace G. Tully\neb\nPrivate Secretary\n+\nA. H. Meinecke, Esq.,\nc/o Metcalf, Hamilton, Kansas City\nBridge Company,\nSkagway,\nAlaska.\nstling\nPPF\nREAL ESTATE BOARD OF NEW YORK,\nNew York, N.Y.\n9-m\nAckd. Dec. 28, 1943.\nSent copy of their 1944 diary and manual. Given to Miss Tully.\n10k\nSES: PPF-9-R\nMrs. Eben this morning.\nThe book, THE FIRST BATTLE, was sent to\nMRS. PANCOAST:\nC. Dougherty\nTHE FIRST\nthe book in sending him\nbehalf for your me to thank you in the\n! dear &\n333 with\nPermit Meinecke: kindness Presid\nDecember 27, 19\nDougherty\nMM Eben\nppt\nDecember 27, 1943\nut-b\nMy dear Mr. Meinecke:\nPermit me to thank you in the President's\nbehalf for your kindness in sending him a copy of\nthe book THE FIRST BATTLE, by V. J. Bryan, which has\nbeen received through the courtesy of Mr. Phillip\nH, Knight, The President appreciates your friendly\nthought of him and this little note conveys his very\nTexy\nbest wishes to you for the New Year.\nVery sincerely yours,\n+ pet\nq-B\nGrace G. Tully\neb\nPrivate Secretary\n422\nX\nA. H. Meinecke, Esq.,\n% Metcalf, Hamilton, Kansas City\nBridge Company,\nSkagway,\nAlaska.\nDecember 28, 1943\nMy dear Mr. Knight:\nIt was kind of you to send on the copy\nof the book THE FIRST BATTLE, by W. J. Bryan, a\ngift to the President from Mr. A. H. Meinecke of\nSkagway, Alaska. Your courtesy in the matter is\nvery much appreciated.\nA note of thanks is being addressed to\nMr. Meinecke direct.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\ne\nPrivate Secretary\nb\nPhillip H. Knight, Esq.,\n422 Crittenden Street, N. W.,\nWashington, D. C.\nHold\nCANADIAN\nPAGIFIC\nB.C. COAST\nSTEAMSHIPS\nJanuary 28th, 1944\nWORLD'S\nGREATEST\nTRAVEL\nSYSTEM\nPhil. H. Knight\nMr,Stexe Earley, Secy ON BOARD SSA22 Cuittenden St NW\nWhite house,\nWashington, D.C.\nWashington, D.C.\nDecember December20,1943. 20, 1943.\nDear Sir;\nThe day before \\ left Sleagway, Alaska, might\nmaster asked me if he to\na Contractor's book pay to me in Wash. D.C. for delivery well\nthe told him O.K. and that Inould forward mail\nmail President. a \\ did not know the man yery it if\nbut it arrived. Dont know why he did not\nof receipt of a copy\nit direct to you.\nThe book readed here and keeping it\nn, which Mr. Phillip H.\n\"channels\" \\ have mailedit separately\never, since it was Mr.\nto in today. Please see that it this reaches\nection was in trans-\nproper at c/o Metcalf, Hamilton, Kansas City Bridge\nyou destination and \\ am sure man\n;ain you will find a\nnow Slcagray, Alaska would appreciate\nlf-explanatory. Mr.\nCo., some kind of receipt acknowledgement,\nPresident Roosevelt,\nState for Nebraska.\nSincerely yours\nPhilip Knight\nisas City Bridge Co's\nEngineer (Civil Constr)\nW. S. E.D.\ntruly,\nWeinne\neinecke\nC/O Metcalfe, Hamilton, Kansas\nCity Bridge Co's\nEdmonton, Alberta, Canada.\nNew. Ruight 2h\nyou ush will down call me\nJanuary 28th, 1944\nand ad d note to\nmemo in - ront of\nDel to Pris.\nwaking this acqusoral\nBook that you are\nHorm.\nProne me. Inansperlation\nnent of receipt of a copy\nBryan, which Mr. Phillip H.\nDept\nhowever, since it was Mr.\nconnection was in trans-\nle again you will find a\nS self-explanatory. Mr.\nIS an active Democrat, a great admirer of President Roosevelt,\nand was, as I recall it, at one time Secretary of State for Nebraska.\nHis present address is:\nMr. Harry R. Swanson\nc/o Metcalfe, Hamilton, Kansas City Bridge Co's\nSkagway, Alaska.\nYours very truly,\nAllan H. Meinecke\nc/o Metcalfe, Hamilton, Kansas\nCity Bridge Co's\nEdmonton, Alberta, Canada.\n8\nPackup\nJanuary 28th, 1944\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary to The President\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Miss Tully:\nThank you for the acknowledgment of receipt of a copy\nof the book # The First Battle # 9 by W. J. Bryan, which Mr. Phillip H.\nKnight delivered to you for The President.\nA correction should be made, however, since it was Mr.\nHarry R. Swanson who sent the book. My only connection was in trans-\nmitting it to Mr. Knight for delivery.\nIf you will examine the volume again you will find a\nnote from Mr. Swanson on the fly leaf which is self-explanatory. Mr.\nSwanson is an active Democrat, a great admirer of President Roosevelt,\nand was, as I recall it, at one time Secretary of State for Nebraska.\nHis present address is:\nMr. Harry R. Swanson\nc/o Metcalfe, Hamilton, Kansas City Bridge Co's\nSkagway, Alaska.\nYours very truly,\nAllan H. Meinecke\nc/o Metcalfe, Hamilton, Kansas\nCity Bridge Co's\nEdmonton, Alberta, Canada.\n-\nPPF\nREAL ESTATE BOARD OF NEW YORK,\nNew York, N.Y.\n9-m\nAckd. Dec. 28, 1943.\nSent copy of their 1944 diary and manual. Given to Miss Tully.\n10k\nSES: PPF-9-R\nthe\nState\n-\nfriendly thought.\nI\nyesr.\nVary\nCyclo\nE\nfully\nPrivate\nCounty,\n-\nwhat\nPPA q.m\nyou\ncan,\nTHE\n\"Kim\".\nDecember 29, 1943\nhitle\ndear Mrs. Moran:\nThe President has asked me to write\nyou this little note of thanks for your kindness\nX\nin sending him those delicious apples from Snow\nxPqPA X 9,\nMountain Orchard. He more than appreciates your\nfriendly thought.\nI have pleasure in conveying the Pres-\nident's hearty good wishes to you for the coming\nyear.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\n21y\nPrivate Secretary\nB\nX P.P.7. 7911\nMrs. Kim Moran,\n\"Whitecaps\",\nPalm Beach,\nFlorida.\ndd\n12\n12\nothing ive me what\nP.P.F.\nSTATE\nRAY\nyou can,\nq-M\ning \"Kim\".\nPPF\nan\n9-m\nh,Fla\ncember 29, 1943\n7737\ndre:\nCS in the President's behalf\nsending him the inscribed\nHE CAPTAIN WEARS A CROSS,\nch\nI can assure you that he is most appreciative\nof your friendly thought.\nearn\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nB\n+\nCaptain W. Maguire,\nCamp Elliott,\nSan Diego,\nCalifornia.\nmgs\n12\nThanks. Orchr identifying your \"Kim\". can,\nwould you can Betty- appreciate on this Will you please nothing give me what\nP.O.F.\nq-M\nMrs. Kim 794 Moran eva S.\nPP7\n\"W hitecaps\"\nPalm Beach, the\nDecember 29, 1943\nNo. 17737\nMy dear Captain Maguire:\nMany thanks in the President's behalf\nfor your kindness in sending him the inscribed\ncopy of your book, THE CAPTAIN WEARS A CROSS,\n+\n9.B\nI can assure you that he is most appreciative\nof your friendly thought.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nB\n+\nCaptain W. Maguire,\nCamp Elliott,\nSan Diego,\nCalifornia.\nmgs\n12\nsnow ORCHARD MOUNTAIN Thank F.8.7.) q-M\nYAKIMA\nWASHINCTON\nHigh in the Cascades\nfor delicion\nTo\nappleo\npp7\n- President Roosevelt\n- White House\nGST\nq-m\n- Washington, D. C.\nDecember 29, 1943\nNo. 17737\nMy dear Captain Maguire:\nMany thanks in the President's behalf\nfor your kindness in sending him the inscribed\n+ ppr\ncopy of your book, THE CAPTAIN WEARS A CROSS,\n9.B\nI can assure you that he is most appreciative\nof your friendly thought.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nB\n+\nCaptain W. Maguire,\nCamp Elliott,\nSan Diego,\nCalifornia.\nmgs\nard\n3\n\"High in the Cascades\"\nP.P.7.\nThis Snow Mountain gift\nM\nbrings greetings and best wishes from\nKim\nDecember 29, 1943\nMy dear Captain Maguire:\nMany thanks in the President's behalf\nfor your kindness in sending him the inscribed\n2807 d\ncopy of your book, THE CAPTAIN WEARS A CROSS,\n9.B\nI can assure you that he is most appreciative\nof your friendly thought.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nB\n+\nCaptain W. Maguire,\nCamp Elliott,\nSan Diego,\nCalifornia.\nmgs\nBebile IR, Miss Ida,\ndani, Florida,\nG\nP.P.F.\na-M\nM\npet a-m\nDecember 29, 1943\nMy dear Captain Maguire:\nMany thanks in the President's behalf\nfor your kindness in sending him the inscribed\n2873 d\ncopy of your book, THE CAPTAIN WEARS A CROSS.\nq.B.\nI can assure you that he is most appreciative\nof your friendly thought.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nB\n+\nCaptain W. Maguire,\nCamp Elliott,\nSan Diego,\nCalifornia.\nmgs\nBebb SH, Miss Ida,\ndand, Florida,\nP.P.7.\nq-M\nvah.\nFURLONG, Col. Charles Wellington,\nGraham-Eckes School,\nP.P.7.\nPalm Beach, Fla.\nSeptember 25, 1943\n9-m\nWrites to the President making reference to the latter's letter re the matter\nnow lies, and also to his acceptance of a small written souvenir, with its sliver of\nof placing a suitable monument over the spot where the old U.S. Frigate Philadelphia\nthe old Philadelphia, for the President's historical museum at Hyde Park. Says that\nin the meantime he has had a map mounted, inscribed and framed, and sent to the Presi-\ndent, which he thinks the President will value almost as much as the Philadelphia\nTells that he is at present at work on the story of our Navy in its fight for the\nsouvenir. This map is a record of every camp made by General William Eaton, in Africa.\nfreedom of the Mediterranean during that dramatic and romantic period of the Barbary\nwars. Asks permission to quote from the President's letter in relation to that matter.--\nOn 12/30/43 Miss Tully wrote to Col. Furlong stating that upon his return from the\nCairo-Teheran conferences, the President was delighted to find the interesting map above\nmentioned. She expresses the President's appreciation of this gift and states it will\nhave an honored place in his collections. Miss Tully adds that there is no objection\n30th, in the manner above mentioned.--(Pencil notation indicates that the above-mentioned\nin Col. Furlong's quoting the last paragraph of the President's letter to him of July\nmap is to go to the President's Hyde Park Library.)\nSee P.P.F. 8481\n\\\n12\nBeb dami, Florida,\nIR, Miss Ida,\nember 11, 1943 - ack.\n9-M\nSends the President 14 avocados and a jar of tangerine marmalade.\nFruit given to Mrs. Roosevelt.\nSee P.P.F. 9-0\nfuf\n\\\n12\nBeble - red 1829\nmedium Resed photo\nTHE CHURCHES\nPhiladelphia, Pa.\nPPF\nDec. 20, 1943. Not ackd.\n9-m\nLet. to the President enclosing Christmas card; sent framed motto\n\"Friendship\". Given away.\nSEE: PPF-9-C\niok\n\\\n12\nBeble - red 1829\nmedium seyed photo\nof sailor - and\nphoto a pailor\n5\npicture J lady\n(probably mother).\nare put in Store\nRoom- 1 except V\nmail lettu which\nis in file 1\nPP7.9-M (Mock) EB\nMiss Dorothy L. Matthes,\nB\n104 Longman Lane,\nAnn Arbor,\nMichigan.\ncd\n(Trimer\n3566715\nPVG MILTON MOCK\nMR. JOHN, MOCK\nSENDERS NAME\nSTRY.O.\n12\n2100 RIVER RD.\nSENDERS ADDRESS\nS\nCINCINNATI\nOHiO\nNEWYOR Yik\nCENSORS STAMP\nDATE\n25 1944\nJUNE 23, 1944\nan/\nDEAR FATHER\nJUST A FEW LINES TO LET you\nKNOW THAT I'AM WELL AND HOPE\nTHIS FINDS you THE SAME. JUST\n60T THROUGH TAKING A SHAVE\nAND WASHING up A LITTLE BIT.\n5, 1943\nHAVE you SEEN ELLA OF LATE\nI HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER FOR\n4 LONG TIME NOW. 010 you\nGET THAT TWENTY BUCKS I SENT\nTO you O.K. WELL pop TAKE\nGOOD CARE OF your SELF AND\nad your\nILL SEE you LATER. WILL CLOSE\n8 and\nSINCERLY\nANOW I GUESS.\nYOUR SON\nn his\nV...-MAIL\nMILTON\nor your friendly\nthought.\nVery sincerely yours,\n+PP.7 +\nq.7\nGrace G. Tully\nklat\nPrivate Secretary\nq.d.\nx\nMiss Dorothy L. Matthes,\nB\n104 Longman Lane,\nAnn Arbor,\nMichigan.\ncd\n(Trimes\nPPT\n7\nq.m\nDecember 16, 1943\nMy dear Miss Matthes:\nIt was exceedingly kind of you and your\nmother to send the President that lovely tie and\nhandkerchief as a Christmas remembrance. In his\nbehalf, I wish to thank you for your friendly\nthought.\nVery sincerely yours,\ntpp.7. q.7\n+\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nR\nB\nMiss Dorothy L. Matthes,\n104 Longman Lane,\nAnn Arbor,\nMichigan.\ncd\nGrimal\n12\nPPF\nDecember 1, 1944\n9.m\nMy dear Senator Mayfield:\nThe President has received your let-\nX\nter of November twentieth and asks me to thank\nPP7\nyou most heartily for those pecans, raised on\n9-P\nyour farm. He is especially pleased to have\nthem.\nX PPF\nThe President extends his every good\n9-N\nwish to you.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G. Tully\nPrivate Secretary\neb\nx\nHonorable Earle B. Mayfield,\n14th Floor, Peoples Bank Building,\nX pp7 2626\nTyler,\nTexas.\nB\nHon Earle B. Mayfield\nM/e\n(70meo\nTHE FILES\nFROM: C. C. WAGNER\nPrevious papers, please. Both\nLEE\nMiss Tully and Presidential correspondence.\n14TH FLOOR PEOPLES BANK BUILDING\nnone\n14\nEntire file\nin WINTE HUUSE '44\n28,40\n234 19 AM\nRECEIVED\nDear Mr. President.\nI am today sending you under separate cover\na box of paper shell pecans (the Mahan) grown on my farm in\nBosque County, which is situated in the central part of our\nState about 40 miles due west of Waco, Texas. Three years\nago I had some of the native pecan trees on this farm\ntopped and grafted with paper shell pecans and this is the\nfirst year they have borne but I think you will conclude\nthat they are pretty nice sized pecans.\nBeing a \"tree grower\" myself I wanted you to\nsee how these native pecan trees had produced since they\nwere topped and grafted.\nIn this box of pecans you will find a very tiny\nbox containing 3 very small pecans grown on these native trees\nbefore they were topped and grafted and you will observe that\nthey are marked Hoover-Dewey pecans. I had a lot of fun joking\nthe so-called Regulars (anti-Roosevelt men) and the Republicans\nby showing them these 3 little pecans and then showing them 4\nor 5 of the large paper shall pecans and telling them that the\npaper shell pecans were Roosevelt pecans and that these two\nclasses of pecans represented the condition of the country in\n1932 and the condition of the country under your administration.\nWe feel pretty proud of your vote in Texas es-\npecially under conditions existing at the time of the election.\nIt is my hope and prayer that you will continue to enjoy good\nhealth and that a kind providence will uphold and sustain and\nstrengthen you and you will continue to lead our people to a\nsuccessful conclusion of the terrible, global war.\nWith kindest regards and espressions of highest\nesteem, I am\nSincerely yours,\nHon Earle B. Mayfield\nM/e\nfor Do Wagner Thank W.S. Pecaus with we\nLEE\n14TH FLOOR PEOPLES BANK BUILDING\nTELEPHONE 28,40\n14\nTHE WHITE '44\n23 19 AM\nRECEIVED\nto\nDear Mr. President.\nI am today sending you under separate cover\na box of paper shell pecans (the Mahan) grown on my farm in\nBosque County, which is situated in the central part of our\nState about 40 miles due west of Waco, Texas. Three years\nago I had some of the native pecan trees on this farm\ntopped and grafted with paper shell pecans and this is the\nfirst year they have borne but I think you will conclude\nthat they are pretty nice sized pecans.\nBeing a \"tree grower\" myself I wanted you to\nsee how these native pecan trees had produced since they\nwere topped and grafted.\nIn this box of pecans you will find a very tiny\nbox containing 3 very small pecans grown on these native trees\nbefore they were topped and grafted and you will observe that\nthey are marked Hoover-Dewey pecans. I had a lot of fun joking\nthe so-called Regulars (anti-Roosevelt men) and the Republicans\nby showing them these 3 little pecans and then showing them 4\nor 5 of the large paper shall pecans and telling them that the\npaper shell pecans were Roosevelt pecans and that these two\nclasses of pecans represented the condition of the country in\n1932 and the condition of the country under your administration.\nWe feel pretty proud of your vote in Texas es-\npecially under conditions existing at the time of the election.\nIt is my hope and prayer that you will continue to enjoy good\nhealth and that a kind providence will uphold and sustain and\nstrengthen you and you will continue to lead our people to a\nsuccessful conclusion of the terrible, global war.\nWith kindest regards and espressions of highest\nesteem, I am\nSincerely yours,\nHon Earle B. Mayfield\nM/e\nXOX\n148\nRR\nMARY EBEN\nMAYFIE\nEARLE B. MAYFIELD\nL.L. JAMES\nW. EDWARD LEE\nN\nHon. Franklin D. Rooseve\nidnt of TT\nMayfield, JAMES AND LEE\nEARLE B. MAYFIELD\nATTORNEYS AT LAW\nL. L. JAMES\nTYLER, TEXAS\n14TH FLOOR PEOPLES BANK BUILDING\nW. EDWARD LEE\nTELEPHONE 28,40\nNovember 20, 1944\nWINTE\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nof ini 23, RECEIVED 19 AM '44\nPresident of the United States,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nI am today sending you under separate cover\na box of paper shell pecans (the Mahan) grown on my farm in\nBosque County, which is situated in the central part of our\nState about 40 miles due west of Waco, Texas. Three years\nago I had some of the native pecan trees on this farm\ntopped and grafted with paper shell pecans and this is the\nfirst year they have borne but I think you will conclude\nthat they are pretty nice sized pecans.\nBeing a \"tree grower\" myself I wanted you to\nsee how these native pecan trees had produced since they\nwere topped and grafted.\nIn this box of pecans you will find a very tiny\nbox containing 3 very small pecans grown on these native trees\nbefore they were topped and grafted and you will observe that\nthey are marked Hoover-Dewey pecans. I had a lot of fun joking\nthe so-called Regulars (anti-Roosevelt men) and the Republicans\nby showing them these 3 little pecans and then showing them 4\nor 5 of the large paper shall pecans and telling them that the\npaper shell pecans were Roosevelt pecans and that these two\nclasses of pecans represented the condition of the country in\n1932 and the condition of the country under your administration.\nWe feel pretty proud of your vote in Texas es-\npecially under conditions existing at the time of the election.\nIt is my hope and prayer that you will continue to enjoy good\nhealth and that a kind providence will uphold and sustain and\nstrengthen you and you will continue to lead our people to a\nsuccessful conclusion of the terrible, global war.\nWith kindest regards and espressions of highest\nesteem, I am\nSincerely yours,\nM/e\nHon (70meo Earle B. Mayfield\nMayfield, JAMES AND LEE\nEARLE B. MAYFIELD\nATTORNEYS AT LAW\nL. L. JAMES\nTYLER, TEXAS\n14TH FLOOR PEOPLES BANK BUILDING\nW. EDWARD LEE\nTELEPHONE 2840\nNovember 20, 1944\nHon. Stephen M. Early,\nSecretary to the President,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. Secretary:\nToday I am sending President Roosevelt under\nseparate cover, a box of paper shell pecans grown on\n//\nmy Bosque County farm and I will appreciate it SO much\nsent his administration.\nif you will see that he gets these pecans because they repre-\nwriting President Roosevelt about these pecans.\nEnclosed find copy of letter that I am today\nor Republican off the street, I simply pulled these pecans on\nWhenever I wanted to run a so-called Regular\nthem and showed them how the pecan industry had grown and\nprospered under President Roosevelt's administration and\nthe argument was unanswerable.\nWe feel mighty proud of the vote that we\ngave President Roosevelt here in Texas, especially under\nconditions existing at the time the election was held.\nI hope you will come this way some time\nTexas welcome and entertainment.\nand that we may have the pleasure of giving you a real\nWith kindest regards, I am\nSincerely yours,\nM/e\nMayfield, JAMES AND LEE\nEARLE B. MAYFIELD\nATTORNEYS AT LAW\nL. L. JAMES\nTYLER, TEXAS\n14TH FLOOR PEOPLES BANK BUILDING\nW. EDWARD LEE\nTELEPHONE 2840\nNovember 20, 1944\nHon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,\nPresident of the United States,\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nI am today sending you under separate cover\na box of paper shell pecans (the Mahan) grown on my farm in\nBosque County, which is situated in the central part of our\nState about 40 miles due west of Waco, Texas. Three years\nC\nago I had some of the native pecan trees on this farm\ntopped and grafted with paper shell pecans and this is the\nfirst year they have borne but I think you will conclude\nthat they are pretty nice sized pecans.\nBeing & \"tree grower\" myself I wented you to\nsee how these native pecan trees had produced since they\nwere topped and grafted.\nIn this box of pecans you will find a very tiny\nbox containing 3 very small pecans grown on these native trees\nbefore they were topped and grafted and you will observe that\nthey are marked Hoover-Dewey pecans. I had a lot of fun joking\nthe so-called Regulars (anti-Roosevelt men) and the Republicans\nby showing them these 3 little pecans and then showing them 4\nor 5 of the large paper shall pecans and telling them that the\npaper shell pecans were Roosevelt pecans and that these two\nclasses of pecans represented the condition of the country in\nY\n1932 and the condition of the country under your administration.\nWe feel pretty proud of your vote in Texas es-\npecially under conditions existing at the time of the election.\nIt is my hope and prayer that you will continue to enjoy good\nhealth and that a kind providence will uphold and sustain and\nstrengthen you and you will continue to lead our people to a\nsuccessful conclusion of the terrible, global war.\nesteem, I am\nWith kindest regards and espressions of highest\nSincerely yours,\nEarle B. Mayfield\nM/e\nDecember 1, 1944\nppr q-m m\nPresident\nMy dear Miss McCarthy:\nYour generous words of congratulation\nmean & great deal to the President, and he appreci-\nates your prayerful wishes, Permit me to thank\nyou in the President's behalf for your friendly\nthought in sending him the religious medal to\nwhich you refer.\nVery sincerely yours,\nGrace G, Tully\nPrivate Secretary\nX\nMrs. Ellen V. McCarthy,\n148 13th Street, S. E.,\nWashington, D. C.\nJ11\n148 13 & st S.E. N\nWeshington @. C.\nnovember 8, 1944\nThe President\nThe White House\n12/1/44\nJ.J.J.\nWashington d. C.\nmy clear Mr President.\nyou have my heartfelt\nCongratulations on your pnoceroful\nCamfaign, and being our cplen did\nleader In the next four years.\nGod blen you, guide and guar l you\nin all your ways and clays. l am from\nBelmont, Massachusetts ance noted there\nAn you, and am formal that Massachmetts\nwent climg for you I am enclosing a mall\nluck. taken to watch men you and bring you good\nRespectfully yours\nEllen V. m Carltey.\nDecember 1, 1944\nppz 9-m\nMy dear Mrs. Waldo:\nYour generous words of congratula-\ntion pleased the President very much. He asks\nme to express his appreciative thanks for your\nloyal interest and for your support.\nThe President wants you to know that\nhe is ever so grateful for your prayerful wishes\nand for the friendly thought which prompted you\nto send him and Mrs. Roosevelt the medals.\nVery sincerely yours, XPP7\nWILLIAM D. HASSETT\nSecretary to the President\neb\nMrs. Frank Waldo,\nBox 413,\nRome,\nX\nNew York,\nfile note. medals in BB's desk\n11 and Home\n4\nmy dear hu. President:- I am my\nu evite late in send\ncortgruder catures to you\nmy in our personal\nkeep you us healthy\nMay God bless your in\nthey they past, same\nfuture and he the has min\nhis year as four mass years &\nagreed communion ouf\nered A that you world\nreally has I'm so\nour y resulent been you\nsure its my pragers of\ngood to you, of\n3\nStuff jokine\nall the 2 millious of\nwhen\nnu. resident over\nin the\nThank w vurs a few up\nheard my husbayd\nfor Fancily mest thinks to york theres\nlike President\nknow, I think if my\nour littly store you\nwith when't so the broxy\nyou're Boosevelt which brelliant certainly sure brain is nd with Leal\nhelping me, me this in was store about\nthree wks before\nelection He suyd, Ireally\nthis high was whats to end J a\njob, planning best of stiph for\nthink shed have\ncampaigns of her own I\nme hope Dosee they\nmiracle from God\nfor the President\npeace soor Our son is\nthemer saw any one soexcited she in new Thine part now & Q\nI know lose he\nover this us\ndoing are mush proud\nsmil, but if he dues\nwife him. He now ub\nmy wife will earely.\nbe one desappointed\nwoman Ohi gee, ner\nPresident was I happy\nshould he smoke seen our the, our\nwhen you word, you\nice creams in our store\n8 honestly I treated\nonow President I'd say a\nmore people, This is\nGod blessing hour of eville your\nway, agains\nwas sobsenelt I mean them\nfamily medal & for you of a one for\ngr pin them in you're wallet\nShrine gut them and blessed at auriesmille by the\npriest for your health & to is\nworld the win sma Swicerely test woman me the\nnihs. thank u alelv Box 413"
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