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August 18, 1945 ARCHIVES records Dear J.C. - H.S. COURSE I appreciated very much your letter of July twenty-second which just reached me yesterday. I hope you are entirely well and that you will not have to be shot at any more. There is a possibility that the big battleship you are on will be used for the surrender although that matter is entirely in the hands of the Allied Commander in Chief. I have 8 little present for you when you get back home which came from Potsdam. I hope it won't be so long now until you do get back home. Always glad to hear from you. Sincerely yours, Uncle Harry Harry came to see me in Berlin. He's now at home for a leave. John C. Truman S 1/c U.S.S. Missouri "N" Division (above written in longhand) c/o Fleet Post Office San Francisco, California