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ARRI MAN L Sunday, 12 august 1945 Dear family, with the rest of the news- consirus world 9 sit bya radiowating for the War to end. Japan's offer of conditional surrender caught me blissfully unavarly in deep sleep, It was announced at 0330, Havaiian war time. not till seven A.M. did 9 share the excitement with the earlier arisers of 9 miss, bya single minute, theus day announ announ cement it mon't be becaused wasn't anticipating it nor because 9 vasted of opportunities in unimportant sleep. In case you still have double no, Iam not supecting the Japs to refund our test latest unconditional surrender offer. an optimist, perhaps? The army heriarcly seems to be acceptance effecting in rifer tell Everyone in our tallation turned the idea presum, is to reduce the violence of arms and ammunition this morning end of the - war celebrations to a controllable level. It is considered that sufficient means of mayben efist in wildly earnering military and evilian vehicles, drinking bouts carried to the doint of happy vacuity, in high. - experied gymnastics and in jun jitsn throwing about of friends and friendly enemies. mere