Cover: red and blue ribbons at edge<\/p>\n
From: Lt(jg) CR Cummins<\/p>\n
USS LST 661<\/p>\n
FPO San Fran Cal<\/p>\n
To: The Cummins<\/p>\n
6109 Greenwood Ave.<\/p>\n
Chicago, 49, Illinois<\/p>\n
Stamp: 6\u00a2 Airmail<\/p>\n
Postmark: U.S. NAVY, center 23 NOV 1945<\/p>\n
Censor: no censor mark<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
21 Nov<\/p>\n
2230<\/p>\n
Hello, chillun,<\/p>\n
Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n
Though we cannot all be home there is much to be thankful for\u2014we are all well and safe, the war has ended, it will not be long before everyone is home. On board we will make the most of what we have\u2014I have scheduled a late reveille, we have a huge Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner, a basketball game (Gunnery vs. All-Stars) and a double-feature movie for the evening.<\/p>\n
I am now executive office and navigator\u2014plus gunnery officer and any number of other things. I attend to all the routine, paper work, reports, personnel, what have you\u2014the captain just signs the papers. Consequently I have been well occupied in learning the job. One good feature is that I no longer stand watches\u2014and oh! what a relief that is. too, I\u2019m happy to be doing something different.<\/p>\n
The ship will be our here \u201cindefinitely.\u201d Our repairs were completed two days ago, now we are lying at anchor awaiting developments (as so many ships are doing these days). The foremost story is that a number of LST\u2019s will be used to repatriate Japs. Why the Japs couldn\u2019t simply take over the LST\u2019s I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
They seem to be sending back the new LST\u2019s for overhaul. When they return to the Pacific the old ones will go to the states for decommissioning. You can imagine how it feels to see ships that have been our here all of six or even months headed home.<\/p>\n
Early in November I sent in a request for rehabilitation leave. Today the first endorsement came, recommending approval. It next goes to Com Serv Force, finally Bureau of Personnel. The first endorsement (by the amphibians boss) is the most important. The rest is probably just a matter of time [carat] (much time). This leave at best wouldn\u2019t get home much before I am eligible for discharge (Feb 1st<\/sup>).<\/p>\n With or without rehabilitation leave I have a better than even chance of being with Joan on our second anniversary. [Feb. 5]<\/p>\n Yes, pop, I don\u2019t see either how we can avoid another war. The whole world seems completely torn up now. I think we should keep our armed forces strong as the best way of assuring peace\u2014even more important than this, supply funds to continue the research that has been going on. Perhaps the terror of what the next war will be will be effective in attaining peace.<\/p>\n Speaking our your war, dad\u2014recently we have seen two pictures concerning it\u2014the Fighting 69th<\/sup>\u201d and the story of Rickenbacker.<\/p>\n According to reports you\u2019re having cold weather. I\u2019ll have to be careful in Feb, or I\u2019ll freeze, catch pneumonia, etc. I have almost forgotten what a cold winter is, having slept for so many months with no protection but my skin.<\/p>\n The typhoon season has ended\u2014we probably won\u2019t return to a typhoon are.<\/p>\n You are wise to wait to sell the six-apartment building, for real estate should rise for some time. 6109\u2014well, that\u2019s a tough decision to make. I hate to see it ever leave our hands. We have lived so much and so well there in our wonderful home. But I know that day must come\u2014and it\u2019s much better to lose a little money on the original investment that to have you continue to handle it as you have been. You have always done too much there\u2014and your brats haven\u2019t helped too much\u2014but brats learn slowly.<\/p>\n Joan has an apartment for us and I am highly enthusiastic about the investment. I have applied for the Sept. call and N.U.<\/p>\n See you soon,<\/p>\n Love, Bob<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cover: red and blue ribbons at edge From: Lt(jg) CR Cummins USS LST 661 FPO San Fran Cal To: The Cummins 6109 Greenwood Ave. Chicago, 49, Illinois Stamp: 6\u00a2 Airmail Postmark: U.S. NAVY, center 23 NOV 1945 Censor: no censor mark 21 Nov 2230 Hello, chillun, Happy Thanksgiving! Though we cannot all be home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8","category-aboard-ship","category-letters","category-world-war-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}