double stripe \u201cAIRMAIL\u201d in lower right corner<\/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, 37, Illinois<\/p>\n
Postmarked: U.S. NAVY 6 AUG 1945 over 6\u00a2 red airmail stamp<\/p>\n
Censor: double stripe PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR, initialed FHL (?)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
5 August<\/p>\n
1300<\/p>\n
Dear ones,<\/p>\n
A lazy Sunday afternoon\u2014most of us are rather tired because we were kept up half the night by air raid alert. This is the usual case for the majority of the island but for a few days we were in a sheltered nook where they didn\u2019t pay an attention to enemy planes\u2014consequently we had several beautiful nights of sleep. It has been raining consistently the past few days, giving us a more comfortable temperature.<\/p>\n
We will be here for a considerable length of time, attending to any duties that they require of us. So far we have been very busy with an assortment of details.<\/p>\n
At our last beaching we were able to see several of our old Marine friends. Those ashore are always most anxious to be gracious\u2014partly because they like us and partly because we have many things that they can use.<\/p>\n
Everywhere they supply us with plentiful transportation to view the surrounding territory\u2014the devastated cities, empty villages, natives, villages packed with teeming humanity. We have had several interesting tours. The natives seem friendly, usually ready with a smile and a wave of the hand.<\/p>\n
They are a mixture of Japanese, Chinese, and Portugese blood. They look strong and healthy, but there are many signs of disease.<\/p>\n
Portions of the island were almost untouched by the effects of war. The foliage was still<\/p>\n
full, everything in its natural state\u2014except for signs of activity: road-building, trucking, etc. This period of time here has so far been the most interesting we have yet encountered. We have liked it very much and are thankful that were left here rather than sent back to lie around almost indefinitely.<\/p>\n
Momie, I\u2019m glad you enjoyed your birthday\u2014here\u2019s another big hug and a kiss just for you.<\/p>\n
As long as I am this far away from the states I guess it isn\u2019t much use to send cookies or packages of any sort. One thing I would like to have is a studio glamor (someone besides Ray) picture of pater and mater. What say you, chillun? I hereby appoint Louise as my executive in carrying out this request. Anything of this nature that you send, send airmail. Just last week I received half a dozen 3\u00a2 letters mailed in November\u2014my hopes of getting the rest of my Christmas packages rose. It seems that I have been fortunate in that most of your cookies have gotten through.<\/p>\n
Sorry everything there is so scarce. We have been eating well, few things being absent from our diet. My waistline is certainly not shrinking any. Off and on out tank deck is empty and we can a play a little football game, basketball game, or badminton. As yet conditions have been such that I haven\u2019t been down there much.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t remember knowing any Marvin Miller, mother\u2014perhaps you are thinking of Marvin Mitchell, of H.P.H.S. He is a 1st<\/sup> Lt. in the Marines\u2014happens to be on Guam right now\u2014I saw him in the Russells last year, he came to Pelelui in our convoy.<\/p>\n Am glad that you finally got away from the many binging ties for awhile. Some of this hilly, green country here reminded me of the Ohio hills\u2014and the muddy roads (so muddy that a civilain car could hardly budge) of days in the past\u2014e.g. on the hill up to Uncle Loyd\u2019s. We should have mail tonight (first in a week) and learn more of your travels<\/p>\n With a superabundance of affection,<\/p>\n Bob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" double stripe \u201cAIRMAIL\u201d in lower right corner from: Lt(jg) CR Cummins USS LST 661 FPO San Fran. Cal. To: The Cummins 6109 Greenwood Ave. Chicago, 37, Illinois Postmarked: U.S. NAVY 6 AUG 1945 over 6\u00a2 red airmail stamp Censor: double stripe PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR, initialed FHL (?) 5 August 1300 Dear ones, A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7","category-aboard-ship","category-world-war-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","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=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}