torn by JES, taped by MSC<\/p>\n
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: Mr. and Mrs. CM Cummins<\/p>\n
6109 Greenwood Ave.<\/p>\n
Chicago, 37, Illinois<\/p>\n
Postmarked: U.S. NAVY 25 JUL 1945 over 6\u00a2 red airmail stamp<\/p>\n
Censor: double stripe PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR, initialed FHL (?)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
24 July<\/p>\n
0900<\/p>\n
Good morning, family,<\/p>\n
It has been many days since my last letter you way. Our incoming mail finally arrived, including four letters from 6109\u2014really enjoyed having them. I had the midwatch (midnight to 0400) last night so my writing is not going to be up to its usual superlative standard.<\/p>\n
Enclosed are two pictures of your erstwhile son One was an \u201cartistic\u201d shot of Shockey\u2019s, but you can observe me in the far distant background.<\/p>\n
It has ben reasonable restful here. We are annoyed at least once a night by an enemy plane attack on the island. Most of the planes are shot down or chased away by our fighters.<\/p>\n
We went to sea for several days to weather a severe storm\u2014and had the two roughest days of all time for us\u2014rough by virtue of angry waters.<\/p>\n
I haven\u2019t felt equal to accomplishing any tremendous works recently\u2014just in the mood for rest.<\/p>\n
Once again I inhabit my room by myself. Though the doctor was the best of company, nothing can equal this delightful solitude. My room could use a little paint, but other than that it is in good shape.<\/p>\n
We haven\u2019t seen anyone here that we knew\u2014it is such a large island and there are so many different anchorages.<\/p>\n
The tank deck is now fixed up for basketball and badminton\u2014giving me some much-needed exercise. My waistline isn\u2019t exactly what it was when I was sweet sixteen\u2014may I can cut it down some.<\/p>\n
One day Tom, the mailman, and I went ashore to make a long land trip to get our mail which was on a ship in another harbor. We had a number of transportation problems\u2014it ended in being an all-day trip with very little food during the course of that day. However, it was most interesting\u2014the natives, their homes, the hills filled with tombs. The roads were worse than those southeastern Ohio roads of the early thirties\u2014when the old lizzies couldn\u2019t make it up the hills. The Seabees are working day and night (I suppose there are Army engineers around, too) to rapidly improve the island.<\/p>\n
We have movies each night in port\u2014the ones here haven\u2019t been very good.<\/p>\n
My health is as good as ever, and, except for moments, my spirits too. I love you dearly\u2014sending you much, much hugs and kisses\u2014<\/p>\n
Bob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
torn by JES, taped by MSC double stripe \u201cAIRMAIL\u201d in lower right corner from: Lt(jg) CR Cummins USS LST 661 FPO San Fran. Cal. To: Mr. and Mrs. CM Cummins 6109 Greenwood Ave. Chicago, 37, Illinois Postmarked: U.S. NAVY 25 JUL 1945 over 6\u00a2 red airmail stamp Censor: double stripe PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR, initialed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7","category-aboard-ship","category-letters","category-world-war-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","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=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cumminsclan.net\/rc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}