July 20, 1944

Dear Folks:                                                            July 20
            Slightly hazy around here today and you have to hold your hand out in front of you when you go outside. A new cat came around the squadron area. It is striped like a tiger and a bit crazy. He tried to run on the waxed linoleum in operations and jumped up and down skidding his wheels to get started. He finally got started and then couldn’t stop. All four legs went out from under him and he skidded to a stop on his belly.
            Thanks for the cookies. They came Wed. in good shape. Got some more pictures back and Clair will send them on to you again. Dick has her running quite an exchange as she has to send pictures to the rest of the men in the pictures. The small pictures are some Capt. Bush took when we went to Oxford. The family is the college prof’s I told you about. I think I wrote you their name and I can’t remember it. That is their house and 2 kids in front are the twins. The Dutch mill was taken around here.
            Got Fred’s letter. Be sure & give Wright any pictures he wants. They transferred that little plane out of here. If you get any more film save them and don’t send them right away. The new wagon didn’t last long.
                                    Yours truly,
                                                John