When Elmer Hall says "second civil", I am not sure what he references; a second lieutenant is a commissioned office in the Marines, so not really a civilian. WAVES are women volunteers in the U.S. Navy (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) and BAMs are the Marine Corps equivalent (a crude acronym for Broad-Assed Marines).
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Some fifteen months after he enrolled in the Army, Arnold received a parchment certificate from the City of Glendale, California, honoring his enrollment.
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Amelia Bettencourt Hyer is Bill Nevis's niece and Burnett is her husband. Tommy could be Bill's brother-in-law, Tom Bettencourt.
The newspaper cited is the Glendale News-Press.
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Al Rose writes about his experiences and about classmates from Caltech.
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A letter from Mrs. Elmer Hall with news of her son Elmer Hall, Barbara Painter, and others.
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Ray Swanson writes from Camp Crowder with the announcement of his marriage to Alice and his promotion to Second Lieutenant.
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Al Grote writes with news of his personal life and of classmates from Caltech.
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Arnold wrote this poem some time in 1944 on a plane, so possibly when we flew home to California at the end of the summer.
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I find it interesting that the family does not appear to be particularly concerned for Leonard's life in active combat in the Pacific Theater. I can only attribute that to Hazel's supreme confidence in God's plan and the power of prayer. Or, since Leonard wrote more explicitly to his brother about his front-line experiences, he kept the realities of any danger to his life from the rest of the family.
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Caltech classmate John Mason writes with news about other Caltech friends.
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It looks like Arnie found Dr. Fisher (see letter of September 13, 1944) and got this response from her:
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