May 28^th, 1947

7:00 P.M.

Dear Ma,

I wanted to send your pictures back and ask another favor of Pop. I think the pictures are mine, but it must have been that you didn’t use the largest stop opening like you said. Live and learn, I always say, I imagine that mine are over at Willey’s, because I didn’t ask him to send them to me.

Please don’t think I’m ungrateful for not writing Pop and thanking him for letting me use the car this summer. That bit of diversion will do me good, I think. It’s too bad everybody can’t have such a swell Ma and Pop like I have. So, on the heels of that I’m going to ask for it again. I think and talked to you, Ma, when you were up here about it at the end of the garden. I want to come home Thursday night, June 12^th, and drive it back up here Friday morning, the 13^th. We will all be loose on the 15^th and it’s going to be a pain in the neck. As it is, I won’t have but two and maybe three days before I have to come back. I went to drive back Sunday afternoon, the 15^th, with my trunk full of stuff and all my uniforms etc. I know, I could ship it home, but not all of it. My trunk is nearly full now, and I haven’t put anything in it in the way of uniforms yet. I guess Pops will want to do to the country that weekend, and I know it’s a heck of a think to ask him to do on Father’s Day- bam- it just occurred to me that that is the day of the family reunion. Well, it was a nice thought anyhow, wasn’t it. I don t see why they’ve got to keep us up here, but there’s the emotions which prevail.

Well, I’ve put in my papers to go to civilian in the fall. I honestly think it is best for me. It offers no more privileges than I would have as a senior in the corps because I would have time every week and I could sleep through breakfast too. But I also know that the engineers are going to Radford and that kills me, right there. I am going to be holding down Chuck’s room for him this summer so that he won’t have to take all that stuff home. I hope I can get the room right across the hall from then in the fall. Gotta study now, so far my grades have been running pretty high, almost seems like high school days, here’s hoping and pass these last set of tests and exams O.K. Well goodnight folks, I hope I will see you Sunday night of the 15^th, but I can’t guarantee it.

Love to all,

Bro.