Tuesday, January 9, 1945

Meeting on organizing our recreation program - plans, new schedule for better coverage of wards. Who should drop in to see me but Lt Harry Walley - now Det Commander at the 155th Gen. It was so long since I'd seen him I hardly knew him. Had lunch at the mess, and he told me that Orval is on Taipan - been to Hawaii, Marshalls, Guadulein, all the messy ones - now a j.g. (and a father!).

Two wonderful letters from Durham in France - he writes like an angel. Said he helped a French mother with her bundle of clothes and gave a magic show for the babes on the floor. Said the Arabs bring their girls with them. Wanted to know about our "B-kit" after reading the New Yorker piece. Found an article by Mark Murphy in "Air Force" - he's a S/Sgt with them. (Still don't know what a ARCB-K looks like.)