Mon, Nov 15, 1943: big cities

"Things are going along here as before.  Clarence Brewster of Wichita is still my roommate.  In fact out of 20 boys in our corridor only two are new -- both of them coming from St. Louis.  In fact all of the boys are from big cities with the exception of myself and Earl Burgett, a boy next door from Seabie, Montana.  Five are from St. Louis, 2 from San Francisco, 1 from Los Angeles, 1 from Chicago, and several from Kansas City, besides my roommate from Wichita and one boy from Columbus, Ohio."

-- Letter from my father, Navy V-12 program, Cape Girardeau, Mo., to my grandfather, Bloomington, Kans., Monday, November 15, 1943.