"Passes are made out for six hours, which isn't very long for a soldier. San Francisco still has street and cable cars. Some of them are pretty old. The cable cars went into operation about the year of 1888. There are six of them in operation.
"Haven't got much more to write about so will bring this to a close. Hows every little thing at school?
“Your soldier cousin
“Dale"
-- Letter from Dale Sooter, age 24, San Francisco, Calif., to my father, Sidney DeVere Brown, 17, Winfield, Kans., Monday, February 16, 1942. Dale was my dad's cousin. Dale was a private in the army; my dad was a college freshman.
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