Jul 21, 2013

Wed, Jul 21, 1943: Youth Fellowship



“...Sunday, July 18,- In the evening I went down to the Youth Fellowship party for Navy men.  I spent the evening playing ping pong, shuffleboard, darts and listening to a really good record, ‘Concerto for Clarinet,’ by Artie Shaw.  I got acquainted with quite a few girls - no civilian boys are in the organization apparently - before leaving after 2 1/2 hrs at 9 P.M. to get set before 10 for an hour quiz in Problem of Labor and Industry the next day....”
-- Letter from my father, Cape Girardeau, Mo., to my grandmother, Bloomington, Kans., Wednesday, July 21, 1943.  My father was in his first month as an apprentice seaman in the Navy's V-12 program.

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