Wed, Nov 3, 1943: capital

"I'm now back at work in the V-12 program at Cape Girardeau.  The trip from home was uneventful outside of the stops in Kansas City, Jefferson City, and St. Louis.  While in Jeff City we spent about 15 minutes looking over the Missouri state capital building -- big place.  Of interest were a lot of Civil War relics on exhibit on the ground floor.  After stopping at every mail box from Jeff City to St. Louis we arrived in time to catch the bus that arrived in Cape at 11 P.M. Oct. 31."

-- Letter from my father, Cape Girardeau, Mo., to his family, Bloomington, Kans., Wednesday, November 3, 1943.  He was back at his naval post Southeast Missouri State Teachers College after his first leave home.