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  • Walter E. Dandy Letter 05/27/1943

    We are now ending our course. Today has been one of the most interesting of all. I had never been to San Diego before. Two of your letters caught up with me here. I was as glad to read them as if I had been in Guadalcanal!

    Yesterday we drove from Corona to Long Beach and down to San Diego. 100 miles along the ocean. Such beautiful miles of flowers of all kinds and colors. I have never seen orange groves mile after mile - lemons or olives. This morning we drove through the old World’s Fair grounds. The buildings have been turned into a hospital - 8,000 beds. The flowers are gorgeous and a real riot. Saw a cute hummingbird on her nest.

    The personnel of the Navy is remarkable. I didn’t know there were so many high grade neurosurgeons - all young men - in the next generation. Saw many nerve injuries and disks - not well treated. Tomorrow they have asked us to lecture - I on disks and Dr. Craig has some movies of injured heads made by Walt Disney’s right hand man. They are on the order of animated cartoons.

    At Long Beach saw a Dr. Michael who was in Hopkins with me and ate at the same place. This afternoon went to the Navy Air Station at Coronado - the most planes I ever saw. A carrier was ready to load up with them and hike west.

    We leave tomorrow afternoon and spend the night in Los Angeles with “?” [Dorothy Lamour]. Mrs. C. was so happy to hear from me. See Orson Wells tomorrow (rather Friday) just before entraining at noon.

    I forgot Monday will be Decoration Day. Happy to hear of Mary’s invitation at Gilman and Margaret’s piano exhibit. Is she a good girl again? Kitty should be home then, too. Will be on tap for Walter’s part. Will soon be seeing you.

    Love and kisses,

    Daddy x x x x x x

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