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  • Walter E. Dandy Letter 05/23/1943

    We have just arrived in Corona, 65 miles from Los Angeles and although it’s 11 o’clock, I must write my angels: there just hasn’t been time until now. Every day has been a rush from rising sun until 11-12 PM. We have seen so much in such a short time that all is in a fog. I shall be able to keep you going with conversation for many weeks.

    We took the streamliner “Daylight” from ‘Frisco to Los Angeles. Ten hours. Two hours by plane, but the scenery was so lovely, preferred the former. Last evening we saw the Reicherts and dinner with them. I have told you of their beautiful room overlooking the Golden Gate. Last night the sunset over the bridge and the gate was gorgeous. We all left dinner to see it. Dr. Bloomfield came over and Dr. Glen Craig.

    The plane trip from Seattle was wonderful. Mt Shasta was white with snow and the wing of our plane pressed very close. The Sacramento Valley was a grand sight. There can’t be a city so beautiful as San Francisco. Our tour of the hospitals took us for miles in a circuit around the city and over both the great bridges. Seattle was a the height of spring and I never saw more beautiful day . The Cascade Mountains, including Mt. Olympus – all snow capped -- were only a few miles away.

    The trip down the Columbia River into Portland 100 miles was marvelous. And now we’re in Lower California. Should leave here Friday night and get the Baltimore Monday morning. Too late for rounds and operations. Can see patients at 2 PM. It ‘s quite late. I will soon be telling you all.

    Love and kisses from

    Daddy x x x x x

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