Based on the letters of Earl Philip Reinhalter (1922-1953). Edited by his son, Earl Philip Reinhalter (1950-).


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Irumagawa, Honshu, Japan
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      Oct. 20, 1945

Irumagawa, Honshu, Japan.

Hello Ma:

      [Still waiting for a boat.]

      One of the boys made a trip back to my old squadron to get our back mail. So, I received two Life magazines and your letters of Sept. 26th & 30th and Oct. 7th. Enclosed are the gift cards filled out. Incidentally, Beatrice [spelled Beatriz in previous letters - Ed.] and Betty is the same girl. Betty was her nickname. I would like you to mail the envelope to Mr. Yap announcing the Newsweek subscription. I don't know what kind of a mail system that they have from Japan to the Philippine Islands, if any at all. I notice on the receipt from Hochschild Kohn & Co. that they only have written "Pampanga, P.I." for the address. I certainly hope that they put more than that on the magazine envelopes. It will never get there if the complete address isn't written. Pampanga is the name of a province and is equivalent to a state in America.

      I read all of the clippings and Yvonne's school paper. Thanks for the stamps.

      All for now -

Earl


 
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