[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 23, 1945] Page: 1 of 2
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I
EDWARDS HOUSE CO. PROP.
JACKSON,MI55.
JH.
MAN
shed telling everybody goodbye, i andored out to hamilton field,
the Operatiofns officer ho bout a ride to texas ... he told me th
E pretty scarce, but I told him i Iias lunky and someo nlt would alk I
more then half .n hour later a col onel in a c-47 came in from .ashint'
i said he'd take me eastward the next day ... I spent the night Ith t .
s, arid the next day hhen they appeared his co-pilot as a caot friend
10 fro-. the 715th in guam, and rushed u) shouting my name .. 0o they
siderably out of their w.ay to take me to ft northh ... I loved the tri,
rent u.: to sacrIv'erito first to rick u1 a couile of 1 'ttie os he'd bro
r ith him, and then to albequergue, then ft ;orth ... I recognised every
rig along the ,ay, and hung o t the sidd o like a novice ... . e got in a
, and i wouldn't t get a train til O3OO, and since sat and sun tere com
ith very 1 ttle flying, so. I decided to natch a bus, ..high i did -t C
extremely comfortable, and I slept most of the -ay do. n ... c' lied bob
houston, and she and ray met me at the baytown bus ... then : ere gigg
ly at marion .4ho'd been held up all along the .;ay and had called in fr
Jlak3 tha-tmorning ... wi1' robab1y tare her R O -M1le more davs to dr
they have a very nice apartment, lo'ks like boddy, exactly, o:rel
11 manner of treasrres ... the f'rst thing they sho ed me ..ias their '
.ith b izzers and everything ... they both worked on the car le
:7 very elcome mail ..:. felt t r'ible about frddy's ccidt,
trendy shocked about hal mane ... hat a terrible thing to h'L)re
't kno. .hat marion is going to rnt to do, but as long as she ha.
nobby is planning on us driving as far as ne. orleans, maybe to jar
lie ... '11 rite you het they drearn up as soon as they confer ...Li
e hyl to Jondor about . . . she v Ill probably T ire me here about the 1st
ease stay jist as long as ;J .I-sh in geneva, as i dfont kno,. ho.. long i'
.ith other people's plans . .. I prom' se to call you in t ime to let youa
ne before i get there, either at home or geneva .. .;o hIle you have ha
1 curtis to enjoy it, stay and do the things i kns you've been ,.nting;
geneva .. oboy h1s . pale red persian Tho just ;_ndered in a eek n.c
s ;; abouthalf groan and the friendliest kitten I've ever seen
my lap even ith the discomfort o f the keys ... bobby looks and
ir l as usual , a nd. ~'r'e vn t.ing pat Lently for mar ion r... not
I'm going to send freddy a card to send ny mail until the 1st ... it
U er if he don't but if he does i'll enjoy getting it ... if marion do:
drive east, and phyl goes straight ho'e i think I'11 go up to dallas
tch hike to atlanta or jacksonville if 1 can ... It rrmy be my last char.
V Jav i'd like to look at love field again ... i have the heaviest b-4 b
, world, but very l little to wear, but one u iform makes mre feel cover '
don't .ve to .worry much I vueis ... bobby met me in her gasp unifor
'm POi l to sr)rir- j
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Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes. [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 23, 1945], letter, February 23, 1945; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1296482/m1/1/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.