6-4-44.

Dear Dad,

I am going to have to make part of this a business letter. They are wanting us to get our personal affairs lined up pretty quick. I don’t know what the idea is but what it is is every officer has a “201 file” that is nothing more than personal orders, papers, and other things such as that. I am sending you a list of the things I have to complete. All I want you to do is let me know if you have received my Nat. Service Life Insurance Policy, and also send me the policy numbers and amounts of the other policies I have. I’ll make out a will here and then when we go across I’ll send you my 201 file which will take care of everything.

In a couple of months I am going to make out an allotment so that $100.00 will be automatically taken out of my pay and deposited in any bank account you choose. What shall I do have it sent to the 1st Nat. at home or the bank in Chicago? I have some blank checks for the bank at home so maybe I had better send it there for a while anyway so there would be enough money in it in case I would have to draw any out. What do you think? I am keeping $200.00 in travelers checks and I have that now. That is the reason I haven’t sent any money home yet.

Things are going pretty well, I passed my instrument check yesterday, the first one in the squadron to pass it. It was really quite a relief after having such a time with it at Luke. To pass the check I had to make an instrument take off, fly on instruments to Stockton and back, and make an instrument landing. Had to do all this with out once seeing outside the plane, you have a hood that comes down over you. The check rider rides in the co-pilots seat. It took an hour and 20 min. We are going to be flying instruments next week and therefore I can fly around and find out how the rest of the instruments work. We start night flying next Sun. night. Also we are suppose to be through her and leave on the 3rd of July.

I am glad you received the bracelet, sorry it wasn’t large enough but  but guess it worked out OK as you can use it for a fob.

Guess things are still going OK at the hospital and office. Last night I and a boy from Iowa went into Sacramento to have dinner and take in a show. Got to bed about midnight and got up at 2:00 this afternoon. I didn’t even wake up till noon, I really feel alot better.

Your chicken dinner at Elaine’s sounded plenty good. In fact it made my mouth water. Tell them hello for me. There isn’t much more to talk about from here so will sign off. Thanks for the stamps and I’ll try to see that you get them back on letters in a short time.

With love,

Tom