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describes visiting Dewitt Hobbs' family

upcoming wedding is planned for Kelley Hobbs's birthday

In Cordry & Young's furniture store in Hennessey, Oklahoma, young men and women left their hats when they departed for service, reclaiming them when they left from the war.
Art Carmer, photographer for the Hennessey Clipper newspaper, photographed…

Learning to send station call letters and weather signals. Receiving letters from Agnes Walta. Mentions her brother Vancil Walta's draft number. Mentions Cosmo, who is strong.

Exact date not given; training in Belleville, IL.

Letter to Hazel Hobbs

Visit with the DeWitt Hobbs family. Passes code check.

Training at a base located on Lake Pontchartrain "on an old amusement park."

Postcard to Hazel and E.S. Hobbs. Chronology slips with San Antonio letter of Dec. 7, 1941.

Transition from New Orleans to San Antonio field. Description of barracks, training, and food. Description of hogs lost on the ranch.