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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, November-December 1943
1943-11-20 Page 1
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The 20th (November 1943) Dearest: It's amazing what a man has to do to get a letter off to his best beloved! I am up here at 28000 feet, with my oxygen mask and fur lined clothing on. While we are on bombing runs, I am going to steal some time to write. That sound melodramatic I suppose but honest-to-God, cross-my-heart time is as scarce and as budgeted out to us as that. There is scarcely a minute that has not two calls for it. Every once in a while I glance down at my oxygen delivery box to see the flutter-valves at work and then be sure of my supply. If you didn't get oxygen, by the
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The 20th (November 1943) Dearest: It's amazing what a man has to do to get a letter off to his best beloved! I am up here at 28000 feet, with my oxygen mask and fur lined clothing on. While we are on bombing runs, I am going to steal some time to write. That sound melodramatic I suppose but honest-to-God, cross-my-heart time is as scarce and as budgeted out to us as that. There is scarcely a minute that has not two calls for it. Every once in a while I glance down at my oxygen delivery box to see the flutter-valves at work and then be sure of my supply. If you didn't get oxygen, by the
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