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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, April-September 1945

1945-07-11 Helen Angell to Bess Peebles Fox Page 2

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hook up with a "hot" unit and get under way for the main show.  In case you don't know, a "hot" unit is one either alerted for movement or very soon to be.  This one will be in that state by Sunday.  Four of the girls will be going with it to the States and on.  Naomi and I won't be.  I was the extra special recreation worker sent when they were a neuropsychiatric hospital and thus would not fit into the standard unit of an ordinary general hosp.  Naomi has been to the Pacific and wants to stay here awhile at least.
I had a swell trip to Paris.  I decided to go the night before I went (Friday morning) since Johnny (Maj. Snyder) was taking a group of his fellows in for three day passes.  He had three planes, so I rode along, as usual, up in the front part of a B-26.  It took only 45 minutes instead of the 13 hours it takes by train, and was lovely.  We banked over the city and looked it all over.  The cloud formations on the way were beautiful, too, once we scooted up a thousand feet to get above them.  We landed out on Pontoise where the squadron was based for seven

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2 hook up with a "hot" unit and get under way for the main show. In case you don't know, a "hot" unit is one either alerted for movement or very soon to be. This one will be in that state by Sunday. Four of the girls will be going with it to the States and on. Naomi and I won't be. I was the extra special recreation worker sent when they were a neuropsychiatric hospital and thus would not fit into the standard unit of an ordinary general hosp. Naomi has been to the Pacific and wants to stay here awhile at least. I had a swell trip to Paris. I decided to go the night before I went (Friday morning) since Johnny (Maj. Snyder) was taking a group of his fellows in for three day passes. He had three planes, so I rode along, as usual, up in the front part of a B-26. It took only 45 minutes instead of the 13 hours it takes by train, and was lovely. We banked over the city and looked it all over. The cloud formations on the way were beautiful, too, once we scooted up a thousand feet to get above them. We landed out on Pontoise where the squadron was based for seven