Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 164]

Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 164]

#116 Wed. 24 Jan. noon Darling, Just received #114 (of Jan. 1st) which I didn't realize I was missing. Pleasant little dividend on a day when nobody else got any mail, probably because of bad weather last night and this morning. “Walter thinks all the men from Boulder are brain trusts - I didn't disillusion him - he'll have enough of that later on.” There would be some disillusioning here, but not as to Boulder men. As for elsewhere I can't say, but - unlike about half the M.G. men - they are all at least trained in something specific and undeniably useful. Honestly, honey - even tho right now I’d take any stateside duty that was handed to me - I'm glad I didn't have to spend the remaining four months at Columbia. An awfully futile occupation unless you take it the way Johnny Kneubuhl did and write plays. Seriously - he had the sense not to blunt what he knew already about island conditions with a lot of cross purposeless planning. I do envy him his present job a little. I wouldn't mind teaching Japanese to MG men for 2 or 3 months even at Pearl; stateside, it could go on forever without hurting my feelings! Ja, ato de Well, (til) later Warren

1945-01-24

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