Good cancellation date. Great letter.
Titled “Jungle Jollies” Lieutenant Dan Paul describes some of his life aboard the Athanasia. The 3 page letter includes the following topics of interest:
- Trip from Mobil to Panama
- Panama to Pearl Harbor
- A lunch meeting with Admiral David Worth Bagley (and his Mangoes)
- Pearl Harbor to Okinawa
- Provisioning the Pacific fleet
- Meeting a local Raleigh, NC acquaintance in Okinawa
- and more
Hand signed and dated August 4, 1945. Two days before the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.