Eugene Hefner Letters to Zelma Hefner Regarding Service in the South Pacific During World War II

              [corresponds to page 1 of Eugene Hefner Letter to Zelma Hefner, December 27, 1945] 
Thur Dec 27 
Manila 
Dear Mom, 
Its now 3:30 in the afternoon and 
I've just got back from the communications 
shack.  We reported there this morning to find 
out what we do.  The officer & teck/sgt. in charge 
went over a few things with us.  They told us 
about the procedure, charts and other stuff 
like that.  We were introduced to the old operator. 
They certainly seem to be a nice bunch of fellows. 
We also took a little code to see how sharp 
we were.  Boy to my amazement I can still 
copy the stuff after being away from it for 
3 months.  The officer said we'd take a couple 
of pigee back rides with the old men here 
and get the hang of things.  After that we'll go 
out in a plane on our own. 
We went out this morning and looked 
over the c-46.  Thats the only type they use here. 
Its a spacious thing inside.  The R.O. has 
his seat right behind the pilot.  The only thing 
that I could see wrong was the inconvenient 
place they had the liason transmitter located. 
Its practically at the bottom of the ship and 
right at the bottom of you're feet.  Its hard 
as all heck to get into or change a tuning 
unit but I guess its possible.