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October 8, 1942
Dear Mr. Barclay,
I was certainly pleased to receive your nice note several weeks ago and Jean and I were both delighted to think that you remembered our wedding aniversary.
A great deal has happened sicne I last talked to you - one day last spring on the Stanford campus. As you may remember I was working for a lumber company in Palo Alto at that time. However, it became apparent that the building industry would, sooner or later, be seriously curtailed so I took a leave of absence and attempted to secure a commission in the Navy. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I was rejected because of color-blindness. After being rejected for the same reason by the Marines and Air Corps I accepted a position as an industrial engineer with the Aluminum Company of America in Los Angeles. I came down here in May and Jean followed a few weeks later. To date everything has turned out wonderfully for us. We bought a very nice little home in Alhambra and are now all settled in it waiting for a
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