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a/c Richard X. Sheehan

Cadet Detachment

A.A.G.B.F.S.

Independence, Kansas

May 8, 1943

Dear Miss McGlynn,

In your last letter you said the
weather must be wonderful where you are.
Well the only reason I've got a chance to
write letters is on account of the weather. In-
formation about the same is supposed to be
a military secret, but what I'll tell you I
don't think will do any harm. The weather
in Missouri wasn't bad when we left.
It was warm with slight winds. But
even a slight wind blew all the dust
in Missouri to the Parks airport I guess.
But this place would be hard to beat.
The wind is always strong, at least 25
mph by 10 every morning. This isn't bad
for flying, since no dust blows on the
field -- we have concrete runways -- but
it is terrible around the barracks. The
dust never stops flying. Thursday evening
it started to rain and has been con-