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NEW CASTLE ARMY AIR BASE
WILMINGTON, DEL
3-6-43
Dear Dad:
I’ve just finished another wonderful trip. Weather cleared Wednesday so after wrestling with cold engines and colder hands we got going. Boy! It was cold- about 15° on the ground. We all wore our heavy flying jackets and boots and were grateful for the hatch cover. The cabin heater was effective by name only- no heat.
We landed first in Jackson and stayed over night (R.O.N.) We stayed at a nice hotel and saw a movie, and then Helen and I got the giggles and laughed so much the girls in the next room called us to be quiet. We needed excitement so we called long distance to the fellows we know here in Dallas and woke them out of a sound sleep. Then we

Part of [Letter from Dorothy Scott to her father, March 6, 1943]