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Feb. 23, 1943
Dear Pop:

I must hurry and tell you about my trip yesterday. It’s hard to believe so much fun could be in so little time. First, in the morning another girl and I were put on orders, just us two. We got all cleared etc. and carried box lunches (courtesy Red Cross) and went to our planes. Well, first thing off is our radios were a new type and no one hardly knew the answer either so we sent for a “radio” officer. Who should show up but Kibbey—the boy (short & fat) who used to teach with me in Pullman! He was going there in an L2B! (and he didn’t know radio either)
Anyway, we figured it out ourselves by guess-and-gosh, and took off. I did all the navigating and had enough to do what with trying to find the right beam. Nothing exciting

Part of [Letter from Dorothy Scott to her father, February 23, 1943]