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I wish I could go to see her & to see
Dick who is now somewhere near
Philadelphia --- & then go on & meet
you!! What a joyful meeting that
would be! --- .

Dick is on the U.S.S. Alabama now
& may [underlined] be taking a cruise with
[Midolufinall] we hear --- he wrote
us from working in D.C. that he
was en route to Phila to join his
ship but had not much idea
where she would be -- & to address
him U.S.S. Alabama c/o Postmaster
New York.

We have written to him to