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American Flag (on left side)

ARMY AND NAVY
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
"WITH THE COLORS"

Y.M.C.A. logo (on right side)

S.S. Nanking Pacific Ocean Sept 31 - 18

Dear Ma.

I suppose you received
my postal from Honolulu by this
time. We only stayed there overnight
but it is some town. It is nothing
like you would imagine it was.
Every thing is as clean as a
whistle and the homes are
beautiful. That night I did
not go to bed but layed on the
grass in the front of the Y.M.C.A
for about an hour. At five I got
up and had a good shower in
the Y.M.C.A. and was ready to
see some more of the town.

We had to be back to the ship
at eight oclock and you should
have seen the boys every one was
loaded down with pineapples
and bananas, as much as a whole