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John William Graham letters, April 1943
1943-04-06 Page 1
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April 6, 1943 Pocatello, Idaho Dear Dad & Mom: With the usual army inefficiency and red tape I didnt get away from Tucson until this morning at 10 A.M. We started out yesterday but just at take off a radio transmitter went to pot so we didnt take off with the rest of the ships. In fifteen minutes we were ready to leave again but we couldnt get clearance until today. It only took us 3 hrs:45 minutues to come up here. I have been very fortunate in seeing the country, today we flew over Boulder dam, getting a small look at Lake Meade, it was nice. Flew along the rim of the Grand Canyon for a long way it was a gorgeous sight. the coloring is much brighter this time of year than when i saw it in "27. you certainly get a view from the air. it is really quite awesome and breathtaking. Flew over snow covered mountains much of the way they are beautiful tho the air over them is very rough and choppy. Flew over Salt Lake, even tho it has dried up considerably it is still quite a body of water. where it is deep it is a real pretty bluish green and the glistening white salt edges really make it nice to look at.
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April 6, 1943 Pocatello, Idaho Dear Dad & Mom: With the usual army inefficiency and red tape I didnt get away from Tucson until this morning at 10 A.M. We started out yesterday but just at take off a radio transmitter went to pot so we didnt take off with the rest of the ships. In fifteen minutes we were ready to leave again but we couldnt get clearance until today. It only took us 3 hrs:45 minutues to come up here. I have been very fortunate in seeing the country, today we flew over Boulder dam, getting a small look at Lake Meade, it was nice. Flew along the rim of the Grand Canyon for a long way it was a gorgeous sight. the coloring is much brighter this time of year than when i saw it in "27. you certainly get a view from the air. it is really quite awesome and breathtaking. Flew over snow covered mountains much of the way they are beautiful tho the air over them is very rough and choppy. Flew over Salt Lake, even tho it has dried up considerably it is still quite a body of water. where it is deep it is a real pretty bluish green and the glistening white salt edges really make it nice to look at.
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