EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is the first letter Winfred sent home to his sister Margaret in 1945.
Jan. 4, 1945 2520 WM R.A.A.B. Reno, NV
Winfred writes Margaret while awaiting inspection; two more days of ground school before being checked out in the air; has a 95.5% average plus a 25 W.P.M. code speed – as high as you can get; hopes to get stationed at Memphis and fly the Southern Route to Africa; his war buddies are at Scott Field; hopes for a break and closes to get the wrinkles out of his bed.