{"id":4438,"date":"2026-02-08T11:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/?page_id=4438"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:46:46","slug":"my-father-1-november-1943-29-january-1945","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/my-father-1-november-1943-29-january-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"My Father: 11 October 1943 &#8211; 29 January 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>20 July 1939 - 10 October 1943:  US Army Service Record<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_11.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_12.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_13.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_14.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_15.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_16.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_17.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_18.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_19.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_20.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_22.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_23.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_24.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Diary: My Life in the Service<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It appears that my mother gave this book to my father to document his military experience around the time that he re-entered the Army in 1943. However, the dedication she wrote is clearly dated August 6, 1944. By then she (and daughter Mary Ann) had joined my father at Fort McClellan and were living in a trailer off-base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extracts from the Diary section of this document have been included in my narrative. The document can be viewed in its entirety on the Allan County Public Library website at <a href=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/wwii\/search_hansondiary.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/wwii\/search_hansondiary.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_001.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_094.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_095.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_028.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_029.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Camp Grant, Illinois<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-1024x103.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-1024x103.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-768x77.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-1536x154.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1-2048x206.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Image Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Camp_Grant_Panoramic.jpg\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Camp_Grant_Panoramic.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Camp Grant<\/strong> was a major U.S. Army installation on the <strong>south side of Rockford (Winnebago County), Illinois<\/strong>, named for <strong>Gen. Ulysses S. Grant<\/strong>. It operated primarily from <strong>1917 to 1946<\/strong> (with a quieter interwar period under state control). <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camp_Grant_%28Illinois%29?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See the Wikipedia article about this camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reactivated in 1941<\/strong> as a key <strong>induction\/reception center<\/strong> (processing recruits) and an <strong>Army Medical Service training site<\/strong>\u2014with very large throughputs during the war.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>11 October 1943 - 16 October 1943: Camp Grant, Illinois<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_10.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1939\/1939_07_20_2_21.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_Army_Allotment_Form_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_Army_Allotment_Form_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_4A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_4B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_5A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_5B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_1_6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_14_2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_16_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_16_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_16_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_16_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_16_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_16_1_4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_17_3_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_17_3_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_11_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fort McClellan, Alabama<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fort_McClellan-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fort_McClellan-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4079\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.703929332927201;width:735px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort McClellan is located just northwest of <strong>Anniston, AL<\/strong> and southwest of <strong>Oxford, AL<\/strong>, near the foothills of the <strong>Choccolocco Mountains<\/strong>. The site is accessed from Alabama State Route 21 and close to Interstate 20 between Birmingham, AL and Atlanta, GA. <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/dXYDJoinuJ5E8suLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View in Google Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During <strong>World War II<\/strong>, Fort McClellan became one of the Army\u2019s <strong>largest training centers<\/strong>. Nearly <strong>half-a-million soldiers<\/strong> trained there before deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Diary Entry<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_030.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_031.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_032.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>18 October 1943 - 31 October 1943<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_17_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_17_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_17_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_24_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_24_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_24_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_25_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_25_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_25_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_25_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_26_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_26_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_26_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_27_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_27_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_27_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_27_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_28_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_28_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_28_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_28_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_28_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_30_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_30_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_30_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_30_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_30_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_30_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_30_2_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_30_2_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_30_2_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_31_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_31_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_31_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>01 November 1943 - 30 November 1943<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_01_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_10_01_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_01_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_01_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_01_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_01_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_01_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_01_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_02_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_02_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_02_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_02_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_02_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_03_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_03_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_03_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_03_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_03_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_03_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_03_1_4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_04_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_04_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_04_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_04_2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_04_2_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_037.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_038.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_039.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_040.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_041.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_042.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_08_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_08_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_08_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_11_08_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INSERT IMAGES 34 &#8211; 42 HERE<\/strong> 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src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_12_31_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1943\/1943_12_31_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_01_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_01_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>1 January 1944 - 30 January 1944<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_05_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_05_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_05_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_05_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_05_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_06_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_06_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_06_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_06_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_07_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_07_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_07_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_13_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_13_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_13_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_14_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_14_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_14_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_15_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_15_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_15_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_16_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_16_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_052.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_053.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_054.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_055.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_16_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_18_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_18_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_18_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_20_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_20_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_20_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_20_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_21_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_21_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_21_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_22_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_22_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_22_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_24_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_24_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_24_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_25_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_25_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_26_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_26_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_26_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_26_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_26_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_26_2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_27_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_27_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_28_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_28_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_28_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_28_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_29_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_29_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_29_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_29_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_29_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_30_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_30_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_30_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_30_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_30_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_30_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_01_30_2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" 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alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_04_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_04_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_04_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_04_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_04_3_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_04_3_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_04_3_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_04_4_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_04_4_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_05_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_05_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_05_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_05_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_05_1_4A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_05_1_4B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_06_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_02_06_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_26_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_26_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_26_1_1C.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_26_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_26_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_26_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_27_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_27_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_28_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_28_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_28_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_29_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_29_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_29_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_29_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_29_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_29_2_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_29_2_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_30_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_30_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_30_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_31_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_31_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_03_31_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>1 April 1944 - 30 April 1944<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_01_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_01_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_01_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_01_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_01_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_01_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_02_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_02_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_03_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_29_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_30_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_04_30_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_069.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_070.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_071.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_072.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>1 May 1944 - 31 May 1944<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_03_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_03_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_04_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_04_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_XX_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_XX_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_XX_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_XX_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_20_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_20_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_20_1_4A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_20_1_4B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_20_1_5A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_20_1_5B.jpg\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_29_1_4A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_29_1_4B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_2_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_2_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_2_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_2_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_2_4A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_30_2_4B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_31_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_31_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_31_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_05_31_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>1 June 1944 - 30 June 1944<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_01_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_01_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_01_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_01_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_01_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_01_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_01_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_01_2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_01_2_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_02_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_02_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_02_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_02_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_02_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_02_1_4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_05_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_05_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_05_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_05_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_05_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_05_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_06_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_06_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_06_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_06_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_06_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_09_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_09_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_09_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_09_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_09_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_09_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_10_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_10_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_10_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_10_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_10_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_15_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_15_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_15_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_15_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Leave: 13 June &#8211; 26 June 1944<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_073.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_074.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_075.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_076.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_077.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_28_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_28_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_28_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_28_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_28_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_28_1_4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_30_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_30_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_30_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_30_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_06_30_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>1 July 1944 - 31 July 1944<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_01_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_01_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_01_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_01_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_01_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_01_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_01_2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_01_2_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_02_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_02_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_02_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_03_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_03_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_03_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_03_1_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_05_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_05_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_05_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_14_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_14_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_07_14_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Arnold_William_and_Hanson_Mary_Ann_Ft_McClellan_AL_abt_1943_fixed_1000_1429.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Arnold_William_and_Hanson_Mary_Ann_Ft_McClellan_AL_abt_1943_fixed_1000_1429-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4407\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7002014221625416;width:276px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Arnold_William_and_Hanson_Mary_Ann_Ft_McClellan_AL_abt_1943_fixed_1000_1429-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Arnold_William_and_Hanson_Mary_Ann_Ft_McClellan_AL_abt_1943_fixed_1000_1429-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Arnold_William_and_Hanson_Mary_Ann_Ft_McClellan_AL_abt_1943_fixed_1000_1429-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hanson_Arnold_William_and_Hanson_Mary_Ann_Ft_McClellan_AL_abt_1943_fixed_1000_1429.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Standing with daughter Mary Ann outside the trailer the family lived in while stationed at Fort McClellan. Probably taken between August and December 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">They lived in two different trailers at this time. The address for one of them was 2001 Noble Street, Anniston AL  36201<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/7udmgHVW4J51XzbV8\">https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/7udmgHVW4J51XzbV8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>More from the Diary<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_077.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_078.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_079.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_080.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_081.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_082.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_083.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_084.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_085.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_086.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_087.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_088.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>2 October - 31 October 1944<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_10_02_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_10_25_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>5 December - 30 December 1944<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_05_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_05_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_06_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_06_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_06_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_06_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_13_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_15_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_15_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_15_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_15_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_19_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_19_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_19_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 data-wp-context---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::{&quot;fontSize&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-wp-init---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::callbacks.init\" data-wp-interactive data-wp-style--font-size=\"core\/fit-text::context.fontSize\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-fit-text\">Leave: 27 December 1944 &#8211; 6 January 1945<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_30_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_30_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1944\/1944_12_30_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fort Ord, California<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fort Ord<\/strong>&nbsp;is a former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\">United States Army<\/a>&nbsp;post on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monterey_Bay\">Monterey Bay<\/a>&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Ocean\">Pacific Ocean<\/a>&nbsp;coast in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\">California<\/a>. Before construction and official designation as a fort in 1940, the land was used as a maneuver area and field-artillery target range beginning in 1917. Fort Ord was considered one of the most attractive locations of any U.S. Army post, because of its proximity to the beach and California weather. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)\">7th Infantry Division<\/a>&nbsp;was its main&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garrison\">garrison<\/a>&nbsp;for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more about Fort Ord at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Ord\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Ord<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>3 January 1945 - 19 January 1945<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_03_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_05_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_05_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_08_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_08_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_08_2_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_08_2_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_08_2_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_09_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_09_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_09_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_09_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_09_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_10_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_10_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_10_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_10_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_10_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_10_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_11_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_11_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_11_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_11_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_12_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_12_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_12_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_12_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_12_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_12_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_12_2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_13_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_13_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_13_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_14_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_14_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_14_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_14_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_1_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_1_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_2_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_2_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_2_3A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_2_3B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_3_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_15_3_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_16_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_16_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_16_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_16_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_19_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_19_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_19_1_2A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_19_1_2B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_19_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_19_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_06_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_06_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_07_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_07_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_07_2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_088.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogycenter.info\/military\/images\/hansondiary\/Hanson_Diary_089.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fort Lawton, Washington<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fort Lawton<\/strong>&nbsp;was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\">United States Army<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_base\">post<\/a>&nbsp;located in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magnolia,_Seattle,_Washington\">Magnolia<\/a>&nbsp;neighborhood of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle\">Seattle<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_(state)\">Washington<\/a>&nbsp;overlooking&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puget_Sound\">Puget Sound<\/a>. While Fort Lawton was a quiet outpost prior to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\">World War II<\/a>, it became the second largest port of embarkation of soldiers and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Materiel\">materiel<\/a>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_War\">Pacific Theater<\/a>&nbsp;during the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more about Fort Lawton at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Lawton\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Lawton<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>19 January 1945 - 28 January 1945<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_19_3_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_19_3_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_20_1_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_20_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_20_2_1A.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_20_2_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_27_1_1B.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_28_2_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">USS Lycomming &#8211; 28 January 1945<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rayson.us\/Dad_Letters\/1945\/1945_01_28_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/my-father-30-january-1945-31-december-1945\/\">Next: 1945<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/aehanson\/my-father-26-september-1940-october-1943\/\">Back to September 1940 &#8211; October 1943<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Camp Grant, Illinois Image Source: https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Camp_Grant_Panoramic.jpg Camp Grant was a major U.S. Army installation on the south side of Rockford (Winnebago County), Illinois, named for Gen. 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