Here is the newly numbered Letter #6, which is incomplete because it was folded in a way that blocked part of the text when it was copied. Letter #7 which follows this (formerly #5) is in an earlier post - June 30th.
Letter #6
July 27, 1944
Dear Dad,
The counselor at the testing bureau told me that my scores
on the Social Science tests were high enough to allow them to tell me that I
could choose whatever subject that I wished to major in, since they felt
confident that I could succeed easily in almost anything. I have decided to
work until the fall quarter begins, saving all my money in the meanwhile, and
then go to the U for a year. The
Navy V-12 test will not be given until November, and those who take it then
cannot go into the Navy until March, 1945, at which time the test will be given
again. Therefore I am going to take the test in November just to see how I come
out on it. Then I shall take it again in March, being able to go into the
service in July. The test is a combined examination for V-12 and ASTP programs, and one lists his
preferences at the time[i] ....
(lost section)
... I hope that you can keep well despite the conditions
which you are living under. I wish with all my heart that I could be with you.
Your
loving son,
Stewart
[i] At this
point in time, it seems clear that Stewart was still considering various
options for military service
(e.g., Army or Navy), and those options entailed various time-tables
(e.g., going into the service the following summer or earlier). He was juggling a number of variables: tests, his physical exam, getting dental work done, earning money, etc. As it turned out, he went in earlier than the following July - he went into the ASTRP in November and was sent to college at U of Nebraska, Lincoln.
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