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[[encircled]]5 [[/encircled]] McCain, & I remembered each of you to him & Mrs. Zetels. Capt. Pickens came down too with Commander Resnor and took all my bundles to the ship in their auto which certainly saved me a lot of time and trouble. I could not have gotten a finer man to skipper this outfit had I had anything to do with it in the first place - a class mate of Callaghan's and Foster's. A nice group of officers mostly younger men.-And is the Mallard crowded? Ralph H. Ernest who is to do some land surveying is my roommate in the [[strikethrough]][[?]][[/strikethrough]] pilot house where we sleep on cots which we fold up during the day. Our clothes are draped over the speaking tubes & instruments. we each have two shallow cupboard shelves and a wooden box for our surplus gear. Wish I had ^[[had]] time to bring along the usual collecting outfit