PART II: A CALL TO SERVICE–AMERICA PREPARES FOR WAR
8/2/39
Darling Girl:
Can’t type because another guy is sleeping in the front room.
I spent the week-end at the cabin. Came home wet, but sober. A couple of kids got high and tossed me in.
Monday I flew up to New York for a physical exam. Doc says I am perfect. Even both eyes came out 20/20.
Monday night I spent with John in Hartford. Tuesday I took an eight or ten mile hike in the hills before lunch.
JH has a swell set-up. We both still love you.
Darling, hold tight. I may have to ask you to change your vacation plans, so be prepared. I shall do everything to see you. Something grand is about to occur.
More later when I know more.
Your dizzy boy-friend, Cy.
XXX+! And how.
Editor’s note: Also on August 2, 1939, Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard delivered a famous letter to President Roosevelt, informing him of recent developments in nuclear fission and the potential use of this technology for a bomb.
