Letter Written by Gordon A. Van Eck to the Bryant College Service Club Dated January 12, 1943

[Transcription begins] HEADQUARTERS HARBOR DEFENSES OF NARRAGANSETT BAY Fort Adams, R. I. January 12, 1943 The Bryant Service Club Bryant College Providence, R. I. Dear Friends: Thanks once again for your thoughtfulness. Each and every time the mail brings something from Bryant I spend the remainder of the day reminiscing. While not very far from Bryant in terms of miles, other things do make it seem a long long ways off. Perhaps, in a year or so, we can all have a bang-up reunion. That would be the best way I know to start off our lives again, don’t you think so too? Thanks again for your practical and timely gift of cigarettes. Yours, for victory! Gordon A. Van Eck Gordon A. Van Eck Corporal, C. A. C. [Transcription ends