310.124.1-3.2016- Promotion Documents

310.124.1-3.2016 Transcription

13 March 1945

[The following are Wilsey’s notes on a copy of an official Record of Professional Assignments.]

[In reference to his title of Chief Anesthetist:]

My! My!

setch happenings

[In reply to the positive comments of his Service Chief:]

This

so contrasted

to the 116^ths sheet

shows:—“An-artist-is-

never-very-much-good-till-

he’s-dead/(away).”

[Noted below a confirmation letter attached to the document:]

This is just

what I considered

“smart” as a method of

proving a 2-months-late

arrival of the application blanks.

[In reference to his Service Chief describing him as “Thoroughly prepared”:]

This madame,

is the way long-line

New-England blue-blood[1]

phrases a compliment.

Remember

dear old New-England,

m’love—where the

Cabots-speak-only-to-the-

(lets say)-Hatches-&-the-Hatches-

speak-only-to-God”.

Remember?—[P.S. Howinhell can ya forget!][2]

[1] In original, there is an arrow pointing from this line to where Paul S. Hill, Jr., the name of his Service Chief, is written on the document.

[2] Bracketed text is part of original.