24 September, 
(Mrs.) Maryanna Smellow 
Division of Birds 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington 25, D. C. 
Dear Maryanna: 
What an unexpected thrill I had this morning when I picked up the phone 
and heard your lovely voice. I had, of course, expected to hear Dr. Ely, and 
1 was all prepared with a business frame of mind. I now send you the warmth 
of ALOHA, the kiss of the ISLANDS, and the soft touch of the TRADE WINDS. 
If you will only come out and visit us the heart of the TROPICS will by yours 
The September voyage of the YAG 40 was, except for the radar, a very 
successful trip. This, I think, can be accounted for by two things. One 
was the experience gained on the first YAG 39 trip. The second, however, was 
by far the most important. This was the cooperation of the officers and crew 
of the YAG 40. D#irect responisbility for this can be attributed to the 
Captain. His good will and enthusiasm seemed to have infected almost the 
whole of the ship. 
I was very happy to hear that you are sending as a permanent member 
in the form of one Warren King. This will be a great help. If it could 
possiblny be araanged, we would like to have him here a couple of days 
early so that we can break him into the system and have him squared away 
by the time the ship leaves the dock. If not well ’’C'est la vie”. 
We have obtained the use of two members of the SHAD crew for the October 
trip on the YAG 39. One will be a weather man (probably Mr. Currier) and the 
other will be a general helper (Mr. Davis). These two were of help to us on 
this last trip, especially Currier, and will make up for the lack of 
another man from the Smithsonian. 
1 am including our fingerprints in this envelope. I hope that they are 
satisfactory. We obtained them from the base Police Headquarters at Pearl 
Harbor. 
I hope to have a report of this last voyage in to you in about a week. 
I will try to do much better thati the last one (no promises, just effort). 
Well i'll sign off for now and when I think of anything else I'll send 
your another letter. 
Bon chance mon petit. 
Patrick J. Gould 
