May 1, 1946. 
Sgt. Emmett W. McCarthy, 
A.A.F. Auxiliary Airfield Jaque, 
APO 825 A, 
c/o Postmaster, 
New Orleans, La. 
Dear Bill: 
I was sorry that our goodbye at the end was so hurried due to 
the medical officer who had come over on inspection. X had ray last 3 ?iew of 
Jaque as the Captain swung up over the hill to take a look at the radio in- 
itallatioh at La Piayita. This gave me a fine sight of the river and also 
of Pinas Bay, We made an easy landing on Hey Island and were t here long 
enough to get some pictures. 
At Albrook we left Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. so that we were 
in the air before you arrived. Our trip across to Florida in a C 46 was 
easy and pleasant and we stopped overnight at Morrison Field before coming 
north by train the following morning. 
I brought the three boxes of birds across by air and turned them 
over to customs at West Palm Beach, Florida for shipment to Washington. They 
have just arrived and Perry and I have had a grand time unpacking them. The 
heavy outfit we shipped by ocean freight from Cristobal, Canal Zone. I had 
word that it left there April 25 which means that it i 3 due in New York in a 
day or two. We should have It down here some time next week. 
The birds 3n the three boxes have come through in fine condition. 
I have just spent a half hour in looking over them again. 
I want to thank you again most sincerely for all the friendly help 
that you gave us during our work at Jaque. We were entirely happy and comfort¬ 
able there and both of us regretted that we had to come away. In point of fact 
we wanted very much to have another month that we might use in a trip up 
river. 
I sent the pictures an to your mother immediately on my arrival 
and also wrote her telling her about the check that I gave you. I have a 
