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\x SPRINGFIELD. MISSOURI  
UFFIGE CIF THE IZEIMMANDINE GENERAL  
25 October 19hS  
Brigadier General Pred W. Rankin, U.S.A.,
Chief Consultant in Surgery,
Office of The Surgeon General, _
Washington 25, D. C.
My dear Fred:
Thank you for your letter of 26 Septenber giving me
official information as to the probable closing date for us
here at O'Rei1ly.
It was with mixed feelings that I learned of your· immi-
nent departure from The Surgeon General's office -— glad that
you were able to realize your ambition to return to civil life,
but with a distinct feeling of regret that the Medical Depart- —
ment was to lose your fine services. It was indeed a privilege
to have known you, and I am deeply grateful for all the aid that
- you gave me on many occasions in effecting some of the skulduggery
that I did. I shall always cherish our friendship, and I share
your hope that it may be continued from here on indefinitely.
I do not know, of course, what The Surgeon General plans
for me in future, but in the event that I am to be put up on the
shelf or thrown into the ash can with many others of the Old Men,
I may call upon you to exercise your good offices in getting the
Old Man a job in civil life.
Good luck and God bless you. with warmest personal regard,
Cordial d sincerely,
GEO. B. EQLR, JR.,
  Brigadier General, U. S. Arm`,
Commanding. V
 
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