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Old Fields  
                                                            
 
Oyster Bay, LI.  
                                                            
 
                        May 17 1942                         
 
                                                            
 
 
                        Dear Friend:                        
 
                                                            
 
 
I want to tell you how much I want to serve the United States. I have   
       tried in vain to find the means of succeeding.       
 
                                                            
 
 
Please read my letter to the President which I attache hereto, and if  
       you do not find it useless, will you post it?        
 
                                                            
 
 
 in advance, and much affection to you and to Anabel from us
 
                                                            
 
 
                       (Sd) JACQUES.                        
 
                                                            
 
 
(Handwritten note)MCT thinks very highly of Colonel Balsan--and thinks his offer to serve  
           should be considered and acknowledged.