My Dearest Luther-
I was thrilled to find 3 "V" mail letters from you along with several from home/, and to have the news that you have a lovely daughter.
When I returned to headquarters from a long, hard trip far down into the interior and up into the tribal country. I was also thrilled and touched by the tone of your letters, in which you refer to the bond of affection that has always been so strong between us. You are a father now, and you will realize more and more what it means to have such response from your own daughter, and please God Sons and daughters yet to come.
I am confident that you will be home again to pick up the threads of your young live, and to carry on. It would be grand if fortune favored us so that I could call by, so to speak and we could go home together. We must keep our feet on the ground and not be discouraged if such dreams are not realized; but, it brings a certain joy just to contemplate such a thrill as that of meetings on this side of the great waters.
I am beginning to plan for a trip home at Xmas time even tho I may have to return to Iran to put the work here on a more secure footing before I leave it. the folks are begging me to come, so I shall try very hard to do it, and I think it will be O.K. even tho I have to come back.
So you see it might even be possible for me to call by, at least if you remain long enough in your present locality. I haven't begun to make preparations yet but I want to know from you whether it might be possible for me to reach you if fortune should favor me in being able to start home about the latter part of November- I want to go over land thru Palestine then possibly by ship to your locality then by plane on home, if such a combination is at all possible.
Doesn't it give you a thrill my boy, just to think about such a plan? Again I say we must keep our heads and not be too disappointed if we have to adjust our plans to last minute circumstances, for I am not yet at liberty to leave here and you are in the Army, so we can only do our best to try to get together, and not be despondent if we cannot do it until the by fight is all over.
Things are beginning to break in my favor here. I have the unqualified support of the people and the officials. I haven't broken the news of my plans to there yet so I don't know what the reaction will be.
Please drop me a "V" as often as you can, my son, just as you have done for several weeks. Just a paragraph if you can't manage more, to keep me constantly in touch with you as far as is possible.
God Bless you my boy-and preserve your life for happier days to come-
Lovingly, Dad.
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