Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 2, 1943. Willis is confused as to why his father is receiving more than one check from a month, and asks Willis, Sr. to check into it. He also has a friend who is going to write the government to see if something is going wrong.

Postcard of a harbor in Galveston where two boats are moored. Debris litters the concrete on the edge of the harbor, and several large industrial structures rise up in the distance. Handwritten print on the front of the postcard reads "this is not snow— just shell. Not egg shell either." Cursive handwriting at the bottom reads "Just a little different from the fleet of Waco." The card is addressed to Miss Jennie Forsgard of Waco.