Correspondence from Owen Hamilton to his sister June Meyer and brother-in-law Morgan Meyer (June E. Hooe Hamilton Meyer, 1919-2010 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81471045/june-e_hooe-meyer) and (Morgan G. Meyer, 1916-2000 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43119273/morgan-g.-meyer). They are out on the high seas again after a 3 day stop in Saipan. He's been sleeping on the deck for the last 14 days because it's so hot in the troop compartments. He's got a space under a lifeboat and so is out of the rain, but the deck is really hard and he's looking forward to being back in a bed, whenever that is. He went ashore 2 of the 3 days and toured all over the island, seeing everything there was to so. It's small and has no towns. It's basically a military reservation with a few civilians here and there. You can really see the damage done by the war--the only things standing are the ones they built up. The B-29 base is something to see and hard to believe it was built within a year's time. The Marines have one of their cemeteries on the beach where the first landing was made and it's really peaceful now. This puts a lump in your throat as you think about all the young American boys who never thought of fighting and yet are buried there. It won't be long before they hit Japan. It's funny--they are going to make an amphibious landing just like they were going to fight. Everyone will have ammunition, but if the Japanese fire on them, they will probably run the other way. Maybe the war isn't over? If it really is over will they let him know right away as that will be a load off his mind! He'll let them know when they've landed and how it went--maybe the Japanese will sell tickets to the public and watch them like a football game.