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Show ^ y Y CALIFOIXIA COLLXX IN CilXM* 221 California Hall Berkeley 4, California February 'GO,194:5 Our son, Dr. W, Winston Pettus, after sixteen months in America, where he was successfully treated for liver fluke, had eight months study of Chinese and several months special chest surgery in St, Louis, and then In late October sailed as surgeon of a ship bound for India in order that he might return to China. Telegrams received in February indicated that he had reached Chungking, and that the Yale Hospital and Liedieal Schools have been moved to that city. He plans to remain there. The medical supplies were flown free, to Chengtu, He returned to China without his wife and two children. They are now with Rev, and Girs* 3d. wilier, at Inwood, -Vest Virginia. The following are extracts from a letter written by Win and recently received here* W, B. Pettus Lee Memorial Mission 13 Wellington Square Calcutta, India December 20, 1944 •XH* I had a funny time with the medical supplies. The seven pieces of personal baggage I had asked to be put in my cabin. They put them in the mental ward, which is evidently where they thought I belonged. After sailing I asked the purser where the medical supplies were. He knew nothing about them, had no record of their having come on board. Then I asked all the officers of the ship from the captain com. None knew anything about them. For over seven weeks, I did not know whether or not the stuff was with me. Then one of the sailors said, he thought he had seen something which looked like It when the ship was loaded. The holds were sealed; so we could not tell till the ship was unloaded. Eventually we found all the pieces ~ but in three different parts of the ship. The customs were very cooperative, and bonded everything. They can send It in bond to any point, from which I may choose to leave the country. It is nice to be in Calcutta again, although it does not look quite so grand or luxurious as "it did coming from China last year. Somehow the buildings have shrunk a little, the streets are not quite so broad. My visa is getting to be quite a humorous affair. I was not able to pick it up en route; so arrived without one. It did not seem to worry the immigration officer, who merely chopped my passport, gave me a landing card, and told me to report to the --liens Office, |