HEADQUARTERS

SANTA ANA ARMY AIR BASE

OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER

SANTA ANN, CALIFORNIA

28 June 1943

Dear Mrs. West,

It is with great pleasure that I notify you that your son, Roy L. West, has been selected by the Classification Board, for Pilot training in the United States Air Forces. I congratulate both you and him on this achievement.

He will soon be transferred to one of the Army Air Forces West Coast Training Center elementary flying schools and will then begin his flight training. The course of instruction which he will pursue throughout the flying schools is through, intensive and the best that our Country can give to fit him for this future duties and responsibilities as a member of the Army Air Forces. Upon successful completion of this flying training, he will receive his Wings and the rating of airplane Pilot.

In either war or peace, ad Pilot occupies a position that requires sound judgment, a keen and alert mind, a sound body and the ability to perfectly coordinate mind and body in the flying of the airplane. It is imperative that the men who fly or military aircraft possess these qualifications, for upon their skill will depend in large measure the success of our war effort.

It is my hope that you will derive great satisfaction from your son’s selection for Pilot training, and that his future career in the Army Air Forces will be one of continuing success and service.

Sincerely Yours,

W.A ROBERTSON,

Colonel, Air Corps,

Commandant and Base Commander.