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Hench provides details about progress on the Camp Lazear memorial and reports that he attended Emilie Lawrence Reed's birthday party. He also met with some of Lazear's relatives.

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Hench informs Peabody that he has been helping Wood with her manuscript. He has received no news from Cuba on the proposed Camp Lazear memorial.

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Hench discusses his yellow fever research. He informs Tillisch that he is searching for an aerial photograph of the area around Camp Lazear, but has been unable to locate one.

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Hench discusses various meetings he had in Cuba to acquire biographical information.

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Hench discusses plans to finance and erect a memorial at the site of Camp Lazear. He describes it as a place where Finlay's concept was proven correct by the work of the U.S. Army. Hench includes sketches of the site.

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Hench discusses the history of the Kissinger family trying to obtain more pension money, including a plea for funeral expenses from Ida Kissinger for her husband.

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Hench writes that he has heard Moran plans to write his memoirs. The Cuban government is interested in preserving Building No. 1, although they have made no concrete plans.

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Hench informs Ames that he is trying to get her husband recognition for his medical care of the yellow fever volunteers.

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Hench informs Ames that he has been called-up for active duty. He poses numerous questions about the material she has sent to him. He expresses his desire to paint an accurate portrayal of Ames' contribution to the yellow fever experiments.

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Hench appreciates Jessie Ames' answers to his numerous questions about Roger Ames. He requests that she donate some of the original fever charts for an planned exhibition at a Cuban museum.

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Hench describes the difficulties he has encountered in memorializing Camp Lazear. He discusses where he believes his collection should eventually be stored, citing the Mayo Foundation, the University of Virginia's Alderman Library, and the National Archives. He does not want the items to be in Cuba.

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Hench informs Ames that Camp Lazear will be dedicated in December 1952.

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Hench discusses his upcoming trips and inquires about the date of the next meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association.

Scope and Contents Hench doubts that he will be able to attend the Reed Memorial Association meeting, but sends suggestions regarding Association business for his colleagues to consider. He recommends that Blossom Reed continue to receive Emilie Lawrence Reed's monthly pension after the latter's death. Hench informs Siler that the Cuban government has abandoned plans to preserve Camp Lazear and refused Hench's funds to temporarily protect Building No. 1. He suggests that the Association approach contacts in...

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Hench will send Siler a large number of reprints of his paper on Reed, to be distributed at military medical facilities. He suggests small changes in the inscription for the plaque memorializing Reed's place of death. Hench is delighted that a bill has been introduced in Congress to honor Reed.

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Hench requests that Siler send him the names and addresses of the officers of the Walter Reed Memorial Association. Hench wants to send the names to Nogueira in the hopes that they will be invited, or at least notified, about the dedication of Camp Lazear.

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Hench requests information on the Dean Memorial Bridge.

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Hench urges Moran to attend the two college events. Hench discusses the Camp Lazear site.

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[Hench] writes that he doubts Moran has really found the infected-clothing building. [Hench] wants to buy the property.

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[Hench] discusses the identity of the shack on the Rojas farm.