Paul C. “Tip” Whitman only had a desk job within MacArthurs G.H.Q. during the latter part of the war, so his was a relatively easy time.

  Fortunately there were always typewriters close handy, so his letters home were regular, newsy and plentiful.  There were many ways to get hooked on history and for me it was finding a bunch of my father's war souvenirs, letters home,  and faded, dog-eared photos in his footlocker.