Includes correspondence concerning a Downing family member funeral; information on Harry Howton; August letter concerning the Burma campaign during WWII; Sam's work at the DIA; John M. Jones (writing from Tennessee), discussing the Burma campaign and the Jimmy Carter presidential bid, his praise of Wilson ("You had the brains, the guts, the determination to make your mark in many fields."), his dislike of the Marauders movie, thoughts on Admiral Mountbatten, and mention of the "sovereign state of Virginia", 1975

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