Moulton, Charles C.
951 48 64

Maryville, Mich
Oct. 5. 45

Chas. B. McVay III
Captain, U.S. Navy

My dear Sir:

We received your considerate letter and I hope you do not mind my writing to you.
Believing in the Allness of God assures me that my son is safe in his keeping. We are very proud of Calvin and of all the men who were on that ship. I know that you too would take great pride in "your boys" and in your ship.
I do not know whether you knew each of the boys personally or not, there being so many. My boy was one of those in the Director tower and in Div 4. He had been on a gun crew previously. Could you tell where he would have been at the time the accident occured?
By that I mean would he have been on duty or was that the time he would be resting?
I hope you do not think me presumptuous asking you these questions but perhaps you can understand what goes through a mothers' mind.
Trusting you are well.
I remain,

Very sincerely
Mrs. Leslie Moulton

MOULTON, Calvin Pers-8249-LK

October 12, 1945

My dear Mrs. Moulton,

Your kind letter of October 5, 1945 reached me today. I regret that there is little I can add to the information contained in my letter of September 27, 1945.

All of the ship's records, such as the division watch bills, went down with the ship, therefore, those details about your son which you naturally desire are unfortunately not available. He could have been either on watch in the director or in his bunk, but in either case I can only believe he went down with his ship.

I realize how eager a mother must be for all the information she can obtain concerning the manner in which her son gave his life for his country and I sincerely regret that I am unable to furnish more information but I believe you will understand why.

In closing, may I again express my deepest sympathies.

Very sincerely,

CHAS. B. MCVAY, III
Captain, U. S. Navy

Mrs. C. L. Moulton
Marysville, Michigan