During the summer the Relief Society stake board collected 225 red ration points and 2,970 blue ration points so that the Boy Scouts could use them for Camp Kiesel.42 In September, the Scouts from Morgan County joined more than 5,000 other Scouts in the Utah National Council area in gathering floss from milkweed pods. The floss was needed to replace Kapok in life jackets and life vests needed by the servicemen,43 War Casualty The War came even closer to home in August 1944 when the parents of Craig Hannum were notified that he had been killed in action on D-Day in Charbourg, France. A letter written by Mrs. Hannum, who was in Sacramento, California, at the time, to her husband Olin, is self explanatory: My Dear Husband: This is the saddest time of our life and it is too bad we can't be together at this time. I miss you so much. I hope you are bearing up bravely over the loss of our brave and gallant soldier boy. It hurts so badly to think he will never come home to us again. He was so grand and fine a prince among men—such a beautiful fine life to go down so suddenly. I am sure though Daddy dear, he rests in peace with God who saw best to take him home at that time. I have humbly prayed God's will be done, for He knows what is best for each one. The day will come when we will join our Craig boy in glory. It is so comforting to have God's promises. Death to the righteous is the gateway to heaven. We will not be long until we will be with him again along with thousands of other brave soldier boys, and millions of righteous people. We will miss our darling boy in a million ways. Our hearts will ache and we will long for him as thousands of other fathers and mothers are for their boys. 1 pray that they can find comfort in God's great love. The night we received the message of Craig's death after I had gone to bed and couldn't sleep my heart hurt so badly and I prayed dear God will comfort me in these trying hours. Very soon I dropped off in a light sleep and the picture ofjesus hanging on the Cross of Calvary and His mother standing at the foot of His cross came to my view and God whispered to me: T gave My Son that men might live and you have given yours.' And it is this way. Glory be to His Holy Name. . . . A letter from the war department will come soon telling us more about Craig and you shall know all about it. . . . Tell the children I'll write them. I am looking for several letters today especially one from you, Daddy. I won't try to write any more now, so all my love to you, Margery and the boys.44 Other parents in the Valley waited for news of their loved ones involved in the massive D-Day invasion. Mrs. R. H. Giles finally received word from her son: Dearest Mother: As you have heard by now we're here in Northern France. I know how much your worry has been, but its not at all possible to write any more often.