aUS S PRARIEIE t( ,,0|'it S ICN OF SO;'lP I ii )

DEAR POP,
6o,oe 4st,(Tie'

[\,1ARCH

1945

I STARTEE A LETTER TO YOU ABOUT FOUR DAYS AGO, BUT LOST I NTEREST - tl{rr ICH N0 1)0UBT EXPLA I NS 0R W0ULD BE THE i,iA I l\ REAS0N FOR SUCH LACK lll MY STATESIDE G0 ING llAlL. ll'i THE LAST iriiONTHSINCE JANUARY 28, I HAVE F?ECEIVED JUST T''1lO LETTERS- BOTH FROM YOu. tT ls i'tO FAJLT 0F ANYSIiYS THAT I HAVE HAD N0',;iAtl, THE
SITUATION

IS SIMILAR IlITH ALL HANDS, 3UT t'IHENi uNE DI]ESNTT

-THE OUT-GO I

RECEIVE

MAIL HE S00N FORGET$ ANYTHIt\u T0 TALK Ats0UT. lTf S TH0SE lNrlOlvilNG

LETTERS IIH ICH I NSP I RE

NG.

I.IAVE MANAGED TO

llvR

ITE TO

M0THER FOF. HER B I RTHDAY Ai'iD ONCE

T0 VEEN (F0ft THAT

SH0ULD TAKE

C0VER-

PROi,ll SED

TlilCE r'i i/EEK) .

LITELY

HAD.BECOME VERY i,iHITE DUE TO LACK OF GETTING IN

THE ABUNDUNT SUN.. SC ,,ilTH BRAVE INCEIJTIVE

rllENT F0RTH

0N THE
THrrT

ELYING BRII[]E THE OTHER DAY FOR AN HOUR-

lrM N0l'l CONVINCED

A HALF AN

HOUR I'JOULD HAVE DONE

IhE TRICK WITH A LOT LESS SORENTSS

INVOLVED. NOIi

IIII

AI.i

A dIT

LIGHTER TiiAN IilAROON COLOR llJITH REAL

TINY

VJATER SORES ,/tHl,CH

FA

L00K Lll(E SiiEAT. THEY ARE Nt)T SERIOUS,

SyTEET OHANGE

3UT JUST
WITH ALL

lR

WARN

ll(G THAT I t t''l lN FOR A

BE NO EFFORT AT

0F

SK

lN.

I}1IS

TROPIL: SUN-:JNE .fJ,jULD

Ti]IIIK THAT

3ECCi,iL

HEALTHY

BRONZE COLOR 'IJOULJ

ALL. IT ISNIT,SUT CNE

THERE

JUST EOEENIT SEEM TO WANT TO GET

BREEZY SHADY SPOT

IN THE SUN IF
'JIAS MY CASE.

IS A COOL

HANDY. SC, THAT

MAYBE VEEN TOLD YOU THAT

IID

SPENT TIi',IE

IN THE MARSHALLS

|'IAMELY, :''IAJURO WHERE

EN I ',IJETOK, ilH I OFl

STARTED DUTY 0N Tl-iE PRAIRIE AND AT

YOU HAV

PROBABLY i\0T ICED I N Tl-lE NEl,lS ICCAS I ONALLY.

OFTEN ENOUGHE BETNG

H;\V[

PROBABLY TOLD YOU

TIIE
GET

INL]LORIOUSNESS OF

TENDER

SA|LOR. TFiUE, WE D0lIrT

JUST SlTTlNc

T0

TRAVEL MUCH 0R
HERE

VISIT ALL
PASSING

THE 1JIRFERENT THEATERS BUT IIE AFiE STII.LL OUT

Tli\rE,

lil ONE SP0T FOR MO|{THS AT A Tll,4E

OUR

SERVICING THE FLEET F0rt OPERATIONS AND GETTING T0 r(NOW

SURROUNDIIIGS

BY HEART BECAUSi llE SEE SO MUCII JF THEM. EVEN ltt|TH

SUCH DIVERS lONS AS tsEER PART

IES-

lli1

ICH MEAN N,,TH I NG T0 i'iOii

I NDULGERT

AND MOVIES THE TIME STILT- GOES REMARKABLY QAST BUT UIiPLEASANT. EVEN AFTEII A YEAR THE NIGHTLY l,,l0vlES BECOME A

lRrJlfERY, 3UT

EVI-RY-

OIIE STILL GCES JONTENT

iC SIT CrUT.VEN THE 3hI

UNES THAII PASS

A['l

M0RE LONELY TIME SITTINC 0N DEL:K DREAMING

0F rlOME" YET I

SATISFIEI.J IijITH MY JUTY- THE PRAIRIE THERE

IS A GOOD SHIP EVEN THOUGH

HOUFIS.

lS PLEIiIY 0F Sr)RED0ili

DUR

ING OFF

HAVENG BEEN PLAY ING MUCH CHECKERS

LATEI.,Y.

CAUGHT

ON

TO TEXIS PLAN -I1/HIOH i',iEVER VARIED SO WHEN

I
A

BEGAN TO tsEAT HIM

REGiiLARLY HE MORE OFi LESS DECLINED lvlY 0FFEiiS UNTILL HE 00ULl)

WORK OUT

A i(['ll SYSTEI.
:,1AY[JE

lTrS

TAKING Hlhi

LONG

TlMt

ALlvlOST

THF:EE

WEEKS.

Hf

FIGLiRES HE OAN L0r'iER ',iY ;/0RALE 8Y

I

OVER AI'IX I OUSNTSS TO PLA\

NCEDE|\TALLY,

HARR

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F0R EACH
RED
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MAN LOST

Bri'iTLEGRTUi'il.) FCR ALL

HANllS.

A PII{NY IS JUoSTITLJTEi]

A IIICKL- FuR t.iUH dLAOii

IT

.IJASI,JIT

1,'/ IIEA

LJUT

IT

SUITS I.lE FINE.

TEX ALSO fJAVE ME A GEOMETftY-SOLID GEOI4ETRY BCOK TOIJAY.

lN i\iY SPARE Tll,{E IUAN P.EVI E'''/ S'ii\,it. B0Y- HAII lFilt-tGCTIEit A lN
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il,lY LATEST tSSTTE

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0F T|ME- FEB-25-

SA'il \,!HERE 7r,i,

AMEfil,-:AN LABOR UNI0N SUPP0RTERS SAID THAT THE|D STUP y{AR Tl;"iE

PRODUCTION AS

A RTSULT OF THIIR DISPUTIS. AT I iiO Tii I NK.

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SAUI THAT.
CASES

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