4/27/44 Italy V-Mail
Marfy:
This is going to be a mess as far as the typing is concerned, for I am using a communications mill and the keyboard is a little different from the standard.
We had a bridge foursome last night. It was quite interesting. What we do is change partners after every rubber. The boss and I had a couple of tremendous scores, and it was most amusing after it was over to have one of the kids we were playing with suddenly feel the urge to claim that our bidding was not right. Maybe it wasn’t completely orthodox, but it sure did get results. We are getting a screwy reputation between us. Every time we invite people in for bridge, we skunk ‘em. Of course, our luck will change soon and then everyone will be happy.
Martha, take down your service flag, you’re man’s on the Air Force Staff. It certainly feels funny to get up and worry about a communications problem instead of where the flak is! I have been spending all of my time reading up on the details of the new signal stuff which has come out in the past 3 years. It is interesting to note that I have had it all doped out right just from seeing the equipment. I am not as far out of touch as I thought I was.
Look, Snooky, I need a photo album and a couple of tubes of rubber cement. It will give me better protection for the pictures I have of you. I have quite a slew of them now.
I have a full length mirror in the room. It is most embarrassing, Guess what?
I love you, Cy.