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HELLO:
THINGS ARE TOUGH ALL OVER. I HAVE JUST COME UP FROM THE CLUB WHERE THEY ARE SHOWING ONE OF THE CORNIEST MOVIES I HAVE EVER STARTED TO LOOK AT. IT STARTED OUT IN A NAVAL ACADEMY, AND WHEN I LEFT IT WAS DRAGGING ALONG, WITH A DROOPY GUY AND A GAL SINGING AT EACH OTHER ON THE OBSERVATION PLATFORM OF THE TRAIN, AT WHICH POINT HE CONFUSED A MARSHMALLOW WITH A POWDER PUFF AND ATE THE LATTER. WELL, IT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING, I GUESS, BUT I DON’T GET MUCH OF A KICK OUT OF IT.
I REALLY SHOULDN’T COME UP HERE AT NIGHT, AS THE CLERKS LIVE IN THE BACK ROOM AND I MAY BE INTERFERING WITH THEIR SOCIAL LIFE. LULU BELLE THE WAC IS ON DUTY TONIGHT AND THE SGT BOYFRIEND IS UP PLAYING CARDS WITH HER. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, SHE CAN’T TAKE BUT THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT SHIFT, ALTHO THE BOYS WOULD PROBABLY BE ALL IN FAVOR OF A FULL TOUR OF DUTY.
I SAW A NEWSREEL OF SOME FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC, AND IT SURE DID LOOK INTERESTING. I HOPE I DON’T GET ALL EXCITED ONE OF THESE DAYS AND GET INTO SOMETHING HOT. IT IS AN AWFUL TEMPTATION, BUT I BELIEVE I’M OLD ENOUGH TO BE SENSIBLE FOR A CHANGE.
THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST REAL LETTER FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS, FOR I SHALL NOT HAVE A MILL ON WHICH TO WORK. I WILL PROBABLY BE SPEAKING EGYPTIAN IN THE NEXT ONE. OR AT LEAST “HENGLISH.”
IT IS APPARENTLY ALL SET THAT I GO UP TO THE ADVANCE HQ ONE OF THESE DAYS WHERE ALL THE CONFUSION ORIGINATES. THERE ISN’T ANY MORE UP THERE FOR ME TO DO THAN THERE IS HERE, BUT THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IS ALL STEAMED UP ABOUT ME BARGING IN TO GET ALONG WITH THE BRITISH. IT IS AN ART NOT ALL OUTSPOKEN AMERICANS HAVE. CAN YOU IMAGINE ME BEING DIPLOMATIC? THAT IS A LAUGH OF THE FIRST WATER.
THIS TRIP IS BAD FOR IT WILL GIVE ME ABOUT ANOTHER 1000 MILES OF TERRITORY TO EXPLORE LATER WITH YOU. WE’LL PROBABLY SPEND THE REST OF OUR LIVES TRAVELING IF WE CAN AFFORD IT, HI. SERIOUSLY, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CONDUCTED TOUR OF THIS PART OF THE WORLD. IT IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING.
WELL, HONEY, THAT’S ALL I CAN THINK OF. BE A GOOD GIRL AND I’LL BE HOME WHEN I GET THERE. I WILL NOT BE IN A POSITION TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL I’VE BEEN OVERSEAS AT LEAST 24 MONTHS.
LOVE,