8/5/44
Hi Toots:
I have your letter of July 19 & V-mail of July 25. I have written to both Marion & Mrs. Fleet [wife of recently deceased friend, Burt Fleet]. Why not send her a copy of the letter that Grp. Adj. wrote me?
Yes, I have sent the boots and you should have them by now. The watch is in the same package.
When in hell are you moving! You’ve got me on pins and needles.
Just after I left the 47th, all of the CO’s got promoted and sent home.
I’m glad John [Shaw] got his Sgt. rating. The commission deal was typical of the army.
Yes, Ed went down some months ago. But he was known to have come down ok. I saw him a week before he bailed out.
We had a dance night before last. It was ghastly. As club committeeman I was expected to dance with all the wall flowers. I got drunk instead.
Last night Burt & Doc Stratton & I had dinner together. It was nice.
That’s all for now, Mrs. Stafford.
Love, Brat.