Overseas Letters
July 31st, 1943 Monday Evening 7:30 pm New Guinea
Iz and Sil,
Quite some time since I’ve written, but you know how these things are. Things are very quiet where I am, and I am very well. Staying healthy in these islands is rather difficult, but the army is doing a pretty good job of keeping un that way. The food we get, with a few ex- ceptions, is as good as anyone can get in the states. In fact, I think we eat better than most people at home. We don’t get any chicken, but steak dinners are very frequent. I guess you know from my letters home that we’re getting beer this month and every month from now on. You know somebody’s on the ball when each soldier out here can get twen- ty-four bottles each month. Sometimes I feel as if I’d like to get good and drunk and stay that way until this dirty mess is over. About a week ago, Jack Benny and his troupe were in the area, but unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to see him. I suppose he’s doing a pretty good job for moral, but, per- sonally, I think anybody who comes out to this rotten spot who doesn’t have to is crazy. If the folks at home are so inter- ested in keeping up their men’s mo- rale, that ought to (continued)
August 3rd, 1943
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