April 26, 1944
33784220 Pvt. Herman Shooster 637 Clr. Co. Sep APO 312 c/o P.M. San Francisco April, 26th 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shooster 1904 West 3rd St. Chester, Pa USA
Dear Mother and Dad,
Lots of little things to tell you about this evening. Gilberg gave me a haircut with a pair of bandage scissors and a comb, looks pretty good too. At the same time Shelton* came out of the tent and asked me to sprinkle some talcum on his back. I spread it on nice and thick, you know, and then I found out it was my powder he was using, the louse. ‘Course I couldn’t stand for that so I took steps. Shelton had a little water trough out in the back of the tent to catch rain water so I washed my hair in it. So it goes - all day long, one guy gaging another and all of us having a good time. We have a sign up outside our joint now. AIR RAID SHELTER and below another one WAIT- RESS WANTED. Yeah, we really have the place fixed up nice - pin up girls and all.
1944, Apr 26 Letter expressing goofing with Major Shelton.
Love
Herm
*Note - Shelton is Major Shelton, M.D. the company commander and chief surgeon
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