Wednesday Evening, June 28, 1944
Hello,
It may seem strange that I am writing tonight but here is my situation. I have K.P. tomorrow and that fixes the chance of writing tomorrow night. Then you know the usual story of Friday night so that means if I am going to write before this weekend it will have to be tonight. So you’ll have to imagine that this letter was written a day or so later or just forgive me for not writing you for the next few days.
I was very glad to get your weekend letter this evening. I was pleased to hear that Daddy is coming along OK with his job. It sounds to me like you will have a few cherries to eat next winter that you wouldn’t have had otherwise. I suppose you won’t have to be buying milk now. Maybe you could get a picture of the calf for me before you sell it.
I have a little more good news for you. Again my name was on an unexplained list on the bulletin board. When we fell out at 12:30 today we were taken down to the eye clinic and examined for G.I. glasses. So that means in a week or so I’ll have some new specs. Now that my ear has straightened up and my teeth have been fixed, I should be in pretty good shape when I get my glasses.
I spent all afternoon over at the clinic but outside of that time we have been doing the ordinary type of training. We have mostly been running squad problems, and just a word of explanation: these are just situations set up that we must meet which are likely to be met in combat.
Richard asked if we can only attend the church services of our own organization (in this case regiment). No – there is no restriction of that sort. I just wasn’t sure where to find another chapel anyways near close and I didn’t know anything about the time of services. But there is no use denying the fact that if I had really been on my toes that morning I could have attended services somewhere.
I have been eating the hard candies tonight that you put into my package. I want to thank you again for them. That kind of candy really goes good for a change.
Well I’m about run down and I’ll have to be getting up at about 0500 in the morning. So goodnight and good wishes.
Donald