October 16, 1944
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Mon 16 Oct 44
Dearest,
This will be just a quickie note
this AM as at noon I am supposed to
get a 12 hour pass to go see Aunt
Katherine. Thus I will have little
chance to write between now & the
time classes run & the time the bus/train
leaves.
Say! I was robbed! With an APO
address a soldier can send 6¢ air-
mail. Here I have sent 3 letters c̅[1] 8¢
air-mail—thus thus robbed 3X!!
Our chaplain conducted a
service at 7 PM last night (after my AM
letters information yesterday) so I finally
got to Church yesterday. Guess I
never mentioned that our Chaplain is
Methodist. Anyhooo, attending Service
was worth it as on the pamphlet
rack I found a new Bishop Brent
Day Book — thus you can forget
about getting me one or save it to
send later if this one wears out or is lost).
We sent our laundry out
today.
Still no mail has come up from our
last post except one from you. There
[2]
is something I have always forgotten to
tell you — I realize that c̅ all
the baby-work you wouldn’t have the
chance to write every day. PLUS your
old desire/request of not writing
daily. So, after I go overseas please
don’t try to do a daily-writin’-job.
I don’t imagine I will be able to
do a daily-writin’-job either because
of fatigue, locality, occasional lack
of outgoing mail carriers. I know
all this makes for never knowing
for sure if a letter is lost — all
I can suggest is that both you & I
write any important point or question
(or answer) at least 2x (if not 3x) just
to make real sure it gets through.
This may seem (& be) sort of a nuiscance [sic]
but let’s do it on important points.
Gotta hurry to a class now,
dearest. However you know I would
like to write out 1000 times[2]
All my love,
Dave
[1] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”
[2] In the original, there is an arrow pointing from “times” to “All my love.”