Boredom causing insanity

Boredom causing insanity

310.263.1-3.2017

United States--Armed Forces--Military Life

Wilsey, David B., MD

The Wilsey Collection

The Holocaust Center for Humanity

310.263.1-3.2017 Transcription

 

[This letter is written on Red Cross paper, with a thick, red cross and the words “AMERICAN RED CROSS” printed on the top of each page.]

Reims Vicinity

20 Oct 45 Sat

Dearest,

I’ve been kinda loggy,

dumpy, toxic-like the past

few days from the damnedest

constipation. I fear it has

reflected itself (along c̅[1] all other things)

in my letters. My last nights’

letter, for example, was stopped

very abruptly because I felt

so dumpy so suddenly.

No letter came today & I

shouldn’t really expect one I

guess. The main “itch” for

your letters these days is that

they will bring news about

what Mayo’s think about Terry[2].

[2]

I hope that they have managed

him as an Out Patient which

could be done—readily & properly.

Say, didn’t I once hear you

say that you & Rusty use to

play cribbage quite a bit?

If so, ya gotcher self a

player. Yousahh! I’m really

jus ta “learner,” but its fun,

& sporadically throughout the day

it acts to as a break in monot-

ony to keep the straight-jackets

in the closet. We whoop &

swagger around making very

intricate & time consuming

challenges to eachother—

just to defeat boredom’s-insanity.

All in all, cribbage can be

lotsa fun if one sorta

banters along. P.S. My bridge has been

slippin’ a bit since the cribbage “epidemic”

started.

[3]

The smaller of the 2 enclosed

clippings is just the tail end

of a lot of statistical hooey—

thus I didn’t wanna bore you

c̅ the whole article.

Ill “rep” that I finally

heard of a lead, even though black-

market, for something Dad

vaguely hinted about as being

a “suppressed-desire” of his. A

quick trip to Reims was successful.

I’ll carry this readily pillagable

item.

Which (circuitously) reminds me—

I painted the Bis[marck] address on

my foot locker in 2 places the

other day just incase it should

be lost in the jumbled shipping

service. In advance, I hereby

notify you that I spelled the

[4]

word address as “ADRESS.” So

there, see, m’ love. P.S. I’ll try to keep my foot locker c̅ me though.

One of these days (rep) my

2 bed rolls could be arriving

at 710-4^th St. Don’t hesitate to

crack open the “water-proof”

(Wilitzski[3] style) wrapping of the

16 m.m. camera I concocted

in Pacific-bound days. When

you first look at the camera

you may be {disillusioned & puzzeled}[4] a

bit. Ive included some of the

accessories that really aren’t

necessary—thus really

less cumbersome if so desired.

Despite no ship having

been even rumored, I still

believe (hope!) my statement of

“Home-Sometime-In-Nov.” should

be true, dear; Till I can say

All my love, Dave

[1] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”

[2] Their infant son.

[3] Wilsey’s nickname for himself.

[4] In original, “disillusion” is written above “&,” which is written above “puzzeled.”