Somewhere
June 14, 1944
Dearest Mother & Dad,
I received your letter of May 21 today and I see you aren’t sure of where I am. By the way, Jack Mullins is in the place you thought I was but I am way past that. We get paid in Dutch money this month so that will be something to spend a little time on trying to figure out.
As to the Johnson you asked about; He is stationed in England and that wasn’t me on the wing of the airplane. You must have been a little mixed up as to the location. They don’t have my kind of ships at the place you saw. We are past that.
Things have quieted down lately but for a while it was plenty hot and I don’t mean maybe. I was really lucky. I hope I don’t ever have that close a call again. My radio has been wonderfully good company since I bought it. We listen to the States (Frisco) every night. Of course, it transcribed but it sounds mighty good.
Thelma has been writing very often lately and I certainly appreciate it. She writes very interesting letters. As to Velma’s beads, etc, I mailed it about six weeks ago so you should have it by now. However, I didn’t send the Jap rifle because I didn’t have anything to pack it in but I will send Dad something when I can get a little time off to find something worthwhile. I would rather have a Jap flag. We have to trade with the ground forces and they are usually pretty high. For instance, a Jap sword costs 300 pounds or a little over $1000.00. I’ll do what I can. Write often
All my love,
Son