Spitball Army

I found something when I opened up my lunch. Right in the middle of the box was a twenty dollar bill and a quarter. I wonder how they got there.

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[Written to Alice in Acton, Indiana.  Return addressed: Richard, Ward 11, U.S.N.H., St. Albans, L.I., N.Y.  Postmarked at Jamaica, N.Y., on 7 Feb 1946 at 6 P.M.] Feb. 7, 1946 Hello Sweetheart,      Do you remember what that “Hello” is supposed to mean?  Well, thank goodness there weren’t many letters that I had to use it […]

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I have no idea what the censor will pass so you’ll just have to follow the 3rd Amphibious Corps or the 1st Marines Division in the newspaper. If the papers know what the outfit is doing, you can bet that I’m right there with them.

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One of my buddies has a novel way of keeping up his correspondence. He boasts at least 6 letters a week to his wife. That’s all very well and good, but I don’t like the way he does it.

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This letter writting business isn’t doing so good. I don’t get it. The time just seems to fly by too fast for me.

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I think I’ll be able to send $150 home next month. Where should I send it? Do you need it or should I send it to the folks?

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I received your Christmas card. It was a little late but the tardiness didn’t change any of the words of the meaning. It was a swell card, Sweetheart.

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Clover kicker in dusty duds, bindle under his arm, drops a frogskin as he passes, talking a blue streak to no one in particular. • From the Wikipedia entry for “Wobbly lingo:” Wobbly lingo is a collection of technical language, jargon, and historic slang used by the Industrial Workers of the World, known as the […]

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Pardon me while I give long, loud horse laff. Those island females you mentioned, I am yet to see my first one. No natives live on this island.

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This last week has been a week of changes. I was in a rifle platoon as assistant automatic rifleman. Then, I was transferred to Hdqs. Plt. and given a flame thrower. The same day I was called up for an interview about getting into radio work.

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