Dearest Wife-

Today all day I was on K.P. duty which means I missed the mail call this AM. However my buddy told me I had a letter and so I went to the Orderly Room and claimed and I was overwhelmingly joyful to get your 2 sweet letters. I am writing fast as lights go out in 10 minutes and I don’t think I’ll be able to write much tonite. They called me and 14 others were picked out of the breakfast line and about 6:15 AM today and were ordered to the mess hall. I worked, and I’m not kidding a bit, until 7:15 PM when we finally got cleaned up . I peeled potatoes all morning long - no kidding. I mopped floors, cut 50 loaves of bread, broke open 45 dozen eggs into a pot, washed dishes, pots and pans, dished out food, filled coffee pots, and everything under the sun. I am really tired tonite. I just shined my shoes and moved my bunk from the first on line on the left to the middle of the room on the right - right next to the stove. It was pretty darn cold up in the front of the room when the stove is in the middle of the room. I must quit now. Please forgive me for not sending a letter today as i really had no time as you can gather from the above scripture.

Hello again it is now 7:10 AM and I just came back from breakfast & waiting for the 7:30 roll call. Yesterday as you might have gathered I did not take my physical for the Air Cadets. However this morning I am really going to take it (I hope). Both or 3 of my Madison buddies have left, the trio going yesterday evening and afternoon. I am alone now with but one Madisonian left. His name is John Galbraith and he is a cadet waiting for shipment. I expect to see quite a lot of him in the future - if I pass the physical today. There are two Jewish boys in my barrack. One is Joe Osbond and the other is Dave Rubenstien - the husband of Thelma Rubenstien. You know her, don’t you?

Sunday nite the boys and I went to the Post Theater and saw Betty Grable, John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero & Harry James in “Springtime in the Rockies.” It was all in Technicolor and beautiful. Harry James played Miss You, Sleepy Lagoon and others. Gorgeous.

Honey I miss you so much i am going nuts. I don’t know what I’ll do if I don’t see you again soon. I am quite happy here but you know that one must make the best of it and be happy.

I must go now in a hurry-

Love & kisses, Hubby Teddy

T E A M