Dearly beloved,

You really will have to excuse my not writing for several days, but things are happening so darn fast that I really couldn’t find time. Take the last couple of days. Friday night we left Niagara Falls at 9:40 and boarded a train for New York. We rode sitting up, sprawling and trying to sleep all night long until 9:20 the next morning. We boarded another train at Penn Station, N.Y. for Long Island. We finally got to our destination about noon. We immediately went to chow and in the afternoon we were given bedding, quarters, interviews, and other incidentals. We were all very tired out from our long all night train ride. At 5:00 I learned that I was on K.P. for that same night. I went to work at 6:00 PM and worked all night until 4:00 AM (10 hours) and you can bet your last Trojan, and I’m not stretching a point, that it didn’t take much coaxing to put me to sleep. I slept today until about one this afternoon, and I have the rest of the day off. This afternoon I called you up but you had gone to the show with your aunt and uncle. It only costs 70 cents to call after 7:00 PM & Sunday so it’s not too expensive, besides, when I left for the Army I had $8.00. Right now I have 3 times as much. Why do I tell you these things - oh well! Maybe it’s because I love you - yeh. I guess that’s why! So long now I close with all my love.

Your adoring hubby, Teddy

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