April 5, 1944

Dear Folks:                                                April 5
            Warm and windy to-day after a rain last nite. Things are greening up. Went to London again for 3rd time. I don’t spend all my time there, though. If you need it you might as well keep some of this 300 and invest it. Give the church $20 too. Horridge got a package yesterday addressed to him at Godman & contained a telescoping device to keep track of his baby’s (7 mos.) height. Was a Christmas present.
                                    Yours truly,
                                                John

Please send me some cookies.
            Lt. J.D. McClurkin

[orphaned 2nd page of another letter that was filed in order with this one]

last address I have is 2308 Laura. I’ve written them several times but have never got an answer. You met them, I believe. Got letters from Aunt Jessie, Aunt Hattie, Aunt Nellie. Must have been Aunt week. Saw in the paper where you had a whale of a lot of extra water in town.
                                    Yours truly, John

Please send me some cookies.

            Lt. J.D. McClurkin
            391 Bomb Gs. 574 Sq.
            APO 140 c/o New York N.Y.