May 18, 1944

Dear Folks: It’s been cool lately so we are using lots of wood — it seems like a lot when we saw it by hand. Some men in our hut have been getting some fresh eggs to eat in the hut. Capt. Melvin, squadron medico, has a friend “outside” who gives him a few eggs. Some of them are big duck eggs. We put them in a canteen cup on the stove and boil them. He also arranged for a two-day laundry service for us in the hut. Being a doctor, he goes by all sorts of names such as “doc”, “pill roller”, etc. Got a letter from Aunt Nellie to-day. What is the number behind the name of a big town in an address? Just heard over the radio that temperature in Kansas City varied from 31° to 70° in a few days. Got a haircut to-day from a Lt. in the squadron. Am now reading “Action at Aquila”, a Civil War story.
                                    Yours truly,
                                                John