July 30, 1944

                                                            30 July 1944
Dear Folks:  It rained some on our lawn again. The pansies are still blooming but some of the older plants are dying. The other nite some men in a neighboring hut started throwing clods on our tin roof. You can imagine the noise it makes. Hollis dashed out the door to catch them at it. When he came back in he found a “booby-trap” attached to the door. It had failed to go off when he went out. We immediately knew who had thrown all the “flak” at our hut since there is only one man that sets “traps” around here. The “booby-trap” was a small charge of powder like a firecracker.
            It’s a good idea to put some money in Carls for me. Yes, the M.P.s brought Dicks bike back in about a month. We had a stray cat around here 3 days ago and we fed him some milk and he disappeared. This morning he was back with a friend. We fed them and now they are chasing each other over the beds. They seem to like canned milk. I hope they don’t bring in any more buddies. The program sheet is something new they started for chapel.
                                    Yours truly,
                                                John