March 4, 1945

                                                            Chanute Field, Ill.
Dear Folks:                                                4 March 45
            Sun is shining and really a nice day here. Had a large rain last Friday afternoon. Myers & I went to Champaign yesterday afternoon to do some shopping. I bought a few parts for a filter that will stop the noise my lamp makes in the radios — I hope. I checked up on some parts for the radio I’m going to make. Went to a show after supper.
            School is about the same. I finished one receiver kit last week and will do another this week. Got a telephone call from Hale, our radioman. He was in Chicago on a 10 day delay-in-route to Nashville, Tenn. That is a staging area and he is headed out to Burma or India he thinks. Pay day was last week.
            Sounds like your snow storm was the usual thing for last of Feb. I haven’t checked the train schedules yet but should be able to make it to St. Louis some week end. Did you get my letter and income tax money? I have been going to look Ervin [Erwin?] up also so we should get to-gether some day. Yes eats are still good. The mess bill this month will be $1.20 a day instead of $1.35. No, I haven’t got my flying in for March yet.
            Had communion in chapel to-day. Cpl. Ellis, the soloist has a good baritone voice.
                                                            John