April 8, 1945

                                                            Chanute Field, Ill.
Dear Folks:                                                8 April 1945
            Warm again to-day. It got pretty cold the middle of the week, had some frost. Did it frost there? I got some stations on my radio. Am making some improvements on it now. Flew last Thurs. McKelvey & I had an AT-10 (twin engine) and went to Chicago then Indianapolis and back without landing. The Wabash river was considerably out of its banks. Lot of water standing in fields. Had a hard rain here last Wednesday.
            Suppose Ruth is getting married to-morrow. I’ll bet Fred is really operating around there this week! Harold E. will have to slow down. He is setting a hard example for the rest of us G.I.s by having those pictures taken. Seems there was some mix up in your letters when Cora was sick. As a result I got 3 letters about the same date. Harry cut quite a swath. Am anxiously awaiting Henry W. comments!
            Our food has deteriorated in last week. I used to get 6 glasses of milk a day now 2. Had fresh eggs only twice in a week. We are now taking 3 hrs. of P.T. a week since the weather warmed up. It will be a good thing since we have not been getting enough exercise. Wrote 6 letters to-day.
                                                            John