Sept 20^th 44

Hello Dot.

Well, old girl, I am now at a new camp, but I don’t like the damn place. Won’t be here very long they say. Can’t move to soon to suit me. Some parts of the camp are on the hill, but this part is down in a damn hole. If it ever rains I will need a row boat and hip boots. I don’t know where I go next, I could even get sent back South, but I hope to hell I don’t. Spent all my time south since I’ve been in the damn army. This is the new address P.F.C. James c Lavery. 33299630 S.A.C 1325-S.U. Bks T12-45 Indiantown. Gap, Pa. Use this one for a while. Was kind of surprised to hear John is getting married. Boy he sure must like it. Thought one time would have been enough. Haha Takes after his sister I guess. ha ha So the old gal is stepping out. ha ha Well, have all the fun you can. That old rocking chair isn’t very far off now. Haha! Sorry to hear Mag is on the blink. Hope she comes along ok. She’s just like Kate, works like hell, then stays in bed for a week. Think Gordon had some thing there. haha Think you will die with a wisk broom and a dust pan. Marg with a bucket and a scrub brush. haha Think they call it “dust pan blues.” haha Tell Gordon I don’t think there’s any cure for it. Sorry to hear my sis is having a little trouble. But they just can’t do this to us. Or can they? haha Guess I will have to come home and get after that old teacher. I’d tell her a thing or too. Haha Tell my old gal I miss her a big bushel. Thank my young lady I hire for the nice letters she writes. I love them both. You don’t understand that young man. Heck if his shoes are dirty, well has to wash them with something. ha That damn house doesn’t have an old rag laying around. So a wash cloth why not I ask you. haha Boy I get a kick out of him. He says be careful Jim I got a rupture. Haha Sure was glad you sent that letter from Vin. I wrote the bum right away. I sent a letter in Italy but just got it back. Not stationed here it said. No record. So must have been messed up some way. It’s a different address than this one. Don’t remember where I got it from. Hope the old boy comes back o.k. Well Dot write when you can. Hope the bags under the eyes get back to normal. I mean little suit cases. Instead of those big trunks. Haha. But after that all night spree you looked like ten miles of rough road. Haha I could use a couple bucks, but don’t tell Marie. She don’t wan’t me to ask Jim, any one but her for money. She was broke three days after pay day. What the hell does she do with it I get paid the first.