3 December, 1943

Dear Mom,

How about throwing a little ink my way for a change? Haven’t had but one letter from home since we got here.

Did you sent the pen yet? I haven’t received it yet but I suppose it would take it quite a while to get here.

How is the old New England winter coming along over there[?] Must be getting pretty cold by now.

Got a letter from Bernice the other day [-] she wanted to know what to send for x-mas so I told her not to clutter up the mail with packages.

Cant think of any more to write now, so will close,

Write soon

John