November 7, 1944

Hi Pauline & Frank-

I arrived at the Gap around 3:30 A.M. [The] bus made two rest stops; one for 30 minutes, [when we] stopped in for cups of coffee. We must [have] been traveling on the super highway because it was smooth riding.

It was snowing pretty hard at some town this side of Harrisburg. Well I got stuck with some tickets. If I would [have] taken the train back to Harrisburg I could [have] made the camp on a G.I bus, because there were [a] couple parked [and] waiting for the soldiers.

When we left the bus station at Pittsburg, I told Frank I was going to Pittsburg [in] the long seats in the rear of the bus, so I could stretch out and get a little sleep.

Well, it didn’t work out because there were two women and two more soldiers who had the same idea. This seat holds 5 persons, [and] one of the soldiers took his pillow and climbed up in the baggage rack and fell asleep. I expected him to tumble out going around a curve, but he just laid there and snored away.

The food you insisted [on] me taking came in handy because I didn’t get up for breakfast at camp so I ate it later. I wish I took the bottle of beer also.

There will be no weekend pass this coming week, so it looks like the men who are left will be sent to camp Pickett [in] Virginia. There is another notice for them to pick up whatever winter clothing they pack.

This morning several more men turned in their bedding and clothes. They are going to a separations center for discharge. I am sweating out the bulletin board to see under what paragraph my name will be.

Well that’s all there is for now. That fellow Harris I told you about just woke up. He looks sober for a change, somebody told him. They are looking for two more K. P.’s. That’s all he wanted to hear. He sure took off in a hurry.

There’s a couple of letters I forgot to mail to you. I told you of the contents of the letter when I was home but I’ll send them along with this one anyway.

Pete