[paper heading]:  Aloha Hawaii

                        Hawaii  --  the Land of Scenery, Sunshine, and Gaiety

                        Clippergram from Hawaii

 

 

 

Battery F, 57 C.A. – A.P.O. #957

C/O Postmaster

San Francisco, California

July 7, 1942

 

Dear Carrie, Fred, Gary, & Gene,

            Well the mail broke through in great gobs last week and in amongst the gobs were three from you.  The one that you mentioned that you didn’t mark air mail was in the company.  I suppose they are saving up for another heavy shipment because I haven’t had any since.  Anyway I was so very glad to hear from you and to learn that you are well.  I was very much interested in your paragraph about the circus.  I’ve never seen one that amounted to anything and I always did want to see B. & B.  And as to those shoes, tell Fred that if they will fit him to go ahead and wear them.  It seems to be a little indefinite just when I’ll be needing them again so it [is] no use letting them just sit and collect dust.

            I’ll tell you what.  If you could send me a roll of camera film I’ll call it square.  The catch is that I want Kodacolor film.  You know, the kind that makes full color pictures.  It costs $1.50 a roll and you can’t buy it here on the island.  There doesn’t seem to be enough made to export it and the man in the photo place suggested that me [I] write home for it and he would have it developed for us.  If you can get it the size is 620.

            We went on a field maneuver last week for a couple of days and made some G.I. fireworks on the fourth.  We sure put out a bang, boom, and rumble for a little while.  Later me [I] got [a] favorable comment on the results of the target practice.  The gun your little buddy was pointing smacked the target right on the old button.

            You mentioned the picture of me with the mustache.  Well I loaned that to the fellows back in Carolina and when me [I] made ready to push off for here he sent a lot [of] his personal stuff home and the picture, or negative, was in it so it is somewhere in Ohio now.

            Well, I believe that about does it for now.  Take it easy and so long.

                       

                                                                        Lots of Love,

                                                                                    Glenn