Camp Shelby, Mississippi

November 14, 1944

Dear Dottie,

I won’t have very much time to write tonight so I guess this short letter will have to do. I guess it will have to be short anyway as I haven’t much to say.

Last weekend I went to Meridian, Mississippi. It isn’t such a large city but it is bigger than Hattiesburg. The streets there are really cut up. They have blocks that are wedge shape. I had a nice time. I had to take my friend to the hotel before eleven o’clock and put him to bed. We started drinking and he wouldn’t stop so he got sick. I went to a square dance and it was over just after I got there. I went to a small café and had a nice steak before going to the hotel. I listened to Harry James Band for awhile before I retired. Sunday afternoon we went to the movie, “Going My Way,” with Bing Crosby. I thought it was very good. We had a hard time getting on the bus to come back but we did manage to get seats. There were a lot of soldiers that didn’t get on and they had to wait from seven thirty until eleven thirty for the next bus. I’m glad I didn’t have to wait. What have you been doing lately? Write and tell me about it.

Honey, I’d better sign off before I write something I shouldn’t. Goodbye for now! Write soon.

Lots of Love,

Cliff