Hi Donna,
Wll here is is Saturday got you letter yesterday, was glad to hear from you. Sorry to hear your sister Mary is on the "nippy side from that, now many did she get? I got 6 and a vaction day before yesteray my arms are just a little stiff, but not too bad, couple of the fellows passed out. Glad to hear Chicago has been having wet weather as I can say you are all wet ha ha! It is a mild and hot here temp awalys at 90 degrees to 100 degress sin nice and bright had a couple of hard rain last week but stayed in the BK and slet we had a helll of an abstract couse in PT training yesterday write after out stats liked to m=kill me but I am still writing. Glad to hear that you write to Vener but that is for you to take care of got the mdal OK thankds put it r my dog tage chain. I am enclising a pactch you can swe it on a scarf if you like
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or not for Slappy Joe. Donna how about a snap that? Nex time I got in town if I don't get wafled I am going to try tabd get some if I don't have to wait too lond. How the block situation haven't you warn them out yet, Welll we have a H.Q. Party tonday again that is clarn the BK, nice and clean Mr Jones/ Gess we haeve a parage with the bard Sunday. Hope it rains well I finaly got out of flying the cliipper. i waved write in ink but too lazy to look for it. Well dont know when we will go to bed tonight as we have to stay if and wait for pary roll. I just as soon forget abuout it but you get K.P. if you don't so guess I will just hard to s=tay up. Monday. Will be harder though as will have to go out on the range and go though the gas chambre in the air corp. they give you real gas not tear gas like the Inf, then clear guns I will almost be dead if I am not. Well really don't know much more to say but me think
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I got a dozen boxes of hershey cnafy bars 24 to a boz for 70c a box and sold tehem for 5c each sold them in 1 day. Quite a sum. Nice guess I will shine my comba boots and club them too. I can pass inspection. WRite soon and try not to forget the sbnap shot.

Jim Casey