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Thanksgiving ThanksflV1ns : day Wo We ate 'a a ' 0 ' ' au4t an4 and/'K and 'K K / 'K K ' & , ' rations raUona tha that day * . , It If , you 7,01J 701J , teycv everf eycv .t t . .teat - , ; eat them you will w1U realizeare realize naUze wot that t ( they theyare are a poor substitute ( tr to # o t turkey fteJ ' . Wo We IU ark ? arknot are not complaining compJ.alnJnl compJalnJnl complainingsU . sU Q\JI Q JI qugh \ . * , for We Intend to make inake ijJ 41p ) up ) 'for for to'f tof ' for ' ' eT- eT e'f- e'f ef e1- e1 e'ferythtns e1erything ' eTerything ' - erything erythtns we have lost 10t $ during durinI ' tt10 the tt10past thepast thepast past month"We month"We month "We We " are still at1l1 located JOCAted 'ocated ocated ' on art the au Gil OUbelt * . I ' " bert bent Islands Ia1Ands We Vie 'We ' do nQt not not3 ' ' krtowrlwhen know Ia\oWJ Ia oWJ krtowrl \ IaoWJwhen ; when we are leavingDor leaving leav1na ' o or ' 'h h " ' where ref w . wshall , &hall hall shall & eo go go"My . - . . T T"My ' "My My 'My ' " malaria ma1a.rla ma1arla . has not no ' recurredtor recuq-ect recuq ect recuqectt recurred - recuqectfOf t * , fOf for the past put two twit months anop.ths anopths mepths . . . . < 't t ti ' 'i i ' I- I t - I'I i . w , > 'I I ' I hope this tbta le letter ter finda ttn.d.a ttnd.a ttnda finds . yon Je you t > Wen well Wenand welland welland and In the best beat t of f $ Pirits"t Piritst plrtts ptttts . , , " J ' , < . . , i second lette- lette letter lettew . - . JWt . elve4\ elve4 elve4b ! A wtrp w just justy $ r ; er \ ' b by kby ) ' Mr8 Mrs 81q1eton Slggleton i , , WJ1 written ten by y y hi her " k , . , | soI sort son ! Dec December ber lOth tOt 10th . wh1 w which JJ h , reada reacts heads : "We We " are still situated ltua a pn on t the Ct cJ Gil- Gil Gilbert " . - bcrt bert Islands IslandsThere There are ate probabJ probably probablyworse probablyworse , . worse places In the world , b but bit t aa S ae Syet aeyet yet we have not visited them . . Hon Honestly Hon- Hon Honestty Honestly - estly estty the only unpleasant unpleasafit condi cbndl tdindl- tdindl tdindltion condition . - tion tlon is 1 & the intense heat . As you youknow youknow youknow know these . $ islands llanc1s I ' are , , l eated located locatedapproximately locatedapproximately eatedapproximatelY approximatelY twof twor two ' degrees delrnes trom from tromI tromtbe fromthe fromthe tbe the equator The 'lhe lhe ' one oue dally datly daily conso COnsQ- COnsQ conso- COnsQi COnsQlaUon consolation - - < < i * I latlon laUon lation Is 18 that We can look COPS for tor forward . 1 , ' ward to cool nightsThe nights nlght.s nlghts nightsThe . The native naUve population Is b pr prga- prga prgapprtionately prQ--pprlonately prQ pprlonately - - " > - ! pprtionately < > r ( ; lonateJY de dense deMI f a ' They are are re ctv- ctv clV cry- cry crylifted ctvttteed . - - , ) , ttteed lifted . , mteutgeni Inteutgent tntelllgent gtldsee ftnd d . , cmjraini cmjrainifresi nl . " . , , atrl atrlt 'to to t ' " ! fresi tree free from . . tropJe tropical . . 411pea diseasea e > fe.i fei . k ] * rJ,1e rJ1e Tie rJ,1ewomen Tiewomen ' ; , Therwomen women as a whole whote , still IitlU atlU attire attirethemselves attirathemselves tbtrnselves themselves ! _ in ln In hula held but ' fitelrta a1drt skirts . I 1 . Jha bad badfully badfully < X fully intended to send j ti < huta uta ' skirt to the Statea stat s < . but na-q- na q naqulatlons navy navy'regulatlona navyregulatlona - " ' r rulatlons * ' * - ulatlons . prohibit .prohibit this thls thti Ono One Wasl lhlntI 1hhI lhlnt < I have found out is that South SouthSea SouthSea BoothSea Sea Island magic mag1C iU1 and patacSf.aes patacSfaes patacSf.aesv patkdtse . patacSf.aesare paradises"are paradisesare v " are not what they are pictured pletueed p1 o . , o'If 'IS IS 'If If ' If I have disclosed dSaclosed an any , military mWt Q ' ' secrets .ecreta ecreta eecreta . I have not done BQ so 1m kno- kno knoingly know knowingly . * - ingly 1nB1J or willU1ly'J'U ! willfully willU1ly willfully'I'll 'I'll Ill 'J'U JU ' Ill ' be " seeing aeeinar you . wtthin .Uhln Uhln wtthln the tb.1t tb1t tb.1tnext thenext . next decade ' I |