Show 15 ahle THE PAPERS OF PRIVATE PURKEY dear aca r ma and pop W well ell it has now been almost two years since I 1 sad no to anybody it Is an unknown wor word in the army in fact this Is one place where a man cant even say all think it over I 1 know this w will be hard for you to believe on account of when I 1 was home it was so hard haid for you to get me to do anything I 1 got to thinking last night about famous words and that I 1 dont use or hear SIR W no more and I 1 made up a list here it is wait a while do it yourself cant you see im busy take these e eggs back and cook them over you cant talk to me like that either you change the hours or equit I 1 quit dont wake me up before noon 1 I got time just now cant it go till later on you know I 1 cant cat meat rare like this tell the tailor to have those two sports suits back SIR this afternoon wheres t that h a t new blue silk shirt shir of mine 1 I wont be I 1 in to morrow im going goina to the ball game you know I 1 cant do any heavy lifting lets take a bus I 1 hate walking either I 1 get more money or ill go some place else 1 I know I 1 was up late last night but look at all the time ive got to sleep today 1 I dont want any trouble with anybody remember that one im checking out and going to the shore tor for a few days rest this coffee Is awful and tell the cook I 1 said so ill take another portion its too hot im quitting earl early y today yeah I 1 heard you but im too tired its two blocks away and yet you want me to go back to the drugstore for youl you you must think im a horse this is soup I 1 ordered clam chowder they cant do this to me 1 I mind doing it if I 1 had an auto send this su suit it back its a little loose in spots I 1 want a room all to myself 1 I dont mind being up Is late t e I 1 can sleep as late as I 1 like tomorrow it if its so important do it yourself that barber w will never cut my hair again well ma and dad just a few and I 1 can think of plenty more th things that now are a dead language to me but it Is all for the best it if I 1 ever get back to civi lyun life I 1 will be a new man I 1 will never refuse you anything and whit what a pleasure it wood be to be home now and not be asked to do nothing e except x tend the furnace move t the he piano help take dom down n the porch screens mow the lawn or run down to Feegle baums dell deli ca tessin store any time you ou a asked me to I 1 hope you are both fine I 1 am in the pink and I 1 feel so good I 1 may open a second front in person unassisted any day now ask nellie busby to write me all my love oscar Coom Transport transportation atio commissioner missioner E eastman astman urges people to carry only one bag on railroad trains and not those big ones please the trains are crowded with big bags going places with small people ill insist on one thing it if drafted that ill be a soldier and no more and that I 1 will not be required I 1 to write I 1 have been the best propagandist this country ever had william as quoted by the herald tribune buy war bonds WANTED to swap wine wine press fruit crusher large funnel nine wine barrels and a brass bird cage tor for power woodworking wood working tools or oth other er good tools 1952 yank yankee e e yank yankee ee magazine the complete repudiation of 0 the bohemian life A man who would woul steal gas ration books would steal the supplemental gas application from a widow and her child says elmer twitchell |