Show interesting LETTER FROM BOY IN AFRICA pic david D cook APO co B 56 med co PM new york city N Y may 5 1943 dear friends of rich county we have been here over six months now so thought it time to crash thru with news of in africa ive seen a lot of country since I 1 last saw the good old USA and I 1 must say that the land at all what I 1 had expected the flowers and fruit trees are starting too bloom making it the harder to visualize that there is much space between us these people are great farmers but im thinking that some one had best begin to teach them how to rotate their crops else this old land will be worthless think ill let some one take the job though ive more and better things to do movies continue and while its not like going down to the good theatre both the mosquitoes and I 1 get a cheer out of ginger rogers they send us about one show a week which is just enough to make it an event I 1 tried to satisfy my desire for more movies not abt long ago and went to see a french show starring charles boyer and irene ireae dunne I 1 thought I 1 was about to the point where I 1 could understand french but now I 1 find I 1 must study a lot more before those movies are for me irene dunne sound quite natural speaking french the local population stream to the movies and applaud and cheer continued Continue don on last page INTERn ESTING TING LETTER feofil BOY IN AFRICA conter Con tir ai d from paa p one the hero and his hiss 9 the villian they really go for our western west ern cowboy pictures the arabs have added another item to their list of requests as you go by in trucks they would shout gimmle bonbon bon bon fail failing ilig in that they would demand chewing gum well now they have found that we have a little can of coffee which is issued to us and now its gimmie coffee coffeen 7 they must get something for the work or they would quit wasting their time swimming provides a pleasure pause at the end of a day if your man enuf to take it in water that is like cold beer that I 1 wish for but dont have im still looking for that from home so that I 1 can have a date with a girl who speaks my language lali guage ill then be satisfied with a beautiful french girl of va which aich there are plenty and not too hard to get if you print this letter im till jn in attica and in the best of health and heres hoping this finds you all the same here comes my pet moneka so the two of us ds will go down to chow and wait for that letter you promised to write AS ever you friend happy |