Letters from George

Dear Marian

I got another letter from you saying that you haven't heard from me yet. I wrote a letter explaining why I couldn't write sooner. I hope you got it. I received the letters that you wrote. Margaret Cramer's boy friend is in the Infantry and he didn't have any of the Inspections that we had. That is the reason he could still write. I received the pictures of Gary. Thanks a lot. They were swell.

If I'm not mistaken I spoke a lot about inspections in my last letter. Well we failed all of them. There are a majority of old men in our outfit and they will never be in good shape or learn anything. As a penalty we have to take our training all over again and will be in this camp all summer. The only good point about this is that I will get a furlough in a month or so.

I'm a machine-gunner now. I volunteered for it so I could get out of taking the training all over again. All I do now is lay around on the ground along side the gun and pretend I'm protecting the men building bridges and things. The only thing I have to do is clean and oil the gun once a day. This laying around and eating heavy should put some weight on me. I haven't been to town for three weeks to be weighed but I'm pretty sure I gained some weight back.

I didn't see Betty Davies in Now Voyage but I know she is a great actress. Last night I saw a swell U.S.O. show. There weren't many big names in it but it was a good act. Jane Frazee the actress was in it and she got off some raw jokes that would never go in a movie where women were. She can really sing too. Barbara Jo Mart[?] a radio singer was there and the Rockettes from New York too. I guess it sounds as though I never saw a stage show before but I haven't seen one for three months and the past three weeks I've been in the barracks all the time and a good show was a real relief.

I'll write more later.

Give my regards to Nick & Gary

Luck & Love Brother George

George wrote his sister Ann about this same show too, the same week (her letter is postmarked Feb 7, 1943). Read that letter →