Letters from George

Dear Ann

How is everything? I didn't realize that it was so long a time since I had written last. I was up in the mountains living for a couple of weeks and time flew. We were at Pikes National Forest building roads and bridges for the Infantry. They are going there for the full month of June. We slept in tents and the altitude is one 11,000 feet. We would wake up in the morning and find four inches of snow covering our tents.

Thanks a lot for sending my name into the shipyard for that vacation money. That really would come in handy. I wasn't expecting anything from them. Did you notice I, at my name was at the top of the list. That just shows how important I am.

I'm finally going to get my furlough, that is unless they think of it — [changed] their minds again and cancel it. I've got the furlough papers signed and everything and I should be home next Saturday the fifth of June.

Right now we are having a lot of fun. We go out and play ball all afternoon sometimes instead of training. We are building bridges on the lake again but it is a lot better than last winter. Now when we fall in the water we swim around and have fun out of it. We row around in boats a lot too enjoying the sun.

I can't think of anything else to say and I'm going out to play ball so I will close.

So long until I see you again

George