Letters from George

Editorial note: one or more pages of this letter appear to be missing.

Sept 4, 1944

Dear Marian

I just received another letter from you dated August 16. That was the third one in a little over a week. Not bad. I'm just about the same as usual. Still just as goofy as ever and it doesn't look as though it'll ever improve.

I had to laugh when I read in your letter about the mosquitoes chasing you away from the shore although I know it wasn't funny to you then. Here the yellow jackets are about as thick as flies used to be in the kitchen at home on a hot summer day. The only time they really bother me though is at meal time. Naturally we eat outdoors and I had to work out a system to keep? from swallowing the bugs. When I have a forkful of food all ready I fan the air between the fork and my mouth, knocking the bugs away and chew the food in a hurry and close my teeth[.] It works out pretty good.

Ask me as many questions as you can think of because I probably can answer them. The censorship isn't as strict here as it was in some of the other places. The reason I don't write such long letters is that I figure you wouldn't be interested in some of the things I would write about.

I do still have my camera but I ruined? the film that I had. Last week I was supposed to get some pictures that were being developed but instead I got back a note to check the films at camera. I knew what was wrong because I let the film stay [cut off — continues on missing page(s)]