Dear Warren,
This place is slowly becoming civilized. Pretty soon the signs "Speed Limit 20 miles" and MPs will appear.
Last night I attempted to see my first movie in a couple of months. After fully clothing myself, loading my rifle and slinging it over my shoulder and tucking a bottle of insect repellant into my pocket, I was fully prepared per regulations for attending our theater. The show was "East Side of Heaven" with Bing Crosby and Joan Blondell. After the film breaking a few times, things were going smoothly and bingo - an airraid. That ended, we sat down again, another airraid. The allclear came and it started pouring rain. It was approaching 11 o'clock and only one reel had been shown, so I gave it up. Tomorrow we have another show.
So far in this war I have seen only one dead Jap. He was floating in a river - well aged. I have smelt a number, though.
One of our lieutenants had his carbine being taken for shooting an anteater. The meatballs were unusually good that evening.
I've been running cat lately on the graveyard shift. (We only work 8 hours now.) It's a D-8 and weighs 20 some odd tons. Nice machine. Fortunately I have not had to knock down trees. That is bad business, especially at night. No one has been killed yet, though.
The "Time" would certainly be appreciated. Most of my news is word of mouth from what somebody heard the first sargeant say he heard on the radio. Everyone grabs up the "Time" magazines two and three months old.
I have enclosed a New Guinea shilling. They are rather rare.
Peter
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