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April 1, 1944
Dear Bertha and George,
I just received your letter of February 11th and I was very happy to hear from you. The reason for the delay must have been the fact that you forgot to include my APO number in the address.
So you are working on your garden again; I wish I were there helping you. Once in a while I get a chance to work with vegetables and salads – opening cans of them when my time for KP comes.
It has been raining quite a bit lately and the jungle has a nice fresh color and smell to it. If it weren’t for the mosquitoes and other pests, I would get to like this place even. The mud that’s around here is rather a nuisance; in some spots it is so hard that, unless one laces his shoes well, he is apt to slip out of them, leaving the shoes stuck in the mud. My worst habits come to light when I have to change a flat tire in the mud, because then I cuss like a whole division of cavalry men.
I have met a lot of Aussies, and they are very nice and square unless you have business dealings with them; they like to soak the Yanks.
Well, there isn’t much to tell, except that I am well and in pretty good spirits.
I was glad to hear of George’s progress and I think he’ll be able to promenade Market Street again. I hope you both are well.
Fondly,
HarryP.S. Give my best regards to all our friends.
Harry must have had a lot of time on his hands to have written so many letters home over the last few days.
Although I do not have a photo of him working on a truck in the mud, here is a photo of him working on a car. On the back he wrote: “Christmas Day 1943; Harry giving Chevy a face-lifting.”
