Friday March 12.1943Dear Diary, Mail from home. The v-mail comes per plane, the air mail by boat but who brings the boat mail? (That is the $64 question) Just read the diary of a Nazi flyer, pretty good too. Well March is here the 15th is coming and so is my income tax $106 this…

Tuesday March 23 1943Dear Diary, I have around 100 patients now. More fun. No! Mums was operated upon March 16, five days after the operation she wrote me a letter, boy I”™m proud of her. Well more and more nurses are getting hitched, hooked or whatever your call it. The wind is blowing a gale…

March 24.1943Dear Mum and Dad, Am listening to the radio, it”™s a brass band broadcast from the states, made for Halloween, a wee bit late but enjoyable. We are now just receiving the Christmas broadcasts. So we listen to Christmas songs in March and like it too. We take what comes, even the Japs, ha.…

Sunday March 28.1943Dear Diary, Saw Frankie Barnes, had a driver take me out. He seems in good spirits even though he is minus a leg and has a fractured skull and crushed elbow. Saw James March 19. My driver took me out to the Ranger School, it was his birthday. I took him a cake.…

Wednesday March 31.1943Dear Folks, Well here I am again; hope I don”™t bother you with my letters. I know they are dull and all say the same thing, but then that”™s all we can say, is “military” so that”™s why our letters are always the same I know they must get rather boresome -I went…

Friday April 2.1943Dear Mom and Dad A few lines. I am so sorry the necklaces had worms on them, but it”™s not surprising, there are bugs everywhere. We have spiders as large as our fists in our rooms and the cutest lizards. They get in our beds sometimes at night and we lay on them…

Monday April 5.1943Dear Mom and Dad, Received your lovely letter. Thanks for the address I will write to the girl in Africa. Yes, she has a funny name indeed. I don”™t know if I will stay over here or not now if you get what I mean. I can”™t tell yet, we”™ll just keep our…

Friday April 9.1943Dear Folks, Just a few lines to let you know I saw Frankie. I went out in a Jeep and it rained all the way, but didn”™t get too wet. I just got to see him for a few minutes as they were giving him a transfusion. He looked quite well, rather pale,…

Sunday April 25.1943Happy Easter Dad and Mom, With a lot of extra-special good wishes to a very, very extra-special Dad and Mom From -AraBelle and Dopey and Jr