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In a recent l e t t e r I s a i d t h a t I wasincluding t h e fllma I
had j u s t reoeived from t h e censors, b u t I f a i l e d t o p u t them i n t h e envelope.
Today I s h a l l t r y t o remember t o do a s I say. I thin& you may pebhaps be
disappointed in t h e p r i n t s they s e n t along, but enlargements should show up
muoh b e t t e r . I am e s p e o i a l l y proud o f t h e e t r e e t soene in t h e nearly deserted
t o m . T h a t Was taken d u r b g a mortar duel, t h e German8 on m e s i d e and one of o u r
regiments on t h e o t h e r f i r i n g a t each o t h e r t h e o i t y r I wae snooping about and
sightseeing, and when I thought t h e s h o l l s were beginning t o land t o o c l o s e f o r comfolt,
I would dash l n s i d e u n t i l t h e exoitament subsided,. I shoul have known b e t t e r than
to havp gone where I didn't belong, b u t I was ourious and couldn't r e s i e t t h e
t a p t a t i o n , T h a t day
when olimbing up t o t h e tom to i t s oolrm~ldingp o s i t i o n high on
a h i l l , was a l s o t h e only time I have bean in r s t r a f i n g r a i d t h a t was r i g h t is
my immediate v i o i n i t y . I didn't go up t h e r e again.
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MY f i n g e r s o e r t r i n l y a r e r u s t y on t h e typewriter. Anything and
everything comes out from my stumbling fingers. I make resolution8 t o p r k o t i c e u n t i l
I become a l i t t l e more p r o f i c i e n t , buk somehow I never seem t o aooomplish what f
Thsi l i f e i n t h e army i s %king me one of t h e l a z i e s t individuals alive.
plm.
1 ho;je 1'11 be a b l e t o en@ out of it when I g e t back home.
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The water which I have had heating on t h e atove sinoe I
begen t o pound out t h i a l i t t l e notehas a t l a s t begun t o g e t hot. I want t o wash and sk
shav-w before lunch, so I ' l l c l o s e now and get t h i s off in t h i s mornings m a i l .
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during the heat a . day in t h e middle of the summer. The g i a n t cracks and
crevaces appear very spectacular from the distance, but a close up
view r e v e a l s it t o be j u s t hat any sbudent of geology muld expect
hard packed snow and ice, grimy with gravel t h a t has been ground i n t o
the mixture during i t s formation and strewn with boulders t h a t have r o l l e d down
on t o i t s surface from t h e t o s e r e i n g mountainsides. Fascinating,
nevertheless. The r i d e up and down on t h e t i n y , jerking cars, too, i s
an e perience not soon f o r g o t t e n . Early Monday morning we l e f t f o r Lyon,
a r r i v i n g here about noon.
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Eonday a f t e r m n I l e f t immediately f o r Saint Gtienne,
a town about f o r t y miles from here t o complete arrangements f o r ths
shipments of t b f i n a l t e n t o n s of edcelsion t h a t have been plaguing my
exirbenc e f o r s e v e r a l weeks.
Tuesday morning I went t o K a r s e i l l e by jeep to v i s i t
the surgeons o f f i c e and returned 'Jednesday a f t e m n T h u r s d a y was involved
i n ca.tchirg up with a l l t h a t hzd accumulated during my absence. Last night
you alreddy h o w about. NOW, a m I absolved?
The f i r s t watch has arrived, t h a t you, and once again
I m f r e e tcFassociate with hunan beincs v;ithout makin? myself too obnoxious.
Some l e t t e - s Dave come also, inclLidLlythe a .ncu~cerc;.:tof t h e b i r t h of
Beirb-rats son.
The war in t h e P a c i f i c c e r t a i n l y has taken soirle spectacular
t w i s t s during the ?ast week, f i r s t t'm atov-,;c bomb and then Russiabs
dedlaration of 1;:ar.Irr: more o p t i m i s t i c than I have been in months about a
much more speedy conclusion t o t h e f i 2 n t i n g i n t h a t t h e a t e r . Only hope
t h a t i t corzes soon. I have no d e s i r e t o v:si.t i n t!~t 92rt of t h e world
r i ~ h now.
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Probably we w i l l be r?.oving t o I w s e i i l e within two o r
t h r e e more weeks and then our vacation in Lyon v r i l l corle t o i t s t r a g i c
but long ex?ected f i n a l e . K a t u r a l l y I 1vo.11d ii:;e t o st,%;-here, but wishi s - not the deci-dine f a c t o r i n such ? o l i c i ~ shere.
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waiting -waiting is beginning t o g e t
on m y nerves. Something i s c e r t a i n l y strange. %very hour we sit by t h e
radio waiting t o hear t h e o f f i c i a l news t h a t t h e war i s ended, but. a l l
we get is the same o l d s t o r y that Japanese news agencies have announced
t h a t they a r e accepting the Potsdam ultimatum. The a l l i e d governments a r e
s t i l l silent.
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possible? Can we be t h a t near t h e end'of these long years of fighting?
Perha7s I w F U not continue on my scheduled t r i p t o t h e Pacific a f t e r a l l ,
bu: t h e army i s s t i l l sedretive about i t s plans in t h a t respect. Undoubtedly I shall be home huch sooner t h h I even hoped t o imagine a few weeks
ago, Don't be expecting me next week, however, ar ne& month. It will be
much longer ti& t h a t .
The second watch came today. Thahlzsagain f o r seeing t h a t it
was repaired. The s t r a p is p a r t i c u l a r l y nice. I had never seen one e x a c t l y
l i k e t h a t before. In t h e same m a i l a l s o were t h e three films, one i n a
metal containeb.. I was growing very short of f i , m so they a r e especially
anpreciated.