Beginning the Correspondence Forever...Very Casual
1304 th AAF. B. U. APO 492 c/o Postmaster New York August 8, 1944 Dear Dorothy, (or “ Cookie ”) That sure is quite the name for you. I like it. Your letter of July 17 came yesterday after being waylaid everyplace imaginable. There were only 13 letters along with it. It took me one solid hour to read them all. The most I got from one person was five and from everyone else I got only one it was really quite good to get a few letters for once. Please forget about A. P. O. 13135 now because it has nothing to do with me anymore. It’s APO 492 now that you’ll have to use. I understand you are or were enjoying your dramatics class quite a lot. It’s too bad that your teacher has to be so old. I don’t see anything in this new name of yours ( Bernhardt). There must be a catch somewhere that my English sense of humor doesn’t allow to register. Tut-tut. I’m very much afraid that you have over judged yourself or it is me you. You say that you know me and that I’m...