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David R. Elder correspondence, June-July 1944
1944-06-29 Page 1
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June 29, 1944 New [Hebsides?] Dear Dave: Just received two more Scuttlebutts & again thanks. I enjoy them especially because they give the scoop on what's happening in the old town. Your mail bag is especially interesting - seeing where the different fellows are, & how they are reacting. Once in a while you see one in there that makes you blow your top - but there are always some people who forget to look on all sides of things - such as Pat Reynolds. I certainly can't say that I agree with him. If a guy is fortunate enough to be in the States a little longer - good for him. I sure wish I could walk down a street, whistle at white women, look in a store window, or something. But I'm not complaining about it yet. Anyway, now I can at least look at a white woman - we have nurses here. [Tch tch?]. Dick Hotle says the State of Washington is the worst place for rain. I say phooey. There are two place I know of that there is an [incessive?] rainfall, one of which was the place I just left. In Pago Pago, Samoa (written that way on the maps & Pango Pangoon some - & and just plain [Tutula?] on another) the average rainfall per year is from 180 to 200 inches. That isn't dew, mister. Of course, there may be other places but I don't know them yet. The other place is Burma, where I haven't been yet. Right now, I'm on the largest island in the New Hebrides group (Can't you just smell the "stock" in that sentence?) (But that's all we're supposed to say.) At least, they have several nurses Donald R. Boyer
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June 29, 1944 New [Hebsides?] Dear Dave: Just received two more Scuttlebutts & again thanks. I enjoy them especially because they give the scoop on what's happening in the old town. Your mail bag is especially interesting - seeing where the different fellows are, & how they are reacting. Once in a while you see one in there that makes you blow your top - but there are always some people who forget to look on all sides of things - such as Pat Reynolds. I certainly can't say that I agree with him. If a guy is fortunate enough to be in the States a little longer - good for him. I sure wish I could walk down a street, whistle at white women, look in a store window, or something. But I'm not complaining about it yet. Anyway, now I can at least look at a white woman - we have nurses here. [Tch tch?]. Dick Hotle says the State of Washington is the worst place for rain. I say phooey. There are two place I know of that there is an [incessive?] rainfall, one of which was the place I just left. In Pago Pago, Samoa (written that way on the maps & Pango Pangoon some - & and just plain [Tutula?] on another) the average rainfall per year is from 180 to 200 inches. That isn't dew, mister. Of course, there may be other places but I don't know them yet. The other place is Burma, where I haven't been yet. Right now, I'm on the largest island in the New Hebrides group (Can't you just smell the "stock" in that sentence?) (But that's all we're supposed to say.) At least, they have several nurses Donald R. Boyer
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