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Carroll Steinbeck letters to parents, July - August, 1944

Carroll Steinbeck to Alfred and Vira Steinbeck Page 2

she couldn't meet me. She had a special class of some sort. I've been trying to write letters since then.
My watch was here but when I tried to start it, it wouldn't run. I took it to a jeweler to see what was the trouble. By the way, it has a white face and looks ok to me.
Now about my other watch. I saw the cpl. and told him I'd settle for $60 or the price of the new watch. He thought that was alot and didn't want to pay for a couple months. I guess I was out of sorts about being back so I told him to go to hell and that I didn't trust him any farther than I could throw the barrack. I said if he thought I was going to wait around until he decided to pay that he was crazy. He got sore and I was about ready to fly into him when he got up and left. I told him I was writing Ken and I intended to make it hot for him. If he does get out of paying I'm going to make him wish to God he had paid. He just keeps putting me off and I know it so I told him. I was decent about it at first and

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she couldn't meet me. She had a special class of some sort. I've been trying to write letters since then. My watch was here but when I tried to start it, it wouldn't run. I took it to a jeweler to see what was the trouble. By the way, it has a white face and looks ok to me. Now about my other watch. I saw the cpl. and told him I'd settle for $60 or the price of the new watch. He thought that was alot and didn't want to pay for a couple months. I guess I was out of sorts about being back so I told him to go to hell and that I didn't trust him any farther than I could throw the barrack. I said if he thought I was going to wait around until he decided to pay that he was crazy. He got sore and I was about ready to fly into him when he got up and left. I told him I was writing Ken and I intended to make it hot for him. If he does get out of paying I'm going to make him wish to God he had paid. He just keeps putting me off and I know it so I told him. I was decent about it at first and