January 29, 1944

If you could see how cozy I am right now. All by myself in a  pup tent with a Coleman gas lantern that keeps it nice and warm. In fact, it is so nice that I wouldn't go out to get some ink, so I'll write in pencil.

I don't know what part of Tennessee we are in but we have been riding all day and saw only one house and I know we weren't going in circles or we would have seen it more than once.

When I get home I will have to sleep in a pup tent out on the town park as I won't know what to do in a real house and bed.

We just finished up another round of play war and so help me the Yankee Division won.

Some one just came in with an order saying that we have to move again, just after I got my tent all put up. Why I didn't join the Navy or Air Corps.

Charlie