Jack Cook

0247 Surryer 47

July 8, 1943

Dear Ollie;

I received your letter Tuesday and was very glad to hear from you.

In your letter you said that you were assistant CHAPLIN, and you think it is hard work, nothing is too great for you?

How many times have [you] been doing KP duty? Now don’t tell no lies

What are you doing in the army besides a rifleman?

I got a German haircut and boy do I hate it. I use to have a nice wave in my hair and all I got now is fuss and not very good neither.

When I was in Decatur Illinois, I got a couple of things to take home with me. In Decatur, they blow a whistle at 9 o’clock and that means that every child has to be in or with his parents when the whistle blows and I don’t approve of that very much. I got a boyfriend and boy is he a WOLF, if you get what I mean and boy I don’t mean an animal, he is a Boy Scout and he is at a Boy Scout camp in Michigan. How big is Camp Wheeler? Were you ever sent over seas? EDDIE is still in cub scouts and boy do I hate them. I am in 8^th grade now, I passed and am in 8^th grade and we both still got the same teacher and am I sorry.

Eddie is in my room now and he got my teacher.

Today we had a game of baseball out in the alley and did we have fun. After we finished, we went to the beach. We left about 1 o clock and came home about 6 o’clock. The water was fair. We played in the sand and had a good time; my brother left at a different time and I got home sooner then he did, because he took a longer way then I did.

Well I have to be going now

so long

Jack Cook

PS

I hope you have a good time as Chaplin.