January 21, 1945

Dear Thomas well here I am again. We are fine both of us and I hope you are all right. It is snowing here just as hard as it can but it [is] warm and it is melting almost as fast as it falls. Well Naomi was telling us that two of your old buddies had gone someplace else. Are any of the ones that went over there with you still there or are they all gone. Now Thomas when you get this last box I sent you I put some cocks in it but if you can’t wear them give them to the native people. I just need some thing to pack in so I just used them. I sure do hope you have got more of your box by now. Well I have not had any mail since Monday so maybe we get some tomorrow. Well it was sure swell to have Naomi up over the weekend and I am sure glad she is over there close to Ruth for if her dad don’t come home early she not there by herself and that what I used to worry about but I did not say a whole lot to you and now she did not say anything to you either but she told me yesterday she sure was for that old house was so big and lonesome and I sure do like this place they got to. You know she sure does tickle me when she talks about her dog, she say I buy him Smelts and it melts but she don’t say Smelts instead of melts and then she cooks them and then he eat them but he a lot of comfort for her to. Well Mrs. Smith is starting to look for a place again. The other day she ask Dad to come over and put a stove pipe on top of her blue and Dad said the house was full of smoke and she said they sleep that nite with their heads covered up the old stove smoke something terrible.

Well I close for tonite. From mother and dad answer as soon as possible now. Be sure and be careful and don’t get hurt in any way.