14 May 1944

Dear Mom,

Got your letter today. Sorry to hear about Faye being sick. Seems like she and Grant have a lot of that to contend with. Probably won’t last long though. Went out riding around the other day with another fellow from Woodstock, Vermont. We caught ourselves a couple of young crows, but some of the boys snitched them after we had them for two or three days.

Got the picture O.K. He sure is growing into a cute kid, isn’t he? The people of Cabot sent me some maple sugar the other day. Must write and thank them for it. Say Mom- do you think Laton could get hold of some 6-20 camera film? Would appreciate it if you could send me a couple of rolls. It is practically impossible to get over here. Well, guess I must close for now.

Love, John.