Dearest Mother and Pa,

We seem to use up so much time doing minor daily duties that when I get ready to write a long letter it is almost dark. Writing by candlelight using one knee as a desk is not a very adequate way to write so it can be understood. The result is that most of the officers use V Mail which is faster anyway.

Censoring of the mail of our unit is one of our daily jobs that is really time consuming. Our boys must have been vaccinated with fountain pens. Every letter seems to be a volume. Most of it is well done so that we don’t have to chop out military information and break up the content of the letter. A few insist in writing things that are objectionable. In that way we also learn who is stupid and who is careless. Some just cant seem to grasp that it is for their own protection that we must censor the mail.

Love to all.

Your loving son

Geo