March 12, 1943
Hi Chief, Ol Keed,
I received
your letter the other day and was very glad to hear from you.
Boy when
you talk about it being cold up there I want to trade some of this heat for
some nice cold weather. Right now it is about 9:00 o’clock [on] Friday evening
and the temperature is 85° and there is no breeze blowing so you can see how hot
it is.
Say, guess
what? I had chance to repaint my motorcycle the other day and I guess you know
that most all army vehicles have some sort of a nickname painted on. Well I got
permission to change the name on mine to “Chief”. So now I have my motorcycle
named after you.
You often
say in your letters for me to remember you once in a while, well believe me, I do.
I lay down at nights and think of those swell times I had out at your place. I
really enjoyed them although I know you didn’t sometimes. Boy, I can remember
those nights I use[d] to torment you, and how mad you use[d] to get. Also those
tickling contests we use[d] to have and also I miss that back scratcher of
mine.
Well Chief, I surely have been having
a lot of fun with my cycle lately. We do a lot [of] cross country riding and
some day[s] we ride formation about 60 or 70 miles practicing roadblocks and
different things. We are going to sneak a camera out with us someday and take
some action shots. I’ll send you some if we take them.
Well Chief,
I’ll sign off now.
Goodnight
and think of me.
xxxx XXXX Loads of Love and
Kisses
/ / Your Chuck
Balto
Kisses