[Stationary:] J.W.B.; National Catholic Community Service; YMCA; USO; YWCA; The Salvation Army; Travelers Aid

Same address

Nov. 16, 1941

How ja do, folks!!

If the weather is as nice with you as it is down here you must really be enjoying it. Of course the mornings are a little chilly but the days are really swell. Today for instance it is just cool enough to be comfortable. The sun is shining very brightly and here in the woods with all the beautifully frost tinted leaves it is certainly the typical autumn day that you read about.

We moved out of our base camp about five hours after I got back last Tuesday. And may I say right here that that was the most enjoyable visit that I have ever had. We are located about three miles west of Raeford, N.C., but expect to move out for “somewhere” in South Carolina tonight. The new “war” (and the last one we hope) started at midnight last night. From what information I can pinch up we will be away from our base camp for about ten more days. Meanwhile I hope we have a lot more days like today so we can read and write and grow lazy rather than see too much action. I think this problem will end the war games but I hear that we won’t leave for Pendleton until December 6. That’s because there are so many soldiers down here that if they turned them all loose at one time there would be just one great big traffic jam. I think the ones who are the greatest distance from home will go first and there are so many here from Vermont, Maine, Michigan, etc. we will be about lost.

I’ve had a rather pleasant week since I got back. Friday night I drove the Captain into Aberdeen and we got a good shower both then went on to Southern Pines and saw the movie “Sundown”. It was a very good show. He paid my way in and I was glad of it. The tickets were 55 cents.

Yesterday I drove him to see his wife who is staying with her mother and grandmother near Wilmington, N.C. They live on what was at one time a fine old southern plantation but it is somewhat run down now. But it is still a lovely old place. It has an enormous yard filled with big oak and pine trees which are covered with Spanish moss, hanging in streamers almost to the ground. We ate supper by candle light. They treated me as though I was another captain and I really enjoyed myself. Mrs. Wood’s grandmother is ninety three years old and I had quite a talk with her. She talked of Civil War days and something brought up the subject of marriage and she gave me a lot of advice. Among other things never to go into the kitchen except to eat. Positively no dish wiping or floor sweeping. It all sounded pretty good but I’m afraid it is wasted on me for a long time to come.

The mail is going out right now so I’ll cast this off. Hope this finds you all well and happy. See you in December,

Lots of Love,

Glenn.

This is probably the last chance I’ll have to mail a letter for a couple of days so excuse the abrupt ending and scribbling.

Glenn