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Sat nite July 8th 10:30 PM. In St. Pete

Dear Dot:

I recieved your letter of July 5th today so here I am, not much in the mood for writeing, but I'll do my best.

Our show was quite a hit. Of course, the presence of the "Florida Poster Girls" (12 in all) probably had a lot to do with it. But all in all, I think we did a damm good job, with out any rehersals.!! We figured out some ideas on what we would do, & when the time came we did it. It was a bit like Sons o' Fun. Anything went, just so long as we kept it clean. When it was over, my Doctor & a couple of the other physiologist tried to talk me & Jack Kaufman into going with a special Service Unit as a team! But I don't want any part of it. I don't want to make a liveing, by makeing a fool of my self. We only put the show on here we didn't go to McDill Field. Besides it was all ad-lib & it only lasted for 1½ hours. It was just for our own amusement & amazement.

Never mind about that chick I was out with. I only saw her 2 or 3 times. She was too much class for me. Big car, nice home, & all that, real 5th Ave. stuff. She was a nice babe, but engaged. That left me out.

As for me & Poland, well its all off. I haven't heard from her in about a month. I told her to stop writeing. I should worry. I hear the ratio is 12 to 1 now. I think I'll take a barracks bag & go collect my dozen, one of these days!

Not it wasn't that I saw red, when you spoke about a furlough. Its like you say, Sept is way off & who knows what conditions will be by then. But if they are favorable, you can be sure I ant my favorite red head with me for a couple of days anyhow.

So your hinting about overseas service huh! Well I can't tell you not to go. Its just something you'll have to find out for your self. Believe me, its no picnic.

"Psychiatric Social Worker." It sounds damn good to me Dot. I'd get in on the ground floor if I were you. Its very interesting & it will be more in demand as more & more men come back from over seas.

I'm glad about the dodge being sold Dot. It was sitting there, rotting away & no one was getting any use of it. Besides it will help you to pay off your bills. Speaking of Bills, I put a pretty penny out for repair work on that buggie, ahem!!!

I like the sound of your new Super DeLuxe model of a car. But as for travel, well I think I'll be pretty content to stay right on 87 St. I've had enough of roaming around for awhile.

What do I do all day? Well here goes. We are supposed to get up at 7-7:30 A.M. but I never do. At 8:30 we are supposed to attend class, till 10:15 but I never do. They have different subjects to chose from, like Photography, A.A.F. adm., news anal., current events & such. But all they ever talk about is beer joints, the women they were out with last night & stuff like that. So I'd rather stay in bed. At 10:30 they have organized sports, but thats too much like work, so I don't indulge.

After noon chow they have a lecture or a movie on the war or something else & thats a waste of time so I don't bother with that either. Most of us just gang up in one room & sing or tell Jokes' or shoot the bull or play cards. In the afternoon they have more sports till 4:00 P.M. Then we start over again next day. Some times me & one of the gang will play tennis when we get the urge, but other than that I just sleep or read or just walk around. Interesting isn't it?

The Arms in pretty good shape but I still can't lift it very high over my head. No pain or nothing, it just locks on me. It will work out eventually. The eats are O.K. I guess. But I don't have any appatite at all so I don't bother much with food.

The only way I get to sleep is with sleeping pills. They don't work till 3 or 4 in the morning, & then when its time to get up I'm so doped up I can't move, so they let em sleep.

The shakey hands are about the same I guess. Sometimes I don't shake at all & at other times I just break down from head to foot. But that's mostly at night when I get to thinking. During the day it ain't so bad, cause I can keep busy if need be. I have no ambition at all. I've got so damm much mail to answer it isn't even funny, but I'm just not in the mood for writeing.

Well I guess I've told all. How about writeing sooner & more often huh. Bye now & be good.

My Love Always

Joe

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