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AUGTST L;44 PRAIREE

TODAY TFE I'4AILMAN f,JAS A PRETTY RIGHT GUY. HE BROUGIIT l'/ THREE LETTERS. Tltl0 FR0M THE BEACHEAD AT TElr{AG At{D ONE FR0M THE HOME FRONT. ALTCE BOWLEYS LETTER UIAS I NCLUDED. MOM ALSO GOT AROUND TO SENDING ME AN INFORMAL PICTI.,FiE OF HERSELF. I^iAS BEGINN ING TO yI,ONDER WHETHER OR I',OT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN.

QUITE A NICE TAN tryHICH HAD BEEN ACQUIRE} THROUGH TFE MONTHS. I PAR TOOK OF EXTRA V ITAi,IIN D \STERIAY AND CAfuIE OUT WELL DONE AND TENDER ON BOTH SIDES. WOIII, RIGHT I'JOI.J COUID BE SEBIEN ltlITH SALA]] AND POTATOES. THE TROPICAL SUN IS A LITTLE HOTTER THAN I HAD BARGAINED FOR.

ALL SUN BATHS THAT CAN BE HAD IN TEMAG. NOT BEING CCNTENT |!ITH

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HOI1 IS GERTIE FROM FLORIDIE LIKING THE KAMISKWABIKA WEATHER Ah{D THAT SUPER DELISH FOOD MADE BETTER BY THE FAMOUS TURTLES PIES AND OTHER BAKING MASTERPIECES. THIS IS AUNTIE GERTIESFIRST TRIP I NTO THE WOOLY t,'l I IDS OF TEMAG AND I LL BET NOlil SHE lry ISHES THAT ' SHE HAD BEEN TALtrED lNT0 lT S00NER. AM i\OT RIGHT? !1lOT n,lTH THE DAILY SUN BATHING AND SUCH AUNTIE GERTIE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE STLJFF Tlry tCE HER S BET tT r S QU tTE A s |CHTIilHEN SHE |!10THER, AND AUNT IV'IYRTLE-BRAVE THE F IRST THREE STEPS OF THE DOCK PRIOR TO GETTING IN THAT SLIGHTLY COTDER THAN COOL LAKE)

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DADS LETTER r,lERE A FEtl! LINES WRITTEN FR0tl iviARY. Tr E DATE llVAS AUGUST AEDAND.E{f, SHE WAg ALREADY MAKING PLANS FOR GOING H0llE. SOME DEAL CALLS IT WHEN YOU GET SOME PLACE AND BEFORE YOUR THERE A DAY MAKE I'IiITH PLANS FOR FTURNING.

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STAND trEE fuIID-!\IATBB EEERY OTHER NIGHT NOV'. QUITE A DRAIN ,(RATIONING ON SLEEP, BUT WHO ,THEN, WANTS TOSEEP ANYIAYN. OF PAPER PREVENTS-FURTHER TLAB0MTI0N 0r, THAT SUBJECT) PARDON lHE TYHING. BUT SOMETH ING SEEMS TO HAVE GONE TAW I RE II,ITH THE MACH HAVE fHE

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I{IHEN YOU WRITE YOUR LETTERS D0N!T BE trRAlD T0 FROM HOI,/IE ARI NOT CENUOTiL,IJ AN]J SO IONIT I]E HI.,HAID FREELY.

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