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Sunday April 2, 1944
[letterhead: UNITED STATES MARINES CAMP JOSEPH H. PENDLETON]
Dear Eva
I received your letter and money order. I was all set to leave on furlough but it looks as though I will have to wait. The rest of company is going out on maneuvers for about a month and I am being sent to rocket school for a week, the top sgt. told me that there wouldn't be any furloughts until the company comes back from maneuvers. So it looks as though I will have to wait. Eva if you need the money before I can use it let me know and I will send it back, otherwise I will keep it until I get the furlough. If I don't get the furlough in a month or so I doubt if I will get one.
I have been working pretty hard and have lost a little weight which is an improvement
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You didn't tell me in your letter whether you received the package I sent containing my blues or not. Let me know whether you received it or not so I can check up on it. Well I guess I had better cut this letter short as I have to get ready to leave for rocket school which is about fifteen miles from here. My address will still remain the same. I hope everyone is O.K. Tell them I said hello. Thanks for everything.
Love Jewell