31701-0405-0002

UNITED STATES ARMY

to battle fatigue though I'm alone in my judgement.

The course at O.T.S. is a preliminary to a score of us being transferred to G.D.D. My unit may join us from there. I've got my fingers crossed. After this soft living imagine young Hooper tramping the trails in Berneo looking like someone out of the Foreign Legion. Or conversely I may be a glorified office boy to some fat colonel in Victoria Barracks.

My leave won't be given me till early August but honey I am ready to believe it's for the best. After school I'll have stocks to sell to these Base Commandos.

Jim Stewart asked me to get him a Val Pack to take South to impress his young bride-to-be. By sheer luck I got him one. Boy will he be happy!

Coming with this letter is a