Dear Harry<\/p>\n

I was greatly surprised to learn that you had been evacuated to Letterman. I thought you were still in New Zealand or Australia. What d’ya think of Munda?<\/p>\n

If you received any of my previous letters you already know that I emerged without a scratch and without any medals, but there will be plenty of opportunities for medals before this is over.<\/p>\n

We are taking things easy noew. It’s like living in garrison–minus a few comforts and conviences. The chow is very good–there are frequent shows–we hear short wave adio broadcasts–hot showers once in a while. If the mail service was better we could be quite happy here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Harry I was greatly surprised to learn that you had been evacuated to Letterman. I thought you were still in New Zealand or Australia. What d’ya think of Munda? If you received any of my previous letters you already know that I emerged without a scratch and without any medals, but there will be … <\/p>\n

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