....I got paid today, but I had to pay the 7 bucks I owed, and I also had a 2 bucks cleaning bill to pay.
Yes, I did get into a little fight here one night. If I had known Louise was going to tell you, I wouldn't have told her. I was fighting with two boys who weren't in the service. My jaw was swollen up after the fight but it is alright now. And no, they didn't tell me I would get sent across for fighting, either. I'm not going to drink anymore.
....So Grandpa hurt himself at work. I knew he was too old to be working in the mines.
....I think I've already seen just about everything there is to see in Washington. The Potomac River is pretty, and I've also seen all the monuments. The Lincoln Memorial is awful pretty. I've been down to the White House about a dozen times. That is where me and another boy always take our girls. There is a park right beside the White House where we can go and sit and talk.
....So Dugie (cousin) is in Ireland now. He sure has traveled a lot since he joined the service.
April 26, 1944
Made it back ok, but I was 59 minutes late. I don't think they will say anything about it. I hope not, anyway. It was sure good to see everybody. I had to pay a dollar for a taxi to bring me here from Union Station. But, Harold slipped me 2 dollar before I left Charleston, and Jewell also gave me a dollar.
....There are 5 boys leaving here tomorrow, and 12 more are leaving on Wednesday. The 12 are just moving to Philadelphia because they can't have any men in the District of Columbia who hasn't been across. All of us will be out of here by June. We will just be transferred somewhere else for guard duty. The reason they are doing this is there are so many boys coming from overseas into Washington, and they have to find something for them to do.
May 1, 1944
I started to go to Frank Knox's funeral today. He was the Secretary of the Navy. But, it's too hot to wear a coat, and we can't go unless we wear one.
I will be glad when payday comes because I have to borrow money to get my cleaning out. We will get paid Friday. They say we might get that 19 bucks we have coming to us from Parris Island.
.....I just ate chow and it was good. We had spare ribs and I ate a lot of them.
Your son,
Pedue
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