File:Letter, 9 November 1943, page 1 of 8.jpg

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English: From the John N. Budway Collection (COLL/5598) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
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+     11-9-’43

United States Marines
Camp Joseph H. Pendleton

Dear dad,
  Received your nice letter and was very glad
To hear from you! I also received a cord & letter
from you & ma today saying you had sent me
a box. It was dated the 5th.
  I guess you know that I sent home for
$50.00 in one of my letters. You see I've got to
buy a $100.00 war bond and won't have enough
cash to buy that and go on liberty too. We
have one more liberty, any way — maybe two.
Since I've been in camp for nearly 8 weeks
I thought I had better go on the next one
or two liberties as I may never have another
one.
  Remember that fight I got into some
time ago? Well I seemed to get the worst
end of it — buying a war bond, restitution,
extra work and a broken ear drum. At first
it was quite bad and they didn't know
what to do, but that was a week over a

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