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thing as they don't need
gunners in this part of
the world. Maybe I wrote
that one of the Merrill boys
were on that ship. Many
a time I have thanked
that itch I had or I
would have been in the
regulars maybe and that
means four years out here
which is as bad as being
in a light house on
some island with no
body to talk to but your
self. As it is now we
do the same work they
do on board ship but
get muster out after the
war. About two weeks
ago I bought a #1A
autographic kodak
which takes a picture