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There are plenty of aviators now and I understand
the battle planes and bombers are being rapidly sent
over. Let's hope by the time you capture Metz
we'll be of some use to you.

I have no home news for you. Mother will send you
all that. I'm no nearer home than you are because I'm
in Southern California so bewildered by movie folk that
I'm not sure where I am. It's a different land down here.
The film world is their world - I have had the opportunity
to meet several stars of more or less brilliance in