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other humans but must remain
on the job, always. But as it is
wartime I hear it all with
fortitude hoping that my
sacrifice will help the service
and the flag. But I do hate
to miss my own blood when
they are only a few days away.

Lesley wrote me quite a
ridiculous letter -- short and
not at all like him but I
presume that the excitement
of going across has given him