get some of these birds that's been calling me Private Valentine ever since
Saturday night.

Your pal, JACK.




CHAPTER III

STRAGETY AND TRAGEDY


_Somewheres in France, March 2.

FRIEND AL_: Well Al if it rains a couple more days like its been they
will half to page the navy and at that its about time they give them
something to do and I don't mean the chasers and destroyers and etc. that
acts like convoys for our troop ships and throws them death bombs at the
U boats but I mean the big battle ships and I bet you haven't heard of a
supper dread 0 doing nothing since we been in the war and they say they
can't do nothing till the German navy comes out and that's what they're
waiting for. Well Al that's a good deal like waiting for the 30nd. of Feb.
or for Jennings to send his self up to hit for Cobb and they can say all
they want about the Germans being bullet proof from the neck up but they
got some brains and you can bet their navy ain't comeing out no more then
my hair. So as far as I can see a man being on a supper dread 0 is just
like you owned a private yatch without haveing to pay for the keep up and
when they talk about a man on a big U. S. battle ship in danger they mean
he might maybe die because he eat to much and no exercise.