Sun. evening

Dear Folks,

Just a short note to let you know that I received the package and letters. It was really swell and some treat. The fudge lasted about 30 min. When you live with 50 fellows there is no keeping anything from them so no use trying.

The whole flight is on K.P.^[1]Kitchen Patrol, setting up for meals and cleaning up after meals for the entire unit. tomorrow which means we get up at 3:30 and you are working straight through till 6:30 in the evening. It is 8:00 now so I am going to bed right away. I got a 6 hour pass Sat. night so Hal and I went into a show and ate afterwards. It was certainly good to get out for awhile and be looking in instead of out. Half of the flight gets off on Sat. night and the other half Sun. If I am here next weekend I will take it on Sun.

I got a letter from Aunty^[2]“Aunty was Lillie DeMoulin, Tom’s mother’s sister, Uncle Leslie^[3]Uncle Leslie was Tom’s mother’s brother and several others this week. They are starting to come now. You folks are still tied with Dad so keep them coming and I will try to do the same for you.

If you folks need anything that you can’t get there, such as chewing gum, etc, because of the war let me know and I will take care of you. I can get gum, candy for 3 cents and just about anything at half price. Just let me know. ^[4]Rationing of many items to the civilian population was common, in order to conserve these products for the war effort.

I have to get to bed. send me a picture of Karen once in awhile so I can keep up with the changes. Don’t forget.

Love, Tom