Feature Letter of October 4th, 2025
Gilroy, Wilbert H.
There is absolutely nothing to write about this week. In fact there never is out here. For a week past I have been very fed up with the war, that is to say tired of it all. It does get on one's nerves sometime, you know. One gets so tired of seeing the same people every day, eating the same meals and hearing the same noises. But I am over that again and feel in very good spirits. I had just five days in bed with my immunization and it isn't a very cheery complaint. Joe, my man, looked after me most carefully. He rubbed my back with lotions, brought me all my meals and was most attentive in every way. I don't know how I shall get along without him when the war is over. However I think I would even risk that if peace should be declared tomorrow.
The news is so cheery now that one can scarcely complain. Of course I expect to put in another winter out here but I should think it would be the last, with any luck.
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