January 18, 1944

1030 18 Jan 1944

Dearest,
Yesterday was quite a day. We went to see “This is the Army” as planned, and we were very glad we did. It’s really a swell show. I don’t know just what I expected it to be, but it turned out to be better. Of course most if the music is pretty old now, but it is good just the same, and there are a couple of good numbers ? in it that I don’t remember ever hearing before. A lot of the vaudeville ? stuff may not be quite top class by New York standards, but since “it’s all in the family” everybody thoroughly enjoyed it. The whole thing is extremely well put on. If it ever gets back to Phila. I hope you have a chance to see it + take the trouble to do so. The audience was a most thoroughly mixed crowd of all the ?? both British and Americans, about evenly divided, I should say, and quite a lot of civilians. They all seemed to get a big kick out of it no matter who they were. Fortunately we had tea, with sandwiches, etc beforehand at the Officer Club, because when we went back to the club for dinner afterward we had to wait until 9:30 to get in the dining room + then all they had was “pressed beef” (cold), bread + butter, orange marmalade, pickled cabbage, + some stuff they called coffee. Got back at midnight. Now I’m OD + home back writing this between trips to the admitting Admitting Office. Oh, how I wish I could be back with you. It hurts, terribly, some times.

Love, B