October 17,1943

Dearest Marty,
I have nothing much in the way of news to pass on because I haven’t done anything or been involved in anything for the last few days. I’ve just been fooling around here waiting for my cold to go away. It is going but it’s awfully slow about it. Some of the teams left today for DS at various hospitals around the country, + more will possibly go soon. Being on the Finance officers’ team (Neubert) I suppose I will be among the last to go. Our anesthetist is Morris Rosenberg (not Maurice Rosenbaum) + the nurse is Min Paulson, whom I don’t know. As long as I’m a Lt. you need not worry about my being seduced by any nurses. They prefer not to associate with anybody below the rank of Maj. (unless they can get hold of a 2nd Lt. in the Air Corps). Team assignments seems to be subject to frequent changes, however. Living in England isn’t nearly as exciting as you might think. It gives a bit of a thrill to realize that the air raid siren really mean business but we feel quite safe where we are. You soon get used to the black out + otherwise it just about like home with the rationing + militarization a bit exaggerated. But that’s not why I’d like to be home. It takes half the night to get my feet warm here.

Love B