UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

Nov. 25th 42

Since your letters are always most welcome I should appreciate a resumption of our correspondence 

Stewart Field is really glowing  should be quite an air base after the War  However what with overseas shipments constantly coming up and the growing possibility of OCS I doubt that I shall remain here until completion.

Feeling very well  due no doubt the wholesomeness if not the delicacy of army chow  Despite the typical scowl (on the picture) army life does agree  I guess Im turning to my college pacifism into a martial spirit  Not quite sure  Still building that philosophy.

Had quite a scare the other day  Sent my plane into the air it rose quite majestically. However upon reaching the upper strata, it suddenly developed a minor coughing jag  Ah!, thought I, there goes my barnyard mechanix! To be sure, I was quite relieved when my gal resumed her normal drone in fortissimo  Learned later that the carberator had iced up due to lack of use of the carburator air heating device installed in the cockpit 

So  undismayed and with new confidence in my technical skill I continue to grope thru the wonderland of cylinder heads, baffles, shock struts, rocker boxes, generators, magnetoes, engaging polenoids, primer lines, vacuum pumps  ad infinitum 

Still would appreciate a list of addresses 

Hope to see you soon 

Sincerely,

Seymour Gelbond