Dearest Betty

Letter # 93
May 4, 1951
Hi, Toots

News last night sounded good for the Marines. Besides giving us credit for breaking the Chinese break through, they are voting on increasing us to four divisions. May be good and again may not be. Who is to say ---if we have only one division in the field we get all we need---four divisions in the field we get ¼ of what we need and the Lord only knows we do need lots of things. Our guns are about shot, our trucks are almost gone. Jeeps we have to depend on wrecked Army convoys for jeeps and spare parts but as always, we will get by with what we have. Just gripes us to see Army convoys with a driver & one man and a MC convoy with 22 men aboard. Well that is plenty of this. Think I will go to the river for a bath & maybe a swim. Saw a snake this morning. Hope they don’t get chummy. Boy will I ever use that shower in our little bathroom. Our commode will beat hell out of a 55 gal. Barrel with the end cut out, won’t have as good a view but I can stand to be shut in.

Well we are having beautiful weather here now but nothing else much to write about.

All my love
Bill