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<opener><dateline>Monday<lb/>
15 January 45.<lb/>
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<salute>Darling Wife &#8212;</salute></opener>

<p>Well honey we are still rolling, rolling over the deep 
blue sea. It has really been grand sailing today, beautiful 
sunshine and very warm. Also the water has been calm but 
I will still be glad when we again set foot on land for a change.</p>

<p>Honey I am surely getting homesick for some
of your letters and hope there will be some
waiting when we arrive at our destination. 
Also it will be a lot easier to find some thing to 
write about when we get there I think. Then 
again perhaps everything of interest will be 
censored as it now is.</p>

<p>We had a fairly good dinner tonite, nothing
to rave about but better than usual. Had roast 
pork, noodles, asparagus, lettuce salad and some
peaches for desert. Honey when I come back 
your going to be a very busy little girl in more 
ways than one. One of course will be cooking
and what I mean I don’t believe I will ever 
get my fill of it. Was talking with one of the 
boys today and he remarked how well he liked
hot biscuits with good steak gravy. It reminded 
me of many happy memories which I hope 
will soon return.</p>

<p>Just had to take time out for a cigarette 
and try to think of some thing new to write 
however can’t say it helped much. When
we have a cigarette we either have to go up 
on deck or into the latrine and of course there 
is no smoking on deck after dark. Also every
place we go of course we must wear our
life belts and pistol belt with a full canteen

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of water. I am not complaining about that
because it is a good safety feature but it
does get tiresome dragging it around and 
hooking same on every one walking by in 
the narrow aisles. It will seem rather odd 
to be on land and be able to walk around
again without elbowing your way. </p>

<p>I was thinking and wondering today if I 
told you on the phone about how I got to see
the show at Radio City Music Hall that night. There
was a crowd there over a block long all the time. 
As fast as people would go in more would 
follow in the line. When the theatre is filled 
(over 10,000) they merely close the doors. They
keep the crowd roped in on the sidewalk 
to hold the line in order. I was standing
near the door or entrance when an officer 
(Police) came along. He said, do you want to 
see the show, and of course I said I would
like to very much. He lifted up the rope
and said okay go under. I was third from
the last in the theatre when they closed
the doors. I thought it very nice of him
being so considerate, don’t you? That’s one
place we must visit when we go to New 
York.</p>

<p>Well darling, I am again out of news 
so will say that’s all for now.</p>

<closer><salute>"Bye, Bye"<lb/>
Worlds of Love</salute>
<signed>Clarence.</signed></closer>

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<addrLine>Pfc C. O. Williams 37738878</addrLine>
<addrLine>Co A - 122d Medical Bn</addrLine>
<addrLine>A.P.O. 411 c/o P.M.</addrLine>
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<note>Rec'd 2/10/45.</note>

<ab type="postmark">U.S. Army Postal Service 18 JAN 1945</ab>

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<ab>VIA AIR MAIL</ab>

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<addrLine>Mrs. C. O. Williams</addrLine>
<addrLine>529 North 6th St.</addrLine>
<addrLine>Muskogee, Oklahoma.</addrLine>
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<note>Jan. 15.</note>

<ab type="censor">Passed by US Army Examiner 50819 Lt H H Zander</ab>

<note>9.</note>

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