Received your swell letter today that was mailed on Nov. 29 and which has followed me quite a ways in Japan. I have moved to a new location and new APO and just received your letter now. Ordinarily it takes six or seven days for a letter from San Francisco to me so you should receive this on the 18th or 19th.
As I said I have moved and am now in or rather on the island of Hokkaido which is some thousand-odd miles north of Tokyo. It is called the Northern Command and has charge of all Japan from two hundred miles north of Tokyo and on up. In fact we are just thirty-two miles from the Russians and right now it’s snowing like hell (about three feet so far) and the temperature is around twenty degrees. Wish you were here to warm me. The liquor doesn’t quite do the job. And I don’t have a Japanese girl lined up as yet. All the good ones seem to be taken. Oh well…
Gee Baby, I would like to be in San Fran just as soon as I possibly could but I’m afraid it will be some time. But I’ll get there so stick around until I do.
Where I am is one of the best deals anybody could have. I am flying a General and I have a place to live that would do justice to Nob Hill. I share a six room apartment with a pal and we each have a bedroom and a Japanese boy to do all the work including mixing the drinks. Liquor is so damn cheap it’s pitiful. Less than two dollars a fifth and any kind you want. In fact I can’t afford to stay sober. Oh well again.
So Baby, until I hear from you--goodbye for now. I’ll write a longer letter as soon as I’m organized here and I hope I hear from you real often. I’ll write just as often--be goddamn good or else.
Ps. Merry Xmas
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