Letters: May 25, 1951

        Dear Redhead--Incidentally your hair is still red, isn’t it? Please don’t ever change it. I was looking at your beach picture a moment ago and I tried to imagine (fairly successfully) how your hair looked. Looks good--I looked again just now and also decided it looks real good long too. I mean when your hair is long it looks real good.
        This is your paper you sent me and I am grateful beyond a few words. Those few words are: thanks a million hon. It’s real nice writing paper.
        It’s raining like the devil this evening but today was a good day as far as the war goes. Our tanks got up to the 38th parallel and we flew far over the parallel looking for gooks. Found a whole bunch too and the Air Force took care of most of them. They (the Chinese) were bugging out to the North, so our Infantry will be crossing the parallel, probably tomorrow. In fact the Chinese were moving so fast our artillery couldn’t catch up with them. But now the rain, which always gives the gooks time to regroup is coming down pretty heavily and will probably hinder the night fighters. The Air Force is really chalking up the gook casualties and you can believe what you read in the paper about the Chinese casualty rate.

        Okay hon--all for now. Be careful and good luck on your finals. Don’t study the night before an exam. Go to a show and relax. Honest, it does wonders--write soon.