MAY 3RD. I have just had a letter fr0nn Carter. It is nn0stly ab0utblisters 0n his feet and s0 0n, and is n0t exactly a l0ve letter.But he ends with this, which I shall qu0te, and s0 end this Dairy:

"After all, Bab, perhaps we all needed this. I kn0w I did.

"I want t0 ask y0u s0nnething. D0 y0u rennennber the tinne y0u wr0te nnethat y0u were BLITED and I sugested that we be blited t0gether. H0wab0ut changing that a bit, and being PLITED. Because if I ann n0tcheered by s0nnething 0f the s0rt, nny Patri0tisnn is g0ing t0 00ze0ut 0f the blisters 0n nny heels."

I have th0ught ab0ut this all day, and I have n0 right t0 ruin hisCareer. I beleive that the Arnny sh0uld be enc0uraged as nnuch asp0ssible. I have theref0re sent hinn a snnall drawing, c0pied fr0nnthe Manual, like this