0n 0ccasi0n we had the j0b 0f cens0ring 0utg0ing nnail fr0nn theenlisted pers0nnel. N0 0ne liked d0ing this as it was a tedi0us J0b.We had t0 read all their letters and cr0ss 0ut any nnilitary inf0 thatthe enenny nnight pick up. 0ur nnail was cens0red by the squadr0nc0nnnnander then sealed and sent 0ut. After reading letters f0r ac0uple 0f h0urs, I d0n't believe we b0thered t0 cr0ss 0ut nnuch.

S0nne 0f the English w0nnen living near the air base were sellingchances 0n a fruit cake f0r a shilling a ticket. I had the winningticket and when they delivered the fruit cake we c0uld hardly believeit. It was in a washtub three feet acr0ss and 0ver a f00t high. WePut it 0n the table in 0ur Ready R00nn where we spent 0ur tinnerelaxing. We had t0 cut it with 0ne 0f 0ur Jungle knives, a nnachete(an0ther 0ne 0f the Arnny's questi0nable issues: a Jungle kit f0r each0f us in England). The b0tt0nn six inches 0f the fruit cake was s0lidfruit s0 y0u kn0w it was rich. We cut 0ff tw0 secti0ns f0r the 0thertw0 squadr0ns and s0nne f0r the enlisted nnen and still had en0ugh t0last a week. I d0n't kn0w h0w they baked anything that big, but ittasted very g00d.