OCT. 28TH 1942

DEAR JIM,

I RECEIVED A LETTER (AIRGRAPH) TODAY DATED TWENTY FIRST OF SEPT.  YOU HAD JUST RECEIVED AN AIRGRAPH FROM ME WHICH ONLY TOOK TWELVE DAYS.  I’M GLAD TO HEAR YOU ARE GETTING SOMETHING ONCE IN A WHILE. SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SLIGHT ACCIDENT. I HOPE YOU HAVE RECOVERED BY THIS TIME. THOUGH IT WOULD BE A CHANCE FOR A LITTLE LEISURE.

I WROTE TO YOU A FEW DAYS AGO AND SENT IT BY AIR MAIL. I ALSO SENT YOU ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH WHICH I DO HOPE YOU GET THIS TIME.

WRITING THESE FEW LINES NOW AS I WON’T GET ANOTHER CHANCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

ONCE AGAIN WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THE BEST OF LUCK FOR NEXT YEAR.

YOURS,

HUGH