March 28, 1944

(Letter from Vic to brother Rudy and wife Ann, written from the South Pacific to Passaic, New Jersey. Photos were taken from the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers, as described below.)

Dear Ann and Rudy,

This is the additional letter I promised you the other day when I forwarded that brief V-mail. At the present I've quite a bit of leisure time and am making the best of it.

The weather here now is most unusual in that we have not had a noticeable rainfall in almost a month. The air is quite dry now and reasonably comfortable aside from the tropical heat. It's not the supposedly wet season and the continued lack of precipatation is, well, astounding.

In our division news sheet, "South-Sea Reveille", I recently read of the bus accident in Passaic. Did you know any of the ill-fated occupants?

I'm enclosing a few Japanese photos (three to be exact), and I'm inclined to be of the opinion that the honorable (?) soldiers of Nippon show so warriorously posed have joined honorable ancestors in doubtful places - if you get what I mean.

No doubt the base censors will hold over this brief line while closely examining prints of Tojo's honorable stooges - late. So that'll account for any noticeable delay enroute that may've puzzled you. Write soon, often and regularly.

Best regards
Vic