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Mon 9 july 45
Peleliu, Island.
Dear Brother & Family
Well how is every thing around home? I recieve your letter to-day the one you wrote when you were suppose to be working. you said that the tobacco crop was out and doing fine. I shore hope you have a good crop it should be a good price and I hear there is a shortage of it. you said you were still haveing a lot of rain. well dont let it worried you. cause there is a dry spell comeing. boy you should see it rain out hear some time, it can rain so dam hard and keep it up the longest, I don't know were all the water come from. most of the time it just rain real hard for about 5 minute and then stop a while. this hot clamit shore ant for me.
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