Letters from Our Boys
December 6, 1943 Dear Friends: First of all, before I start anything I believe it is my solemn duty to apologize for not writing sooner and more often. Although, I may have a slight excuse: I have left my former place of training and am now on one of the islands resting up. We made one short stop before we came here. That was on the Island of Betio on the atoll of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. There we encountered quite a number of those slant-eyed yellow skinned people or shall I call them...