File:Letter, 20 July 1941, page 2 of 4.jpg

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English: "This last tour of outpost duty wasn’t so bad.

We lived in a screened shack on the shore line of the Caribbean and I don’t believe I saw over a dozen mosquitos while I was there. The washing situation was none too good-bucket baths being the only method for cleanliness-but the food was about the best I’ve had since coming to Cuba. Of course the ration boat might get your order mixed up with another outpost=one day they brought us 200 lbs. of ice and a ham when the larder was damn near empty-but on the whole it wasn’t so bad. Speaking of food I’ve lost 21 lbs. since stepping ashore in Cuba. I’ve gone from 197 to 176.

One of the favorite recreations, on that outpost, was fishing for sharks."

From the Edward L. Parke Collection (COLL/5627) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

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