5 December 1942
Dear Folks & All:
Here it is another Saturday evening and another week has gone past. Time surely does fly, especially when one is busy and heaven knows I am plenty busy.
Am enclosing a check for fifteen dollars. Put it on my a/c at the 2nd Nat’l Bank.
Today I received a letter from you that you wrote on Thanksgiving, one from Libby and one from Mary plus a Christmas Card. Beaulah and Sam sent me some good jokes and I might add the first ones I have heard in a long time.
I do hope that all of you have a splendid holiday season and don’t worry about me because I will get along ok.
It has been awful warm here of late and for a few days it was about to get me down but I am feeling much better here of late.
Surely wish I could be with all of you during the coming holidays. Perhaps this will be the last year that I will have to be apart from all of you. I may have some more pictures for you one of these days if things turn out ok.
Will we ever have a great deal to talk about when I return home.
Libby ask me how long you had to be in the Marine Corps before you get a furlough tell her since I have been promoted to the rank of an officer it is a leave and that we have a war to fight. Also, remind her that I am only kidding but I am not kidding when I say that this war is serious business and we must all unite with an all out effort to beat the Axis.
Good night and I hope this finds you all well. Oh! Yes I got a letter from Leota.
Love to all,
Leo
Lt. L.J. McLoskey
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