9-23-1943

PVT. Frank Turner ASN 39913921
89th Depot Repair Sqd. A.P.O. 635
c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y.

Dear Bill
I was sure glad to hear from you and how you are coming along in the Navy.
Well here I am in England and getting 20% more in pay checks now which doesn't add up so much after all for a private.
England isn't such a bad place and the girls are not bad except they haven't the shapes the American girls have got, their legs look kind of beat up. I went to a stage show the other night and even the chorus girls were either too fat or too skinny. Oh well! I guess you can't have everything.
Guess who I saw over here last Tuesday? Captain James McNair alias Staff Sergeant Mc. I didn't get to talk to him, but if I see him again I'll give him the old high ball.
I sure wish you could be here and see some of the things I have in the past 2 months, it is sure a far cry from Utah.
I was talking to an old Englishman the other day and he said he had never heard of Utah, just New York and California.
Have you ever heard where Bob Nuttal went to? I have wondered if he is in Italy or the Solomans.
Well Bill, write soon as mail is sure welcome here where there isn't much to do for pleasure except get a letter from your friends.
Your pal Frank