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Southwest
Pacific
July 31, 44

Hello! Doris,

Greetings of Good Wishes to you. Youv'e [[You've]] [[strikethrough]] must always [[/strikethrough]] guessed very wrong 
to be so near. from my last accounts I do not appear to be either on New Guinea or New Britian  ha!ha!

I'll tell you Doris I'm on the Islands of Robert Swing Beals.  ha!ha!

now I bet you still Don't Know  ha!ha!

Yes I do know Bob V. he just wrote to mother. The cat eyes on this Island which I'm on is carved [[strikethrough]] of cat eyes [[/strikethrough]] Though I managed to get just two. Cat eyes & sea shells are made into necklaces & Bracelets. Well our war on rats is ceasing due to rat poising [[poisoning]] all we have to do is