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[edit]DescriptionLetter, 12 May 1941, page 2 of 6.jpg |
English: "Mosquitos, not engaged in the actual attack, are perched on the tent pole apparently waiting for a breach to appear through which they may hurl themselves on my prostrate body. They remind me of a group of manevolent vampires awaiting an opportunity to slake their thirst with the small quantity of blood I have left. I am coming to the conclusion that I am nothing but an animated filling station for the convenience of allCuban mosquitos.
Things down here are about the same. No improvement and God only knows they couldn’t get any worse. Last week we assumed a state of existing war and all organizations went to their" From the Edward L. Parke Collection (COLL/5627) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH |
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