Well they’s no hard feeling between Alcock and I and I guess I more then got even with him for eating out of my hand as they say but Johnny said it was a shame I couldn’t of used some of my strength on a German instead of him but any way its all over now and the Dr. says my leg is pretty near OK and I can walk on it in a couple wks. but my left arm won’t be no use for god knows how long and maybe never and I guess I’m lucky they didn’t half to clip it off. So I don’t know when I will get out of here or where I will go from here but I guess they’s 1 little party that ain’t in no hurry to see me go and I wished you could see her look at me Al and you would say its to bad I am a married man with 2 kids.

Your pal, Jack .

Somwheres in France, Aug. 16.