Army & Navy - MARINES: Dear Bettye

The Marines of the battle-hardened Amphibious V Corps (Tarawa, Kwajalein, Eniwetok) took time out to grin. On a bulletin board was a notice from one of the outfit's censors, addressed to a private.The message :

"Letter at mail desk. Name on envelope: Dorothy. Name on letter: Bettye. Check, and if correct, mail."

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