At Boyington Knoxville Tenn June 8th '64
Dear Sister
I take my pen to converse with you a few moments It is still preaty warm here and we are having a goodel of rane vegetation is preaty forward they have plenty of guardans sceus such as peas and onions and the like potatoes will be large enough within two weeks to commence [digging] using I have been out on a scout of nearley a week and just got in yesterday and quite numbers of letters for me I have not answered any of them yet but I must write one or two this