T/5 EDWARD ZABRUSKY 37713618
HQS COMPANY BASE "K" AG/RC
APO 1000 C/O P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
US ARMY

T/5 BOB WEBBER
CO. "A" 311 ENGR C BN.
APO 450
US ARMY
INTER ISLAND

                                          TACLOBAN LEYTE
                                             19 JUNE 46

DEAR ROBERT,

     I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER TODAY AND SO I HAD BETTER ANSWER IT
BEFORE YOU MOVE AGAIN.  IT LOOKS AS IF YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO STOP
CHANGING OUTFITS UNTIL YOU ARE SENT HOME.

     YOU SOUND AS IF YOU ARE GETTING A PRETTY GOOD DEAL OUT OF
THE WHOLE THING, BUT YOU NEVER  HAVE TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU
AFTER WE LEFT MINDANAO.  I HEARD THAT YOU WERE TO BE TRANSFERRED
TO THE 86TH DIVISION.  ONE THING I SEE THAT YOU ARE STILL IN THE
ENGINEERS THAT IS ONE GOOD THING.

     BY THE WAY, FREY SAID TO TELL YOU HELLO, AND THAT YOU HAD
BETTER WRITE TO HIM.  THAT STUFF ABOUT 21 MONTHS SERVICE HAS JUST
COME OUT SO HE WILL BE ON HIS WAY HOME ONE OF THESE FINE DAYS.
AT THE PRESENT TIME HE IS WORKING IN AG OFFICE.  THAT IS HE IS
TAKING CARE OF HIS COMPANY'S RECORDS (746 ENGRS).  ALL THE PERSONNEL
RECORDS OF THE MEN HERE ARE NOW IN AG OFFICE AND WHAT A MESS THE
OFFICE IS.  THERE ARE ABOUT 500 GUYS HERE IN THE DAYTIME AND IT
LOOKS LIKE BARGAIN DAY IN MACY'S BASEMENT 'ER SOMETHIN'.  I AM VERY
THANKFUL THAT I AM ON NIGHTS FOR YOU DON'T HAVE SO MUCH CONFUSION.

     TWO OF THE FELLOWS WHO WORK IN RADIO AND CABLE HERE ARE GOING
HOME VERY SOON SO THAT MEANS THAT I WILL HAVE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE
NIGHT SHIFT.  CAN YOU FEATURE THAT.  IT IS A JOB THAT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE DONE BY AN OFFICER BUT YOU KNOW THE ARMY.  THERE IS STILL A LOT
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE AND I DOUBT THAT I WILL EVER LEARN.
THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT GOES WITH AND THAT MAKES
IT RATHER DIFFICULT.  WHO KNOWS?  WE MIGHT GET OUT OF THIS PLACE ONE
FINE DAY.  ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK AS IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT
FOR THE FALL TERM OF COLLEGE DOES IT.

     VANDERBILT WAS ASKING ME IF I HAD HEARD FROM YOU.  HE IS STATIONED
RIGHT NEAR HERE AND I SEE HIM QUITE OFTEN.  HE AND I PLAY TENNIS ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.  THAT IS THE ONLY TIME THAT HE HAS OFF IN THE AFTER-
NOONS.  HOW IS WECKMAN AND ALL THE REST.  YOU DIDN'T EVEN MENTION THEM?
I SUPPOSE THAT THEY ARE STILL WITH YOU AREN'T THEY?

     I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME PRETTY EXTENSIVE READING SINCE I HAVE BEEN
HERE.  NOW I AM READING "THE FORTY DAYS OF MUSA DAGH" BY WERFEL.  IT
IS A MASTERPIECE AND YOU WOULD ENJOY IT I AM SURE.  IF YOU EVER GET A
CHANCE TO READ "THE ROYAL GAME" BY SEPHAN SWEIG DON'T MISS IT.  IT IS
ONE OF THE BEST IF HAVE EVER READ.

     WELL IT IS PRETTY LATE SO I HAD BETTER CLOSE FOR THIS TIME.  AND
FOR HEAVEN SAKE WRITE SOON.  UNTIL THEN TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF.

                                                EDDY

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This document is transcribed as it was typed. It has no signature.
In the third paragraph, "FREY" should be "FRYE." This was George
G. Frye of Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Sources:

(1) Letter from Eddy Zabrusky to Bob Webber on 19 June 1946
(2) Bob Webber's address book

Transcribed by Paul M. Webber on 31 March 2002
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