{"id":78,"date":"2011-02-21T21:02:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T21:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/\/\/uncategorized\/78\/"},"modified":"2011-02-21T21:02:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T21:02:02","slug":"78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/78\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartas \u2013 1942 a 1945 #36"},"content":{"rendered":"Capit\u00e1n TG Leske 15 TD Gp Camp Gruber, Oklahoma 22-3-44 (Masellos 32 de marzo 1944 3pm, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, franqueo &quot;gratis&quot;) Srta. Jane Axtel 538 S. Normandie Los \u00c1ngeles, California. \u00a1Hola Jane! \u00a1Cu\u00e1nto tiempo sin escribir! Me refiero a m\u00ed. Desde que llegamos aqu\u00ed me he sentido de mal humor y un poco triste. De vez en cuando, rayos de sol se filtraban en mi alma oscurecida; por supuesto, esto suced\u00eda los d\u00edas que recib\u00eda cartas tuyas. Antes de que lo olvide, muchas gracias por la c\u00e1mara. \u00bfCu\u00e1l fue el da\u00f1o, en t\u00e9rminos de la moneda del reino? Tus caricaturas han sido un \u00e9xito entre los oficiales de mi grupo. Las tengo en la pared junto a tu WAC en el urinario. Tus varias cartas est\u00e1n aqu\u00ed junto a m\u00ed y ver\u00e9 si puedo incluir respuestas a tus preguntas, si las hay. Si Casey supiera cu\u00e1l fue mi reacci\u00f3n a su mudanza, probablemente se sentir\u00eda muy herida. No entiendo por qu\u00e9 tuvo que esperar tanto. Si hubiera tenido un poco de cabeza, su mudanza habr\u00eda sido varias semanas antes para que nos hubiera sido m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil. Imag\u00ednate, sin puertas abiertas, sin compa\u00f1eros de piso, sin Larsen. Por cierto, \u00bfde d\u00f3nde sacaste la idea de que te estaba tachando de mi lista? Y sobre todo, en cuanto sub\u00ed al tren. Al fin y al cabo, ser\u00eda muy dif\u00edcil olvidar tan r\u00e1pido un episodio tan agradable como el que viv\u00ed contigo en Los \u00c1ngeles. No fue solo el hecho de verte, sino la forma en que me recibiste y me soportaste. Muchas veces he pensado en el fin de semana y al mismo tiempo he deseado m\u00e1s de lo mismo. Hablando de Los \u00c1ngeles, si un pajarito te susurra al o\u00eddo que existe la posibilidad de que me transfieran a un puesto bastante cercano, ten un poco de fe en el susurro. Tus queridos compa\u00f1eros de trabajo, Farras(?) y Stephanie, se desvivieron por ayudarte a escribir una de tus cartas, y fue m\u00e1s que generoso de su parte ofrecerme invitarlos a tomar algo la pr\u00f3xima vez que vaya a Los \u00c1ngeles de gira. Quiz\u00e1s no se mostrar\u00edan tan generosos si les admitieras que soy viejo, calvo, que roncaba y hablaba en sue\u00f1os mientras pateaba a mi compa\u00f1ero de cama. \u00a1Sal\u00fadalos! Esta carta se ha extendido much\u00edsimo. \u00a1Qu\u00e9 efecto me causas! Aqu\u00ed est\u00e1 mi compa\u00f1ero de piso durmiendo; es domingo, un d\u00eda de descanso, las mujeres me llaman constantemente para salir, y yo, sentado, escribo simplemente vol\u00famenes para esos ojos y esos xxxx (censurados) en Los \u00c1ngeles. Eso es todo por ahora. Saludos, Ted.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr \/>\n\nMam\u00e1 escribi\u00f3 en el sobre un poema subido de tono. \u00bfAlguien puede descifrarlo en taquigraf\u00eda?\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bob.hanlonbrown.com\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-203\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-203 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope1.jpg\" alt=\"envelope1\" width=\"600\" height=\"674\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope1.jpg 1508w, https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope1-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope1-768x863.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope1-912x1024.jpg 912w, https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope1-1200x1348.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/674;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/bob.hanlonbrown.com\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-204\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-204 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope2-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"envelope2\" width=\"600\" height=\"695\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope2-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope2-768x889.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope2-884x1024.jpg 884w, https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope2-1200x1390.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/robertjwallace-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/envelope2.jpg 1468w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/695;\"><\/a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capit\u00e1n TG Leske<br \/>\n15 T.D. Gp<br \/>\nCamp Gruber, Okla.<\/p>\n<p>3-22-44 (Postmarked Mar 32 3pm 1944, Camp Gruber, OKLA, postage &quot;free&quot;)<\/p>\n<p>Miss Jane Axtel<br \/>\n538 S. Normand\u00eda<br \/>\nLos \u00c1ngeles, California.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a1Hola Jane!<\/p>\n<p>\nLong time no write! Me I mean.<\/p>\n<p>\nEver since we have been here I have felt out of sorts and sort of blue.  Occasionally rays of sunlight would filter through into my darkened soul &#8211; of course, this happened on the days that I received letters from you.<\/p>\n<p>\nBefore I forget it &#8211; many thanks for the camera. What was the damage, in terms of the coin of the realm?\n<\/p>\n<p>Your cartoons have gone over big with officers in my Group. I have them up on the wall next to your  W A C on  the urninal.<\/p>\n<p>Your several letters are here next to me and I will see if I can include answers to your questions, if any.<br \/>\nIf Casey only knew what my  reaction was to her moving out, she would probably feel very hurt.  Why the creature had to wait so long, I can&rsquo;t understand. If she had any brains at all her moving date would have been several weeks earlier so that we could have been more convenienced. Just imagine, no open doors, no roommates, no Larsens.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhere, by the bye, did you ever get the idea that I was crossing you off my list? And especially, as soon  as I got on the train.  After all, it would be pretty darn hard to so quickly forget as nice an episode as I experienced in L. A. with you.  It was not only the fact that I saw you but the way in which you received me and just put up with me. I have often thought of the weekend and at the same time wished for more of the same.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhile on subjects concerning L.A., if a little birdie should whisper in your ear that this is a possibility of my being transferred to a post fairly nearby, have a little faith in the whisper.<\/p>\n<p>\nYour darling little co-workers &#8211; Farras(?) and Stephanie &#8211; certainly knocked themselves out in helping you compose one of your letters and it was more than generous of them to offer to let me buy them drinks next time I come to L.A. on a personal appearance tour.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey might not be so free with their good intentions if you were to admit to them that I was old, bald, and snored and talked in my sleep while kicking my bedmate.<\/p>\n<p>\nAny hoo say hello to them   This letter has extended itself to an amazing length. What an effect you have on me. Here my roomie is sleeping, it Sunday, a day of rest, women constantly calling me for dates, and I sit  writing simply&nbsp; volumes to those eyes and those xxxx (censured) in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>\nThat&rsquo;s all for now.<\/p>\n<p>\nEl mejor<br \/>\nTed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Mom wrote on the envelope, a racy poem.&nbsp; Can anyone decipher shorthand?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"899\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/envelope1.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/899;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"926\" data-src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/envelope2.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/926;\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1944_letter"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Bob","author_link":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/author\/admin\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}