"Since I have been here I have heard Alcott broadcast en two occasions. It is good to hear the old familiar "Coca evening everybody". I have not heard his noon broadcast yet, because the time clashes with dinner here, since the difference between the two places, ie. Shanghai and Malaya—I should say "Somewhere in Malaya"—is exactly cne hour. If it is 12 noon here, it is 1 p.m. in Shanghai.
"1 expect my next letter will be about the kind of work or drills I have to do, as well as my impressions of army life in my capacity as a recruit."
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