July 3rd
Dear Jean:
Well here it is almost 4th of July again & its plenty warm out here. I supose its pretty hot back there now?
I've only been ashore once since we came back from Guam. I've been staying aboard and doing a little studying. Yesterday I took the exam for second class machinist, there were 12 of us. I think I wrote a pretty good exam but being quite new on the ship might hold me back but in a month or two I'll know.