Movie in the Jungle-The Rest of the Story

Movie in the Jungle!
Submitted by Dick Martin

Excerpt from letter dated June 24, 1944 from Lieutenant Jack Martin to his uncles in Springfield:

“I just got back from the show.  It was “Song of Bernadette”.  I wonder if that’s been to Springfield yet.  If you folks haven’t seen it and it comes within driving distance – that must be on your must list.  If you can visualize an outdoor theater with a broken down screen, and a sound system in which you could hear a word every now and then.  Plus a battalion of soldiers sits in a hushed silence strains patiently for two and a half hours to hear what they could and when it was all over leaving without a word being said.  That was “Song of Bernadette”. 

We’re coming along O.K. working pretty hard as usual but that’s only to be expected.  The war seems to be coming fine on all fronts.  We don’t have any radios. But have to wait for the daily communiques which don’t arrive every day unfortunately.” 
                                                         
                                 Jack

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