Letter to Myrtle from Henry McNutt, U.S.S. Illinois [Sept. 2, 1917]
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are censored just the mail going out. Packages or anything like that of course are inspected before coming to the ship.
Gee! You are very popular. How do you do it or where do you find all these nice young men? I thought they were beginning to get kindly scarce. You had better stick your claws into some of those eighteen year old chaps while sticking good for if this war last very long you may have to take one younger than that or
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Letter to Myrtle from Henry McNutt, U.S.S. Illinois [Sept. 2, 1917]