Salinger added that he was working on a play about Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of his story "Slight Rebellion off Madison", and hoped to play the part himself.
Med prodiranjem zaveznikov od Normandije proti Nemčiji se je Salinger domenil za sestanek s pisateljem Ernestom Hemingwayem, ki je nanj močno vplival in je tedaj delal kot vojni dopisnik v Parizu.