I found your letter in a bundle of letter that were getting prepared to be thrown out because there isn't enough personnel on the ship to write everyone. I'm a Construction Mechanic third class stationed on the USS Trenton. There isn't much to tell. So far we've learned to stay out of the sun as much as possible and drink plenty of water. Other than that we are just waiting.
Morale is low.
The crew is bored of doing nothing. We've been underway for the past 80 days with no liberty ports. Communication with our families has much to be desired. Over all we just want something to happen. Most of the marines and sailors alike think we should go in and destroy that little country.