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[Correspondence], 1944 February

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5

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28. 2/3/44-England. V-mail. Loves her. 29. rcv’d 2/21/44-England. Telegram. Said they have stock phrases to pick from for the telegrams. 30. 2/3/44-England. Disappointed he didn’t get a promotion. She had asked why he didn’t number his envelopes to her and he said he couldn’t because of censorship rules. 31. 2/6/44-England. Went to an Orthodox temple service. 32. 2/7/44-England. V-mail. Misses her. 33. 2/8/44-England. Asked the Colonel to transfer him to Judge Advocate General’s dept. Colonel said fine. 34. 2/11/44-England. Hasn’t written. Very busy. When he gets home to the USA, he wants to "see the open theater for auto parking customers." 35. 2/15/44-England. Beautiful, newsy love letter. 36. 2/16/44-England. "Thrilled" to see #10 Downing Street. No longer in envelope: Sad Sack cartoons from The Yank. 37. 2/17/44-England. Reference to her Valentine card. Forbidden to mark his letters with "x’s and o’s" because it could be considered a code. No longer in envelope: clippings about English people giving road directions. Said it was very accurate. 38. 2/20/44-England. Asked her to knit him a "snood" hat and made a little drawing. It’s cold there. Comments about Red Cross being great. 39. 2/21/44-England. Wants to name his jeep "Little Shrimp" after his nickname for her. 40. 2/22/44-England. Saw play "Angel Street" at the camp. Sent her the program (no longer in envelope). Wrote someday his children would read these letters and see how much he loved her. 41. Rcv’d 3/3/44- England. Envelope empty. Maybe sent Stars and Stripes? 42. 2/25/44-England. Tomorrow will be naming the jeep "Little Shrimp." 43. 2/26/44-England. Thoughts on Hitler, the Gestapho. Description of English villages.

Dates

  • Creation: 1944 February

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English

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Extent

From the Collection: 9.39 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

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