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[Correspondence], 1944 March

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6

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44. rcv’d 3/13/44-England. Telegram. All is well. 45. 3/4/44-England. Appreciated the photos of her that she had sent. Just been called to try two Court Martials because he is a Trial Judge Advocate. 46. 3/8/44-England. Back from somewhere, but now saw Winchester, Guildford, Folkestone and Dover. There was an alert in Dover while he was there that he thinks she probably heard about. 47. 3/8/44-England. Army life. 48. 3/10/44-England. He was sent on "jaunts" around the country in his jeep. He writes about Piccadilly prostitutes. 48. (same number twice). rcv’d 3/26/44-England. Telegram. All is well. 49. 3/19/44-England. V-mail. Battalion moved. Stationed in a "hot spot". They "man the guns almost every night". He couldn’t write her so had sent the "all is well" telegram. 50. 3/21/44-England. New APO is 171. They are staying in tents. Humorous description that he is living "like Lincoln" except he has a kerosene lantern. Loved photo Natalie had sent of her with his family at the "Troc" in San Francisco. 51. 3/23/44-England. They bathe out of tin cans or their helmets. The latrines are coal buckets with a removable wood seat. There are some "fine English people" who have a lovely home and are allowing the officers to bathe in their home. He used the word "shower" and the woman had no idea what that was and after he described one to her, she thought it was a fine idea. 52. 3/25/44-England. They are busy firing the guns at German planes. He heard an anti-semetic German broadcast about South American Jews taking over the South American countries. Said the theory was that Germany wanted South American countries to join with them and revolt against the USA so the USA would have to bring their troops home to protect the USA. 53. 3/28/44-England. It was hard to write daily because they are busy during the day and then they are busy all night firing at the German planes. 54. 3/30/44-England. Red Cross canteen mobile arrived. The Colonel has ignored his transfer request to the Judge Advocate Corps and no paperwork was filed. 55. 3/31/44-England. Met a retired English Barrister and had tea at his home.

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  • Creation: 1944 March

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Extent

From the Collection: 9.39 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

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