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9/5/42- Postcard to Nettie Rosow from Tucson.

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1. 12/8/43-On train. 2. 12/14/43–On East coast. Tour of Rockefeller Center. 3. 12/15/43–On East coast. Has to censor other servicemen's letters. 4. 12/19/43–Visited a cousin in NY. 5. 12/20/43–Love letter. Sweet. Rcv'd 12/24/44–Telegram. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 9. 12/28/44–V-mail from ship (turned out to be the Queen Mary). 10. 12/28/43–V-mail on ship. Very rocky trip on the ship. 11. 12/30/43-In Europe somewhere. Trying to figure out foreign currency.

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6. no postmark or date-On Camp Haan, Calif. stationery. 7. no postmark or date–Enclosed in envelope: Postcard from Jack Dempsey’s restaurant in NY. 8. no date. Telegram. "All well and safe."

Scope and Contents 12. 1/4/44–England. APO 597 cable address. Code word AMURAY. 13. 1/5/44–England. 14. 1/6/44-England. Was in advance party to the boat in NY. Was in England and Scotland. Saw bombed buildings and Victory Gardens. 15. 1/9/44–England. Bought two Zippo lighters at the PX. 16. 1/8/44–England. V-mail. Kids make "V" sign or "thumbs up" to the servicemen. 17. 1/11/43–England. Great detail about a variety show at the camp. Enclosed in envelope: poem "Lines to an Absent Husband." 18. 1/12/44–England....

Scope and Contents 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....

Scope and Contents 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...

Scope and Contents 56. 4/1/44-England. Tired. May go to town for a drink. 57. 4/2/44-England. Wrote that English girls are looking for American husbands. 58. 4/3/44-England. Description of Army life. 59. 4/5/44-England. Went to a movie-"Young Ideas." 60. 4/8/44-England. He and another officer were ordered to go to the Colonel’s party. Then afterwards were asked to pay for it. Description of the Woman's Land Army, which is a group of young girls who tend sheep, watch over farm land, and deliver milk. 61....

Scope and Contents 69. 5/1/44-England. It’s "Double Summertime"-stays light until 10:30 or 11pm. Bought a book on Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. Bought some Barling pipes for $45 at Ravensgate. rcv’d 5/10/44-Telegram to Grandma Rosow for Mother’s Day. 70. rcv’d 5/10/44-Telegram to Natalie for Mother’s Day (even though she wasn’t a mother yet). 71. 5/4/44-England. Went to the post office to buy two of every kind of stamp they had for himself and his brother, Norman. Woman behind counter asked him...

Scope and Contents 83. 6/1/44-England. All of the men got their hair cut short in preparation for the invasion. More about the coin bracelet: the small coin in the center is Greek. Also sending a "crown" coin. Said very rare coin over here, equivalent of a $1.00. Paid "a premium" for it. 84. 6/3/44-England. Did the haircuts in an "assembly line method". Very entertaining description of the process. Saw elderly men in Winchester in purple robes and flat hats. Wrote that they were formerly wealthy men who were...

Scope and Contents 94. 7/2/44-Normandy, France. (Date of letter is out of order, but the envelope is numbered 94) They have captured 50 Germans, who "don’t look like Superman" to him. Is using the French translation book Army gave before the invasion. He’s writing in pencil because he ran out of ink. Someone took his knife, fork and spoon, so he found a German combination spoon and fork. No longer in envelope: the shoulder strap from one of those prisoners. Also will be sending a Nazi flag, parachute material...