Many thanks to my brother Charles, who took Jack's old negatives and scanned them. Thanks to him, I have photos to share! Here are the boys, around the barracks.
I don't know who is who, except for Jack of course. You can assign the names to who you would like to think they are. To remind you, his crewmates were:
Pilot Henry F. Kale
Co-Pilot Delbert C. Rohr
Navigator Donald H. Eaton
Top Turret Gunner James B. McGarry
Radio Operator Stanley N. Perez
Most frequently at Nose Gunner James W. Davis
Ball Turret Gunner Bernard C. Eutsler (Jack)
Tail Gunner John A. Webster
Not many of them have insignia on them, but those that do are not officer insignia. I think the officers spent time elsewhere, so you may want to assume that these men are the gunners and Perez, the radio operator.
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Here are photos of Jack's trip to Scotland. He had warned us that the photos weren't that great. You can see what I believe is Scott Monument as well as Edinburgh Castle, as well as other sights.
It's been almost two weeks since Jack wrote to Maggie. Finally he sends her a V-Mail.
Feb 23 1945
Dear Margaret,
Well that picture finally got here and am really happy. I think it's good of you – thanks again.
I really should have written you a airmail letter but I am so tired I was afraid I couldn't think of enough to even start. I also haven't been doing any thing to write about so will settle with this Vmail. We have been having pretty nice weather of late. Infact it's just like spring. I really enjoy this weather. It has warmed up and the sun has finally come out. I took some pictures yesterday of the officers also took some last Sunday. I don't remember if I was on any of them or not but if so I'll send you some. Well will close with that so write soon
Love Bill
Feb 24 1945
Dear Ma
I recived a couple of letters from you to night so will try to answer them. They were postmarked Feb 2-6 so it seems they came in pretty good time. I also got one from Bo and she had the usual chatter. She told me all about the wedding and etc.
I am glad to hear Dad Kruse is home now. He probably will get a long a lot better there. Tell him when I get him I take hold of his suspenders and hold him up, infact I'll even help him up a ladder to fix the roof. He better start looking for all the places that need fixing as we can do it.
Say if you ever get the chance to see "Combat America" – Clark Gable go to it. Its a picture all about this Groop. It was taken when they first came over seas. Of course things have changed a lot but it still is pretty good. It is a training film so you may not be able to see it, I think they are showing it to the public but wouldn't say for sure. It is all taken here on this base.
Well one more Mission and little Jim will be finished, I guess she signed up for a 2nd tour though. I have a few more to go but not too many, I hope to be finished by the middle of next month. That's if evey thing goes o.K.
So they are moving Camp Luna again, well I hope they do. Then when I get home I won't have to worry about M.P.'s [big splotch] sort of droped some ink there.
Maybe some of the people around Vegas will come down to civilization again.
I sure feel low tonight, I have a nice head cold and my sinus is acting up. I have a heard time clearing my ears. I have just played a round all day to day. I haven't felt like doing a thing and have done less. I sure hope I feel better tomorrow. I'll close now.
Jack
It took me a while to finally find "Camp Luna." It was hard to read, but I finally deciphered it! Here is an article about some of the men trained at Camp Luna.
For your viewing pleasure, here is the 1945 propaganda film featuring Clark Gable, "Combat America." Bob Hope also makes an appearance. I admit I skimmed through the first 3/4. There is good combat footage that starts at about 43:00.
And one more letter for today, which finishes out February, 1945.
Feb 27 1945
Dear Ma, I recived a couple of letters from you to-day. They were dated Feb 9 and the 11. They came through in pretty good time for a change. I also got a letter from Bo and one from Manelva. Neither one said much but that's nothing unusual.
Boy I am so tired tonight I don't know which end is up. They have really been putting me over the road of late. I come in at night and drop into the sack and lay there until called in the morning. It gets very tiresome after a while and I do mean tiresome. Oh well 3 more times and I can tell them to jam it where it will do the most good.
I am glad you like the job they did on the medal. I suppose you are the only one who will look at it any way.
So Wayne is going on a trip – it will probably do him some good. At least he will see how some of the rest of the army lives. You know he has been stationed there at A.P.G 3years now. You also know I have never been stationed any one place over 4 or 5 months.
Say you might as well stop writing to me because they will just have to start following me around. Also write and tell all the rest who write me the same.
Remember the 2- to 3-week mail travel time as being "pretty good" next time you have to wait a minute for an email to come through!
Wow, it sounds like we are getting close to the end of Jack's tour!
No wonder he doesn't know which end is up. After a couple weeks off, Jack got back into the ball turret and has flown six missions February 20 - 27. I mentioned one of them in the last post.
And he's right: he has just three missions left! He has one more tomorrow, and then two in early March.
Here are last week's missions:
The crew had to report at 0245 for breakfast and took off at 0720 on Wednesday, February 21 for Mission 276. The mission took the crew back to Nurnberg, where they targeted naval armament. No aircraft lost, no enemy aircraft encountered, meager and inaccurate flak encountered. One aircraft was shot and returned damaged, but no casualties. Whew!
Not one of Jack's missions, but here's an interesting anecdote. Roger A. Freeman in "Mighty Eighth War Diary" describes an incident in a B-17 Flying Fortress on February 22:
The tail compartment in a B-17 was a lonely perch, remote from other crew positions. Just how remote was never better illustrated them by what we befell 19-year-old staff Sergeant Charles Sibray on the 22 February 1945 raid on Ansbach marshalling yard. Manning the tail guns in a 486th Group Fortress, Sibray heard the pilot say No. 1 engine was being shut down. Turning his head to look through a side window, Sibray could see smoke and flame trailing from under the left wing and this information he immediately reported over the interphone. A moment later the pilot ordered all crew members to be prepared for the bail-out signal. Clipping on his chest pack parachute, the tail gunner disconnected his main oxygen and interphone lines and moved behind the seat to where he could release and kick out the emergency door. He then returned to his seat, reconnected oxygen and interphone and awaited further instructions. None came. He called up the pilots but receiving no reply assumed they were too busy coping with the situation to respond. Smoke was still issuing from the wing, although not so heavily and as the bomber continued smoothly on his way Sibray thought the emergency had passed and the pilots were going to try to get the B-17 to friendly territory. Obeying the rules of crew discipline, Sibray stuck to his post. Some 30 minutes later more flak appeared near the bomber's tail and Sibray called out the position of bursts so the pilots could take evasive action. His calls were not acknowledged, and the aircraft continued without change of course. The gunner was now apprehensive that alI was not right. Even if the interphone was faulty the pilots would surely have maneuvered the bomber out of range of the flak. Perhaps the crew in the nose have been injured. Taking a walk-around oxygen bottle he crawled out of the tail position and past the retracted tail wheel to find no gunner in the waist. The radio room was also empty. He negotiated the bomb bay cat walk and opened the door into the flight deck. To his fearful amazement the cockpit was deserted; the blinking light of the automatic pilot indicated what was controlling force held the Fortress in level flight. Realizing he was alone, Sibray's first reaction was to offer a silent prayer. During the few seconds when he disconnected his interphone lines to leave his position and release the escape door the pilot had apparently given the bail-out order to the crew. For over an hour the tailgunner had unknowingly been alone in the Fortress which had flown 150 miles over hostile territory on automatic pilot. Seeing that the fire in the wing still persisted Sibray decided it was time he too departed. After his parachute descent and safe landing he found he was in France from where he was returned to his base. The rest of the crew had been made prisoner in Germany, believing their bomber was a victim of flak. In fact the 486th Group formation did not encounter any enemy fire at Ansbach, and the damage done to the lost bomber was through the accidental discharge of a .50 gun in another Fortress.
Mission 278 on Friday, February 23 hit marshalling yards near Plauen, Germany. Again, no aircraft were lost and no men were wounded.
Mission 280, on Sunday, February 25, was a bit more hairy. The mission's target was the marshalling yards near Munich. Nineteen aircraft were hit by flak. One badly-damaged ship crash-landed in Switzerland, and the pilot, 2nd Lt Charles Abplanalp was killed. Another landed at an airbase in France with three crewmen injured.
Abplanalp is buried in Chicago, Illinois.
Another aircraft from the mission landed in France with three crew members injured. From "The 351st Bomb Group in WWII" by Ken Harbour & Peter Harris by way of 351st.com:
Just before bombs away 42-97843, piloted by Lt. Sandel, had the radio and two engines on the right side knocked out. Lt. Sandel managed to stay in formation and Lt. Rosenblatt dropped his bombs with the rest. Then the plane started losing height at about 800 feet a minute. The decision had to be made to head to Switzerland or back to friendly territory, the latter four times as far. Lt. Sandel chose France. By this time he was down to 4,000 feet, minus the ball turret and all guns and ammunition. He was making good progress and was within seven minutes of crossing the front lines when a FW 190 saw him and closed in for the kill. With no guns to defend themselves, the crew huddled in the waist while the FW 190 poured 20mm shells into the plane. Sgt. Dahlmand, the waist gunner, was hit in the arm and leg on the FW’s first run. On its second run it turned the B-17s stabilizer and waist section into a sieve, but then the fighter appeared to run out of ammunition, because it flew away. One minute later, crossing the front lines north of Strasburg, a barrage of flak hit the ship, wounding Lt. Rosenblatt and Lt. Sandel, and puncturing the fuel tanks of numbers one and four engines. Lt. Clarac, the co-pilot, took over and found that only one engine was working properly. He spotted the Fighter Airfield at Lunneville and started to let down. With the hydraulic system out they would have no brakes, but the bombardier was so badly wounded that a crash landing was out of the question. However, the landing was successful and the plane stopped by using the hand pump.
Ho. ly. cow.
On February 26, they flew to the big show: Berlin. The target for Mission 281 was railroad marshalling yards. Cloud cover was 10/10 at the target, so they were forced to bomb the secondary target, Neureppin (Germany) airdrome. No aircraft were lost. One landed safely on the continent instead of returning to base, reason unknown.
And there was yet no rest. The next morning, Tuesday February 27 they climbed back into their ships and made a run to the Marshalling Yard at Leipzig, Germany for Mission 282. No aircraft were lost, no casualties. Thank goodness.
It was a long week! And yet, he has another mission tomorrow, February 28, making seven missions in nine days. This is 21% of Jack's missions in just nine days! The only other time he had missions on more than two days in a row was early on, November 4, 5, 6 1944. He has almost always had multiple days between missions.
HIs mention of photos makes me realize I promised photos a while back. They'll be next.
Seeing how I haven't written you in a couple of days I'll try to do so now.
I haven't been doing a thing of late just loafing around. I haven't even bothed to try to shave. I guess I'll have to do that to night because tomarrow is Sunday and I might go to church.
The weather has been 1/2 way decent the last couple of days – it's warmed up some maybe spring is here. I sure hope so – that is to a certain extent.
I haven't recived any mail from you of late but there hasn't been a whole lot come in. There should come in in the next couple of days. Its just a bout time for it to come in.
They sure are getting mean about the uniforms we wear. If we don't have on the complete outfit they will pick us up. They say we are supose to be in Class A all the time.
I'll wear the ones I have now until they fall off They are almost to that place now. It's so darn hard to get any thing cleaned here so I'll just go dirty.
I just can't think of any more to write so will close now
Jack.
Feb 19 1945
Dear Ma
May be I ought to get on the ball and drop you a line. I sure have neglected my writting the last few days, I just haven't felt like writing and nothing has happened to write about.
We did have an very nice day yesterday. Its was the best day we have seen in England. The sun was out all day and it was just a little too warm for O.D.'s Eaton & I walked down to a little village about 4 miles from here. I sure was played out when we got back I am just getting two old for such things – or maybe should I say too lazy. To day it looked like it was going to be nice but it clouded up in the afternoon, it did stay rather warm though.
I haven't done a thing the last few days except lay around and nap.
I got a letter from Edyth yesterday it is the first I have heard from her. I got busy and answered it right a way. I doubt if she will be able to read my hand writing but may be it will give her something to do for a few days.
Well will close now hoping to hear from you soon
Jack.
Feb 20 1045
Dear Ma
Having recived a Vmail, dated the 7, to day from you I'll try to answer it
I am glad Dad Kruse is feeling better by now. I hope it's not too long befor he can get up and around. Tell him I said some one liable to get off with the drug store some night and he wouldn't know about it until some one told him.
You know I happen to think that they only one's in the family who have ever broken any bones we those who fell off buildings. How about that maybe we ought to stay buildings keep both feet on the good old ground.
My brain ? just isn't functioning tonight. I don't know why I guess it's becausse I am tired. I worked rather hard to day and am just not use to it.
The weather wis still nice and warm. I guess the sun was out most of the day again to day.
I am still expecting some mail from you that hasn't come in. Maybe it will be in tomorrow I hope.
I hope you have recived the package by the time you get this. Talking about packages I haven't recived that one from you as yet maybe it will be in, in the next couple days.
I'll close with that
Love
Jack
P.S. I made Staff
Jack finally flew a mission this day, the first one in almost two weeks. No wonder he was tired; he had to report to briefing at 4:45am, and the ship returned to base around 4:30pm.
Mission 275's targets were railroad marshalling yards at Nurnberg, Germany, aka Nuremberg. No aircraft were lost; no damages; no casualties.
He states he made Staff Sergeant, but his envelopes have had the "S/Sgt" notation in his return address since January 14. Hmmmm...
We're still in a Maggie-letter drought. Maybe he is still stinging from the news he "recived" on February 11.
Thank you for your patience, readers! It has been way too long since these pages have been attended to!
Remember last post, where Jack conducted a mail experiment? Ever the scientist, he sent letters via First Class, Air Mail, and Vmail on the same day to see which arrived fastest. I posted the First Class and the Air Mail letters, but I didn't dig deep enough for the Vmail. I finally found the Vmail that he had mailed on February 12. It was postmarked February 26, so it was back a ways in the box. In that post, I had found a Vmail written February 7 and postmarked February 26. Don't know how my eyes missed this one (though to my defense, the Vmail envelopes are much smaller and liable to get caught in the flap of the envelope in front of them!
Anywho, another data point added. Conclusion: Vmail sucks.
Feb 12 1945
Dea Ma
This is the 3rd letter, and last, I have written you tonight. I am seeing which will come through the fastest. No doubt this will but I got the crazy idea so tried it. I have written just about all I can think to write so on this one I am more or less just marking time
Ohyes tell Nene I liked the way she remined me of her birth day. I wouldn't give her any thing but a spanking any way. I am sorry I did't think about her's and Neva's but may be the stuff I sent will help make up.
I still haven't made up my mind as to who gets what. I'll keep them in suspense or at least try. Well write soon
Jack.
Nene had just turned 17 the month before, and she is about to celebrate her 95th birthday in about a week! Happy Birthday, Nene!
Feb 13 1945
Dear Ma
I recived a rather old letter from you and Neva. They were dated Jan 4, I have only recived a short dozen written since then. It, or should I say they, did have something new so I won't kick too much.
I was planning on going to town this afternoon but it was raining so I didn't. Just after the bus left it cleared up so I was very unhappy. Ohwell I am probably a few pounds richer tonight so I probably did better by staying home.
Neva wrote that in Mexico they had Parker 51's. I ask some of the boys who were stationed there about them and they said they were factory rejects. Its a good thing she didn't buy one after all. The boys say they aren't worth a dam.
I am glad she got to go down it was something new for her. Now me I would probably not like it all though I'll probably go down sooner or later.
So they tell how many missions I have when I get a cluster & etc. You can almost keep up on how much I fly by that then. I think you hear about the clusters befor I get the citation.
I can't really think of any more to write after all that I wrote yesterday so will close now
Jack.
Parker 51s were a very popular fountain pen during the war, and onward.
Later in life, Jack turned around on his desire to go to Mexico. He made several trips to Mexico in the 60s and 70s.
Feb 15 1945
Dear Ma
I don't belive I have written you in a couple of days so will try to do so now.
I went down to see Webster this afternoon and the heck of it we did see him. We (Eaton) found the Ward and walked in. I was expected to be thrown out at any time but they didn't bother us. It goes to show you how much more a officer can get away with over a E.M. Webster was feeling pretty good, he was up and around infact he was taking a shower when we got there. He expects to be out in the next couple of days.
I got a letter from Little Jim to day. He didn't write much of any thing I suppose he has written you evey thing so I won't go into that.
I haven't been doing a whole lot of any thing just marking time. I just can't seem to settle down to reading or any thing constructive.
The weather is about the same – sort of warm with some rain and all that stuff. I do wish it warm up some more. I don't think it ever does get too warm over here any way.
I can't think of any more to write so I'll close now.
Jack.
You may recall from a few days ago (Jack's time) and a few months ago (super slow Jack's Cache time) that tail gunner John Webster came down with the mumps while they were on their 7-day furlough in Scotland.
Jack hasn't flown any missions since February 9.
A couple of notable wartime events during this period. The War seemed to have had a turning point in the Allies' favor.
On Feburay 9 , the German Submarine U-864 was sunk by a British submarine off the cost of Normal. It is the only time in history that a submarine has sunk another submarine while both were fully submerged.
On February 10, a Soviet submarine sunk a German passenger liner, the SS General von Steuben. Sadly, over 4000 live were lost.
On February 11, the Yalta Conference ended. The Allied leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Josef Stalin signed the agreement which provided guidelines for ending the war and maintaining peace.
On February 13, the bombing of Dresden begain. In a joint British and American mission, over 3,900 tons of explosives were dropped over Dresden, Germany. Killed were between 22,700 and 25,000 people, mostly civilians. Allied POWs also perished. I'm glad Jack was not part of those raids. Though none of his missions were very happy ones, this one is considered by some to be a war crime.
There are no letters to Maggie during this period.
Well to-night I have hit a good idea (at least I think is good) that I should have thought about 3 or 4 months ago. I am going to write you a airmail – a Vmail and a 1st class and see just how they do get there. I'll probably have quite a time thinking up enough to write but am sure going to try. Now if this ones not too long don't feel too bad.
I noticed the letters Glady writes get here as quick as your air mail.
I haven't heard any thing from Floyd nor any one else. I guess they have been putting it off. Oh yes I did get a letter from Carol or should I say a card. It was mailed to Buckley and has followed me on through. I didn't think it could have but it sure did. I did get mad about it because he never put a thing in it except "write when you can." I had just written him a few days befor & if I hadnt thrown a way his address I could send him some stationary and see if he can still write.
If theres any thing that makes me mad is to get a card and nothing written in it. I can't see any sence in it. Its allright for civeys but thats as far as it should go.
My old buddy Graham's Mother was in Vegas a while back and tried to find you. She ask where Mrs Useless lived and no one seem to know, I could have shot him for it. I guess when he wrote about me he always refired to me as such and she thought that was the John Henry.
Oh well we all aren't perfect.
I'll stop this one and try to cook up some more.
Jack.
The envelope for the second letter has no stamp, just "Free" handwritten by Jack in the place where the stamp would go. Letters up to now have been sent Air Mail, at a cost of 6¢, the equivalent of about $1.00 today.
Letter No 2 Feb 12 '45
Dear Ma
Heres the 2nd letter written the same day. It will probably get there about the same time as the other so I won't explain it.
Say I never have sent any more pictures to you I think I'll just wait and bring them home. I should have those I took in Scotland by then also some more I have taken around the barracks. I have taken some of the boys here but they will probably want the neg. I'll just go a head and give them to the boys. I really don't care because the most of them I don't care that much about.
You say some bady [?] told of all the places they bombed. Me I couldn't care to have it known where I have. It might not be to healthy if something did happen. I'll tell you all about it when I get home, you probably won't be interested then.
The weather wasn't too nice to day it did warm up some but was cloudy all day and the wind was blowing. I still don't care for English weather.
Maggie wrote saying she had heard from Mal and that Mal is still working in the air craft building works out in Calif. I didn't think Mal could ever hold a job that long
Say ask Gene if he has ever heard from Louie and if he has been drafted yet. He didn't or hasn't answered my last letter. I would like to hear from him.
Did I tell you Chas is a cook in some hospital in Texas. Godwins wrote me about that.
I should write Margaret K a letter one of these days but I keep putting it off.
Oh yes they tell me I'm on a 48 hour pass. I am staying in like a good little boy, just cant see going out and giving these English my cash. I can have too much fun when I get home with it.
Say what would you think of going to Con on my furlogh. I guess I got a different color in when I filled the pen. Oh well you will be able to read it. I have been thinking about it, going back there for a couple of days. That's you and me we'll leave the kids there with the folks or some one. I don't want no back talk either. I'll tell you more about it when I get home and see how things go then.
I'll close and start on the V-mail.
Jack.
So, I initially ordered the letters by postmark, as you may remember. The letter from the last post and these were all postmarked February 12 (Maggie didn't keep the envelopes for her letters). I looked through the box and did not see a Vmail postmarked February 14, but I did find the one below, postmarked February 26, but written on February 7! I think this gives good data about Vmail delivery for his experiment. I wonder if the February 12 Vmail was lost in transit or if it's tucked in somewhere I didn't see.
Feb 7 1945
Dear Ma
I have already written you one letter today but thought I would write this too. I suppose you have recived my letters telling about my 7 day. If you haven't, I have mailed a package to you with some stuff I bought in Scotland.
Things are going along about the same as usual, nothing new. The weather has cleared up some but wish it would clear up more.
I haven't recived your package as yet but am looking for it in the next few days. There have been a few come in of late. The rest of them just got in but nada for me. I haven't recived any mail from you in the last couple of days but probably will in the next few days. Will close Jack.
I think he should stay away from V-mails.
No missions to report for the last few days.
Next post will be a photo-sharing post! Watch this space!
I've been posting age before beauty, so first here is his letter to Gram on Feb 11, 1945.
Feb 11, 1945
Dear Ma
Well I'll try to answer the letters I recived from you today. I got a bunch, I guess evey one recived mail today though. I have been trying to answer them all but have been doing a poor job of it
Say when you go up & see Dad Kruse tell him I have better sense than he. At least when I go where it's high I wear a chute, tell him I'll check I'm out when I get back. I do hope he is feeling better by now.
I got another O.L.C. yesterday so that makes 3 for me now. Bo wrote saying she wished I should let her wear one. If she only know the size of them she wouldn't have ask. They are almost big enough that if you look twice you can see it. Oh well so much for that.
That Neva sure is doing O.K. for her self. I don't need to say I hope she keeps it up because if she doesn't I'll whip her. That Nene I have gotten so I don't even claim her any more. Any one who would flirt with the men folks with such things in mind ought to get thrown out of school. Well any way she got what she was after and after all thats what counts. May be I should try such tricks but I just can't seem to impress the men folks. Oh well when 4 make good you can expect one flop.
I guess it's ok the way you had the air metal engraved. it's too late now any way. It doesn't make a whole lot of difference, I'll probably never look at it any way. It doesn't pay any thing looking at it so I won't be able to waist my time.
It seems Marie did ok for her self – I sure hope she is happy and some nice snake doesn't bit her. It liable to kill the snake & we wouldn't want that to happen.
I heard the boys from Con [?] moved so I'll give the idea up. They say they moved that group out.
No I wasn't hamming in the picture I just wanted to show I had one. Maybe that will hold Gene a while. Tell him I want him to make me some shoes when I get home so he better start thinking about it now.
It sure started out nice this P.M. first it started to rain - then sleet & then both. The wind also was blowing 90 per so it was nice out all day. Me I just stayed in the barracks.
Well I guess maybe I have run down so will close
Jack.
Let's have another look at the air medal and the O.L.Cs, shall we?
The clusters really are quite little
Not sure who Marie is.
Not sure where "the boys" were moved from. I thought maybe "Con" which he has used to abbreviate Concordia (Kansas), where he lived as a boy.
And now.....
Feb 11, 1945
Dear Margaret
Here I go again, I'll bet you think I am really sick or something writing so often.
I recived your letter in reply to my question. Well I am sorry you can't see it my way but if you considered it and rejected the whole idea thats that. May be you are right and may be not but that gets no one no where so what do you say we just drop it with that.
It did hurt but thanks for the straight out answer any way.
I sure got a lot of mail to day infact just a little too much for one day. I got 2 from you, about 4 from Florence, 3 from Ma and belive it or not one from Wayne.
Wayne didn't have a whole lot to say, just the same old bitching about the army. He wanted to know all about combat and I tried my best to tell him. Its hard to write much because if they ever censored then I'll be thrown in the guard house.
No they don't wear Kilts in Scotland – at least not where we were. They say some of the old timers still wear them in the highlands. Of course we didn't get up that way so I wouldnt know about that. We did see some Boy Scouts running around in Kilts but thats all. I'll have Ma send you a picture I had taken with them on. Don't die laughing either. I sent them in a package and now am hoping the thing doesn't get opened along the line.
The brought around my 3rd cluster yesterday so thats another point for getting out of the army. I wish I had enough to get out now but I'll probably end up being one of the last one's out anyway.
You ask what that explosion was – it was a V-2 hit about a mile from here. I don't belive it did any damage though because we never any thing about it.
How bout you dreaming about them even me I am not quite that bad. I never have dreamed about combat and I hope I never do. Id hate to get any worse than I am.
So "Dear Mal" is still building airplanes. I don't get it I thought she would give it up befor this. I don't belive she ever settled down so long in all her life.
Say did you know Gene (Louies Bro) got his discharge from the army. He injured his back here in England and they let him out.
Well maybe this is enough for tonight so write soon. And don't say tomorrow do it today.
Love
Bill
Well, that's that. We'll have to wait four long years for the wedding.
I suspected that she wouldn't say yes this time around. It's not Mom's style to jump in like that.
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