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Kenobbie,
Don
To his father from
overseas
March 1945
Received your letter of
the 16th tonight and I will say that I was more
than glad to hear from you and that you are
alright. Why you don't get any more of my
letters than you do beats me. I have written to
you and also to Mother many the time, but no
answer, so evidently, they don't pass the
censor. So will try it again and hope that this
reaches you and finds you all in the pink of
health and spirits.
As for me, I am in better
spirits tonight than I have been at any one time
since arriving in the E.T.O. Really, the news
tonight has been something to boost the
morale of everyone; here and on the home front
as well. The Russians are less than 100 miles
from Berlin and it seems as though they will
maintain their pace until the breeding bins for
bastards has been reduced to ashes. Let's all
hope so anyway.
Personally, I think that they
must for, for a while at least, slacken in their
drive to enable them to bring up fresh troops
and the ever vital supplies that are needed for
such a large scale offensive. It may be that has
already been accomplished; if so, the drive will
continue and our chances of getting home in '45
will be darn good.
France was, at one
time, I imagine, a very beautiful and
progressive nation as a whole. Today, however,
it lies in ruins. You cannot possibly visualize
the effects that modern warfare has on a nation
insofar as destruction is concerned, until you
have virtually witnessed some of it. We have
passed over and also through some cities,
villages, hamlets and even the farm dwellings
that have been completely obliterated; nothing
remains of what once were peaceful homes and
industrial and business places.Yes, the tide of
war has certainly left marks on this section of
the globe. Just thank God Almighty that it has
never reached the shores of the country
which we are fighting for; that place we call
home.
Yes Fritz, it is as you say;
I seem to be always going up and down the
ladder. But it is just at times when the going
gets tough and some lousy %#$@! pulls his brass
on you that the fireworks really cut loose.
That's what I like to tell them even if it does
mean losing all that I have earned. At least I
have the satisfaction of satisfying myself that
I am just as darn good, and maybe better, than
the majority of them. To some it may not seem
worthwhile, but what the heck, this war isn't
going to last forever, so I don't let those
little ups and downs bother me a whole lot.
We have had a real touch of
winter here and I suppose it has been a little
on the wintry side back in good old South
Dakota. Mother said it had been colder than cold
there for some time. Don't suppose you can do
much driving this time of the year,
especially if there is any amount of snow. How
has the harvest been this past year and do you
plan on much acreage this year? You never
mention these things in any of your letters and
i was kind of wondering if you had gotten rid of
all of your land or leased it out.
Got a little work to do yet
tonight so I had better get going before it gets
too late. Be sure to answer soon and I'll try to
be more prompt also. Until then, be good and
don't let the gals get you down. If local papers
don't explain the shortage of tobacco in combat
zones, I'll enlighten you in my next letter.
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