December 2, 1944
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310.49.1-4.2016 Transcription
Somewhere—France
2 Dec. 44, 6PM (Sat)
c̅[1] 7th Army
Back c̅ my gang for good.
Hi, Precious,
Hmmm! I surely do look
foreward to these “talks” c̅ you.
Infact—this night-duty-stuff
of 8PM to 8PM leaves me little else
in the world except wash my face,
write to you, & go back to work—
each day when I wake up after
8 hours of sleep [that is a kinda night-
duty-pooped-out kind of sleep][2].
So many times I have forgotten
to write things about the scarf
you knit for me. [Surely, by now
you must have received the letters
telling about it being lost & then
found (WHOOPIE!][3] 24 hrs later. Well—
you may allege it to be “soft soap”
when I say that your scarf has
meant so very very very much!
There’s something about France’s
environment that just “bores”
the back of your neck c̅ cold—
especially if the hair has recently
been “G-Ied” off the back of your
[2]
neck. Some women would say your
scarf was too long [it’s now stretched out
quite a bit as to length][4] but that is just
where they are crazy — c̅ the field
jacket you fold it double; c̅ the
overcoat you were wear it “long-length” —
& each is just perfect! I use to write
about the #1 value of the scarf being
a sentimental one — now the
#1 value is practicability & the #2
value [VERY close 2nd][5] is the sentimental
one. Gee! darlin’ Ive blessed you a
hundred times for that scarf. P.S. Just
why a person cant find scarfs to buy overseas
I don’t know, but they surely are scarcer than
hens teeth.
Just a minute ago one of the
fellows turned his candle over to
me so now I can actually see
what I’m writing s̅[6] my face
right down to the paper — this
French electrical current just
absoloutely S-T-I-N-K-S. And, also,
it is only 25 kilocycle stuff which makes
it flicker, flicker, flicker even worse than a
candle.
Last 2 nights I wrote that an
Army Post Office allegedly moved up
here behind us. — if it did come
up, it hasn’t done us a bit of good.
P.S. I’m loosing my patience — recently.
[3]
Gosh, darlin’, it gives a guy
such a sinking-feeling to remember-
reminiss (sp?) that last year at this
time we were buying Xmas cards,
presents, etc together. Infact, it makes
a guy cry just a little silent-like cry.
Ive often wondered what you did
this year about cards. Maybe
you signed them:- “Em & (for overseas)
Dave.” Kinda silly way to think
I guess, but I’d love to have Cile
& others to know that I am thinking
of them too. Oh, yes, I just learned that
those Xmas-card-V-mail-printed-forms
I sent about a week ago to Mom-Dad, Dr R.,
Alice McG, & Mrs Green (AND you — 3 of ‘EM) will
probably be thrown in a waste basket
because of a ruling by this Theater Commander.
Gosh! Ü!卐!«! why don’t they tell a person about
these things first of all, & second of all why
do they put out such things in the first
place to miss lead a guy. Gee, whiz! 卐!«!Ü!
Lordy! I so hope the things-close-
to-my-heart that I’ve written
you over the course of weeks haven’t
been thrown in the some waste
basket — Just because its a quick
way of censoring [doing censors work in
order to hurry up & get out of the A.P.Office for a date etc.][7].
There are examples of this, as proven.
Sooo, all I can do is hope ‘n pray
for letters, for you, for Terry[8] — c̅
Allmylove, Dave
[1] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”
[2] Bracketed text is part of original.
[3] Bracketed text is part of original.
[4] Bracketed text is part of original.
[5] Bracketed text is part of original.
[6] Medical abbreviation meaning “without.”
[7] Bracketed text is part of original. In original, “etc.” is written below “date.”
[8] Their infant son.