June 10, 1945
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Bad Mergentheim, Germany
10 June 45
Hi, darlin’,
Moving from one site to another certainly
mixes up mail service. However, I’m not kickin’ or
complain’ too much as always one or more
lovely letters (such as your last 4, three days ago) come
through when I sorta need ‘em most. I so
wish the same would be true for you, dear.
Today I had a chance to go to an actual
church—it was the one in Bad M. here,
in the Bad M. Castle. It’s really a lovely place;
it’s hard to believe its beautiful cieling murals
etc were done in 1446 as they look so new (&
never have been retouched). The organ is of a newer
vintage, of course, but was beautiful & so powerful
it almost shook the castle as it boomed. Very
pleasing, too, is the fact that the Chaplain
(Divisional Chp. of 63rd) is an Episcopal Chaplain.
I learned too late (@ the 9 AM service) that an
Episcopal Eucharist takes place @ 8:30AM
Service—shucks! Anyhoooo, my sights
are all set for one week ahead so I can
again make my Communion after so seemingly
long.
The only other thing I did today was to
“be-c̅[1]-you” at a “Pop” Concert for 1½ hrs tonight.
This 63rd Div. (occupying yet resting in this zone) are
[2]
really “on-the-ball” in so many ways—
including fine artists c̅in their ranks.
Naturally their “Pop” personel was only about
1/3 as large as Fiedler’s in Boston but everything
from obo (sp?) to French horn to kettle drums was
in this symphony orchestra. They also (someplace!)
got ahold of “The Lillie Pons of Europe,” a Sophia
Sarby (Greek) who did wonderfully (P.S. I still “feel”
c̅ you re: culeratera (sp?) s[o]pranos). A pianist
in the 63rd named Taubman is a “Paderewski”
in GI uniform at the age of 30 yrs. All in all
it was so much like being c̅ you & [inside][2]
thumping Thumper[3] back in Boston Days. They
handled, unbelievably well for the circumstances,
Straus, Brahms, Tschicowski (ohhh! spelling) &
semi-classicals of the modern type such as
Gershwin. Geeee, darlin’, we just gotta
do lo[ts] of concerts the rest of our life—
it may be queer, but tonight I appreciated
even more the Boston music. Follow me?
I’m still reading “Forever Amber”—I
keep hastening {at & thru}[4] it because there is a
golden-thread-of-plot that keeps you wanting
to turn the next page (Sortofa “Gone c̅ the Wind” like “thread”).
The “dirty” parts, honestly, do not even amuse me
much—its the plot. So off to reading—
& off to hoping the APO[5] gets straightened out tomorrow.
AML[6], Dave
[1] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”
[2] Bracketed text is part of original.
[3] Nickname for their infant son, Terry.
[4] In original, “at” is written above “&,” which is written above “thru.”
[5] Army Post Office.
[6] All my love.