June 20, 1945

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Bad Mergentheim, Germa[ny]

20 June 45—10:30 PM

Hi, darlin’,

What say this be a “quickie”

accounta time and other factors. The

other factors are kinda tired from the

first full days work since Dachau.

As “reped,” we are up in the Swanky

Kraut[1] (Spa)-Hosp. acting as a Station

Hosp. although we are still called an

Evac. Hosp.. Ever since 10AM (till 10PM) I

was busy c̅[2] one thing or anesthetic after

another.

Before I forget—the June Reader’s

Digest came. I just can’t seem to

remember if the May issue came or

not [Ya know—those unreal D{achau [D]ays[3]][4].

One thing I do know though—

no one has received a letter in a week

& there doesnt even seem to be a

decent prospective hope of getting letters

at all under this present set up (as reped).

Lordieeeeee! All I can hope [& the most

important thing/part][5] is that the same

thing isn’t happening to my letters

to you.

[2]

Gosh! how my feet burn—

from standing on tile floors for the first

time in 11 months. Chiefly dirt; for

awhile wood; once composition; but

never tile in 11 months. Guess you too

have experienced that hospital-floor-

factor yourself, so you know what

Im talking about. (P.S. Say! has that

metatarsal screw-ball syndrome ever

come back on you? Hope not!).

Last night I wrote about closing

my letter to go see “Carmen” based

on musical-hopes. Ho! ho! what

a let-down—what a conversion

(of “Carmen”). All in all though it was

one of the cleverest GI shows anybody

could see put on—also one of

the dirtiest shows one could see

put on. It wasn’t revolting, but

it certainly was dirty.

Im “pooped” enough that I not

only wanna, but should go to bed.

Just to see if it changes the postal

service any, I’ll not even hope for

a letter from you tomorrow. All I’ll

hope is that this speeds through c̅— 

All my love,

Dave

[1] German.

[2] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”

[3] In original, “achau” is written above “ays.”

[4] Bracketed text is part of original, except for “[D].”

[5] Bracketed text is part of original.