March 2, 1945
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310.118.1-3.2016 Transcription
Somewhere–France
c̅[1] 7th Army
2 Mar 45 @ 6PM
Wheeeee, darlin’!
I just received & enclosed
the enclosed cablegram from Dad & just
finished a V-mail in answer to it.
Ill enclosed [sic] this for your scrap book
as it is “worthy”–––being the
first cable I ever received.
As an “addendum-like” to Dad’s
V-mail I want to just assure
something by a panoramic discussion
[& it isn’t a military secret][2]: In warfare
there is the first (& “hugest”) division
of warfare called THEATER (viz Etousa[3]
Theater, CBI[4] Theater, Natousa[5] Theater, etc);
→ARMY GROUP is a “bunching” of 2 or
more Armies (viz the 1st Free French Army
plus the 7th Army = the 6th Army-Group);
→ARMY→CORPSS→DIVISIONS→REGIMENTS
→BN’S[6]→COMPANIES→PLATOONS→SQUADS.
I dont mean to “insult” you, dear, by
writing this but so many of the wives
who read that (rep. 3X) Assoc Press’
account about the “glamorous” 116th
[2]
saw the article headed
as 6th Army Group &
right away thought (1) the A.P. was
crazy (& thus even made corrections in ink on the
newspaper cut out) or (2) thought there
husbands had been lying to them about
being in the 7th Army, while all the
time they really were in the 6th Army
(where in “Hell” ever that is – I don’t believe it
even exists). OK, dear?—no hard
feelings?—OK!
The novocaine inserters are not
[illegible deletion] slipping a single bit. Infact
I’m so glad you wrote about the
novocaine inserters. I’ll remember
all about them.
Again no mail today. Im not
as bad off as some because I have
been getting a letter from you every
4th or 5th day—but some of the
116th are really burned up re: the service
recently.
Dobie just came—gotta
stop, dear
All my love,
Dave
[1] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”
[2] Bracketed text is part of original.
[3] European Theater of Operations, United States Army.
[4] China Burma India. CBI was the US military designation for this area during the war.
[5] North African Theater of Operations, United States Army.
[6] Battalions.