March 30, 1945

310.134.1-2.2016 Transcription

Somewhere–Germany

c̅^[1] 7th Army 30 Mar 45-Good-Friday

My dearest,

As anticipatorily mentioned last night in

my letter—it is emotionally (-religiously-philosophically)

interesting that I first step my foot onto Germany

on Good Friday [& (rep) lay my eyes on {The Rhine & Germany}[2] during

an brief interlude/trip to Strasbourg on Maundy Thursday].[3]

We will probably be moving very fast & very

often. I doubt if I’ll be able to write more than

a “one-pager” any night for some time, including

tonight.

The attached article is interesting to you North

Dakotans as its founder Lorenzo Bismarck seemed to have

the “Strong Verboten” ideas. Boy! oh boy! when this

article says every I agree every, & what more every

should be so benumbed c̅ novocaine benumbing

solution that it would take at least days to

arouse out of the benumbment.

Out here in tents the minute the sun

goes down [a’ course its rained s̅[4] [actual][5] sun for the last 4 days][6] it

gets so darn cold in these tents that its tedious

to write & everybody usually jumps into their

sleeping bag to get warm & stay warm—thus

dearest, I’m gonna jump right now.

I’ll write longer & better letters when I have

more of a chance—it seems all we spend our

time at, recently, is getting ready to pack & unpack;

getting ready to unpack & pack. All my love,

Dave

[1] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”

[2] In original, “The Rhine” is written above “& Germany.”

[3] Bracketed text is part of original.

[4] Medical abbreviation meaning “without.”

[5] Bracketed text inserted into original with a caret.

[6] Bracketed text is part of original.