Quick move towards the Rhine River
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Somewhere–Germany
31 Mar 45 c̅[1] 7th Army
Hi, darlin’,
Ho! ho! me—still I have 2 letters to you
in my helmet-liner & I write a 3rd (for the “helmet-P.O.-box”).
Anyhooo you’ll love it & someday they should arrive.
Things & everybody are moving so fast that nobody
can borrow trucks from anybody else—Thus I am
again sitting on the “back-end-half” of a split/leap-
frog move. AGAIN——I would have been over
the Rhine had trucks been available [my last “AGAIN” was
that I’d have been in Germany had trucks been available.][2] ←This is a rep.
Speaking of trucks—let this be a reminder
when I’m home, as to what the right & left cab
windows of one of our truck’s cab looks like.
Before I forget—Doctor (Capt) Hal Davis (Roanake, Va.)
has some clever snaps in his camera incorporating me.
Also the other M.D. anesthetist Doctor martin Jacobi
(Norwich, NY) has 2 different strips on movie film that
incorporate me.
By the evening of tomorrow (Easter) I should be
over the Rhine—thus (rep) I saw {The Rhine & Germany}[3] from
an interlude/trip to Strassbourg on Maundy Thursday; I
sat foot on Germany on Good Friday; & I’ll jump the
Rhine (a psycological satisfaction) on Easter Sunday. Thus Ill
surely never have a hard time remembering when I
saw-sat-jumped regarding Germany.
My hands are so cold Ill quit—“see” ya
Easter & see ya next (?) Easter, dearest.
All my love,
Dave
[1] Medical abbreviation meaning “with.”
[2] Bracketed text is part of original.
[3] In original, “The Rhine” is written above “& Germany.”