WW2 letters

Cartoon of “driving with the top down”

I’m writing this on Saturday August 27th, figuring I’ll post it tomorrow, Sunday assuming we all haven’t been blown away...

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Smashed, Dec 29 & 31, 1944

These two letters are both touching. The first is to his daughter on her second birthday. So beautiful. The second...

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Hole in the building, Dec 28, 1944

28 Dec 1944 V-Mail Germany Dear Dad, Harold & Rene - yesterday I received both pkgs - and were they swell!! Thanks...

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Christmas Day 1944 letters

25 Dec 1944 V-Mail Germany (to Frank) Dear Dad, Haven't heard from you (or anyone else, for that matter) in some time,...

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Christmas Eve, Dec 24, 1944

This letter breaks my heart. 24 Dec 1944 V-Mail Germany Merry Christmas, Mary darling. It is 10:30 PM and I have just opened...

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6th Anniversary blues, Dec 21 & 22, 1944

These two letters cover a lot of different territory: in the first one, Dad tells about his adventure driving a...

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No fraternizing with the Germans, Dec 16 & 18, 1944

16 Dec 1944 V-Mail Germany Hello Honey - Guess what I got today - a batch of ltrs, dated (mostly) June &...

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Maastricht, Holland, Dec 10 & 12, 1944

Now that he's moved into Germany, it appears that he can reveal information about where he's been in Holland: Maastricht!...

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Letter from Mary, Dec 6, 1944

Well this was a shock! I discovered a letter written from Mary to Frank (my Dad's Dad - my grandpa!)...

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Onward to Germany, Dec 8 & 9, 1944

Once again, I'm trying to understand how my Dad fit into a larger pattern of what was occurring at this...

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