November 15, 1944
Dear Mom,
Well
tomorrow is your birthday. I hope it will be a happy one. And I hope before you
have another I’ll be home again.
I just
received your letter of November third. You mentioned that you had sent Helen the
Rosary and had given Bobbie her crucifix. If I remember correctly, they were in
the first package I sent so you must have received it. Perhaps you mentioned it
in another letter that I haven’t received yet. I do hope the package arrived
OK. I’ll be sending another soon. I might go to the
Glad to hear Ginny is feeling
better. I hope she keeps improving. She’s missed a lot and probably because she
didn’t feel well at the time and it made her disposition bad. See what I
wouldn’t give to get out that old fall dress and take off to a med school dance
with the old gang or to pile in Cheatham’s Little Mercury and go to
I haven’t
received any of the Christmas package yet. But from what I hear, the biggest
load of Christmas mail ever is on the way. I never received Anne’s package or
her mothers either.
I hope Gene
does get back to the states. It’s been over a little longer than I have. You
won’t know us for the service stripes and ribbons and bottle stars we’ve got
now.
They’re
picking up mail to be censored now so long for this time.
Love,
Jack