France

May 9, 1945

My dearest wife;

Well Maggie I guess you are pretty happy by now over the victory over here. I wanted to write yesterday but I was out celebrating, after all this day only comes once every 25 years. Some people where I take the laundry invited us in for some wine, we had two kinds of wine, champagne and coffee royale, well anyway after it was all over I was just a little bit [rye]. I was thinking of you, and how I would love to spend V day with you. We only have one more battle to fight, and that shouldn’t take more than a year at the most. The biggest problem is to get the suppliers down there. I don’t want you to get the idea that I will be coming home soon, now that it is over here. I have been reading the papers on the point system, and the only thing I can see is that when the last shot is fired in Japan, then you know I will be home within a year or two after. The thing that holds me back in points is I have no overseas time, but I will in a year or two.

I didn’t I didn’t know you had French in school. I sometimes wish I had taken it, but it doesn’t bother me one way or the other. I don’t have any trouble understanding the medium of exchange in money. It’s very simple- it is a 2 to one. One franc is worth 2 cents. One dollar- fifty francs- ten dollars is 500 francs. It is very easy only the prices are so high. The other day I saw a beautiful blue sweater I thought would be nice for you, but it had an awful price- 4300 francs or $86 in American money. You could probably buy a couple dozen for that price. That’s just an example of some of the prices.

I am still feeling fine, except for a slight headache today, but I guess I can sleep that off alright.

I hope and pray V-J day will be coming soon.

Goodnite sweety, All my love

Pres.