A028
To: Harry M. Wilson From:
Capt. Q.M.C.
A.P.O. 886 c/o Postmaster
Dearest Hal—You wrote me April 4th
“as if” you had heard from me, then on April 11th you wrote you had
“not heard from me in a long time.” I
think you are a fake. I got the April 11th
letter several days before the others.
Well I’ll keep writing and maybe you will get one now and then. You don’t tell us anything anymore.
I believe I
could insert a few interesting items and not reveal military secrets
either. Please don’t fill them with admonitions
for me to “behave myself.” That is all I
can do. We have had so much wind
lately. It just blows and blows, but it
is not cold. It has given me a terrific
neuralgia headache for days, so I am staying in my room for a few days to see if
it will keep, and it is better today. I
am thinking of your birthday, which is going to happen soon. I will be thinking of you, even if that is
all I can do about it.
I think of
you as a chubby little boy who will bring me little wild flowers from
excursions with Dad over the fields.
Have you gotten the pictures of Page and Sam? I hope you have. Billy said his address will change again
soon. I hear from him nearly every week
but he is not getting my letters but every once in a while. He said when he first landed that he had
written to you. I’m glad you are well
and do hope you won’t have the trouble you had last summer.
A
heart full of love,
Mother