Feb. 1st 44
Dearest Hal – The girls are having a little party tonight
with three tables of bridge. Page came
and brought me in some pictures of you that I have been enjoying looking
at. In many of them you are standing with
your feet spread apart and I thought of how that was a characteristic of my
father, especially if he was standing talking to someone. We are very excited over the prospects of
having you home. I do hope that nothing
will happen to disappoint us. Page says
that each time the door bell rings Sam flies to the door to see if it might be
you. You said that you had not heard
from Billy lately. His letters have
probably gone astray. We have heard from
him nearly every week. He says he is
feeling fine. He’s not even had a
cold. Says he got his name in Star &
Stripes as his entry got a direct hit on a German Falk Hulf(?) [Focke-Wulf]
bomber and blew it clean up. It was 4 miles
away going 350 miles an hour. We have
not heard from Sam since week before last so I fear he is gone. I surely feel worried about him but there is nothing
I can do. His address is PHSCU3467347TAPO -14139-A of P.M.