Friday the Thirteenth-July

Landau, Germany

 

Dear Mom-

            Just a line to say that I am O.K. We’re still at the same place but not for long I guess- think we’ll be in Austria the next time I write-

            Received your letter with the clipping about “Ten Nights” See that thing has been going for a long time- the cast has changed quite a bit- Johnny Kohler and John Dietrich + Bobbie are about the only originals.

            Last night we had a Russian Concert that’s was really grand. The Russians are displaced persons and they seem to enjoy entertaining us-Food is so scarce over for anyone except for U.S Troops that they’ll do anything for a meal. They had singers, dancers and a swell chorus-reminded me of The Don Cossack programs that used to come to Richmond-

The 14th

 

 

There’s a slight pause here-A day has passed-Last night we had a swell dance a Russian band (again over entertainers) played I had a wonderful time. Danced a lot with Marjorie-That in itself made it grand-She’s a swell dancer- We had some Polish and French girls here- 40 of them- There was beer and lemonade- just a great big happy family- It was more fun than anything I’ve done for a long time-

            Today we’re all packed and ready to move. We’re going down near Salzburg and near Bertesgarten (Hitler’s palace was there you know)-It’s supposed to be the most beautiful part of Germany-

            Rumor has it (and a strong rumor) that we are not on any shipping list thru September- It may be a long time before we leave the continent to go in either direction- It is possible that we will be in the Army of Occupation-Incidentally my A.P.O has changed again-It’s 403 now-3rd Army-I’ve been in all the armies over here now except the 15th –I know this must be confusing to you and the general civilian home front-We can change armies and corps overnight-When you see a headline “1st army goes home” it really means 1st Army Headquarters goes home and the rest of it is transferred to another army or sent on direct to the Pacific-misleading  to the public. We’ll keep sweating it out and perhaps someday we’ll get home-

            Well I have a couple of other letters to write so I’d better close for this time- Let me hear from you often-

 

                                                                                                                        Love,

                                                                                                                                    Jack