April
3, 1943
Dearest
Folks,
Received both of your letters, the
Special Delivery one and the other! I also received the package too, thanks
again for everything.
I also received the bad news too
that Ike has to leave, but what can you do?
Please tell mom not to carry on as Ike will be O.K. Her worry isn’t going to do Ike any good, it
is only making him feel bad. So tell her to keep her spirits up and everything
is going to be all right.
Gee I am sure glad to hear it is
warm in
As for the car keep it up to the
time Ike leaves and if he wants to have it don’t sell it, maybe Ike will get
stationed close to home, and he will be able to use it. Ask Ike what he wants
to do. Anything he says do it. If he wants to sell it, it is O.K. and if he
doesn’t, put it in your backyard. You can do anything you want. If it will make
mom feel better, sell it. If he decides to sell it, I guess you won’t get more
than $300 anyway maybe less. So see how things turn out.
As for the package and myself, I
keep the package in the office so they all can have some. They just love the
cake and cookies. They never tasted such good things like that. I am feeling
great and my job is just swell. It is something I like to do, and it is a soft
job too.
[No
additional information is provided. The
letter is from Private Benjamin Rubin, Battery C, 497th C.A. (A.A.),