Cherbourg,
France
July 2, 1945
My
dearest wife:
There isn’t very much of anything to
report on today, as things are pretty quiet as usual.
We have a holiday on the 4th,
so we have a bus going to St. Michael.
It is a monastery and supposed to be a very nice place from
reports. I have heard from some of the
boys that were down there.
I received three letters again
yesterday. One from
you, one from Ray, and one from Ruth.
I see be your letter that you told me off again. I do get darn mad at you at times, but I
control it the best I can. There’s no
sense arguing over the mail. What I
have to say I want to say when I come home and not before. You have some funny ideas too my dear— I’m
not the only one. I am still holding
out for my Sunday dinner no matter what you say or think. If not – I’ll go out and have it. To me, it’s a tradition of maybe a hundred
years, and you can’t change it overnight.
You stick to your ideas and I’ll stick to mine and when I come we will
talk all about it.
No- I didn’t make that birthday
card. I had a good friend of mine make
it for me. He is pretty good at
drawing. We have a
O.W. painting pictures of women in our night club and they are really
wonderful. He must have had a studio
when he was back home.
How is
Bobby and Allen? How did they enjoy
their trips? Today Bobby is five months
old. Time seems to be going pretty
fast. Before you know it she will be walking
and soon after they will be off to school.
I now have a German rifle, but for
how long I don’t know. I may keep it
and bring it home. I had it all torn
down today to see what makes it tick- ( like
Allen). It is very similar to our old
rifle.. It is
too long to send home but if we come back as a unit I can pack it with our other
things. Maybe I will even sell it, just
depends on how conditions get. I am
also getting a bayonet for it. I think
it would be good for hunting deer.
I’ll bet Allen does like his sand
box. It looks very nice on the
pictures. It seems you like to play in
it too. He must be cute when he was
through the spray of the house. I am so
glad he is not afraid of the water. He
is a good kid and I hope he stays that way.
We have wonderful children.
I
love you my darling-
Goodnight-
All
my love,
Pres
P.S. Tell mother we have a boy in our company from
reading he just came in the company with 23 others. He is a T/Sgt. He is very dutchyful
if you know what that means – a rest Pa. Dutch.
Love,
Pres