Germany

July 2, 1945

 

 

Dearest Dot,

            It has been ages since I have received a letter from you and I was wondering what had happened. Did you get angry when I didn’t write for such a long time? Truly I am very sorry and I don’t blame you one bit. Please forgive me this time and I’ll try and not do it again. I’ll at least write once a week and sometimes more often.

            By the time you receive this letter you will probably have received the letter Irv wrote to you. Irv and I rode in the same truck coming up here so I won’t explain any details as he has already done so. I think he wrote a long letter to you and your Mathew concerning our move and almost everything else.

            We have been here since Saturday and it has rained every day and almost constantly since then. It is really miserable here. We are located right on the shore of the North Sea so you know it is cold and wet. Of course we can go swimming whenever it is warm enough but I don’t think it will ever warm up as cold as it is now. I don’t see how it can be so cold in July.

            I thought surely that we would be back in the States by the end of this month or the middle of August at the very latest but now it looks like at least two years for Irv and I over here. There are so many things I wanted to talk to you about and a lot of pleasant evening to be spent together but I guess that is almost out now. Perhaps by this time you have found someone to go with and really like. If that is so and you don’t care about writing please write at least one more letter and tell me about it. I have enjoyed your letters very much and will be happy when I start receiving them again.

            Have you heard from your brother yet? Irv was really worried and no doubt all of you are. Irv is doing everything possible to try and find him. If I could be of any assistance to Irv I’ll do everything I can but I think he is trying everything now. I only hope that your brother is well and happy. I’ll keep my fingers crossed constantly.

            Darling I must close for now so I hope to hear from you very soon and often.

                                                            All my love and kisses

                                                            Cliff