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DEAREST FAMILY,

JANUARY 1944 U S S PRAIFiIE

ALL YOUR LEITERS WRITTEN CHRISTMAS NIGHT ARRI VED IODAY

AND

-tl

I1IAS CERIA

INLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ALL HAD A

.

REAL

MERRY
CL

CHR I STfiiAS.
fviAK

ll1

ITH SNOI/I- L0TS 0F

lT.

itl I

TH THE MC-

ll[T0KS

ING

THE

lfr USUAL CALL AND I4 I TH IHE UNEXPE0TaD

ARRIVAL OF HELEN AND MER PLUS THE REGULARS

DON'T

SEIHOW

IT

COULD HAVE MISSED BEING ANYTHING BUT HAPPY.

HELEN

IN

HE;T

LETTER, REFERED TO THE I'iEMOR IES SHE

HAS

OF THE OLD PLACE WHEN MARY AND

FAVOR I TE G

|IJERE K IBS AND SHE UJAS 'NY

TH I NGS !1iH ICH

IRL.

SHE RECALLED MANY

I{ERE AL

I VE

TO HER BUT

I COULD JUST FAINTLY OUTLINE. ITIS BEEN TEN

LEFT.
MY MOST

YEARS SINCE SIIE

VIVID

REDOLECTION

IS

IlHEii

ISTOOK HER FOR .iARY AND SLAPPED HER

IN

THE FACE

ONE

NIGHT ylHEN SHE TRESPASSED ON MY SIDE OF THE

OUR

BED.

THEN

I REMEMBER SLIGHTLY THE FOLDING BED INCIDENTII (SHT TOLD

ME SHE LET

YEARS

A FEll't 0F/SECnETS OUT 0F THE BAG- ^FTER TEN GUESS lTtS SAFE).MAN, TFrE IJAYS 0F YOUTH ARE

PRICELESS, EVERY MOMENT MOVING SO StfllIFTLY YET SO PRECIOUSLY lNTO U ,FORGETTABLE "lEi',iORlES. H0lli ]lr,E CAREFULLY OUTLINED STEP Br' STEP, BEST SUITED IIAYS 0F PLYING OUR CUNi',i ING
MACHINATtONS 0N USUSPECTIUG BUT, HOWEVER, NOT S0 DUMB

PARENTS. BUT
FREE

WOULD GOD

LET US LIVE AGAIN THE HAPPY CARE-

Dm(S, YET,

WE MUST GR0f'i 0LDER, CONTENT

T0 SIT

AND

AND USE THE ONDY MEANS LOST

llITH.;HIcH HE GAVE US TO RELIVE

HtM, HAppy
oNES.

Y0UTH,

MEM0RtES, AND BLESS

I COULD RAMBLE ENDLESSLY ON THOUGHT S OF NANNY, SMART OLD BRO$JNIE BECAUSE I SOMETIMES SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF T I ME TRY,I,flG TO RECALL TI-IOSE OCCAS I ONS- I I RELE I VED A
LOT 0F TENSI0N AND D0ES A''llAY llllTH L0NG l,40N0T0N0r S
HOURS.

THE FELLOWS GOI QUITE A KICK OUT OF LOMMYS OPINIONOF THE

PRAti.itE...

SHE HAS CHANGED

A LoT

STSCE

7?40

ACC0RD|NG

IO

SOME OF THE OLD

II..ERs-

NONE ]JENYING TH..-[ SHE

IS STILL

AF FINE SHIP BUT JUSI SIMPLY SIATING SHE AINI WHAT SHE
USED TO

BE.

AT PRESENT SHE IS

OVER CROIiIDED

tiUT THAT CAN'T

LAST

FOREVER.

IS
\,I/HEN
fi4UCH

THERE

POSSIBLE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN MARY AND

GAINES, 0R |{JAS HtS VtSIT JUST A WHli 0F Y0LET|DE SptRtT.

TOLD ONE OF MY CHUMS ABOUT MARYS LOVE TROUBLE-AS

I KNEW, THAT I S, HE I ;.]MED IATELY ADKED FOR HER ADDRESS. NUTS T0 HtM, I POLtTELY SAID, SHE lS STRI0TLy
0F I T AS
REPUBLICAN TO

FOi [iEN OVER SIX FEET AND A

BOOT.

FiE GAVE
A

uP, BUT STTLL llJA|[$S T0 SEE HER PICTURE

OR CHARM OR IflHAT HAVE YOU.

HAVE JUST

COUPLE SNAPS IJUT NOTH ING THAT REALLY BR INGS OUT THE

OOMF

LILLIAN

STRANG WR0TE ME

A SPECIAL LETTER

REi'ii[NDING

lviE

NOT TO FORGET OER STAN]DING DATE MADE WHEN

OVER

WAS HOME LAST

YEAR

AGO.
Y

I AfuI GU I NG T(j ANSI{ER8 AND TELL HEB IHAT

ItLL

REMAING

TRUE. SHE INFORMED rliE EDDY HAD A PAIR 0F liY

MY-

PANTS ZOOTED.

RECENTLY SAt{l SOME PICIURES

IN LIFE

fu1AGAZINE OF THE

NEt4 STYLED BATHING SUITS FOR THE AfviERICAN

BEAUTIES.

MY

ONLY c0i/ilvlENT
SU I TS SOtulE

ls

THAT

lF THATIS THE EXTENT 0F THE BATItilNG

AND SA ILERS ARE

0F IHESE

RETURN I NG SOLD I ERS

GOING

IO BE A LOT BEETER OFF IF KEPT OUT HERE.

l','i0v

THE BEST

lE I I VE SEEN DEAL I NG S I TH THE ttlAR STATES tDE

,'ilGHT. lF Y0U'VE SEEN
ITHE

ltljAS SHO!1IN ABOARD THE 0IHER

VERY THOUTHT OF

YOU'

YUU HAVE THSN PROtsABLY SEEN IHE

UNANIMOUS CHOlcE 0F,vi0ST

0F US THAT

lI

|1rAS THE BEST PICTI,]RE

YET.

THOUGIiT

IT A LOI BEITER THN{ SIi{CE U UJENT AUJAY-

TI.iAT I/{AS TOOOORNY- BETIER

FROM NO,ilJ WHEN JViOST PEOPLE

IT

SHOULD BE SI-IOIIIIN TEN YEARS

I'IILL

HAVE FORGOTTEN THE REALX

IbSUES 0F THIS WAR, BUI ThE FOnMER

AND IHE FLAG |liAVtNG

lS FAIRLY
LtcHTLy,

ACCURATE
S()tu1EHoyll

tS PAS$ED

0VER

AND

IT IS ,'OI.iE APPEALING.
GosH, ItD
RAV I NG--

II]D EVEN PAY TO EEE IT-

CONSIDERING

SOML, OF THE MANGLED l/lAR STORIES l4lE GET.

BETTER STOP TFilS Tt-ilNG NO|IJ AND ST0p IHIS

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