Plain Jane Plain Talk
Journals from the road, trails and at sea
Category: Written to Howard
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Dear Howard: I got a letter from Mildred and Ralph this morning and your address was included in it. So here goes. As you already know, I am over here in “jolly old England” but I think it is anything but jolly in my estimation. One of my first problems after arriving here was how…
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Dear Howard: Well, since I last wrote to you, I’ve had a considerable change in my way of living in that I have since been billeted in a couple of English homes, and I must say that the people really treat us swell. The people I am with now are just the average over here,…
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Dear Howard; Now after you read this letter, why don’t you sit down and drop me a line and let me know just what the hell you are doing. The only way I find out anything about you is when your wife writes to me. Yeah, I got a letter from her today, and in…
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Dear Howard; Well, how many points have you. I’ve only 59 so I’ll sweat out the Army for some time. You know, in a week or so I’m going to tack on a hash mark. Yep, three years ago this month. A little over a year ago, I left New York and landed in Scotland…
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S/Sgt Russell F WadsworthASN 52288468G-2 Sec., Hq. E.C.A.D.APO 658, c/o PostmasterNew York, NY The girl spoke a little English where I bought this postcard. She looked at the card and said “Beautiful”, and after a moment’s pause said, “was”. I have a picture of just how it looks now. It was just a typical example…