Plain Jane Plain Talk
Journals from the road, trails and at sea
Category: Written to Willard-Grace
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Dear Willard and Grace: I am enclosing a letter to give to Mom. Thought I just as well might enclose it with yours. Things are not going so bad right now; all the fellows here are about like those at Ft. Niagara except that they seem much easier to become acquainted with. Probably because we’re…
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Dear Willard, Grace and all: This will let you know that I have arrived here safe and well. The trip was interesting, but uneventful. I have seen a little of the English country-side and it was quite picturesque. It’s neatness would knock your eye out. I know you would be interested in these dinky railroads.…
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Note: In this letter, Russell discovers that his next oldest brother (Howard, who is 10 years older than Russell) has been drafted into the war. Russell is not happy that his older brother was drafted – as Howard was in a serious accident in the late 1930’s where his arm was severely injured, and a…
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I’ll send you an Air Mail letter with my account number over my signature, and you can deposit it at Endicott Trust Co. I saw a funny incident down town the other night. I rounded a corner and happened to be looking out at the bus stand. There stood a woman bent over holding the…
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(the day before the invasion of Normandy – written from Winchester Cathedral) Dear Willard, Grace and all; I answered a letter I received from you around a week ago. This morning I received 3 more which you wrote at about the same time, one when you went for groceries. On reading them over, I find…
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Dear Willard and Grace: Thanks for the razor blades. I’ve got a pretty good supply now. Don’t suppose you have received my mail that I wrote prior to D-Day, but I guess it is starting to go through again by now. I wrote a letter (V-Mail) to Jack about the 8th. It’ll probably catch him…
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Dear Willard and Grace: Just a few lines for this time as I noticed a couple of clippings in the paper and am enclosing them. Apparently some of my mail hasn’t gotten through. I had a letter from Mildred dated the 14th, but some of mine must be held up somewhere as I haven’t seen…
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Dear Willard and Grace; I’m C Q this noon so thought I’d take time out and drop you a short one. Don’t believe that I have written you since I have been billeted in a private home over here — or have I? Well, anyway, I am, and it is quite a nice experience. The…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Thought I’d take a break and drop you a line as I believe I’m probably a little behind in writing to you. I’ve been pretty busy and just haven’t taken much time to write any detailed letters lately. Anyway, I may have thanked Helen and Wilson for the goodies in the…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Have received your letter of the 25th OK and was certainly surprised to know that you have not received any mail from me dated after May the 7th. I certainly can’t figure that one out. I would say that you should have around a half dozen since then. This is the…
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Dear Willard and Grace: Just received your letters in the mail this afternoon and since I just wrote to you yesterday or the day before, thought I’d clear up some little points. First, I’m glad to hear that you are now hearing from me again as I cannot understand the reason for the delay on…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Received your letter of the 25th today and therefore answering it right off the bat while I have a spare moment today. Just take a note of my address and leave off “FWD EOH” in the future. Thanks for your efforts in trying to get those magazines. If I don’t them,…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Thought I’d take advantage of this little lull and bat out a letter to you as I think I’m a little behind. Yes, I was sorry to hear about Richard, but I’ve been hardened to a lot of things especially since I came into the Army I know it’s just one…
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Dear Willard and Grace; This is the first chance that I have had to bat out a letter to you since I got over here. You can see now that I will have to try to pick up a little French. The few French I have had occasion to meet, couldn’t understand me nor I…
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Dear Willard and Grace; I have received the pictures — about 5 or 6 different letters. Don’t send any more though, because I should have liked to have had them while I was in ___. So hold back for a while. As for Christmas package – I’ll tell you how I feel about. First, I…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Thought I’d better get this letter out to you while I think about it. It’s to let you know that reverse lease-lend is at work. Yes I’ve sent a package addressed to you, and if and when it comes, here’s how I would like you to dispose of it. There’s a…
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#2Dear Willard and Grace; Now that I have told you what to do with the package, I’ll give some of the latest dope. Am not in the same place where I wrote to you from the last time. We’re in a place that was once used by the Germans. Might just as well be in…
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Dear Willard and Grace: I now have your V-Mails of 5 and 21 Oct and needless to say I was glad to receive both. One I received yesterday, and the other today. There seems to be some delay in the mail somewhere along the line or else most of my customers are not writing. I…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Have your V-Mail letter of the 11th. You apparently haven’t received the package I sent to you nor the letter explaining how the contents should be distributed. Anyway, both are on the way somewhere. Have been away from here about a week, having been in four more countries — Belgium, Holland,…
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Dear Willard and Grace; I received your 2 V-Mail letters of the 28th of November, and they were the fastest mail that I have received from the states in some time. No, I haven’t received any letter from Willard at this writing. I’m glad to hear that the package arrived and in good condition. The…
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Dear Willard and Grace: Just thought I’d drop you a line and tell you that yesterday I received the first copy of the Saturday Evening Post. The date of the copy was Nov 18. Glad to get it at last. Got a letter from Mildred this A.M. and she told me it was sort of…
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Dear Willard and Grace; I know that I owe you a letter, but have been holding off just to see if the package you had sent would arrive. Said package arrive this morning and the contents were in good condition. Thanks a lot for it. I want to especially thank you for the pocket dictionary…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Haven’t had any mail for several days now, but neither has anyone else. Won’t have any for a few days yet, and then there’ll probably be a lot of it. I have received several packages that I never expected, and if every guy over did as well, it can be readily…
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Dear Willard and Grace; By the time you receive this letter you probably will have received a letter which will answer most of the questions in your V-Mail of the 14th. There seems to be a “nigger in the woodpile” as far as Don is concerned, as we have a lot of fellows like him…
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Dear Willard and Grace; I thought I’d better answer your V-Mail of January 26 which I’ve had for quite some time now. From all indications up to the time I received it, you had no word that I did receive the package with the French-English dictionary in it, but I did mail you a letter…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Well, I guess the best way to start this letter is to tell you that you can certainly anticipate my needs to a “T”. I had a hunch all along that you would probably return the money I sent, doggonit…Anyway, I want to thank you for your thoughtfulness.. I certainly glad…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Guess I’ll have to call this a business letter. To start things off, I am going to ask you if you will do another favor for me. Enclosed are two numbered packets of colored negatives; one is marked No. 1 and the other marked No. II. I would appreciate if you…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Well, I was a good boy this morning and went to Church, it being Easter Sunday. To give you some idea of what the surroundings were like, I’ll give you a short description. The services were conducted in one end of what was once a truck garage used by the Germans.…
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Dear Willard and Grace: I thought I’d get off a few lines to you to let you know I’m still kicking. Lately we have been able to buy Coca Cola in the PX here just about every day. They sure taste good the last few days as it has been quite warm and skies are…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Happened to think that it is just about time that I dropped a few more lines to you. I was in a French home the other night and was asked to sit down. Now there is nothing wrong with being asked to sit down, but the expression itself was funny to…
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Dear Willard and Grace; A new location to write from and, consequently, a little something to write about. Had a good trip down here, and incidentally, drove a truck with a small trailer down. The first real driving I’ve done in several years. Fortunately, the men and material with got in unscathed. Saw some beautiful…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Say, no hear from you for a long time now. What’s up? Anyway, do you notice anything different about this letter? No, they’re not censoring them any more. But we cannot reveal our location yet. As it is now, we’ll soon be able to get furloughs back to England and southern…
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Dear Willard and Grace; I just got through writing you the day before yesterday that I was wondering what happened to you. Yesterday, I received the package with the films and colored prints. So now, I know that you are still there. As for the colored prints, I received 11 all told. Of course, there…
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Dear Willard and Grace; This morning things are kind of light around here so I thought I’d drop you a line and tell you a few more things while they are fresh on my mind. In this morning’s mail I got a letter from Howard, but that’s the first I’ve had from him in quite…
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Dear Willard and Grace; It’s rather quiet around here this afternoon, so I thought it would be a good time to drop you a line. It’s a beautiful clear, warm day here. We have not been bothered with the frost or the unseasonal cold weather that you have had back there. It can’t exactly be…
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Dear Willard and Grace; I received all the V-Mails you wrote to me dated June 24 at the same time, and of course was glad to hear from you once again. So I’m going to try and answer some of your questions. In regard to the film, do pick up whatever you can. I know…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Well, if you look at a map of France, you will find this place on the channel coast not far from Le Havre. It is here that we have come to be “processed” for our furloughs to England. By that I mean, getting clean clothes, money changed, showers and getting all…
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Dear Willard and Grace; I have your letter of Sept 14, so I’m going to drop you a line tonight. First is the 71 points and according to the latest orders all men with 70 or more points must be out of the theater by November 30. So that’s the most definite word we’ve had…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Well, guess what I’m doing tonight. It’s about 9PM and I’m listening to the World Series and what a game it is tonight. The Tigers have just come out on top in this fifth game and I’m listening to the steady chatter by Bill Slater, the announcer. He is probably the…
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Dear Willard and Grace; Just wanted to get these few lines off to you to let you know that I have begun the return trip. Consequently, don’t write any more letters. We will be at this depot anywhere from 8 to 30 days, although we were told that we are scheduled to leave in about…
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