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Somewhere in Germany
Mar. 23, 1944
Dear Mother & Dad:
Wow! I have just come the closest
to being drunk that I have ever been in
my life. Don't worry though, I still know
when to stop. It happened this way. Today
I met a group of Belgian soldiers. I
sprung my French on them and they were
So happy to meet an American who
spoke French they took me to the
house in which they are staying. The
first thing they did was bring out a
bottle of wine and fill the glasses.
Well I wanted to be sociable, and I
didn't want to provoke an international
incident. So I drank with them, besides,
you know how I like wine. After
that they refused to let me stop. Then
they brought out cookies and meats
and all kinds of good things to eat.
The only trouble was they wouldn't let
you eat unless you drank also. I
kept with them as long as I could and
then I told them that I had to go
on guard. It was the only way I
could get away. I sure did have a good
time though, and, boy was the food
good.
I am going to enclose in this
letter, "a safe conduct pass." Our planes
drop them over the German positions
in order to try and induce the "Krauts"
to surrender. I think that it might
make a fairly good souvenir.
Lately, I have been getting a little
but more mail, although most of it
2
is pretty old. I was very happy to hear about
George and Elsie. As I said before I wish you
would send me their address, also Tarpey's
and the O'Tooles.
I also wish that you would send a
package of some kind. By the way, If you
should send cookies of any kind, it is a good
idea to put them in a can, an Ovaltine can,
or some such. It keeps them from being all
broken and it helps to keep them fresh. I
also wish that you would send me some
air-mail stamps. I don't like to use V-mail.
It is too impersonal.
Well, there are a lot of other things I could
write about but I want to ration it. I
will then have something for the next
letter. So Long for Now.
Your Loving Son
Oby
1945
