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                  <text>Feb. 22, 1945
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Dearest Mary,
No mails today; hope I have better luck tomorrow. It’s only been two days since I got some so I
don’t look for any for a few days. Are you getting much mail?
I’m going to write to Dad tonight or tomorrow, I’ve not wrote to him this week. I should be
getting a letter from Irsy pretty soon, he said that he was going on furlough so maybe that’s the reason I
have not heard from him. He is sure a lucky guy to get to stay in the States this long.
Won’t be long until my birthday; next Sun, I hope my package gets here by then. I sure hope
that I can be home by this time next year.
The war news sounds good. Now that they have a base within bombing range of Tokyo.
One of the boys in my tent got some film the other day, so I may have some pictures to send
you pretty soon.
One of the boys in our company is from Alexandria, Ind, I talked to him the other day and he
said that he knew Vi and her brothers&amp; sisters. I can’t think of him name, but soon as I find out I’m going
to ask Vi if she knows him.
I went to the show last night - “Sunday Dinner for a Soldier.” Ann Baxter and John Hodiac were
the actors.
Tell Diana, hello.
I love you with all my heart, darling.
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