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                  <text>Feb 6, 1945
Burma

Dearest Mary,
I got Ray &amp; Anita’s Xmas box today; no letters, though. They sent me some canned meat (Spam),
juice, soap, tooth paste, postum, cigarettes, and a few other toilet articles. I’m going to write to him
today or tomorrow. I can use everything that was sent to me. We don’t always get our rations so all of
this stuff will come in handy. One time I was down to my last bar of soap. Remember the soap that you
sent me in Fresno? That’s the bar I had left, I think it was Wrisleys.
How is Diana? How much does she weigh? I think the picture you sent me is swell. I know how
glad you will be when summer comes, although Diana probably likes it just as well as winter. This is one
winter that I’ll never forget, I think you know what I mean. Bye darling.
I love you, Mary.
Yours forever,
Earl

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