Received two letters from
you today. They were dated the
17 & 24 of January.So now I guess
I have received all of your Jan.
letters. They really are welcome
letters to me. I know I kick
if I don't receive any. I guess
I just get over anxious for them.
Marie and Luella has told
about canning meat. I hear
from them quite often. It really
is grand to think everyone at home
writes to me.
Today for dinner we had
chicken. It really is like the
chicken dinner I have had
at home or like the one I am
looking for when I get back there
again. Irene's folks have promised
me a big one and I know I
will get one at home. For supper
we had roast beef. It was
really good. So you can see just
about the way we eat. It is about
like this everyday.
Did Caps (Charles M) know I
was in the army? Seem so he
should after being gone almost
two years. I can imagine Gerald
being married though. I guess I
will be an old bachelor by the
time I get home. Twenty five my
next birthday. I have been thinking
about getting married for a long
time and never thought I would
be over twenty five before I would
be married.
In my mail today, I received
two letters from you, one from
Marie and Luella, two from Irene
and also a Valentine. So I guess
I was remembered very well. They
are dated from Jan. 17 to 24. They
were long in comeing over though.
I have received the letter all
of you wrote Christmas Day. I am
glad to receive letters like that. The
letters the church have been sending
I have only received two. One from
Mrs. Warner and Orren. I guess
the rest are falling down on there
promises. If they could be in
my place for awhile they
would be glad to write letters.
I know just what the people in
London went through during the
Blitz.
Gail might have quite a few
yarns to tell about army life in
the states, but he really doesn't
know anything about the war
or how an army really works.
I suppose everyone will want
to know all about my overseas
experiences when I get home. I just
want to forget all about it and
start my civilian life over again.
Irene said today in one of
her letters that Glenn and
Audrey would probably beat us
married. It seems to me as
if everybody at home is doing
just that very same thing.
Well I guess this is about
all I have for tonight. Please
write soon. I will try to write
when I have time. I have run
out of a little work now. But
it soon will be piled up again.
Had a ride today. It was the
first good day for a long time.
So long for now.
Love Ralph.
The next letter will be posted on February 27th.
Background Information (and comments):
- Glenn was one of Ralph's older brothers, born Dec. 19, 1916. Ralph was born May 30, 1919.
- No comment, yet, about Irene's prediction that Glenn & Audrey will marry before he and Irene will.
- To better understand The Blitz and what life in England was like during the war, here what I googled (bombings around london in 1944) and found this "not secure" website and an excerpt from it:
Night after night during 1940-1945, civil defence members and city inhabitants in London and elsewhere were confronted by shocking sights and sounds. The spine-tingling, stomach-churning wail of air raid sirens. The distinctive, sinister hum of enemy aircraft engines. The whistle of falling high explosive bombs and their ear-splitting detonation. The metallic tinkling sound of incendiaries dropping onto rooftops before igniting in a white-green flash. The dazzling finger beams of searchlights and pounding anti-aircraft guns. The deafening roar of collapsing buildings. Choking smoke and dust. Blasted streets strewn with heavy debris, masonry rubble, shattered glass and shrapnel. The urgent bells of passing emergency vehicles. The menace of unexploded ordnance. Ripped-open utility capillaries: burst coal gas and water mains, ruptured sewers, severed telephone lines, sparking mains electricity and broken overhead tram wires. The searing heat of major fires out of control. Flood damage from fire service water hoses. Corpses and body parts found entombed under smashed brick, metal and wood in destroyed houses and shelters. Dazed and injured civilians requiring first aid and the furtive activities of looters.
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