July 1, 1944
Saturday
My Angel,
It's just eleven now and the camp is beginning to quiet down. Most of the boys have to
get up early so they hit the sack as soon as they can. The list I have of fellows to
wake up is a mile long.
Sweet, it is a very
beautifull
beautiful
night out. There are just enough clouds to make the moon play hide and seek.
It's warm and the smell of the fields makes me think of those at home. In a few more
days you will be out there and can tell me how it is this year. On nights like this we
would usually be rolling along the highway at a snail's pace enjoying the full beauty of
the night. How much I miss nights like that sweet can't be told in words. But it isn't
only the nights like that I want back. - All of them Angel as long as they are with you.
Each day the need for you grows more and more. As the time grows closer to a year I have
a hard time believing that we have been apart so long. How precious the days and months
were when we shared them together. Now time is just an endless thing with no bright
spots or changes. You must think that the going is rough over here from the way I sound.
Thats not it sweet. Sure we work harder than we did in the states but not so much that
it is the reason for the way I feel. There isn't any one thing that you can home in on.
I guess I'm tired of this routine and want to get back to that one with you and the
baby. I'm not even used to snooks being one of us. That won't take very long though.
Just as soon as we have things in order once more it be as though I was never
away. The biggest job of all will be to find a house in a section we like and then
finding the job to go with it.
Tessie
Tessie,
when the - day comes that we have been waitting for all our problems will have
been half solved. We had a good start once and we will make another. This time though we
won't try to be so foolish and try to accomplish too much in a short while. We - didn't
take time out to enjoy ourselves very often. - About all it was towards those last
months was a relay race between the shop and home, with an occasional Sunday for a
breath catcher.
Sweet your
Sweet, you're
going to be busy but in a different way. We are going to have more time
together
Tessie your
Tessie, you're
are going to be as busy as a bee. I've got several ideas that will see to
that.
We have the radio on in here
or
,or
I have. It's almost three am now. You must have heard of Axis Sally Axis
Sally, Mildred Gillars, was an Americe Ex-Patriot living in Berlin during World War
II. She hosted propaganda radio programs in English with the goal of emphasizing the
fatigue, and lonliness that soldiers battled internally during the war along with a
message of futility of the Allied Forces' fight against Germany. She was arrested and
tried back in the United States after the war and served 12 of her 10-30 year prison
sentence. She died June 25th, 1988.
Source: Anderson, Susan Heller. “MIDRED
GILLARS, 87, OF NAZI RADIO, AXIS SALLY TO AN ALLIED AUDIENCE.” The New York Times,
The New York Times, 2 July 1988,
www.nytimes.com/1988/07/02/obituaries/midred-gillars-87-of-nazi-radio-axis-sally-to-an-allied-audience.html.
. She broadcasts from Germany giving a very good jazz program but a lot of
baloney about how we can't win. There was also that South Carolina Traitor The
South Carolina Traitor most probably refers to Robert Henry Best, another prominent
propaganda radio show host of the time.
Source: “Propaganda.” What Is History,
www.whatishistory.org/evidence/propaganda/.trying to impress us with a lot of
silly statements about Axis production. I finaly found one German program with just
plain music. It was good. Its funny sitting here listening to their music and enjoying
it when I know they don't themselves. I wish I knew more of the language so I could tell
what they say.
-Angel
-Angel,
it's time to begin making my rounds now. You are just about getting ready for
bed. I'll join you in spirit
sweet
sweet,
so leave a little room. Give my love to everyone.
I love you Tessie
As ever
your
yours,
CY