Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman – November 11, 1940
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Aldershot England
November 11/40
Dear Franc:-
Well here is another rainy nite. It has rained all day long. & it’s so darn’d miserable to-nite. Well it isn’t ever funny.
I started to write you last night. But got discusted over not receiving any mail. So I burned it. & I still haven’t received any.
We really had a grand time to-day. They wanted three truck loads of wood. Well I took the detention men out to load it. Well what fun. It was a long drive out there & we got the trucks loaded. & I drove one of these English trucks (Bedford) with a right hand drive, part way out. On the way back we stopped at a tea room & tooke the prisoners in for tea along with the truck drivers. Well you can imagine about about ten soldiers walking in a small tea room, laughing & joking. Well a young lady come in & didn’t seem very anxious to wait on us. So I pulled my 45 (revolver) from the holster & laid it on the table & said. We want service. & the poor girl nearly had a fit. Until all the boys started laughing. But it’s a good thing we have fun like that once in a while. Or we’d go nuts.
But I still think we’ll go nuts if we don’t soon get some mail.
Well I’m passing up Peg’s letter to-nite & I’m only writing to you. I’ll write you her again to morrow nite. Gosh you should see this table. There is every thing from pop bottles to sausage sandwiches all over it. Dirty cups & spoons & everything else.
Well Franc. I can’t say much until I receive a letter from you. I know you won’t enjoy this letter. But then I guess I’m not in much of a mood for writing. So will close now.
Lovingly
Harry
P.S.
When are you going
to send my pictures
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