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January 31, 1945
Manage episode 283638953 series 1524051
Jan. 31, 1944 Philippines
Dear Mom & Dad –
We’re still busy as little bees here – moving all the time. And we’re moving in the right direction too, even if Radio Tokio says we aren’t. I’ve tried to write you a half dozen times in the last two days but every time I sit down to write either a fire mission comes in or a march order.
Today I’ve been flying all day as an observer. Did we have fun! We fired on a big building that was suspected of being a Jap barracks and set it aflame & exploding. And to think you used to bawl me out for playing with matches. How times have changed.
Got my first letter about three days ago-from Marion Sneen. It was dated Jan 12 which surprised me no end. Some recent mail must have come direct. Then just today I received some Xmas cards mailed in Nov. & Dec. Also had a letter from Coll & a News Digest from you all.
Bob Coll hadn’t written me for several months, so I was relieved to hear from him. He had just spent a 48 hr. pass in Paris – he says its much nicer than London in every way and really a spot for “fun & frivolity.” Sounds like a very pleasant way to fight the war.
We have a river only a short way from the air-strip here where [we] go for a bath every evening about 6 o’clock (excuse, I mean 1800). We certainly manage to keep clean considering we’re in action. There are small rivers & streams everywhere so it’s no problem.
On the way to the airstrip yesterday my jeep driver spied a new army cot lying alongside the road. Now I’m really sleeping in comfort & I’m the envy of the neighborhood cuz those gadgets are very scarce here.
Had a very profitable day today having cleaned both my carbine and my 45 pistol, flown for five hours, ate three square meals including hotcakes for breakfast, and now writing a letter. I have that smug feeling of accomplishment.
The pilots here have a car radio which we hitch to the jeep & listen to every evening. There are lots of Chinese, Indian, & Japanese stations on the air. Of course we hear Radio Tokio very clearly. We get quite a kick out of how they claim they annihilate us every day. We also get news from the States and some other overseas stations in New Guinea. The latest we’ve heard – the Russians are only 93 miles from Berlin – that really sounds great.
Amongst the Xmas cards was the one from Dot & Arlo with the photograph of the family. It certainly is a nice picture & a novel greeting card – I can recognize Dorothy’s handiwork in the printing & design.
I’ve got to end this here cuz it’s too dark to see. Good night. I’ll write again soon.
Love, Dorance
P.S. Feel Great.
102 에피소드
Manage episode 283638953 series 1524051
Jan. 31, 1944 Philippines
Dear Mom & Dad –
We’re still busy as little bees here – moving all the time. And we’re moving in the right direction too, even if Radio Tokio says we aren’t. I’ve tried to write you a half dozen times in the last two days but every time I sit down to write either a fire mission comes in or a march order.
Today I’ve been flying all day as an observer. Did we have fun! We fired on a big building that was suspected of being a Jap barracks and set it aflame & exploding. And to think you used to bawl me out for playing with matches. How times have changed.
Got my first letter about three days ago-from Marion Sneen. It was dated Jan 12 which surprised me no end. Some recent mail must have come direct. Then just today I received some Xmas cards mailed in Nov. & Dec. Also had a letter from Coll & a News Digest from you all.
Bob Coll hadn’t written me for several months, so I was relieved to hear from him. He had just spent a 48 hr. pass in Paris – he says its much nicer than London in every way and really a spot for “fun & frivolity.” Sounds like a very pleasant way to fight the war.
We have a river only a short way from the air-strip here where [we] go for a bath every evening about 6 o’clock (excuse, I mean 1800). We certainly manage to keep clean considering we’re in action. There are small rivers & streams everywhere so it’s no problem.
On the way to the airstrip yesterday my jeep driver spied a new army cot lying alongside the road. Now I’m really sleeping in comfort & I’m the envy of the neighborhood cuz those gadgets are very scarce here.
Had a very profitable day today having cleaned both my carbine and my 45 pistol, flown for five hours, ate three square meals including hotcakes for breakfast, and now writing a letter. I have that smug feeling of accomplishment.
The pilots here have a car radio which we hitch to the jeep & listen to every evening. There are lots of Chinese, Indian, & Japanese stations on the air. Of course we hear Radio Tokio very clearly. We get quite a kick out of how they claim they annihilate us every day. We also get news from the States and some other overseas stations in New Guinea. The latest we’ve heard – the Russians are only 93 miles from Berlin – that really sounds great.
Amongst the Xmas cards was the one from Dot & Arlo with the photograph of the family. It certainly is a nice picture & a novel greeting card – I can recognize Dorothy’s handiwork in the printing & design.
I’ve got to end this here cuz it’s too dark to see. Good night. I’ll write again soon.
Love, Dorance
P.S. Feel Great.
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