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July 13 Friday Letter to Mom and All





July 13th Friday

Dearest Mom and All,

It's been too darn long since I wrote last and there's no excuse. I've been hoping like all get out that each succeeding day would bring some definite news of what the future holds but doggone it, some one just wants to keep that news to themselves. I can find out the approximate sailing dates of a dozen outfits around here, but ours! Not a chance!

The only real information that is going around now is that the VI corps (the corps 2nd FOB is assigned to) is going to be relieved of its duties here in Bensheim by the permanent occupation force some time in the last part of next week. That means we'll probably move. But where to I da-know. Probably into the field and tents like a few other Battalions are doing right now. It may be a move closer home-can't tell.VI Corps is scheduled to leave soon but whether units like ours will go with them or not isn't stated. All that's fairly certain is that we are to be redeployed for the Pacific by way of the U.S. as soon as transportation is available.

You can see what's on my mind 90% of the time can't you...! It isn't conducive to writing good letters home. 



Seems so darn far away when you get a pen in hand and the events of life here in Germany seem rather uninteresting to write about when I'm dreaming of home. Then too, mail has been lousy. A few letters from Leona came down from the 285th dated the middle of June and one recent one (July 2) mailed to the 2nd. Got one from Wes but the last one from home I got back at Meiningen. It wss Polly, June 6th. I'm anxious to hear all about Bea's new baby and waiting is a hard job.

Life isn't too hard around here right now. In the mornings we're getting a lot of battle worn equipment back in shape and our afternoons are all devoted to athletics. Most of the hot sunny ones I spend at the big swimming pool in town. It's an outdoor job and plenty nice. I'm getting a pretty good suntan too. There's usually a movie at night and I've gone to a couple of G.I. shows. One in a beautiful theater in Mannheim (20 miles south of here) "Carmine" a slapstick riot of G.I.s in gals clothes doing a  G.I. "Opera". The other was in Frankfurt. (30 miles north of here). Both cities were bombed out but interesting.

I'll try to be better about writing in the future but I certainly hope it won't be long till letters are unnecessary.
Love to all
-Lu-

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