Chris G

Dear Mom,

Went to town yesterday to a
picture show. Got in about
eleven to find one piece of mail —
that cablegram. It scared me,
but I pulled my jacket off and
got a drink before I opened it.…

Dear Folks,

Got Mom’s letter of the 9th today. It
had been missent to some other place.

Mildred, do you remember what subject
besides analyt I took in summer school?
I can’t remember for sure whether I took
two subjects …

Dear Mom and Dad,

Received your letter of the 26th
today also a letter from Mildred. I
didn’t know until I read your letter
that Mildred had gone to Comanche.

I quoted you about the tomatoes this
afternoon. I boasted …

England
June 7, 1944

Dear Folks,

How is everything going now? Your letters
of the fifteenth are the last that I have
received. Have really been sweating that
mail call every day. During this past
week, I have fallen down …

Dear Mom,

Received your letter of the 14th
and Mildred’s of the 24th and Bert’s of
the 26th today. You forgot to put the A.P.O. 149
on that Sqdn. B, Replacement Pool, 13th Replacement Control
Depot and it went to …

V-MAIL

MRS. MARVIN M. GRAYSON
ROUTE 1.
TYLER, TEXAS

Pvt. Lawrence E. Grayson [SENDERS NAME]
Squadron J-9, APO12826J [SENDERS ADDRESS]
c/o Postmaster, N.Y., N.Y.
22 March 1944 [DATE]

England

Dear Mom,
Well, I went on sick call again this morning …