"To: Mrs. Rudolph C. Denke C/O Mrs. Jake Young Spring Valley, Minnesota, USA
From: Staff Sergeant R.C. Denke 742 Bomb Squad Army Post Office 520 April 5th, 1944, Southern Italy.
Dear Princess Precious,
The time approaches for me to pick up my pen and put it on paper. Things are really quiet tonight and I am the only one in the orderly room, so I'm going to peck out another one of my expert pieces of typing. Hope you don't mind too much. I got a letter from Mother Branham today, and she tells me that everything is alright. I'm really jealous of all Baby Skippy's aunts and uncles that are back there now, admiring my newborn son, holding him, and telling each other how cute he is, when all I can do over here is to wait longingly for the mail and use my imagination..."
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