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Item #: VL-001
| Letter from Pvt. Elmo Berry to Cpl. Michael Vickio (at Los Alamos) postmarked 11/2/1944; Elmo wrote the letter from the front lines in Germany after the Normandy invasion. Elmo was killed in action soon after he wrote this letter in Dec. 1944 at the Battle of the Bulge. NOTE: The below letter was in poor shape and could not be scanned successfully. |
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Germany Sun., Oct. 29, 1944 Hello Mike - No, I haven't forgotten you, but over here they keep us so damn busy that I seldom have time to write the family, to say nothing of anyone else. But now I am back in a rest area for a few days with my outfit. They have been without rest for a long time, but I can sure use one too, even though I haven't been here as long. They have everything here to make us forget there is a war on. Movie shows, hot meals, clean clothes, showers, passes to town dances, etc. It's a lot of fun after what we've been through. I have seen a lot of Europe ; Scotland, England, France, Belgium, Holland, and now Germany. Some of it is nice country but all I want is to see good old Upstate New York. That's good enough for me, and as soon as we can lick these #@%@ over here , I am going to make tracks in that direction and stay there. Keep things going over on that side of the ocean and do all you can to stay there. I wouldn't wish this life on anyone. It's no fun, believe me. So long for this time. Write again some time and I will try and find the time to answer it. Good luck, Elmo
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