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28 January1945
exact date of 28 of January 1945
day of the month 28 January 1945
calendar day - 01 of January year - 1945
month of Januarydecade of the 1940s.
1900s century


To: Miss Madonna Joan Bun
930 West Cugler Ave, Chicago 13, Illinois.


From: PVT. Pune R. Brooks 36991754 Co. A 70th I.T.B 18 Regt.
Camp Houze, Texas.


Jan 25, 45

Dearest Darling
Just a few lines to let you know I think of you every minute of the day. I'm now in a new Battalion waiting for Sunday to start bivouac. I won't have any time to write you next week and I think you can understand why.

This place I'm now in sure is hell, the barrack have double decker beds and dirty cracks big enough to put your finger in, its awful. I'll be on this side of the





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ocean at least a week amd a half to ten weeks and I'd give anything to be with all my buddies again. It's mightly lonesome with nobody I know and have to make friends but thats the hardship of the Army. Honey when are you going to send me your picture? Honey did you go to my house and get my picture. I don't care I just wondered.

Mother wrote and said some girl came and stayed quite some time. She said she used to work at the "400" so I thought of you immediately. Which picture is it? Honey I wish you





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would write often. I love to hear from you which makes me happy, it makes me feel like going out and really soldiering. If you only knew how this Army life is, we live the life of a dog and that I do mean, and the way they treat a man sometimes is worse than a dogs life.

I hear that they have to give every man at least five days at home before going over cause of so many going AWOL at P.O.E and I don't blame them one bit, so I may be home yet, lets hope so. Well honey I haven't anything to write of any importance so will sign off for now. Write soon and often.

Love Verne





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