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Dear Boys;~ . '
I am so happy these days that I really cannot think
what to write you as v;e have just received news that our
son George, who has been flying over Italy has completed
his miscions, and will be sent home as soon as transport
ation crn be arranged. He'has completed fifty missions
as a nose gunner on a B--2Uc
It seems that Piedmont has another of those
fine basket ball 'teams this year, and vje know
,ycu vdjl be glad to have the picture we are
’using this month showing the team, as they areT
all so pretty you can use them for pin-up girlS
It'seems that the srmcd forces are in need
of hit re 'and more twine, and we are doing our
. best to increaise our production so that they-^t!ay get it,
mt that is a hard task when we wore doing all we could before, Hov;ever, we will try
to make another pull at our belts, and supply-what they v/ish.
We have been having some raiglity fine weather for the past several days, and it
makes you think that'Spring is hei’e, and you reach for the old hoe .to begin digging in
the ground. However, we feel that we have about two more months of uncertain weather
ahead of us. We hope that it will turn cooler so that the fruit will not be killed as
we would like to see a fine fruit crop this year as it would help-out in many, many ways
You have, no doubt, heard of the illness of Mr, John Schenck, Sr., and ^ve are de
lighted to report that he Is doing nicely, and we feel that it will not be too long be-
"yre he will be back in his office again. It will be mighty nice to have him there
r,s we like to get his good judgement on lnotty problems vjhich will come up,
'The boys continue to leave the mill to join the amed fopceg, .We lost four last
week, and, v»rhile we will miss then, v;e will carry on as they would have us do, and we
wish for each f’rid every one of them the very best of luck.
.' Have you written that letter yet? Vfe are getting some mighty fine ones these
days, which we appreciate, and, if yours is not among them,'we.hope it will be for the
next issue as we need them to keep OUR paper the interesting little magazine it has
always been.
We thou£,ht we were proud of you'boys in the past, but we are mistaken, as you have
done even better than we anticipated, and vje are RE/lLLY proud of you now, so much so'
that v/e do not have vjords to express it. You are the:greatest soldiers in the world,
and each one of you is a hero in our estimation, as a-11 of you have done the job assi
gned you with .credit to yourselves and honor to your country. Keep it up, and the war
vdll be shortened by months if not years.
It will be a glorious and happy day for us ehen you boys get back, and we hope
that we can arrange to shovj our appreciation in a way that will make you understand
just how proud we are of you, and how much we love you for being such men in times
like this.
We 'are hanging to our radios these days as the wonderful news cones to us frcm
ever battle front, and the news indicates that big things are about to break in the
Pacific as well as in Europe, so it seems that we will be celebrating another D-Day
before we know it. It cannot come too'soon for us, and we continue to be proud of the
v.'ay our boys are conducting themselves, and the way they are telling the world that no
finer boys ever lived tlian those who %tq raised in the grand'old United States, We
hate 'CO think that some vdll not return but we know that you, as v/ell as we, v;ill see
that they made the sacrifice that humanity may be free in the future for many, many
years,.
We continue to hope and pray for your safety, and all of us wish every one of you
•’ ho vc;ry best of luck,
Geo.^ H. Hart.