Pvt. W.D. Johnson Jr34945847
\nDetachment of Patients
\n4314 U.S. Army Hospital Plant
\nAPO 887 c\/o Postmaster
\nNew York N.Y.<\/p>\n
Dec 27, 1944
\nParis France<\/p>\n
Dear Rip:<\/p>\n
Here I am in gay Paree with a purple Heart N.Y.A. (not yet awarded!) and not a Chinaman’s chance of breaking out of this rehabilitation factory and getting at this illustrious city. I’ll be back in a foxhole without getting any closer to a drink of cognac than the ward boy’s breath.<\/p>\n
I had a slight altercation with a Jerry tank which proved that an 88 is slightly more potent than an M1. My wounds didn’t amount to much and I’m headed back to duty after a few more days of convalescence here. If you took pen in hand at once and shot a note at the above imposing address you might have a chance to cheer me with your kind words and terrible handwriting before I leave here. Try it! I wrote Mom to take it easy about me when they get the G.I. telegram otherwise I wouldn’t have bothered the folks with my minor personal difficulties with this war.<\/p>\n
Take it easy sonny & write your ole brother. Love David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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