October 25 - Hello Sis

Hello Sis

How are you by this time? I am just fine and having it very easy. We are not doing anything but keeping our telephone lines in working order. I don't think I told you but I'm not driving the jeep any more. I only drove for about 5 days the last time. I went to sleep when I was supposed to be awake. HA So I am a wireman again. And it is much easier as I had to do a lot of work on the jeep. And now I am just taking it easy, waiting for my ship to come in. And I think I'll have a pretty long wait.

I was glad to hear you got rid of one at; why don't you have Jake get rid of all of them at once? Isn't there a river close to where you live? HA And can't you have that damn drown cat cuh, or something. (Know idea what this means. RGD) I guess you liker her to much to put in a sack and throw in the river. HA

I sent a box home today. It was just a bunch of nice "junk." I will probably send another next week.

The mail is coming in very bad. And I guess the few I write are coming in bad too. But I don't guess you could tell if they were coming in slow or not, as I'm so slow about writing.

I guess that's about all for this time. I will try to make myself write again very soon.

All my love

Uncle Bert

P.S. - I hope it's a girl

September 30, 1945 - Kraslice, Czechoslovakia

Dear Sis:

Just a few lines to let you know I am still alive if you have been wondering. We are now in Kraslice, Czechoslovakia. It is about 275 miles from Landsburg, and I don't like it here. The people are most all Germans, but they are different. They all speak German, and they all have to wear armbands to show that they are Germans. And boy! there are plenty of girls, but they aren't as nice as the ones in Germany. You asked me if I had ever been out with any girls over here and how we talked to each other. Well, I'm getting so I can a pretty good conversation in German. And you can make them understand with your hands. HA

Well it doesn't look like I will get home this year so you can send the packages if it's not too late and I don't care what you send I can use anything but there is one thing I have in mind. I would like to have some good American fire water. HA So, see if you can get away with it. And if you don't think you can, do this...get some hair tonic bottles and fill them up. And be sure the bottles are up to the top, so they don't gurgle if someone shakes the package. That's how the other boys get it sometime.

Well, I guess that's about all for this time. I'll write again very soon. (Did I say that in the last letter?)

All my love,

Bruce