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David R. Elder correspondence, February-March 1945

1945-02-28 S/Sgt. Louis W. Larsen to Dave Elder Page 1

With 3rd U.S. Army
In Germany
Feb. 28, 45
Dear Dave Elder
I just received your 47th drip and I have some
time this evening so thought I would drop you a line.
I have been receiving the Scuttlebutt for some time
and I sure do enjoy reading it, of course I am not
too well acquainted around Washington but I do know
several of the fellows that have written and I sure did
enjoy there letters.
We had a treat tonight for supper we had ice cream
and boy it sure was good. We had some about a month
ago too. We also had breaded pork chops they sure do taste
better than K rations they sure do get old. I was lucky at
Christmas and New Years we were on a brake then
and we had turkey for both dinners that was the best
brake we had had since we landed in France on June [illegible]
soon after New Years we didn't have it so easy for then
they pulled us up here in this sector and boy it sure
was cold for a couple of weeks I was glad to see it
warm up and when it did the snow sure disappear
in a hurry when it did warm up and of course then
it was pretty muddy.
I want to thank you again for Scuttlebutts I sure
do enjoy reading them to find out what the
other fellows are doing in other parts of the world.
Sincerely
[s/sgt] Louis W. Larsen.

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With 3rd U.S. Army In Germany Feb. 28, 45 Dear Dave Elder I just received your 47th drip and I have some time this evening so thought I would drop you a line. I have been receiving the Scuttlebutt for some time and I sure do enjoy reading it, of course I am not too well acquainted around Washington but I do know several of the fellows that have written and I sure did enjoy there letters. We had a treat tonight for supper we had ice cream and boy it sure was good. We had some about a month ago too. We also had breaded pork chops they sure do taste better than K rations they sure do get old. I was lucky at Christmas and New Years we were on a brake then and we had turkey for both dinners that was the best brake we had had since we landed in France on June [illegible] soon after New Years we didn't have it so easy for then they pulled us up here in this sector and boy it sure was cold for a couple of weeks I was glad to see it warm up and when it did the snow sure disappear in a hurry when it did warm up and of course then it was pretty muddy. I want to thank you again for Scuttlebutts I sure do enjoy reading them to find out what the other fellows are doing in other parts of the world. Sincerely [s/sgt] Louis W. Larsen.