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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, 1945

1945-06-17 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 3

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would be out of character to have any such performance. Earl, Ray and others since you first were sworn into the service have made so many athletic conclusions but apparently it never occurs to them to look back and see how mistaken they were. "Lloyd is to old....too good to be a foot soldier....too old to be sent overseas....too old for combat...a waste in combat duties....never will leave Africa until he comes home...won't be near the front again...will be back when 18 months are over...a shame he isn't building roads in Europe...be 42 and can have his application all ready in October...will ask to be sent home right away.. etc etc] I'm proud to be your wife and I know you would never have been satisfied inside yourself to have remained a civilian, or to have been over-seas and not had real work to do. I hate the necessity of separation the war has brought on us, but I feel we both know more of real caring and patience. We've had life always, with one problem after another, but we have really lived. I regret the necessity for our experiences, but I'm proud we can turn them to such a use that we have more understanding. Its seems so simple and is unnecessary to repeat but I'm going to set it down in plain English again any way. I am ready and willing and waiting to try to help you do whatever seems right. We are a cooperative family. When necessary we make separate decisions and the other partner helps carry them out just as if we both could have participated in making the plans. Then whenever it is possible to delay

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3 would be out of character to have any such performance. Earl, Ray and others since you first were sworn into the service have made so many athletic conclusions but apparently it never occurs to them to look back and see how mistaken they were. "Lloyd is to old....too good to be a foot soldier....too old to be sent overseas....too old for combat...a waste in combat duties....never will leave Africa until he comes home...won't be near the front again...will be back when 18 months are over...a shame he isn't building roads in Europe...be 42 and can have his application all ready in October...will ask to be sent home right away.. etc etc] I'm proud to be your wife and I know you would never have been satisfied inside yourself to have remained a civilian, or to have been over-seas and not had real work to do. I hate the necessity of separation the war has brought on us, but I feel we both know more of real caring and patience. We've had life always, with one problem after another, but we have really lived. I regret the necessity for our experiences, but I'm proud we can turn them to such a use that we have more understanding. Its seems so simple and is unnecessary to repeat but I'm going to set it down in plain English again any way. I am ready and willing and waiting to try to help you do whatever seems right. We are a cooperative family. When necessary we make separate decisions and the other partner helps carry them out just as if we both could have participated in making the plans. Then whenever it is possible to delay