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Carroll Steinbeck letters to Evelyn Burton, July - December, 1944
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Nov 30, 1944 Dearest Evelyn, Its been a long time hasn't it? Maybe we can get back on the beam now for awhile. At least I hope so. This will be a pretty rough sketch of what has happened, but its about all I can do for now. I spent several days on the east coast and I managed to get to New York three times. Didn't do anything outstanding, but it was fun while it lasted. The next thing I knew I was on a boat sea sick as the devil. That lasted for two days then I got over it and began to half-way enjoy the trip. There were no storms, but the waves really rolled and as a result we got quite a ride. things were crowded pretty well, but we made out ok. Some of the moonlight nights were really beautiful. The boat was too confining for me so I was glad when it was over. When we landed the unit broke up into smaller units and scattered out through the country. My group moved into a small village in Southern England. It is about the size of Richland and very quaint. Its exactly like pictures with its narrow streets, stone houses and fences. The people are friendly it seems so it is rather nice. We took up quarters in all sorts of vacant buildings. I am living in a "church hall." We are getting things straightened around fairly well now. Already they have arranged a dance for us so we can get acquainted with the people. There isn't much in the way of excitement here as everything except the beer halls close in the evening. I guess that gives you a
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Nov 30, 1944 Dearest Evelyn, Its been a long time hasn't it? Maybe we can get back on the beam now for awhile. At least I hope so. This will be a pretty rough sketch of what has happened, but its about all I can do for now. I spent several days on the east coast and I managed to get to New York three times. Didn't do anything outstanding, but it was fun while it lasted. The next thing I knew I was on a boat sea sick as the devil. That lasted for two days then I got over it and began to half-way enjoy the trip. There were no storms, but the waves really rolled and as a result we got quite a ride. things were crowded pretty well, but we made out ok. Some of the moonlight nights were really beautiful. The boat was too confining for me so I was glad when it was over. When we landed the unit broke up into smaller units and scattered out through the country. My group moved into a small village in Southern England. It is about the size of Richland and very quaint. Its exactly like pictures with its narrow streets, stone houses and fences. The people are friendly it seems so it is rather nice. We took up quarters in all sorts of vacant buildings. I am living in a "church hall." We are getting things straightened around fairly well now. Already they have arranged a dance for us so we can get acquainted with the people. There isn't much in the way of excitement here as everything except the beer halls close in the evening. I guess that gives you a
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