Concerning mail, visit with French friends, and the elections, especially hopeful about Roosevelt, Congress, and a peace plan. Appreciates the Heatabs heating device Edith sent. Describes a hike with Captain Surrey. Now officially allowed to write home that their division is in the XII Corps of the United States Army and that the XII Corps is in the Third Army commanded by Lt. General Patton. Suggests they find a way to live long, long lives together. Asks if there is news of her brother-in-law Lud. Describes seeing five truckloads of German prisoners being taken away, noting the Germans marched their prisoners on foot.
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