Title
Letter Written by Saidee R. Leach to her Son, Navy Ensign Douglas Leach, Dated January 27, 1943
Document Type
Personal Letter
Keywords
World War ll;Correspondence;Work;Camaraderie of War Wives;Censor's Marks;Letting Hair Down;Readjustment;Weather;Aviation;Mail as a morale builder
Transcription
Dear Douglas:
Well, you certainly “picked a winter for yourself!” It either has been terrifically cold (and I mean cold) or the sidewalks have been glare ice, or we have had raw, chilly rains. Today is another snow storm but with promising of clearing before much has fallen. Monday I stepped off the back steps and flat on my elbow, but luckily I only bruised my arm instead of breaking it. The night before forty people were treated at one hospital alone for accident fractures, among them being Hope Morey, whom George Jones drove to the hospital...
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