March 18, 1945, In Southern France

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Sun. night
18 Mar. 45.
“In Southern France”

March 20, 1945, In Southern France, Page 1
March 18, 1945, In Southern France, Page 1

Dear Folks,

Just a short note to let you know my new address and that I have been moving. While in Italy I went through Naples and it is really a mass of ruins. One evening Andy and I went into Caserta where the royal palace is and where the king at one time lived. It is the only decent building I saw while in Italy. The people there are in pretty bad shape and there isn’t anything to buy that was worth having. Flew up here and came over the Anzio beachead. Italy isn’t much to brag about. It is alot nicer up here and all we did today was build a floor to our tent. There are four of us in it.

Palace at Caserta, Italy
Palace at Caserta, Italy, 2010

Enough for now.

Love,

Tom

P.S. Notice new address.

March 20, 1945, In Southern France
March 18, 1945, In Southern France

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