{"id":4623,"date":"2019-04-04T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T21:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=4623"},"modified":"2019-04-05T13:37:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:37:39","slug":"april-1-1945-southern-france-sunday-night","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/417th-night-fighter-squadron-march-1945\/april-1-1945-southern-france-sunday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"April 1, 1945, Southern France, Sunday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#edf2f9;    '>\r\n                            Tom is still writing love letters. He&#8217;s growing weary of C-Rations. \r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>Easter night &#8217;45<br \/>\n&#8220;S.\u00a0 France&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4628\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/April-1-1945-Southern-France-Sunday-Night-Page-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4628\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/April-1-1945-Southern-France-Sunday-Night-Page-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"April 1, 1945, Southern France, Sunday Night, Page 1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 1, 1945, Southern France, Sunday Night, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My Darling, &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Another rough day Hon. got up at 11:30 and just did make it to lunch. However, didn&#8217;t miss anything even though I did get in on the tail end. These <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/things\/c-rations\/\">C rations<\/a> are getting to taste worse and worse and I also haven&#8217;t been seeing any of that delicious chicken mixture you use to tell me about. They are probably eating too much of it in their tests in Chicago that consequently very liittle is getting over seas. Leave it to the QM<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_4623_1('footnote_plugin_reference_4623_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_4623_1('footnote_plugin_reference_4623_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_4623_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_4623_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">QM = Quartermaster Corps<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_4623_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_4623_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> snafu the works. &#8211; O.K. so I am bitter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4626\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crations-museumdisplay.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4626 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crations-museumdisplay-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"A selection of United States military C-rations from the World War II era. Photo taken at the Mesa Historical Museum, in Mesa, Arizona, United States, with a Panasonic DMC-FZ50 digital camera. The three &quot;B-unit&quot; cans each contain 5 biscuits, a confection, 2 cubes of sugar, a P-38 can-opener, and instant coffee. The entire collection was donated to the Mesa Historical Museum by one man.\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crations-museumdisplay-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crations-museumdisplay-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crations-museumdisplay.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A selection of United States military C-rations from the World War II era. Photo taken at the Mesa Historical Museum, in Mesa, Arizona, United States, with a Panasonic DMC-FZ50 digital camera. The three &#8220;B-unit&#8221; cans each contain 5 biscuits, a confection, 2 cubes of sugar, a P-38 can-opener, and instant coffee. The entire collection was donated to the Mesa Historical Museum by one man.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Chaplain came to our estate about 4:00 this afternoon and held Easter services. He must have had several stops before getting here. Tonight&#8217;s dinner was alittle better with baked ham, I&#8217;ll never know where they got that unless the farmer on the other side of the field was willing to do alittle trading. It is really surprising how often food enters a persons mind over here, especially such things as milk, ice cream, candy and cakes. I haven&#8217;t been able to figure out what we are getting calcium in so I might be writing for some pills before so very long. As yet my teeth haven&#8217;t started falling out and even though my bones ache they haven&#8217;t been breaking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4629\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/April-1-1945-Southern-France-Sunday-Night-Page-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4629\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/April-1-1945-Southern-France-Sunday-Night-Page-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"April 1, 1945, Southern France, Sunday Night, Page 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 1, 1945, Southern France, Sunday Night, Page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hon, what did you do today? I though about about you an awful lot. I laid down on the bunk this afternoon and dropped off for about 30 mins and even in that short time I really had a swell dream. I was home with you and to make it short we were really having a swell time. Certainly hope it comes true pretty soon. Hope you are still felling O.K. Hun, and take awfully good care of yourself. Remember to take your pills, and do anything else the Doc says.<\/p>\n<p>Goodnight Darling and I think you are the most wonderful person in the world, and I have told you how very much I love you, so what more is there to say, other than I&#8217;d give anything in the world to be with you.<\/p>\n<p>With all my love,<\/p>\n<p>Forever,<\/p>\n<p>Tom<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4630\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/April-1-1945-Southern-France-Sunday-Night.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4630\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/April-1-1945-Southern-France-Sunday-Night-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"April 1, 1945, Southern France, Sunday Night\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/April-1-1945-Southern-France-Sunday-Night-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/April-1-1945-Southern-France-Sunday-Night.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April 1, 1945, Southern France, Sunday Night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_4623_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_4623_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_4623_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_4623_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_4623_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_4623_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_4623_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">QM = Quartermaster Corps<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_4623_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_4623_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_4623_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_4623_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_4623_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_4623_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_4623_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_4623_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_4623_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_4623_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_4623_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_4623_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_4623_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_4623_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easter night &#8217;45 &#8220;S.\u00a0 France&#8221; My Darling, &#8211; Another rough day Hon. got up at 11:30 and just did make it to lunch. However, didn&#8217;t miss anything even though I did get in on the tail end. 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