Letter from Lt. Col. George Saunders to sister Helen from Europe in 1945. AM
George had recently been promoted to Lt. Col. which was quite an accomplishment at 26 years old. He mentions that despite the German resistence they will continue to invade. He jokes that he looks forward to going to Kentucky after the war and drinking mint juleps. Fortunately, The war will end three months after he wrote this note and he returns safely. He concludes the note with his expression of love for his family.
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