{"id":940,"date":"1943-08-03T16:21:54","date_gmt":"1943-08-03T16:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?p=940"},"modified":"2019-06-05T16:06:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:06:37","slug":"aug-3-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?p=940","title":{"rendered":"the censor would only cut it out or scratch it out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_1_Reduced-831x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_1_Reduced-831x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"942\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/blog\/1943\/08\/03\/aug-3-1943\/letter-from-felix-swehla-to-ann-drodt-aug-3-1943\/\" class=\"wp-image-942\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_1_Reduced-831x1024.jpg 831w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_1_Reduced-243x300.jpg 243w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_1_Reduced-768x946.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_2_Reduced-824x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_2_Reduced-824x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"943\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/blog\/1943\/08\/03\/aug-3-1943\/letter-from-felix-swehla-to-ann-drodt-aug-3-1943-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-943\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_2_Reduced-824x1024.jpg 824w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_2_Reduced-241x300.jpg 241w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_2_Reduced-768x955.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_3_Reduced-827x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_3_Reduced-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"944\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/blog\/1943\/08\/03\/aug-3-1943\/letter-from-felix-swehla-to-ann-drodt-aug-3-1943-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-944\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_3_Reduced-827x1024.jpg 827w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_3_Reduced-242x300.jpg 242w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_3_Reduced-768x951.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_4_Reduced-817x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_4_Reduced-817x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"945\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/blog\/1943\/08\/03\/aug-3-1943\/letter-from-felix-swehla-to-ann-drodt-aug-3-1943-4\/\" class=\"wp-image-945\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_4_Reduced-817x1024.jpg 817w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_4_Reduced-239x300.jpg 239w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_4_Reduced-768x962.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_env_Reduced-1024x572.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_env_Reduced-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"946\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/blog\/1943\/08\/03\/aug-3-1943\/letter-from-felix-swehla-to-ann-drodt-aug-3-1943-5\/\" class=\"wp-image-946\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_env_Reduced-1024x572.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_env_Reduced-300x167.jpg 300w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.3_env_Reduced-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>T\/5 Felix E. Swehla 36129326\rCo B. 803 T.D. Bn\rA.P.O. 645 c\/o Postmaster\rNew York. NY \r\r\rPOSTMARKED\rU.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE\r645\rAUG 5 1943\r\rFREE\r\rMrs. Richard Drodt\rIda Michigan\rR#1 Box 182<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>England<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug 3, 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Ann and All.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I receive your letter yesterday Aug \u201c2\u201dnd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was glad to hear from you, that was the first letter I\nreceived here, that is to my new A.P.O. All the mail I have been getting was\nJune mail or first part of July. One day I got your letter mailed July 16. The\nnext day I got one from you dated July 8 so you see it doesn&#8217;t come very\nregular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh yes couple days ago I got a letter from Ben sent to Camp\nHood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it was a Valentine and letter \u201clittle late Eh!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday I got 16 of my papers 14 Monroe and two Petersburg\nsome were real old. But I am enjoying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are doing about the same things as we did back in the\nstates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No it didn&#8217;t take us so very long to get here. Can&#8217;t tell you\nthe days, they would just cut it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are things I would like to write but there isn&#8217;t any need the censor would only cut it out or scratch it out. Oh well you can plan on me having plenty to talk about when I get home.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The farmers just started to cut wheat the crop is very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather here has been pretty nice lately lot better than\nwhen we first got here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got a letter from Sonny Biglow and Lucille to day. I want\nto write to Sonny yet to night, he is still in N. Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We get a small daily paper consist of two small sheets. But\nhas the very latest news, cost two shillings a month or 40\u00a2 so we change off\nbuying it this month its my turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon I will get a 48 hour pass I am planing on going to\nLondon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sat we got a radio for our day room also that phonograph attachment some like Uncle Frank&#8217;s. Boy it sure was swell to here music after not hearing any for over a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I go to the dance&#8217;s every now and then the girls dance fairly\nwell. Its no so bad in England. But surely there is no place like the U.S.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well I want to write to Sonny to let him know where I am he\nthinks I am still in Pine Camp (over)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I still have to shave, take a shower then crawl on straw\nmattress, the other day I had to refill it with dry grass as it was getting\npretty hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well I will sign off for to-night, will try and write in\nabout a week, either to you or Ben. So until then I will say good bye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England Aug 3, 1943 Dear Ann and All. I receive your letter yesterday Aug \u201c2\u201dnd. I was glad to hear from you, that was the first letter I received here, that is to my new A.P.O. All the mail I have been getting was June mail or first part of July. 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