{"id":954,"date":"1943-08-26T16:37:36","date_gmt":"1943-08-26T16:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?p=954"},"modified":"2019-06-05T16:06:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:06:27","slug":"aug-22-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"Had fish, beans, lettuce, chocolate pudding, coffee."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mrs. Richard Drodt<br>Ida Michigan<br><br>England<\/p>\n\n\n\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\/1943.8.26_1_Reduced-824x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_1_Reduced-824x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"955\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?attachment_id=955\" class=\"wp-image-955\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_1_Reduced-824x1024.jpg 824w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_1_Reduced-241x300.jpg 241w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_1_Reduced-768x954.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\/1943.8.26_2_Reduced-827x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_2_Reduced-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"956\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?attachment_id=956\" class=\"wp-image-956\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_2_Reduced-827x1024.jpg 827w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_2_Reduced-242x300.jpg 242w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_2_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\/1943.8.26_3_Reduced-830x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_3_Reduced-830x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"957\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?attachment_id=957\" class=\"wp-image-957\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_3_Reduced-830x1024.jpg 830w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_3_Reduced-243x300.jpg 243w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_3_Reduced-768x948.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_env_Reduced-1024x537.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_env_Reduced-1024x537.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"958\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?attachment_id=958\" class=\"wp-image-958\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_env_Reduced-1024x537.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_env_Reduced-300x157.jpg 300w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.8.26_env_Reduced-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>T\/5 Felix E. Swehla 36129326\nCo B. 803 T.D. Bn\nA.P.O. 645 c\/o Postmaster\nNew York. N\nY \n\n\nPOSTMARKED\nU.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE\n645\nAUG 31 1943\n\nFREE\n\nMrs. Richard Drodt\nIda Michigan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug 26, 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Ann,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will write you a few lines before I go to bed. Might not\nfinish I am tired to night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How is everything at home? Things have been going smooth with\nus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is rainy tonight, we have been getting quite a lot of rain\nthe last few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think I will go to bed and finish this tomorrow, good nite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fri after supper, Had fish, beans, lettuce, chocolate\npudding, coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is nice and peaceful in our hut to night most of the\nfellows are on guard only four of us here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>certainly is nice when we are all here there is always some\none cutting up, 14 fellows stay in one hut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got a nice Vmail letter from our Mary.  I certainly was surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She even writes pretty good. She said that Garnett was on her way to Wyo to see Ellis I wonder if they will make up I&#8217;ll bet they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is wasn&#8217;t fo far I would send you the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well I still have a little work to do on my [censored] and\nhave to cover it up. I guess I better get busy and do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Co. has been confined since Wed. till Sat. We got\nconfined because one of our hut didn&#8217;t have their blackout on the windows. The\nguard come along told the boys to put them on, and they were playing cards,\ntold the guard to blow it, (Bing we got it.) I didn&#8217;t care I wasn&#8217;t planning on\ngoing anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here it is Sun morning so I will finish letter about time Eh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Say Ann did you and Ben ever get that insurance policy. I wrote Ben about me taking out more Insurance Made 5000 out to you and the same to Ben. Let me know if you get the policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did most of my washing last night so I don&#8217;t have much to\ndo this morning, except I have to try and patch a pair of overalls, our\nclothing is littler harder to get over here. O bet its going to be a dandy job.\nHa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got two Monroe papers yesterday. Just finished reading them\nthis morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you throu threshing? How was the crops this year? The farmers are so slow here I think they will be stacking and threshing for a could more months. They do things the dumest way. Some time when they drive two horses they put one ahead of the other instead of side by side. Oh well I hope they smarten up a little from me. Until next week or so I will say good bye Felix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs. Richard DrodtIda Michigan England Aug 26, 1943 Dear Ann, Will write you a few lines before I go to bed. Might not finish I am tired to night. How is everything at home? Things have been going smooth with us. 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