45th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop

COAM

Feb 2010

Dear Ma and Pa
 
It’s been many weeks since last I wrote, I don’t know where the time has gone, we seem to be forever on the line.  The month spent resting off the line in France seems so long ago and I wish I were back there now.  Since then we have lost so many more good men.

The war in finally coming to an end here in Europe and I hope that it will not be long until I am home and working on the farm again.

I have often wondered why we were in this war, but a few days ago we liberated an extermination camp, I cannot begin to tell you what we saw it was hell on earth Pa!  I now know why I have fought from Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, and Southern France and now into Germany.

I am looking forward to returning home, I am tired of this war, I have seen so much.  My old Cavalry Unit it seems are always up ahead of the Division and we don’t see anyone but people from our own troop and of course Jerry! It seems sometimes we are on our own, and only hope our Mortars and Artillery are there to support us if we get into trouble and have to hightail it out, we hear them but never see them!

I have enclosed some pictures of the guys in the Troop; I cut them out from the Stars and Stripes magazine a few days ago.  We had this reporter guy with us, a civilian in Uniform, boy was he crazy, he didn’t have to be there  but he was right up there with us on this dismounted mission, with no gun just a camera and some film.  I tell you these guys are brave SOB’s Pa.

Well I better close now I got the Lieutenants jeep to get ready, were back up on the line tomorrow.

Your loving son,

Jon Mawer
PFC
45th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
45th Infantry Division