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The following is based on actual letters, the name of the
author and date time line has been changed.
Newspaper cuttings based on pictures taken by Ade
Pvt JOE DAWSON
6th Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment
First Special Service Force
Dear Mom and Dad,
Well, I’m tired. We have just finished another hike into the
mountains and today it started to snow. I’m doing fine. We
haven’t had much time for sleep, so I’m writing this before
I go to bed, the first night in barracks for a week now.
That’s all I want is a good night’s rest. The other guys
continue to be such an encouragement. Because I have been
gone from home, we are all the family we have for each
other. We are all hoping that this war will end soon but not
before we go into action, the training has been tough and we
all now feel we have something to prove. Something big has
got to break soon, last month we got new vehicles, little
things with caterpillar tracks, look like they came from
some farm back home.
Last week we had some news reporter follow us
on a hike, well he kept up long enough to take some pictures
of my platoon before heading back down the hill. I cut the
enclosed pictures from the newspaper when we went into town,
don’t think they care much for security and keeping things
here secret, there is talk of a big parade down main street
in a few weeks when we do our jumps.
Well it’s time to hit the sack, I will write
again soon
Tell Wilbur I said hello.
Your son,
Joe
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