Capt. T.G. Leske 0-387336
Med. Det. 354th Inf
APO 89 C/O PM
N.Y. N.Y.
Postmark U.S. Army 89 Aug 16 1945
Miss Jane Axtell
538 S. Normandie
Los Angels, Calif
USA
15 Aug 45
Camp Lucky Strike
Bon Jour Cherie!
Above is just about the total of the French I have learned and I just had to show off.
Your letter arrived Saturday and was quite a supprise since it has been so very seldom that I have heard from you.
It was a shame about your Dad – I know how much fun you had with him.
Yes I received your package, for which you were properly thanked. To cinch the matter, my thanks again, dumpling.
There isn’t much chance of our getting home very soon as we are processing the troops who were to be redeployed. Now we probably have to get all the other troops out before we sail.
When the time does come for us to hit the States L.A. will definitely be one of my stops – I must see Freddie Fisher. And, oh yes, it seems that seeing you might have something to do with my coming to that fair city.
You ask of my brother – luck is with us and we are only about fifty miles apart. He is stationed just outside Le Hauve at Camp Herbert Tareyton [Note: the camps referenced are known as the "cigarette camps"] and we see each other fairly often. We even were able to hit Paris together.
Tomorrow I get my first leave and am going to England and Scotland. It is only a weeks leave but it should be worthwhile.
Thinking of you, I am reminded of your cousin, that he was big enough to look at curves. So am I! How about a new pin up? I’m drooling at the very thought of it.
Let me hear from you soon, won’t you?
Bestest
Ted
A fox is a wolf that brings flowers
My thanks to Lucy for putting out the message for me while you were gon. I wish I could have been there to read it.