Capt. T.G. Leske<\/p>\n
71st Infantry
\nAPO44
\nFort Lewis, Wash. <\/p>\n
11-24-42 (postmarked Tacoma, Washington)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Miss Jane Axtell<\/p>\n
538 S. Normandie<\/p>\n
Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n
Apt #4<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Hello Jane!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Now if this isn’t a surprise to you I give up. Here it is slightly over a week since you wrote and an answer is on its way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It’s very evident that your job and present life is very soothing to the mind. Your letters are much more coherent; quoting from your last letter "But your letter kept me from mailing the enclosed note – what I’ve decided not to send." Its bad enough to read something like that and have the length of curiosity around without becoming dizzy from the (uncertainty?).<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Does the above sound like me in the good old days.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They’re playing Taps and it sure does sound beautiful but so darn lonely.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
"Taps" reminds me – after seeing that picture I feel its only fair to warn you that the next time I see you I sure will give the wolf call so prepare yourself to defend yourself or relax and if it isn’t the latter I will probably end up as a nervous wreak.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Bold as hell ain’t I. The truth is that probably I will be so scared of you when I do see you that I will take you home before one again.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I really do appreciate your enclosing the snapshot. Its very lonely but it sure has played hell with my supply of vitamin B-1.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Next Monday I leave for Oregon again but I don’t believe I should be stationed in one spot this time. There are a couple of trucks with small houses build on them which serve the troops as traveling dental clinics in Oregon and I am quite sure that one on them is my lot.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Rain, rain, rain. (unreadable), its (unreadable) and if I ever get out of this country I am going to agitate for a bill giving it back to the Indians with apologies.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It has been two weeks now that I have been in Fort Lewis and it sure is getting on my nerves. I have become so accustomed to dashing around that to sit in one spot gives me the jitters. To top it off, I must work in a clinic while on a post and I swear its worse than a jute mill. Besides feeling confined, I’m working too hard, and I’m serious. The bags under my eyes have become (unreadable). I have less hair than ever and my legs are weighting me down.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Slogan – "What’s cooking? " – "Bacon – wanna (unreadable)?"<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Have you heard of the nervous man, who during a London air raid, was scared half out of his wife?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Writing to you brings to mind the thrill I got awhile ago when for some reason you, in weak moments, wrote three letters in very rapid succesion.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Its bad to think of things like that as it has a tendancy to make one lonesome and start to pity oneself. but then, maybe its writing to you that does it.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Pome [sic]<\/p>\n
This little lamb went to market<\/p>\n
This little lamb stayed home –<\/p>\n
virgin wool<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If the length of this letter doesn’t sause you to faint then certainly the deciphering will make you dizzy.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Thanks again for the picture and, if fortune permits I sure would like to see you soon as an awful lot of rumors about overseas are floating around. If there is not time, I still may be back East comparitively soon if everything works out.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Write, huh?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Remember<\/p>\n
Ted<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Capt. T.G. Leske<\/p>\n
71st Infantry
\nAPO44
\nFort Lewis, Wash. <\/p>\n
11-24-42 (postmarked Tacoma, Washington)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Miss Jane Axtell<\/p>\n
538 S. Normandie<\/p>\n
Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n
Apt #4<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Hello Jane!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Now if this isn’t a surprise to you I give up. Here it is slightly over a week since you wrote and an answer is on its way.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It’s very evident that your job and present life is very soothing to the mind. Your letters are much more coherent; quoting from your last letter "But your letter kept me from mailing the enclosed note – what I’ve decided not to send." Its bad enough to read something like that and have the length of curiosity around without becoming dizzy from the (uncertainty?).<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Does the above sound like me in the good old days.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They’re playing Taps and it sure does sound beautiful but so darn lonely.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
"Taps" reminds me – after seeing that picture I feel its only fair to warn you that the next time I see you I sure will give the wolf call so prepare yourself to defend yourself or relax and if it isn’t the latter I will probably end up as a nervous wreak.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Bold as hell ain’t I. The truth is that probably I will be so scared of you when I do see you that I will take you home before one again.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I really do appreciate your enclosing the snapshot. Its very lonely but it sure has played hell with my supply of vitamin B-1.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Next Monday I leave for Oregon again but I don’t believe I should be stationed in one spot this time. There are a couple of trucks with small houses build on them which serve the troops as traveling dental clinics in Oregon and I am quite sure that one on them is my lot.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Rain, rain, rain. (unreadable), its (unreadable) and if I ever get out of this country I am going to agitate for a bill giving it back to the Indians with apologies.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It has been two weeks now that I have been in Fort Lewis and it sure is getting on my nerves. I have become so accustomed to dashing around that to sit in one spot gives me the jitters. To top it off, I must work in a clinic while on a post and I swear its worse than a jute mill. Besides feeling confined, I’m working too hard, and I’m serious. The bags under my eyes have become (unreadable). I have less hair than ever and my legs are weighting me down.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Slogan – "What’s cooking? " – "Bacon – wanna (unreadable)?"<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Have you heard of the nervous man, who during a London air raid, was scared half out of his wife?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Writing to you brings to mind the thrill I got awhile ago when for some reason you, in weak moments, wrote three letters in very rapid succesion.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Its bad to think of things like that as it has a tendancy to make one lonesome and start to pity oneself. but then, maybe its writing to you that does it.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Pome [sic]<\/p>\n
This little lamb went to market<\/p>\n
This little lamb stayed home –<\/p>\n
virgin wool<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If the length of this letter doesn’t sause you to faint then certainly the deciphering will make you dizzy.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Thanks again for the picture and, if fortune permits I sure would like to see you soon as an awful lot of rumors about overseas are floating around. If there is not time, I still may be back East comparitively soon if everything works out.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Write, huh?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Remember<\/p>\n
Ted<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1942_letter"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Bob","author_link":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/author\/admin\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}