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Dear Billy: 

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HEADQUARTERS 

l?TH ARMORED CAVAIBY GROUP 

Fort Hood, Texas 

8 October 1952 

Thank 1s for your letter of 21 August addressed to Fort 

Knox, which was forwarded to me at Fort Hood. 

I am sorry that I didn 1t·answer earlier but I have been 

very busy learning how to be a soldier again after those 

m.ny years of staff assignments. I am happy to learn that 

you forgave me for failing to get in touch with you in Washington and that you will provide a portion of the fatted 

calf when I return to the Potomac. 

It was good of you to let me know that ASFA was trying 

to put me on the payroll. While I enjoyed l1.r:f work with old 

SIS and rq association with you and the many others in ASA, 

I~~~a.y away from specialized assig~~!s in the 

next few years to get back in the swing of things in Armor. 

I might take a run up to Washington some time next winter 

if I can find a plane and 1 111 surely drop in on you and talk 

over old times. 

Jq' very best to you and Mrs Friedman. 

Sincerely, 

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Colonel Eric H. F-~ Svensson 

c/o .ll'morecl School 

Fort Knox, Kentucky' 

Dear Er.Le 1 

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. If you ~id not try to phone me when you were in· this town 

.recently,* I wi.U be sore. -If JUU_ dicl 1 am could .not get Jll81 

because I was out or totm., all is forgiven and. you can coae home 

tor the fatted calt. 

· "The purpose in wtj.ting is to tell you privately that at rq 

behest we tried to get our hooks onto· you for a tour in this 

outfi,.t. But we got 'blmed down cold. -Know anything about this? . How do you feel about such a tour after Fort Hood? 

Ky veey best to ~u· and Mrs~ Svensson~ 

. Sincere.1.7, 

WILLIAM F. FRI~ 

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Arlington 3, Virginia 

5 Janu&17 1951 . 

. I was particularly pleased to· receive a· ·christmas card f'rom you 

·and I t~ it deserves a personal response •. ·1t was good to hear from ---.. 

70u and thelt"e's nothing I 1d like better to do than talk over old times · . agdn. But I can hard.17 see a trip to Japan in the near future so 

we•ll have to do. the reminiscing in Wae,hington. 

You seem to be a bit distressed at bavirig been .. 1tripped from. the 

.Armored Force" and again assigned to G-2 business. You shouldn't be 

distressed-we need experienced people. Which leada to rrq telling you 

that as soon as your card came I made a proposal in the proper quarters 

that we try- to get 70u assigned here... The proposal was very agreeab~ 

received and the wheels have been started in motion but just how many 

revQ].utiona they!ll go through be.fore coming up against a stone wall 

·r don•t know.. It onl.7 we had thought· or you earl.y' last autumn! Well, 

don•t be surprised if some query about yO'l,l gets as tar as your office--

but I have my fingers crossed. You may not thank me at all tor IDT 

butting into your affairs-I don•t know how well you like Washington or 

our out!i t, etc.. Maybe I will have-·to wear a bullet,.:.proot vest next 

time we meet! ' · 

- ~ - . 1'h.1ngs are· rocking al.C?ng ~ere, with considerable tension in the 

air. we•re all working hal"d and doing the best we can. Your presence 

would certainly help fill our needs.for top leYel experienced officers. - . 

I've been tairq welf tJie p&st few months but had a rather rough 

time the first part ot 1950. ·.By the middle. of ·next month I•ll be · 

eligible to retire-but I•m going to stick around tor a few years longer. 

We are living in a small_ apartment in Buckingham. I got it 

through "drag", in order·to be close to AHS. No sooner got settled t.han 

ntV' own ottice moved· to NCA-quite. close to where we. had our home· in 

Chevy Chase. But we sold that 1n 1946, when it looked as though I'd 

have JrJ7 office at AHS iiide.finitely. ~ so it goes. 

· -· : ·How are all your tud.11'? Please remember me to Yrs. S. With 

- best wishes to 70U all for the New_ Year, I am. 

Colonel E •. SVenason 

G-2, GHQ, FEC 

APO SOO, c/o PM 

~ Francisoo, California 

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··I guess you have torgotte.n aii ab~ut the -letter you sent . me way ba~lt 1n · eeptember t'orward1n·g. ·a .. e.crewi tor• ooncerhlng · . ·a Florence Stewart. You sent the·tora.to the right party and ,_... -I· turned i:t over to the section· where .. it will be properlr . taiten care of. - ·' · ;. ... · · · · . -

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_ It was nice to hear. from.you and to know th~t y~u are 

doing some soldiering again. I thinK the change·w111 be . 'beneficial all around·and conductve to.your· further-advance-· 

ment in the m111 t~ry bi.era~cby. · · ·· '· · · 

.. · · . I was very much.:dieappo1nted to .. -learn that· you came -~o 

Arlington Hall on • day when I was away. It would ~ve been . very nice to ha~e bad a reunion. By all mean1·wnen you come 

·, ._ through here again don 1 ·t .. ;fall. tQ look me "'°P•. Y~u· won'. t find··-. · me ~t Arlington Hall because.we have ~een ~ndergoing some · un1!1ca~1o_n and ·I--~· ·in the Navy now .or·. at i:eaet on Navy premisei. ,. ' · - · , · : . .. . ·.· ... 

· .. ···"tour g~eetln~~ .to:.all th~:·old.·hands.~av;; been ·oonve;red · · - ·to ·them. I a• sorry to-·bave .to tell you that_ Johnny ·surt waa · ·retu_•ed about a year. ~go ·.and is. not too well. · .. The rest are 

: . on deck and k.noclting. the1·r heads_ ~ga1nst bul1th_eiad1. · Ay-,, - . A7e, -s1r!.. ._ . ~- : .. .- · ·. .- : ,, .. . ·~ 

_ -·. _ .W1tb my very- best: gre.etings · ~.o y'~u and -Mre. Svenssen·, 

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