The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
8 Third Avenue
Newton Hill
Wakefield
Yorkshire, England
May 8th, 1941

What q shock you will get
when you see who this letter Is
from. I came across . card from
you so I thought I would drop
you q line. Well we are back
at war again and by the looks Of
things Il won't be 50 long before
you are in with rs. I have tried
to join up but I guess they don't
want US old war-dogs. Anyway,
IL they have you l hope they send
you to England and then you
must come and see US. It Is . long
long time since you heard the
two front buckets 90 "whoof."
My sister has just lost her SON
bombing over Brest; he was =
bomber pilot. We are having Il .
bit rough over here and Jerry
keeps US awake . lot At nights,
but we can take It 50 long q we
can keep getting . drop Of beer
and few cigarettes. Cigarettes
are very scarce over here, but l
see U. S. A. are sending N some
tobacco, SO we shall be alright
soon. Tell all your friends we
thank God we have u. s. A. ON
our side and we think . mighty
lot about you all for all you are
doing for us. Keep on sending II
to us and we'll beat old Hitler
yet. You know England always
loses all the battles but the last
one. How is your family? Re-
member me to the wife and tell
her to look after old "Shoe" be-
cause l think . lot about him.
I have a boy and . girl now, IL
and Z. often tell my wife about
some of the happy times we used
to have at Lincoln and in Harry
Tickets. And she does not be-
lieve me when / tell her we were
both IT'S. I nearly evacuated my
two kiddies to u. s. A. But then
they stopped it.
What are you doing now for
a living? Or have you retired?
I am Supervisor of q large bus
company in Yorkshire, not much
of q job but it keeps US alive.
l have just had a wire from the
air ministry for my birth GER
tificate so II looks as II I might
have q chance yet. am 81. How
old are you now?
The sirens are just going 20 I
guess we are In for another raid.
Our night fighters are doing well
now at nights. We thank You
Americans for all the good
planes you are sending US. Keep
on with the good work America,
we'll do the rest.
can hear the guns letting the
raiders have 1t now. 1t Is won
derful how well our people are
taking all these raids because .
lot Of our towns have had Il very
bad, such . lot of houses have
been blown down. Our work
shops and factories have got off
SO far very lightly. But you can
bet we shall give the German
people it hearty and hard In
the next 6 months. Just don't
forget to write me . nice long
letter and tell me all the news.
And II you have . few old cows
in the fields that want eating up,
just send them over. Meat here
1/10 per lib. and we are allowed
about 4 lbs. per week. Two ozs.
Of cheese per. week. Eggs. are
hard to get-3/ per dog, ciga-
rettes 1/6 per 20. Beer IL per
pint. Whiskey 16/ per bottle.
Oranges, apples, bananas, etc.
we never see now. Anyway, we
shall get over it and we keep
smiling.
We have a lot Of American
pilots over here already, flying
our Spitfires. The raid Is In full
blast now, 50 I'll 20 and put the
wife and kids In the shelter and
make them safe. So long Shoe.
Keep smiling and write soon.
hope to sec you again some Ane
day. My wife would like to have
a few lines from your wife, just
to exchange views on English
and American styles, etc. what?
CherriO Shoe.
Your old Pal,