Nogales international., 1945-03-23
Letters From
Service Men
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ing for me to read. One thing that
noticed is that the V-Mail took
longer to get here than the regular
Air Mail
I finally got my pass to Paris and
I must say that will save my mon
ey just to come back after the war
and really see the city. While there
I stayed in one of the hotels that
has been taken over by the Army
and the American Red Cross for the
use of Allied soldiers on pass. Al
! the hotel where T stayed got very
good room with hot and cold water
at any time during the day. I-took
one of the Red Cross motor tours
which took us to all the points OF
interest, throughout Paris. We had
a reilly swell guide who explained
and gave us the history of each
building we saw.
| visited NOtre Dame where I went
to- Mass last Sunday I saw the
Effil tower, the Triumph Arch, and
almost all the other buildings and
places which are part of the history
Of both France and Paris itself
Mere words cannot be used in des-
cribing. the beauty of this city. I
bought some pictures of every place
that visited which I will send home
soon. Some of the places that
saw reminded me of Grandad be-
cause they were just like he had
described them to me- Time went
by so fast that it seemed to me that
we had just arrived there when we
had to leave and come back.
Now something about the night
life there in Paris. Some of the
leading theaters are run by the
Army and some of the most famous
stage shows are playing at different
times during the day. I heard
Glenn Mlller's Band and also saw a
very good stage show. One of the
nights I went to one of the main
Red Cross clubs and did little
dancing both with French girls and
American Wacs. Boy, it certainly
was nice and a wonderful feeling to
talk to an American girl once again.
I was surprised to see so many Of
the people there that could talk
perfect English, and then the peo-
pie there seem to think that the
American soldier is tops. I must
say that the place is really fascin-
ating, more SO than any other big
city that have ever visited.
Nom, please don't be alarmed,
because I am in perfect health now.
I was awarded the Purple Heart on
the 9th of February for injuries
received due to enemy action some
time ago. If you will recall, men
toned in one of my previous letters
that I had experienced something
that would never forget and will
recall always. This incident is part
of it, and the rest I cannot write
about due to the censorship regula-
tions and hope that in the near
future I am able to write about or
talk about it. stayed in the hos
pftal a short time, and once again,
please don't worry because I am in
perfect health. I will send the
medal home as soon as they come
and are given to us.
During this time one of my best
buddies was killed so when I came
back to the outfit I requested that
I be put out in field with the rest
of my buddies and be taken out of
the office. To do this I requested
that I be reduced in grade.
/ had been waiting for quite a
",2iio 10 find out what they were
olno to do and finally my request
as granted the End of this month.
lich made me quite happy that I
II able to be with the rest of the
'ng even though I had to lose my
--ipes. They reduced me without
--ejudice which means that T re-
.-e.td it, and it goes in my record
= such, so no black mark can be
7lade against me. Maybe this was
Tot the rioht thing to do but feel
can accomplish more and be hap
'oier with the boys here.
I can hardly wait for the day that
I can write in Spanish so won't
forget it and so you all can under
stand my letters better Don't worry
about your mail because it is writ
ten in Spanish. It is just that let
ters are delayed because of the
quantity of mail coming this way.
When I started to get your letters,
as have said in my last few letters,
they have been coming in punches
of five and on up. I guess I was