Mr. Wm Sherwood
14th Somewhere in France
(Best Dad in the
world) 24th November 1918
Dear Dad,
Watch the
rest of them all turn green with envy when you get this (my first individual
letter to any of you for a long time I’m afraid). Now I guess I’d better hurry up and explain
before they get sore, as it is very near to Christmas and I’d hate to ruin any
prospects you or I might have. But you
see, I have learned to be a good soldier, and obey orders, so when it was
officially announced that this was “Dad’s” day and we were ordered to comply
with requirements and drop a line to “Dad” you can see how I was up against it,
so maybe you will explain to the rest – enough so as to keep me in good till
Xmas anyway.
We have had
no official word of less stringent Censorship so as usual this will have to bear
the same resemblance to a letter that a dried apples does to a real one.
Well, what
do you think of the way we did up our little job of chastising Fritz. When he gets through swallowing the terms of
the Armistice I think he will take the bitter pills of “Peace Terms” without a
whimper, and I’m sure the dose should be a very effective and lasting cure for
the chronic complications of Kulture, Kaiser, and Militarism he has suffered
with so long. Of course, the amputation
of Alsace Lorraine will be necessary, but we hope he may survive even
that. I sure would enjoy to be home this
winter, but guess we better wait awhile as he might gag a little at the “Peace
Pills” and someone must be here to help Doc Wilson and Colleagues hold his nose
again while they are administered.
However,
you may start feeding up the “fatted calf” so he will be in good rig when the
prodigal does return. Give him plenty of
ensilage, etc. so he will make nice juicy steaks.
I got the
Thanksgiving letter today. Believe me, I
did enjoy it. Of course I’m keeping it to read Thanksgiving Day again, but I
just couldn’t wait so thot I’d start being Thankful right away. We all certainly have much to be Thankful
for this year. I know from the tone of
your letter you didn’t really expect to have “The End of The War” on the head
of your list – and neither did I. None
of us realized how close the collapse of Prussianism was.
Well, as
the orders to write “Dad” didn’t contain an clause detailing us any extra time
to do it in I am stealing it from my sleep but my eyes and brain are both
getting heavy, so I better close this with bucco love to “Dad” and “All.”
Your
Loving Son,George
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