6/6/43
Dear Folks:
Received your letter dated 27 May 43 yesterday and thanks for the stamps and also the clippings from the newspaper. The floods must be very bad. Oh: yes I also got a letter Dad from you dated 10 April 43 that was mailed in Springfield, Illinois. You had addressed it to the First Fleet Battalion instead of the First Defense Battalion. Also, I got mail from Leota, Robert and Elizabeth. Believe me we all look forward to receiving mail.
You know Leota is going to make a swell wife for some fellow and despite the age difference I have my eye on her as I don’t believe Elizabeths sister Mary will ever marry anybody. Oh: well I won’t be back probably for two or three years yet.
Mother, I think it is darn swell of you to be helping the Aunts clean house. Not many sister-in-laws would do it and Dad tells me you have their home looking very nice.
I think you are doing the correct thing by buying property. Lets see that makes three now doesn’t it?
Look now if you need any of the money on deposit at the Trust & Savings you just go ahead and use it. Maybe some day I will be able to repay you for all you have done for me.
My men and I are all in the best of health and I hope we continue to be as fortunate as we have thus far. My pen ran dry so the reason for the difference in the ink.
According to the clipping the college had pictures of various men in the service. Did they have mine and if so which one?
Let me know if you get the magazine that I mailed to you.
See Mitchell Holliday had the McKinnon boys funeral. How is Mitchell getting along?
It continues to be very warm here and we are fortunate that the battalion hasn’t had any more illness than they have.
Will surely have some experiences to tell all of you when I see you. My only wish is that I could at least get home for thirty days before the final push as I believe it will really be a wow.
So Bobby stops off to the grandparents and gets his candy for himself and his chums. I am glad he does stop. How I miss that little devil.
Not much more news but I wanted to let you know I am still alive and kicking.
All my love,
Leo
1st Lt. L.J. McLoskey
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