5 January 1944
Dear Folks:
Here it is the fifth of January. The time still goes very fast and I am still as busy as I was before.
I have had a bad cold the last two days. It has been rainy and very cold here.
Bill, (my roommate) and I are planning on taking some pictures before we leave here. If we don’t hurry up I am afraid we will be too late.
I’ll bet Mary was plenty cute Christmas day with all the packages and the tree. Anne wrote me a letter which I received the other day. I will try and answer it before the week is over.
Colonel Swenceski was taken back to the mainland to recover. It will be quite awhile before he has fully recovered. He layed on the beach two days before they found him.
It looks as if Germany will soon fold up. However I do believe it will be 1945 before we whip the Japs. They are very dangerous and treacherous.
Yes dad I agree with you about the strikes. It also makes us boil. I will have plenty to tell you when I see you and mother. Believe me that will be the happiest day of my life.
I am feeling ok and I trust that this letter finds you the same.
All my love,
Your son, Leo
1st Lt. L.J. McLoskey
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