Postmark: 05/03/1944

Return Address:

Pvt. V. Misitano
Co. A. 350th Inf APO 88c
c/o Postmaster N.Y.

4/25/44

Dearest Mother,

    Just received your most welcomed V-Mail that you wrote on the 13th and very glad to hear that you are all well at home. As for me mother, I'm in the best of health and feeling fine.

   There's not much to write about mother, except that this time on the front is a lot better than the last time, for one reason it's nice and warm during the day and nites, and it's a little quieter also. Even the foxholes are better. We have cardboard in them to lay on. So far we haven't had any rain which makes a lot of difference.

   We're getting plenty to eat, and the food we get is really O.K.

   I guess this is all for now mother, so I'll close with lots of love to you mother dear, daddy and the kids, and Pauline.

P.S.

   Please don't worry about anything.

   Your loving Son,

    "Jimmy"

Declassified Headquarters Reports, 350th Infantry, April 1944:

April 26 - Rain. Quiet today. Colonel Fry visited Command Post.

April 27 - Quiet day.

April 28 - Daylight patrol went out from K Company brought back 2 more Jerries. Second time K Co has brought in prisoners. Sgt Watson lead the patrol.

April 29 - Our night patrol brought in information about emplacements and barbed wire in front of our position.

April 30 - Received intermittent mortar fire in the vicinity of the command post today. The morale of our troops is very good.