One more and I'll leave it to the historians. My dad E.J.,Jr., uncle Wag,
granddad E.J. Sr. and great uncle Woolsey all made it thru unscathed. They
all eventually made Col. My uncle Wag was in the 2nd Armor and is one of the
most highly decorated Veterans in the State. My grandmother Ruby was
organist and pianist at local church and they would go around lady's class and
she seemed delighted to say "son Wagner 'Hell on Wheels' ". Granddad E.J.
Sr. was in both WWI and WWII and struggled thru the depression
In a message dated 11/11/2016 6:45:04 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Wow, good stories! Flying jeep :) Hope he came back ok. My dad was
just a bit too young for WW2, so he was in the occupying forces in
Osaka.
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350
11 July
1944
Dear Ruby,
I am in France again after 25 years and it looks pretty much the same.
Have had considerable rain but it is not as cold as England and seems to be
a little dryer atmosphere anyway my sinus is not bothering me as it did in
England.
Think I will feel better over here. We are due to get some regular rations today
and start cooking again.
I Went over to see E.J.(son) yesterday he is only about 12 or 15 miles
from me
at present, he is looking fine and getting along alright. While I was over to
see
E.J., Woolsey(brother) came to see me. I missed him but will see him again as we
are not far apart right now. Have not seen Wagner(son) yet but know where his
outfit
is and hope to see him before long.
I am working over a big area and will have my companies well scattered. I
do not
have the experienced officers I should have but hope they will learn. Will be
glad
when our mail gets straightened out and coming through again.
Have been plenty busy over here and will be from now on I guess. We are
getting
along fine, so you all take care of yourselves and dont worry about us over
here.
I am somewhat out of touch with what is going on except right in this theatre,
but
it looks like we should get this part of the war over before too long.
With all my love,
Your loving husband
Edward
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