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23 August 1945

 

Dear Folks:

This has been quite a day – four of us from Minatare got together.  Dick called me this afternoon and said he was coming up (by the way he is a sergeant now) and said he had a surprise.  He had Duane and Bob Wright with him.  Bob looks about the same as always – homely, tall and skinny.  So we went to my tent and had a talk about old times.  Duane had some pictures of Marge and his kid.  Dick looks very good and feeling fine over his promotion.  He almost didn’t tell me about it.  We took a roll of film but I don’t know how long it will be until they are developed.

Well it looks like I will be home in a short time – pretty definite now.  By a short time I mean a month or a month and a half.  I can hardly believe I’m actually going. Said goodbye to Dick for the last time overseas but I expect him back around the first of the year.   He’s really a great kid.

I’ve been a little slack in writing lately but been pretty busy and thinking a lot about getting back.

Guess this is all for this time.

Love,

Harold Moss Signature

Categories: Bob Wright, Dick Moss, Duane Carroll

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Harold’s Whereabouts

Okinawa, Japan

Rank

<h4>T/Sgt. HG Moss 37086474</h4>

T/Sgt. HG Moss 37086474

Technical sergeant was the rank between staff sergeant and first sergeant. Technical Sergeant was renamed Sergeant First Class in 1948.

Description

2 handwritten pages, front side only on lined tablet paper, to his parents in Minatare, Nebraska

Return Address

Hq. Btry 225 FA Bn
APO 235 San Francisco, California

Censor Stamp

06003-Passed

Postage

6 cent airmail stamp imprinted on envelope

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