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SUNDAY 19 AUGUST
LINDA DARLING
1T is HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WAR
13 FINISHED. IT is ALSO HARD TO BELIEVE How
MUCH WORK THERE is TO DO TO GET THINGS
RUNNING PEACEFULLY AGAIN. THAT is WHAT
1 HAVE TO STAY HERE IN CHINA AND HELP
TO Do, THERE ARE ALMOST As MANY JAPS
IN CHINA AS THERE ARE PEOPLE IN CHICAGO.
AND THE CHINESE ARMY HAS TO MOVE INTO
A SPACE AS WIDE AS FROM CHICAGO TO
WASHINGTON, AND LONGER THAN FROM CHICAGO
TO NEW ORLEANS. so we AMERICANS MOST HELP
WITH OUR TRUCKS AND ROADBOLCDERS AND BOATS
AND AIR EVEN THEN IT WILL TAKE A
LONG TIME. AFTER THAT is OVER I CAN
COME HOME, BUT I WILL HAVE TO WAIT MY
TURN, so - Keep A WARM PLACE IN Your
HEART FOR ME UNTIL I CAN KEEP IT THEEE
IN PERSON.
1 BET you CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN
THE WAR STARTED. you WERE THREE THEN.
ALL YOU HAVE KNOWN is WAR. I HOPE you
will LIVE A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE AND
NEVER NEVER Go THROUGH # ANOTHER WAR.
WITH MY LOVE
Daddy
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"ocrText": "SUNDAY 19 AUGUST\nLINDA DARLING\n1T is HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WAR\n13 FINISHED. IT is ALSO HARD TO BELIEVE How\nMUCH WORK THERE is TO DO TO GET THINGS\nRUNNING PEACEFULLY AGAIN. THAT is WHAT\n1 HAVE TO STAY HERE IN CHINA AND HELP\nTO Do, THERE ARE ALMOST As MANY JAPS\nIN CHINA AS THERE ARE PEOPLE IN CHICAGO.\nAND THE CHINESE ARMY HAS TO MOVE INTO\nA SPACE AS WIDE AS FROM CHICAGO TO\nWASHINGTON, AND LONGER THAN FROM CHICAGO\nTO NEW ORLEANS. so we AMERICANS MOST HELP\nWITH OUR TRUCKS AND ROADBOLCDERS AND BOATS\nAND AIR EVEN THEN IT WILL TAKE A\nLONG TIME. AFTER THAT is OVER I CAN\nCOME HOME, BUT I WILL HAVE TO WAIT MY\nTURN, so - Keep A WARM PLACE IN Your\nHEART FOR ME UNTIL I CAN KEEP IT THEEE\nIN PERSON.\n1 BET you CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN\nTHE WAR STARTED. you WERE THREE THEN.\nALL YOU HAVE KNOWN is WAR. I HOPE you\nwill LIVE A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE AND\nNEVER NEVER Go THROUGH # ANOTHER WAR.\nWITH MY LOVE\nDaddy"
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