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May 24, 1945 Dear Harry: I certainly was glad to get your letter of May tenth. I wrote you a day or two ago in longhand but I am so covered up with business today I do not have time to write you a longhand letter. I know just exactly how you feel about going back to close order duty. I had to do it myself after the last war. It is a part of the game to keep you busy so you won't get into devilment and since you are a Corporal you are going to have to help the "old man" to get it done. I wish I could have been with you on this last drive - it must have been a good one. I know what it means to live in a little old dirty town like the one you described. I spent a great many days in towns of that sort. I hope you will be able to come thru God's country on the way to Japan. I would like very much to see you. Remember me to your gang and tell them that the whole country is appreciative of what they did to lick the Germans. Your grandmother and Aunt Mary left for home last Monday evening. Your Aunt Mary called me up yesterday morning to tell me they arrived safely and both were in good health. Sincerely yours, AND TURNER Corporal Harry A. Truman 37508828 Battery C,157 Field Artillery Division APO 44 c/o Postmaster New York New York City, New York