Dec 29, 1943

                                                                                                            England

Dear Mary and all:

            I received your V-letter last week and was very glad to hear from you.  I have been kept very busy these last few days so this is the first chance I’ve had to answer.   I’m glad to hear that Russell had good luck hunting, and I would have liked very much to have been able to go with him.  Thanks a lot for asking him to clean my gun and if anytime he would like to use it he is welcome to.  Well the Christmas season is about over but to me it doesn’t seem like Christmas at all.  If it had not been for the parties we gave for the kiddies I don’t believe I would have realized it was the Christmas season.  We had a very good dinner and I had plenty of turkey.  I was able to have a whole leg for a change.  I guess you had a big dinner.  Well space is gone so I’ll close for this time.

                                                                                    Love to all

                                                                                    Roland