Russia, April 20, 1942

My dear sweetheart,

Would like to write you again a few lines today, on the Führer’s birthday. Believe I can assume that you have no reason to complain these days. I have now already written a letter to you every day, and that for 5 days in a row. On the 18^th I sent you a letter with someone from Einbeck going on leave. Yesterday, on the 19^th, one using Army Air Mail service and today the same. Dear Margarete, I have something important to tell you. From now on we can have two letters delivered every month using the Army Air Mail Service. However, for this month it is already the second one. Because the mail goes out again this evening, I have to let you know immediately. The letter must be labeled Army Air Mail Service, not Army Mail Service. The comment Army Air Mail Service must be underlined in red. I will be sending you in every one of these a stamp which must be used on the letter. In other words, we can write two letters a month and you can too. We will send the stamps for this in the letters. In other words, it will not work without these stamps.

Dear Margarete, I believe that you understand me correctly. I will draw you an envelope.

Some additional information for, my dear sweetheart, that today, on the Führer’s birthday, our promotions were announced and I am now recorded and have been actually promoted. I wrote you about that a short time ago. Since April 1, when it became effective, I have been already a PFC. My pay is also retroactive to April 1.

That is about all that I have to share today. It is a shame that one can’t always send an army air mail letter, but for this month it is over for now,

Would like to close herewith in the hope of a healthy, early reunion. Regards from the land of the enemy

Your dearly loved

Gustav

Best regards to all

I am sending a stamp to you so that you can also send an army airmail letter. Hopefully I can then immediately read the latest from the homeland.