Feature Letter of November 19th, 2025
Brown, Jack Malcolm
Dear Sister:
Your ever welcome letter rec'd all O.K. I was expecting it sooner, but was pleased when it did come. I am glad to know you are all feeling in the best of health. No I never get tired of reading yours and Marion's troubles, as the most I ever get is one in a week so I have plenty of time to get over the last one. I hope you will not take me seriously, as I do not mind hearing of your troubles. One thing, I tell you of a lot of my troubles, so we are quits.
I expect the last time I wrote you was from Belgium. Well war is awful in France, but it is not a patch on Belgium. It is the worst imaginable up there, and I can assure you I never want to go to that country again. We were sure a pleased bunch when ordered out of there. Oh well, there is an end to all things, and there was hundreds of times when I thought my career was finished, but here I am and mighty pleased to be able to say I am O.K. with a capital O.
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