Munich, Germany20 Oct. 45.
Dearest Gretchen —
Well honey, here I am on my
way home on furlough. Watson
called from Zell Am Sea last
night and told me to be ready
to leave this morning. I have
no idea when I may arrive
in the states as we have no
schedule or plans to follow. I
picked up my orders at the
A.G. office, USFA, this morning
and was told that from there
I was on my way over. I am authorized
Army, Naval or Commercial
air travel but all planes were
grounded at Salzburg. I hooked
up with a guy from the 392
F.A. Bn and rode to Munich
with him in a jeep. We had
OVER
plane reservations for Frankfort
this PM — but none left
because of bad weather. We have
now changed our reservations
for Paris and are supposed to
leave at 7:00 in the morning.
Our destination over here is
the 2nd Reinforcement Depot
in Namur, Belgium. Apparently
we have to thumb our way to
the states because of no planned
route for us to follow. I will
be sent to the Reception Station
at Frt. Sheridan, Illinois because
of having the Iowa address and
my furlough will start from
there. I wanted to send you
a Radiogram but didn’t have
time at Salzburg so will try
and do so in Paris to give you
a little advance notice. Anyway
I will phone you when we
arrive at New York. We may
get to fly all the way but I doubt
it so have no idea when we
will reach the states.
Well honey I am very tired and also have a headache so think I will take some aspirin and go to bed. All my love darling, and will see you soon, I hope.
I Love You, Clarence.
