EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is the second of the last two letters sent home by the boys in 1944. On Christmas Day, Winfred sent a letter to his sister Margaret, and Clifford sent a V-mail to the Folks.
Dec. 25, 1944 2480 CF Swanage, England
Clifford tells the Folks in a V-mail it is Christmas Day and he just finished a big turkey dinner; guesses all the relatives are together; this is the third Christmas he has been away from home – hopes it’s the last; hopes they have received some of the letters he has sent by now; hopes they don’t worry about him over the holidays; is sitting by the fireplace – it is cold outside; there are only 3 in a room with a bath; doesn’t seem like Christmas but it will be like that everywhere until the war is over; and enjoys the letters from dad.