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01 sai) Marcos. ult;Edwin Toalson, S*lc, wrote §(from Okinawa Jan. 10 to Mr. Tl and Mrs. Earnest Toalson; “Just atgot a letter from you writen in ed November— wrongly addressed. .Took us 13 days from Pearl Harbor lo Okinawa, hit a big stormwhich tossed us about for 3 or 4 days- could hardly eat or sleep. ^A lot of sunken IJ. S and Jap w snips all around us. We picked wup 200 Sea Bees, whom we’ll tak to China with us. DontVDknow how long we’ll be there— not long. I hope, as I'm due for ela dischage in Pebr lary They do m ' waste a lot of* supplies here awhich they cpfild give us, but ac seems they’d rather waste them. Slt;If people had to do without of things and livelike we guys have ecduring this war^ihev’d appreci* 8t ate us more and think of us nowand then We crossed the In u terna ional Date LineNewYear’sEve night—went to bed Dec. 31, e£ and waked up next morning,Jan a2,so you too we’re about 30 hours ei ahead of yo,u folks. Write often; Pfor I do love lo bear froaa you., cc Ed wle,” fo
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Kyle News
Kyle, Texas, US
Sat, Jan 10, 1948
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