Letter: 3 Jan 52 Dear Louise, Jay & Jan --
We were just about winding up a drunken song when the raid came about. Sure sobered up in a hurry though. I've got another R&R coming up tomorrow. I feel as though I need a good rest this time. This ought to be my last R&R. I'm going to a rest hotel in Kyoto this time. Maybe the war will be over by the time I get back. Got a letter from your Mom & your Dad today. That Christmas dinner you were fixing sounded good to me. I think I'll eat steadily for six months when I get home. Eat & sleep with you & play with the twirps. Boy that's going to be fun. I'm going to send you a $100 tomorrow from Japan. I'm going to try [and] save two hundred by the first of next month to send you. I've got to get my bag packed tonight. I got my laundry out this afternoon so I'll have plenty of clean clothes. I'll write again when I get into Japan. Goodnight for now sweetie. I love & miss you. Duke Copyright (C) 2000 Norman E. Duquette |
The holidays are over & we are back to the normal workday. We flew
steadily through the week. I have 74 missions now. Getting close to
the end. We got bombed pretty thoroughly about three hours after welcoming
of the New Year. I don't believe anyone was hurt. It sure was a
pretty picture watching all of our anti-aircraft guns trying to shoot the
airplanes down.