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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, April-September 1945

1945-06-07 Helen Angell to Bess Peebles Fox Page 3

here in the hospital. After seeing those who were lucky enough to survive Buchenwald, etc. I can assure you I'd not see any civilians I'd like to know. Where the country is friendly, we spread out; where it isn't we make our own amusements and become self sufficient. That is why there are Red Cross units in Germany. So don't worry wherever I choose to go, because it will be because I want to go there, and it won't be for so terribly long now in any case.
Mary spoke of "how generous" I was to give up my underworked life to do this work. I'm tempted to say "What life?" I've had more living in this last year than I'd have had in fifty in Milwaukee. My roommates and I often talk about how we wish people wouldn't embarrass us by talking of our "sacrifice." We love it, though there are times when we wish we could shut it off for a day or so.
Someone is sawing metal now and the table shakes.
The robin sounds interesting. It could have been Buster, I should think.
Be sure to put Kotex in as many of your boxes as you can. The compressed kind we get in the PX is a poor substitute.

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here in the hospital. After seeing those who were lucky enough to survive Buchenwald, etc. I can assure you I'd not see any civilians I'd like to know. Where the country is friendly, we spread out; where it isn't we make our own amusements and become self sufficient. That is why there are Red Cross units in Germany. So don't worry wherever I choose to go, because it will be because I want to go there, and it won't be for so terribly long now in any case. Mary spoke of "how generous" I was to give up my underworked life to do this work. I'm tempted to say "What life?" I've had more living in this last year than I'd have had in fifty in Milwaukee. My roommates and I often talk about how we wish people wouldn't embarrass us by talking of our "sacrifice." We love it, though there are times when we wish we could shut it off for a day or so. Someone is sawing metal now and the table shakes. The robin sounds interesting. It could have been Buster, I should think. Be sure to put Kotex in as many of your boxes as you can. The compressed kind we get in the PX is a poor substitute.