September 27, 1944

George Jones reporting from my battle station

            Dear Family, 

                                   Today is my first day as an official soldier and the war that I'm involved in is all the way in France. I am a machine gunner. My job is to use my machine gun to shoot anybody on the opposing force. My job is filled with excitement as well as danger. It is one of the best jobs I've had in my life.

                                      My first battle was pretty intense. Over 500 soldiers are seriously injured and only 12 of them sadly passed away. So far I only made two friends. One of their names is Ronnie Lopez and the other one's name is James McDonald and their really cool people. Well anyway, it's getting late and I've got training at 6 a.m tomorrow. See Ya!