The Wartime Letters of John Brey, Jr.: September 19, 1944

JOHN BREY JR.

This is a posthumously published blog of letters written by SSG John Brey Jr. to his wife Peg between March 1943 and July 1945, covering training in USA, Deployment to England, France, front line service up to being wounded at the battle for Metz on Nov 13, 1944, and 7 months recuperation in England, and Topika Kansas. His wife delivered his first son, Jack in March 1945 while John was in route back to the US from England. After convalescent leave in May 1945, John remained away from his new family in an Army Hospital in Kansas until his discharge at the end of July.

This blog is maintained by Ken Brey with thanks to Jack Brey who did the scanning and organization, Dot Fulks who holds the original letters and Ed Brey who helped with the technical aspects of creating the blog.

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	I Love You Honey! Tuesday 19 Sept 44 France My Darling Peggy: Crowed a little to soon in yesterdays letter about not getting any mail from you. Received two letters and they were wrote Labor day and mailed the 4th. There are probably quite a few of them out. I Love You Honey, and miss you an awful lot! Am glad that everything is coming along O.K. When I never received word from you I was kind of worried. Hope you never got sick on the trip home. If possible they needn’t know that their about to become grandparents.
	Will get ahold of Mary Aleschrins(?) address for you as soon as I can. But please be patient, because I can’t locate him as yet. But as soon as I get oriented around here I’ll try & accomplish the mission. I Love You! I forgot all about Labor Day until you mentioned it in your letter. But then everyday’s alike here – only on Sundays we go to Church. Saturday [nite?] is just another cold damp night with nothing to do & no place to go. Ask dad where he landed when he came to France. [Chess’s?] dad sent him a few of the ports etc. & they
	almost duplicate ours. Just for the sake of comparison. Believe I’ll hae to go back to school after the war - ‘cause I can’t even spell anymore, let alone write! No Honey as yet I haven’t received an Iron Mt News – although it does take about 4-6 weeks to get over here – guess they swim! Well Darling goodnight & May God Bless You! I Love You! Love, Kisses & Hugs Your Hubby Johnnie

Transcribed by Cindy Koszarek

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Cindy KoszarekJanuary 9, 2010 at 10:58 PM
I Love You Honey!

Tuesday 19 Sept 44
France

My Darling Peggy:

Crowed a little to soon in yesterdays letter about not getting any mail from you. Received two letters and they were wrote Labor day and mailed the 4th. There are probably quite a few of them out. I Love You Honey, and miss you an awful lot!

Am glad that everything is coming along O.K. When I never received word from you I was kind of worried. Hope you never got sick on the trip home. If possible they needn’t know that their about to become grandparents.

Will get ahold of Mary Aleschrins(?) address for you as soon as I can. But please be patient, because I can’t locate him as yet. But as soon as I get oriented around here I’ll try & accomplish the mission. I Love You!

I forgot all about Labor Day until you mentioned it in your letter. But then everyday’s alike here – only on Sundays we go to Church. Saturday [nite?] is just another cold damp night with nothing to do & no place to go.

Ask dad where he landed when he came to France. [Chess’s?] dad sent him a few of the ports etc. & they

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