Letters To Home - December 16, 1951

Schweinfurt, Germany
December 16, 1951

The bad weather is still holding on. The fog and frost lasted until sometime last night, and then it warmed up quite a bit. The fog is still thicker than I've ever before seen it, but the frost seems to be going.

Tomorrow we go to Wildflecken to shoot up all the old ammo. We'll probably be there about five days, then will come back for Christmas.

Rotation will definitely start on February 3, and nine more of the guys will leave the battery in February. My turn should come up in April or May, I think. We haven't heard just what the guys who are going back to the States will be doing after they get there. Probably help in the training at Dix or one of the other camps.

Does the town have its decorations up this year. We have a few here at Conn Barracks, but not like in Schweinfurt. We don't have any snow as yet; Christmas needs snow. I imagine we'll run into some at Wildflecken.

Still nothing much more to tell. This is about the slowest time I've put in since we arrived in Germany. Please write soon.