Sincerely, Joel C. Swisher

Dear Folks, We are having fine weather just now. The fog has cleared and the mud is dried. It feels a good bit like spring. In fact the buds are beginning to swell. The Frenchmen…

Dear Folks, I am going to send you two letters today. This one I shall send thru the Base Censor and the other thru the Company Censor and I want you to let me know…

Dear Mary [Gatchell], Thy letter of Jan 2 was received a few days ago. When thee wrote it thee had not heard from me. I hope by this time thee has, as I have written…

Dear Folks. Another week has almost passed. The weather has moderated some what the last few days, We have been getting rain and a few inches of mud. This is going to be a great…

Dear Mary, Just got thy letter of Dec. 11 and sure thank thee for the addresses of all those GS people as it may be my good fortune to get in the same neighborhood as…

Dear Folks. Got the letter of Dec 10 today. See that you also have been having cold weather. Was surprised to hear that Gere Hambleton joined the Aviation. Sort of wish I had joined that…

[Christmas Eve, 1967, Palatine, Illinois: “Fifty years ago tonight I was sleeping in a barn in France. It was a bitter cold night with snow on the ground, like it is here tonight. It was…

Dear Folks, This is real winter weather. There is over a half a foot of snow and looks like more. I have often heard about sunny France but it is about as frosty here as…

Dear Helen, My conclusions were correct. In fact we were on this side of the Atlantic when your letter was written. We had a mighty fine trip across. Good weather and a very respectable sea….

Dear Mary [Gatchell], Thy letter reached me in the second bunch of mail from the U.S. I was very glad to hear about thy trip West and about the doings around home. We have been…