December 17, 1944 — Belgium
Belgium Dec 17, 1944
Dear Marian
I received a letter from you sent the fourteenth of November. It was the one that you enclosed the column from the record. It was pretty good.
We have been kept pretty busy in fact we work every hour of daylight that there is. I do have time to do more writing than I do though but living in a town I just can't get started writing.
There are movies too close and a Red Cross club that serves coffee and doughnuts so I don't stay in one spot very long. Once in a while I go to a movie where they have American actresses and actors but the talking is in French. I get a kick out of seeing that most of the time though I go to regular American pictures. Last night I saw William Bendix in Abroad with two Yanks. I don't know how old that picture is but I enjoyed it. He's one of my favorite actors.
I saw Marlene Dietrich in person too last week. She looked a lot younger than I expected her too. I don't know, if you ever heard her try to sing or not but she tried here and it was awful. It was a pretty good show though.
Our gang chipped in and bought a radio, so now we get a little music and hear the news up to date. I've been listening to the hit parade too so I'll catch up on the songs that are popular back in the states. This thing will have to end some time and I don't want to be too far behind the times when I get back.
There is not much to write about now. I am so far in back of the lines now that I hardly know a war is going on.
Give my love to Gary and Nick. I hope to hear from you again soon. I will try to write more often.
Lots of luck — your brother George