Sgt. Stanley W Safford 39539976
5th Auxiliary Surgical Group
APO 339
c/o Post Master
New York New York
Germany 11
May 13, 1945
Dearest Mother:
After a very hot day, which I am told
is very rare here I will write you a few lines to let you know I am still in
circulation.
I have spent the day making rounds
with the major on an inspection tour of former German hospitals in the surrounding territory.
Our team is no longer in
existence. The nurse has been returned
to headquarters and the other technician is with the other officer. In other words we are all over. We arrived here yesterday from our last
station much nearer the former front that here.
We came thru headquarters for lunch and then on back over the famous “Reichsautobahn” highway and had a much
better chance of seeing some of the country than we had on our way up. The country is now in its full Spring beauty
and I imagine it is at its best.
The highway I speak of is four lanes,
two each way with parkway dividing them and now crossroads. All incoming road are either underpasses or
over passes.
The 5th Aux. Status is as
yet as far as I know a deep secret which no one has as yet answered for
us. I am just as happy in my present
place as I could be anywhere else, especially at headquarters which I want no
part of at present or any time in the future as has been mentioned. I am the only 5th Aux enlisted man
here and I am left entirely alone, so in the future I am going to get some
writing done in my spare time instead of sitting around talking with others as
previously done.
The gardens here are certainly very
pretty. Found a lilac bush the other day with each individual flower in the
spray about as large as a violet and in the same dolor. That
was the first time I have ever seen like that. Outside there is a beautiful blood red peony
in full bloom which I had a desire to pick but it is much too pretty for that.
I have not received any mail from you
for 8 to 10 days, but eventually it will come thru, I am sure.
3 hours later
After a long walk in the park I will
finish my letter. Noticed in the woods a
lot of “Jack in the Pulpit” plants and along the path in one place a lot of “Lilly
of the Valley”. The stream is alive with
fish after the mosquitoes.
Sgt Ryan is
near here somewhere but I know just not where.
Strange to be so far from the others.
Well about all for now and more later
when I have the time and more to write off.
As always,
Love
Stanley
PS:
We had a lot of released Air Corps prisoners at our last station
and from them I understand they only had two Air Corps enclosures one in Pomerania
and the other in Austria where Richard Miner perhaps was. They are certainly being well take care of
and are being flown out.
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