12 March 1945
This is one of my favorite letters. First, Dad tells a “once upon a time” story about his own childhood and youth, presumably because he can’t get any similar stories from Mary. He moves on to an uncharacteristically blunt cross-examination as to why Mary “will not answer any questions truthfully.”
Dad’s brothers John Lavery and Phillip Lavery (Phil on the right, soldier with cigarette not id’d.) |