Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....LEE, PVT C.E. February 7, 1945 WWII U.S.ARMY SEVENTH ARMY ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 July 27, 2011, 12:50 pm PVT C.E.LEE IN FRENCH HOSPITAL WRITES LETTER PVT C. ERNEST LEE JR. YOUNGER SON OF MR AND MRS C.E. LEE ,OF CORDELE, NOW IN A BASE HOSPITAL IN FRANCE WITH TRENCH FEET SUFFERED WHILE IN ACTION IN GERMANY WITH THE THIRD ARMY , HAS WRITTEN AN INTERESTING V-MAIL LETTER LETTER TO ONE OF FORMER CHS TEACHERS , MRS J.L. WHEELER JR. HEAD OF THE SPEECH DEPARTMENT. PVT. LEE WAS GRADUATED FROM THE CORDELE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CLASS OF '43, AND ATTENDED GEORGIA UNIVERSITY A SHORT TIME BEFORE ENTERING .HE TRAINED AT CAMP WHEELER AND WENT OVERSEAS LAST APRIL. PVT LEE'S LETTER FOLLOWS; HOSPITAL IN FRANCE FEBRUARY 7,1945 DEAR MILDRED; THE REASON I STARTED OFF ''MILDRED'' IS BECAUSE I WENT TO BE SURE THAT YOU GET THIS. I SUPPOSE YOU REMEMBER ME.I AM THE ''LITTLE LEE'' THAT USE TO TAKE ''EXPRESSION'' WITH LORON WILLIAMS JR..I AM IN A HOSPITAL IN FRANCE WITH TRENCH FEET . MY FEET ARE A PURPLE COLOR, BUT THEY WILL SOON BE ALLRIGHT. MRS. WHELER,WHEN I USE TO MEMORIZE ALL THESE SPEECHES SUCH AS ''IF'' AND ''MY CREED,''WELL,THEY DID NOT MEAN TO ME. BUT NOW I APPRECIATE THE PARTS THAT I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER ALL OF ''IF''.I'M SURE LORON AND ALL THE GUYS OVER HERE WHO TOOK SPEECH PPRECIATE THEM TOO. THANKS FOR DRILLING THEM INTO MY HEAD. LOVE, I REMAIN ONE OF YOURS File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/lee1468mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb