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Roger Di Paolo has relocated to a different camp and sends his new address to Leona. He lets her know who he has seen and corresponded with.

Leona recounts for Danny about her dad watching the baby so that she could go out shopping looking for pepperoni in the Italian markets to add to her care package to Danny. The Italian grocers were out of it until the following week. She jokes about…

Leona questions at length about the cookies that her mom made and she sent to Danny. She knows he is not fond of them, but they were filler in the package and she wants to know in what condition they reached him in case she has to ship them overseas.…

Leona thanks her husband for having send her a recent photo and she wishes that he will remain in this training camp, because she hates the alternative thought of him going "over there". She tells him how people at work are sharing their pregnancy…

Leona asks Danny how it's going. She hopes that the training slows down so that he'll be able to write her more often. She tells him that that day marks five weeks since the time they last saw each other.

Danny's mother, Laura, responds in semi-literate Italian to her son's letter. It has been a month to the day since he left, but to her it seems like 15 years. She asks if he has received the candy ("chendi") which she sent him and lets him know that…

Geo tells Leona about a USO sponsored show that he attended and how packed and funny it was. He also mentions a plane crash during an emergency landing and how they are training in the woods to get used to the war zone. He mentions that he is sorry…

This letter is written in Italian to his father. He talks about his military life.

Danny writes his wife after returning from church. Although he did not make communion, he plans to do so the following Sunday and lets her know that he has purchased 2 GI rosaries, one for himself and one to send to her. He remarks that he will take…

Danny has relocated to the new camp and he tells Leona about the physicals and shots he has been getting. He much prefers this to the IRTC. He has shipped some extra clothes home COD. He asks Leona to seal letters to him with a kiss if she is wearing…