September 21, 1945

Munich, Germany

September 21, 1945

Dear Mother & All,

            I got your letter last night telling me about the good news of Johnson. I’m sure glad the he did pull through and am glad for Aunt Lilly’s sake. She will be so happy now. Somehow I just knew that letter had good news in about Johnson when I seen it laying on my bed. It is just a wonder how he pulled through for so long, there were so many of them killed and died of sickness. I am in charge of quarters this morning and just finished writing a letter to Kenneth. I had a letter from him last night and he is sure down in the dumps and thinks that he will be over here for another year because he hasn’t got very many points fifty some odd. It said over the radio just this morning seventy points in October and then on down to sixty in November and when it comes down to sixty, that takes me in so my turn will be coming up before many more months.

            I forgot to mention in my last letter that I went to church last Sunday here in Munich. There was a nice crowd there including a lot of German civilians. The civilians have L.D.S. services of their own here in Munich but they come to ours too. I helped pass the Sacrament last Sunday and will probably be asked to administer the sacrament next time but I don’t mind. All I ask is that they don’t ask me to give the lesson cause there is something I can’t do to save my life or to open or close the meeting with prayer. I really enjoy going to church but if they ever do insist that I do either of the two that I mentioned, I will have to stop coming cause I hate to tell them that I can’t do it. They hold Sunday school on Sunday mornings at then and church in the evenings at seven. They also have mutual on Tuesday evenings at seven and I am going to start going to them. I thought that I was the only Mormon in this outfit until I went to Sunday school and found two other boys there from here. You know Mama, I am about half afraid to be an Elder in the church because they expect an Elder to do too much and I never was much at things like that.

            Oh yes there is something else that I forgot to mention before and that is about the allotment. I had it cut down to fifty dollars instead of the sixty. I wanted to get ahead a little in the next few months so when I hit the states I would have a nice little roll. You will get the sixty this next time but it will be cut in October.

            Here is some pictures that were taken up around Hitler’s mountain home and they show how it was wrecked by bombs. I am going to take three reels of film that I have taken down town this afternoon and get them developed or try too. I am going to take them down and then go to the show when I get off duty.

            I have been all morning trying to get this letter to you and the one to Kenneth wrote. Every two minutes somebody comes in and wants something so I am going to give up. Tell Roberta that I will get her letter answered sometime.

            Say it would be nice if you could go to California and see Johnson when he does get home Mama. I wish you could all get out and see him somehow.

Love to all,
Your son,
Max