February 1, 1945

(Letter from Vic in the Philippines to his parents, Peter and Emilie, in Racine. Vic's 135th Artillery Battalion was part of the U.S. Sixth Army landing on Luzon on January 9, 1945. Photo is of U.S. forces advancing through Philippines.)

Dear Folks,

We're getting a little break this afternoon so I'm using the opportunity to write this letter. We've really been around and seen plenty. Per - (rest of sentence has been cut out by army censor) It seems like a very long time ago that we landed here in the Philippines. Censorship is still strict so we can't mention much. This is the dry season and it's very hot and dusty - something like the back country of Calif. or Arizona.

Am enclose the Jap occupation currency in the following demarcations: a 1 peso note, a 5 peso note, a 10 peso note, and a 100 peso note. Also contained herein are three Nip post-cards. Hope the contents of this letter will still make air-mail.

Please tell Paul and everyone I'll write them soon. At present one can hardly tell where one'll be five minutes from now. Trouble is, we done quite a bit of foot hiking which isn't good.

Best regards from your son,
Victor