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- April 4, 1943 envelope
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- April 4, 1943, p. 1
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- April 4, 1943, p. 2
Letter transcription:
Apr. 4, 1943
Dear Mother,
To begin with address my mail to Navy 224 % Fleet Postmaster for really I believe that will be better and as you might say – make up your mind. This has been a damp, hot Sunday with work going on at all times and no Sunday let down. In fact while everybody else was working I built a small end table to keep my pipe tobacco etc. We are gradually getting squared away and living conditions will really be on the up and up.
In your letter of sometime ago you asked me about the lawn subbery [shrubbery] and as I see it and as previously planned – Really uniform small shrubbery especially like Lloyd’s In scattered locations and not directly set in front of the house should be most desirable but you can use your own judgment since
[page 2] things might look different since I left and the shrubbery we have planted may influence the arrangement of the new, anyway use your own judgment.
As usual I’ve written the Folk today their usual Sunday letter and now it is getting just a little dark and raining slightly. In fact I’ve stopped once to fill a canteen from the tent roof because the water tastes better than otherwise.
Don’t forget the address and don’t forget to send the radish, lettuce and carrot seed. One package in each letter. I also told Mom to send some so maybe one or the other will get here. Right now would be as I see it a very opportune time but I suppose it will be July before the seeds get here.
Well, the space is all gone and so is the daylight so solong,
Love Daddy
[Editor’s note: This is the second time Roscoe has used the family “code” to let Gladys know his location. Can you find it?]
Russell Islands
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Genealogy Lady 
Wow! Super clever.
Yes, VERY clever. Interesting that he asked for seeds. And mentioned pipe tobacco. I never remember him smoking a pipe.
“Really uniform shrubbery…”? How did they set that up?! Ingeniuous!
Before my grandfather left, the set up a code for him to use to let her know his locations. Whenever they started talking about shrubbery, that was the key to be aware to look for the code.
Marvelous!!! But still, for him to write “Really uniform small shrubbery especially like Lloyd’s In scattered” was tremendous imagination!
Oh I know! That one was totally brilliant! the one he wrote for New Caledonia was a little awkward. I love that he incorporated the neighbor’s name into the code.