Letters, Mar. 20, 1944

Why Die for Danzig?

Sirs:

I have just received a letter from my son, now a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces. . . . I quote part of it:

"I wish I had more faith in the new world to come after this war is won. When I was born, Dad was in the Army. When he was born, both his father and grandfather were in the Confederate Army. When my baby boy was born, I was in the Army. When his son is born, will he also be in the Army? . ....

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