Letter to John Taplin's Parents from John

Letter to John Taplin's Parents from John

He writes from prisoner of war camp. He has had influenza but is better. He has received his first parcel and is very pleased with it. One sentence has been censored. He expects Christmas to be a bit different.

1943

Two handwritten sheets and an envelope

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ETaplinJATaplinWJ-[Mo][Date]-05-Part

[underlined] RAF [/underlined]
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MR MRS TAPLIN
12 WHITESMEAD, RD
STEVENAGE
HERTS
ENGLAND
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F/Sgt John Taplin
27493
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[missing words] again a few times, hoping you are all well. As you most likely know I have been in hospital, however I am OK now I had Influenza, there has been quite a number of cases, Including Jim, who arrived back yesterday. I received the first parcel 2 weeks ago, and I must say it was a very good parcel, you really used you [sic] heads about selecting the articles. I am expecting the second one anytime now.
I sometimes get depressed and fed up,
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[missing words] away hoping it wont be long. Anyway the day will dawn sometime. [one sentence censored]. As you can well appreciate we don’t [deleted] all [/deleted] get much news, what we do get is very distorted. Anyway tell the boys to keep at it. Especially Stan Buhhles [sic]. Tell Emma I can almost smell the tea brewing. Remember last Xmas what a good time we had. However we will see. Don’t forget to go to it (I cant although I love to be back on the job with the boys)
Love forever
John xxxxxxxx