Talk about dedication! Writing a letter at night in a tent while holding a flashlight to see what you're doing takes just that! No wonder this letter is short (But the ending thoughts are beautiful )!
September 26, 1943
Dearest Marie and Patsy,
Just a short note to let you know that I am thinking of you. Today I had a detail so I am writing this by flashlight. Very difficult trying to hold the light in one hand and write with the other. but don't want you to be without a letter.
Went to mass and communion today (Sunday) and offered up the mass for you and Patsy, for your intentions and for myself. Incidentally the masses here are offered for us and it is the same as if we had mass said in any church at home. They are all offered for you and Patsy.
The priest in his sermon gave us one wonderful thougtht based on a Prayer written by Joyce Kilmer. The poem speaks about how heavy the pack is on his back ( he was a sodier in the last war ) so much lighter (than ) the Cross upon His back. His feet are sore from walking, and he meditates on the pierced feet of Christ. Men cuss him and call him vile names and he meditates on the blasphemy offered Christ on the Cross. Then the priest said to us :Do good now and live a Catholic life for it would be too bad if we would carry the Cross and not receive the reward. Good night my loved ones. God bless you.
John
Missed not having a letter today. Write soon!
Letters from John Donahue to his wife, Marie Donahue, during the Second World War.
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About This Blog
This blog collects the letters of my father, John Donahue, to his wife, Marie Donahue. I'll post a new letter about once a week.
John Donahue, an Irish Catholic, was born on July 14, 1914, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He was the first of six active children growing up on the east side of Milwaukee.
Marie Quincy was a Catholic of English heritage growing up on the east side of Milwaukee. When John met her, she was working at Woolworths Five and Dime.
They were married in October 1940. A little more than a year later, John was deployed to the European theater of what would come to be called the Second World War.
John Donahue, an Irish Catholic, was born on July 14, 1914, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He was the first of six active children growing up on the east side of Milwaukee.
Marie Quincy was a Catholic of English heritage growing up on the east side of Milwaukee. When John met her, she was working at Woolworths Five and Dime.
They were married in October 1940. A little more than a year later, John was deployed to the European theater of what would come to be called the Second World War.
John and Marie Donahue
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