PVT. SAM E. SMITH 34635335
HQ. CO. 51st ARMD. INF. BN.
SENDERS ADDRESS
A.P.O. 254 c/o P.M.
NEWYORK, NEWYORK
FEB. 9, 1944
Lt. L[illegible] Gibson
U 10536 S
CENSORS STAMP
Lt. L[illegible] Gibson
MRS. S. H. SMITH
PITTSBORO, MISS.
10 FEB 1944
Dear Mother & Daddy,
I didn't get any mail for quite a while 
but it is catching up with me now. I go t
twelve letters yesterday. The latest one 
dated Jan 11th. 
I got a letter from Mrs. Hardin, an answer 
to one that I wrote her before I came over. 
I also got a letter from John Ellard. He 
is having to study pretty hard. 
I never got the box from Aunt K. C.
I may get it yet but I don't guess it 
will be fit to eat. 
One of the boys got a big box yesterday 
and we all gathered around to throw a feed. 
When he opened it, it was a big carton 
of chewing tobacco. 
I wasn't allowed to tell what I was 
doing in the last camp. I wasn't doing 
anything but laying around dodging K.P. etc.
Well that's all the room I have.
Love SonnyBoy