31701-0404-0001

LX62238, Lieut W E Hooper
Anagan
Delenduen
May 28th 1945

UNITED STATES ARMY

Nance darling,

Today is your birthday & if only to prove that I'm thinking of you, I'm writing a few lines.

By now you will have gotten the little gift I sent you. I do hope you like it pet. It's novel don't you think? You are supposed to pin it on your Jacket. Maybe the other girls will even envy it.

The new Captain has kept the last few nights busy for me -- I got out of hospital Sunday, today we moved into our new Hq & things are in a bit of a mess -- officer's mess literally.

Jim Stewart wrote a very enlightening letter from P.M. He tells me he & a number of officers are being sent to an O.T.S. at 1st Army six to take conversion courses. That means that Angan are at last preparing to release many of