Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-01-20

"...Today while handling a cable some wires were ragged on it and as it passed through my hands rather fast it caught my right index finger and third finger also my thumb and ripped the skin off of them. They are quite sore now...confidentially, I've been overseas since September 7th '44. If anyone would ask me I'd probably answer them just like this, 'Too d--- long'...."