Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-02-02

"I guess that by now you are pretty worried since you haven't heard from me for quite some time...As to what has taken place during that time we can't say. Censorship is quite strict in the Navy, more so than any other branch of service...Our little 'The Nip Nipper' newspaper keeps us up on nthe latest news--from all sources it sounds fairly good. Germany seems on the verge of collapse...Tokyo is getting bombed rather heavily...maybe this will be over this year...."