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| Newspaper article on Alvin's brother, Robert Harold Lloyd wounded in action - Greeneveille Sun Newspaper - 10/24/1944. The paper says Germany, but Uncle Louie wrote Al said France. (There was another article on this page of another service man in France, mix up maybe). Also, crazy seeing where Al is at because that is exactly what the letters are saying and we are at the moment with the letters, at Baco Raton, Florida.
MY LITTLE NOTES:
I got to thinking of that song, "I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"! According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia online, it was composed in 1944, same time as this letter. Thought it was appropriate with Uncle Louie sending coconuts to everyone~!
"I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" is a novelty song composed in 1944 (as "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts") by Fred Heatherton, an English songwriter and published by Box & Cox Publications (ASCAP). In 1949, it was a top-ten hit in the U.S. for Freddy Martin And His Orchestra with vocalist Merv Griffin and sold over three million copies.[1] The following year, it was a number-25 hit for Danny Kaye. It celebrates the coconut shy (coconut toss) at funfairs."
Sounds like he is shipping out after his schooling there. Looking ahead in the letters, looks like he will ship to Pope Field, Fort Bragg in North Carolina in February, 1945. Looks like I better get cracking on those letters so we can get there!
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