LETTER #54 - 15 DEC 1944 TO HIS BROTHER TOMMY AND A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM CPL. R. WARD

Christmas Card from Cpl Richard Ward who is also at Boca Raton Field in Florida with Uncle Louie.

MY LITTLE NOTES:   Not much to add.  Posting this about the same time frame as the letter in December, some 69 years later!  Sounds like Uncle Louie is ready for Christmas.   Uncle Louie mentions that he would like some sunglasses for about $10.  Seems a bit pricey to me!  Also, he mentions about the shutters being added to the house.  When they moved to the house in 1938 there were no shutters.  Below is a before and after pics of the house:  

The house as it originally looked in 1938.

Same house in 1963.  Note shutters and detached garage.

Grandpa Thomsen holding a huge mushroom!  He was known to take walks in the nearby forest preserves and bring home his finds!  You can see the shutters in the background.