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"I am not hurt bad at all but I am in the hospital right now and naturally I do have some pain".
Tuesday, September 19, 1944 (s440919)
In Hospital in Naples
V-Mail to Myron & Carrie Talcott
Randalia, Iowa
Dear Folks
I am not hurt bad at all but I am in the hospital right now and naturally I do have some pain.
Several of my friends have stopped to see me and my nurses are girls that I had met at Anzio. We've had a couple of days of rain but this afternoon it has been very sunshiny. I just got hit a couple of places in the leg and one in the arm.
Will write more later.
Best of luck — with love
Leonard
Leonard always put a positive spin on his news. But his Military discharge (above) describes his injuries this way; "(95) Fracture and dislocation of bone or joint resulting in ankylosis malunion, union, deformity, osteomyelitis, etc. excluding amputation".
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