V-MAIL
Mrs. S Moskowitz
5/1/45(?)

Dear Millie,

Just a few lines to let you know that I am well and that things are going along fine. I received the package you sent last fall and it was very good. It took quite a while to get here but of course it did a lot of traveling.

It is raining like the dickens here near Munich. If we are past the Bavarian Alps the country is very pretty but the weather has been very bad and so one forgets the beauty of the land.

Not much else to say. Regards to Sam. Tell Mom I got two packages she sent last fall the one with sox. Yours Louie.

V-MAIL
May 1 (1945)
Dear Helen

I would have written much sooner but as you know we are on the go and there hasn’t been much free time.

I am especially busy as I am now supply sergeant. I don’t have the rating yet but if I hold the job long enough I’ll be the staff sergeant. I hope that I’ll get home soon even just a while.
The way we are going it shouldn’t be long before we start sweating out going to the Pacific. Lord forbid!

I am near Munich and now we are having a snow storm. I haven’t been really warm in a great while.

Not much else to say. Regards to Henry and the kids. Yours, Louie

Mrs. Philip R. Cohen
May 2, 1945
May 7, 1945 (postmarked)
Dear Mom,

Just a few hurried lines to let you know that I am O.K. and that everything is going along fine. As you know we have the Jerries on the run and we don’t have many stops. That is why my mail to you has been out of schedule.

I am now supply sergeant but because the division has too many staff sergeants I can’t get the rating So I have the job and the headaches that go with it but get the assistant’s pay. Maybe in a little while I’ll get the ratings.

We have been going so fast that I can hardly remember the places we stop at. Now I am near Munich but expect to be in Austria before long.

Not much else to say. My best regards to all. Take good care of yourself Love Louie

P.S. tell the gang I’ll write them soon.

Mrs. Philip R. Cohen
Passed by Army Examiner E. Arthur

May 7, 1945
May 10 1945 (postmarked)
Dear Mom,

Just a few lines to let you know that I am well and everything is O.K.

Right now we are near Nuremburg and are occupying a good sized piece of Germany. It was hard to realize that the war is practically over but it is a pleasant thing to have happen.

Received a package from Rose in which she sent some tarts (?) and it was very good scotch.

Now what we have to do is to sweat out going home or going to the Pacific. I hope the latter never happens.

In my new capacity of supply Sergeant I am very busy and to tell the truth I really like it.

Not much else to say at this time.

My best regards to all the family. Tell them I’ll write as soon as I can. As for Helen Mazel Tov and I now that all will in the final result be happy. Take care of yourself Love Louie


Mrs. Philip R. Cohen

5/8/45 VE DAY DECLARED

May 10, 1945
May 12 1945 (postmarked)
Dear Mom,

Just a few lines to let you know that I am well and that everything is going along very well.

The fact that this part of the war is over is certainly a great relief but being supply sgt. I am now working as hard if not harder than I did in combat. However, not hearing any shells is to tough a trouble to have quit on you to not get some piece of mind.

I suppose all the folks are talking of some of the boys getting home before long. I don’t think that I will be that lucky so don’t expect me to be home any to soon. As long as I stay here and miss the jap end of this mess I will be satisfied and I know that you will be also.

Not much else to say at this time My best to all the gang. Take care of yourself Love Louie

Mrs. Philip R. Cohen

May 15, 1945
Dear Mom,

The only excuse that I have for not writing sooner is that with the end of this phase of the war I have gotten into one of the hardest jobs in the Army namely, supply sergeant and as a result I haven’t had very much time to do anything but plug at my job. I am, tho, in very good health and even tho I do get pretty tired I am compensated by a good nights rest and by losing a bit of weight.

I don’t imagine that the rest of the family will think much of me for not writing them. I hope in the near future to have things so organized that I will be able to take up where I left off with them. Meanwhile I detail you to keep them informed as to my general welfare.

We are located in southern Germany not far from Nurenberg and it is very lovely country. Much to nice for the beasts that live in it.

We are living in the woods and it isn’t so bad. If we could have a few of the easy things like water, lights etc. it wouldn’t be bad. But anyway we are going to move inside in a day or two.

How is business? I hope it has started to pick up.

By now you know on what basis a soldier gets to go back I guess Ellie will have to lay his honeymoon off for a while.

I am happy to learn of Helen and her delicate condition. I hope it is a girl as I would hate for her even the possibility of having a boy to off to one of these places that I have been and am now on.

Not much else. My regards to all. I forgot Mother’s Day but I didn’t forget you which still is the main think. Take care of yourself Love Louie


Mrs. Philip R. Cohen

May 21, 1945
May 23 1945 (postmarked)
Dear Mom,

I am again asking your pardon for not writing. I know you realize that I am very busy and yet I know that you are right in expecting to hear from me more frequently. I really am in the midst of a barrel of work and the funny part of it is that I am getting quite a kick out of it. I hope it doesn’t back fire with a real kick.

I am feeling fine and tho not getting fat on the job am in very good health. You asked in your last letter as to how many points I have. I haven’t got quite enough. I am the very sad owner of but 75 but have hopes of getting 10 more before long. You can’t pray or hope for them any harder than I do.

As you know I am near Nuremberg or to be exact between it and a city named Ansbach. It is beautiful country but occupying an enemy country is no fun. No fraternizing of any sort is allowed and we all expect to go around talking to ourselves before long. But that is a small thing to worry about. I believe that anyone who lets himself get into the position of a soldier is crazy to start with.

I know that the rest of the gang are probably very much put out for not hearing from me but I’ll catch up with them soon, I hope.

I am enclosing a photo of myself taken last March when we had the big rest of five days. I think it is a good picture and also I’ll bet all kinds of money that you will like it.

Not much else to say my best regards to Ellie, Millie, oh, the whole swell family. Take good care of yourself Love Louie

V-MAIL
Mrs. S. Moskowitz
May 26, 1945 (?)
Jun 12 1945 (stamped)
Dear Millie,

I am very ashamed of myself for not having written you sooner but I just couldn’t find the time to write. I really have been very busy and just now have things been slowed up so that I have a bit of time for myself.

I received Mom’s package with the tonic and it was just what I needed. Tell her to send another one.

How are your kids? I guess they are as usual just dandy.

Not much else to write except that I would like you all not to get point conscious as I haven’t to much faith in the things Regards to Sam Yours Louie

Mrs. Philip R. Cohen

Friday May 26, 1945
May 27 1945 (postmarked)
Dear Mom,

Just a few lines to let you know that I am fine and happy to learn that all of you at home are in good health.

I am still very busy but am getting things a bit organized so it is a little easier for me. However, I have a good job on my hands and will have it that way for a while before I can set and take things easy.

We have been having some very cold weather here and it hasn’t been very pleasant at all to be half frozen in the latter part of a month such as May.

Did Henry R. get home? I hope he did as that is one thing we all look forward to.

Not much else to say Regards to all the family Take good care of yourself Love Louie

V-MAIL
May 26, 1945
Dear Helen

No excuses for not writing other than the usual ones. Too busy, too much. Am working very hard and long. But am feeling fine so am not complaining.

We are stationed near Nuremberg and it is very pretty around here. Weather has been spotty. Rain & cold just as at home. Have been put in for staff and expect to get the rating in a little while & might as well get paid for the job I am doing. How are the kids? I suppose they can’t wait for school to get over and you are probably dreading it.

Not much else to say. Regards to Henry. I hope he is writing up a big season. Yours Louie

Mrs. Philip R. Cohen
May 30, 1945
Jun 3 1945 (postmarked)
Dear Mom,

Just a few lines to let you know that I am well and that everything is going along as well as possible.

I am enclosing a little pamphlet telling about the outfit and also a snapshot taken in March. At that time we had just run into a stock of cognac and so we started on a big binge which didn’t last very long.

I am taking things a bit easier as I have finally have decided that the Army will get along even if I don’t break down working. As you would say in Turkish “Cockzay un”

Some of the boys have started to go back home but they have four years or more in the army so you can figure that it won’t be very soon for me to stout (?). As long as I am left here in Germany I think we can wait the longer time.

I finally got a chance to write the rest of the family and hope to keep up with them.

Took some pictures last week and expect to get them soon and will send them to you.

Not much else to say. Regards to Ellie and the upstairs dept. How is business? Take care of yourself. Love Louie