WESTERN UNION
GOVT = WASHINGTON DC Dec 2, (1944)
Mrs. Rebecca Cohen 182 Pleasant Street

REGRET TO INFORM YOU YOUR SON. WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ACTION IN GERMANY EIGHTEEN NOVEMBER UNTIL NEW ADDRESS IS RECEIVED ADDRESS MAIL FOR HIM QUOTE TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE LOUIS J COHEN SERIAL NUMBER (HOSPITALIZED) CENTRAL POSTAL DIRECTORY APO 640 CARE POSTMASTER NEW YORK NEW YORK UNQUOTE YOU WILL BE ADVISED AS REPORTS OF CONDITION ARE RECEIVED=
WITSELL ACTING THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

James C. Auchincloss Committees
3d District New Jersey Rivers and Harbors
Congress of the United States District of Columbia
House of Representatives
Washington, DC
December 5, 1944

Mr. Henry L. Hurwitz
131 Hence Road
Fair Haven, New Jersey

Dear Mr. Hurwitz,

I have your letter of December 3rd about the report that your wife’s brother, Corporal Louis Cohen, has been wounded in action. I am taking this matter up with the War Department to see if there is any additional information concerning his condition, and I will advise you as soon as I hear from them.

I know that it is a fact that the War Department is very prompt in forwarding any information to the next of kin of soldiers who are wounded, so I strongly suspect that there is no additional news, and as soon as a further report is received you will be immediately notified.

However, I am very glad to be of service in this instance.

Sincerely yours,

James C. Auchincloss, M.C.

Office, W.D. Liaison Officer,
The House of Representatives
Suite 115, House Office Building
War Department
Office of the Chief of Staff
Washington 25, D.C.

7 December 1944
Honorable James C. Auchincloss,
House of Representatives.

Dear Mr. Auchincloss:

Reference is made to your inquiry of 5 December 1944, regarding Corporal Louis Cohen, 31066780, who has been reported as a casualty.

The records of the War Department show that Corporal Louis J. Cohen, 31066780, was reported as seriously wounded in action on 18 November, 1944 in Germany, and that his mother, Mrs. Rebecca C. Cohen, 182 Pleasant Street, Willimantic, Connecticut, was notified under date of 2 December 1944. No further information has been received in the Department concerning this soldier.

The family may be assured that as soon as additional information is received, they will be notified immediately.

Sincerely yours,

Wm. F. Pearson,
Colonel, General Staff Corps,
Liaison

James C. Auchincloss Committees
3d District New Jersey Rivers and Harbors
Congress of the United States District of Columbia
House of Representatives
Washington, DC
December 8, 1944

Mr. Henry L. Hurwitz
131 Hence Road
Fair Haven, New Jersey

Dear Mr. Hurwitz,

I enclose herewith a report from the War Department on Corporal Louis Cohen, which has just come in.

I feel sure that if any further official news comes that Cohen’s mother will be immediately notified.

If there is anything further I can do, please let me know.

Sincerely Yours,

James C. Auchincloss, M.C.