A FATHER'S LOVE, Father to Emmett, April 20, 1944
As for me--well, Emmett, I can live the rest of my life, though I pray it need not be, on the memory of the night before you left and two or three letters you have written me. I so seldom show my feelings, I am gruff instead of affectionate, and something I think Jack doesn't get the fact that I am so often rough from love instead of anger. More
A BROTHER'S PRIDE, Jack to Emmett, April 24, 1944
You went farther than either of these two kids brothers in high school and you'll go farther than them in the service too. I am not just sitting here blowing off steam because I am in that mood. I mean every word of it from the bottom of my heart. You're the best brother a kid every [sic] had and I am damn proud of you. Art M's or John K's brothers have never written[sic] home and said all the swell things about their brothers that you said about me in your letter. I appreciate all the things you said about me Emmett and glad to know that I have a brother that thinks so much of me. More
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