Show A A Soldier Expresses rea u ness The following letter to his parents par par- t I eats from Major K J. J Peterson Is Isan Isan isan an expression of the serious I Lions of ot our soldiers Dear Folks The turn of events durin during the past few days prompts me to write again Since alst olst Saturday we have been anxiously awaiting final confirmation and now that it has Laa arrived I cant can't help but feel wo we should all express a word of ot than ts to Him rather than express our lur I jubilation with wild celebrations I I. I know there are plenty who will celebrate the end of the war In In ways different than what I find myself feeling Were Vere I home I j might feel as the majority but h here re I feel teal differently Im I'm quite I surprised at myself Yes I am happy it is over and Im I'm mighty I proud that I have had a small part partin I in it There were cheers and much I I yelling here on Guam when the the- announcement announcement an an- I came through but I an-I somehow somehow the grim look on most of I II I the faces of the men showed an ant attitude of thank God there willIbe will willbe t Ibe be no more bloodshed Some Some- Somehow I how or other I feel eel we owe the end ond I I 1 to some one far superior to any of ofus ofus ofus us and I express my appreciation to God for ending this world wide t I I conflict I express my thanks I that ho has seen fit to spare me I that eventually I ma may return home to my my loved ones proud in the I f I I knowledge that I have helped fight for the America we all long for so dearly I also express a prayer of sympathy for those whose loved ones will not return God give them courage and contentment When I will be permitted to come home I cant can't sa say but at least f feel Ceel secure In the belief that God Willing the future looks much I more sure You may tell anyone for me that I am firmly convinced that our victory was caused by a I combination n of the fighting powers of man and God that Isis His will has been done and that It now beI behooves be be- I hooves each and every everyone one of us to show shoe sho our appreciation to Him Thank God for the American spirit Though this war has caused much suffering loss of life liCe and world worldwIde worldwide worldwide wide catastrophe we have shown the people of the world that ours I is the right wa way that our God teaches us the love of fellow men rather than the destruction caused by personal desires of or those s sa sad x fists who are not so fortunate as as asI I we we who believe in Him I |