{"id":3322,"date":"2014-01-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2013-12-02T23:33:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T12:33:30","slug":"war-letters-morotai-31-jan-1945-noemfoor-am-languishing-for-want-of-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=3322","title":{"rendered":"War Letters &#8211; Morotai: 31 Jan 1945, Noemfoor; Am languishing for want of transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AMERICAN RED CROSS letterhead<\/p>\n<h6>Noemfoor<\/h6>\n<h6>Wednesday 31<sup>st<\/sup> Jan \u201944<\/h6>\n<h6>[31 Jan 1945]<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">[Note at top]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth it for a guilder<\/p>\n<p>Dear Mrs Pidgeon,<\/p>\n<p>Am languishing for want of transport and you. (and Bub of course!) My! But doesn\u2019t he look well \u2013 the cleber lill debil.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t look as if you have been fattening yourself up for me \u2013 anyway you\u2019re still just as nice as you are. How nice will that be today \u2013 my little poppet?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3519\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3519\" alt=\"Camp at Noemfoor\" src=\"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Camp-at-Noemfoor.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Camp-at-Noemfoor.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Camp-at-Noemfoor-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Camp-at-Noemfoor-398x300.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camp at Noemfoor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a stinking hot island situated about 50 miles from the equator &amp; although the breeze flowing in from the sea licks the body with a cool tongue it cannot altogether dispel the sweat.\u00a0 It rolls with steady calculation down the chest.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got any amount of the stuff for the Weekly so I\u2019m very conscious of the time wasted in getting home.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow now that I\u2019m right here in the house how\u2019s about it and a cuppa tea?\u00a0 Are you pleased to see me home?\u00a0 Lots of love darling give me bub for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Willie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a stinking hot island situated about 50 miles from the equator &#038; although the breeze flowing in from the sea licks the body with a cool tongue it cannot altogether dispel the sweat.  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