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Dear John:
Cannot begin to tell you how happy I was to receive the cablegram from you, and to learn you had been liberated.
I wrote you after, but had no way of learning whether or not you received my letters. Several of the last ones were returned.
You certainly had an exciting experience. Wish we could sit down and have a long chat. It must have been difficult to get back to normal existence.
Am so sorry to hear that D[?] and Eric are among the missing. Know you are proud of D[?]’s achievements. Do hope Quigg comes through OK.
Undoubtedly you were disappointed when you learned you would probably be demobilized on your arrival in N.Z., but everything happens for the best. I think you are a very lucky fellow. Can just