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27 December 19__ Midsummer Commons Cambridge, U.K.
I was so glad to read your last letter. I hope you are doing ok and sympathize with your desire to get out of the army. I miss you so much and look forward to our being together. Thank you so much for the silver vase with the red rose. I shall always treasure it and think of you every time I look at it. Yes, the rose was fresh cut and beautiful when it arrived with the from the florist. I am sorry you could not be here to deliver it to me personally, but I understand when you say that you could not get leave this Christmas. The Miles Davis record was a great hit by the way. I took it to a Christmas party at the Robotham's. Do you remember them from your last visit? They are the older couple who live in the small cottage almost directly across Midsummer Commons from us. Mr. Robotham is the elderly Anglican minister who is quite a bit older than his wife. Remember he told you about his discussions with George Bernard Shaw at the Fabian Society and about rubbing elbows with Karl Marx at the British Museum. Anyway, I believe you have started a Miles Davis Fan Club here in Cambridge. Mrs. Robotham played it during the party and everybody was taken with his trumpet solo. As a matter of fact they hope you will send me another record sometime. I plan to buy a couple of albums next time that I am in London and give them to the Robotham's. Well, I must go now, Darling. All my love, Gwyn December 30, 19__ Drake Caserne Frankfurt, Germany Dear Gwyn, Thanks for your quick reply. God, it is so wonderful to hear from you. I get so tired of men and machines dressed up on olive drab. Your letters are like pure sunlight and flowers to me. Yes, I do remember the Robotham's and talking with Rev. Robotham about Shaw and the Fabian Society. Wow, I sure would have loved to have met Shaw. That was something about Marx also. Glad the Miles Davis record is such a hit in Cambridge!!! Frankly, I had never heard of Miles until I heard his music played by the blacks in my platoon. His music is very popular all over America and Germany also. I go with friends sometimes to the Jazz Cellar in Frankfurt, and they often play Miles Davis as well as many other black jazz artists, such as Coltrane, Satchmo, The Bird and many more.
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