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Description	English: Lettre de la famille Traumann En mer le 2 Novembre Chers Parents Jusqu’ici voyage splendide sauf pour l’usuel coup de chien dans le Golfe, qui a d’ailleurs flanquè pas terre les 3/4 des officiers et soldats. Personnellement je n’ai jamais été malade. Je suis interprète du bord et je prends mes repas avec les sous-offs amèricains. Sucerlents, abondants etc… Je couche avec les sous-offs français. J’ai pas mal de travail interessant d’ailleurs, le Troop Commander me laissant une large initiative. Comme nous ne sommes que une soixantaine du 6^e lLa question diplomatie ne se pose pas. Nous arrivons Dimanche à Port-Saïd. d’où cette lettre partira. Dans 16/17 jours Saïgon après escale à Colombo et Singapore. Cette nuit nous avons passè le Stromboli Nous faisons mieux au Havre le 5 Sept. 44. At sea the 2 November Dear Parents Up until here splendid trip except for the usual turmoil in the Golf, which moreover flung to the ground the 3/4 of the soldiers and officers. Personnally I I had never been sick. On board I am interpreter and I take my meal with the American NCOs. Sucerlents, abundants etc… I am sleeping with the French NCOs. I also have a good amount of interesting work, the Troop Commander leaving me a large initiative. As we aren't more than sixty of the 6^e lThe question of diplomacy doesn't pose itself. We arrive Sunday in Port-Saïd. where this letter will leave from. In 16/17 days Saigon after layover in Colombo and Singapore. Tonight we passed the Stromboli We do better in Le Havre the 5 Sept. 44. Nous sommes 1400 à bord mais très comfortable, douches, robinets d’eau glacée, refectoire nickel, très bonne aeriation. Une fois que les troufions auront appris que la discipline à bord doit etre plus stricte qu’à terre et que les marins aiment le propretè Le skipper me demande . C’est une “vielle noix salèe ” avec un fichu caractère. Here goes Baisers R. (Mon secteur postal.) We are 1400 on board but very comfortable, showers, running cold water, clean refectory, very good aeration. One time that the grunts would have learned that the discipline on board must be more strict than on the ground and that the sailors like the cleanliness The skipper asks for me . It is an “old salted nut ” with a ruined character. Here goes Kisses R. (My postal sector.)
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 Nous faisons mieux au Havre le 5 Sept. 44.
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+Dear Parents
+::Up until here splendid trip except for
+the usual turmoil in the Golf, which
+moreover flung to the ground the 3/4
+of the soldiers and officers. Personnally I
+I had never been sick.
+::On board I am interpreter and I
+take my meal with the American
+NCOs. Sucerlents, abundants etc…
+I am sleeping with the French NCOs.
+I also have a good amount of interesting
+work, the Troop Commander leaving me
+a large initiative. As we aren't
+more than sixty of the 6<sup>e</sup>
+<del>l</del>The question of diplomacy doesn't pose itself.
+::We arrive Sunday in Port-Saïd.
+where this letter will leave from. In 16/17 days
+Saigon after layover in Colombo and Singapore.
+:Tonight we passed the Stromboli
+We do better in Le Havre the 5 Sept. 44.
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 :::(Mon secteur postal.)
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+|content2=:We are 1400 on board but
+very comfortable, showers, running cold
+water, clean refectory, very good aeration.
+One time that the grunts would have
+learned that the discipline on board must
+be more strict than on the ground and that
+the sailors like the cleanliness
+:::The skipper asks for me . It is
+an “old salted nut ” with a ruined
+character. Here goes
+::::Kisses <big><u>R.</u></big>
+:::(My postal sector.)
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