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letterhead CHARLES M. EK 1812 N. PURDUM STREET KOKOMO, INDIANA
Sept 22" - 1943.
Dear Comrade: -
I have your letter dated March 7"- '43. I do not remember whether I have answered it or not. I am getting my oldest neice [sic] to write this letter for me. On June 4th - 1943 I was stricken with paraleys [sic] on my right side. I have not taken a step since. I manage to sit up about an hour each day. I still read some and listen to the radio. My arm and leg give me some pain. I do not have time to discuss the war with you, much as I would like to. My son is in N. Africa somewhere. I do not know where, or what he is doing. I may as well have used a postal card for all I am saying. There is no indication that I shall ever improve. But when I think of so many young men dying on the battle field I become fully reconciled to my fate. I had many plans made for 1943. In fact I had made a trip the day before I was stricken. I was to go the next day on a trip with Butler U. I think of my many trips the last ten years. I had become a specialist on Sedges, but all these belong to the past. I am at home and I receive good care. Some days I listen to a dozen news broadcasts. We shall gain a military victory but loose [sic] the war on the home front. I hope you are doing well with your books, reviews and articles. I regret I shall have to