A schoolmistress is writing a letter to one of her former pupils who is off at war. “Sgt. Dan” has just been awarded the silver star and so the town of Monroe in the American state of New York is thrilled. Her letter isn’t one that blows that trumpet, though, it’s much more of a “snapshots from home” style of missive. It tells of the weather, the busy Friday night’s in the soda bars, of his gal -...
