Oct.
27, 1944
England
My Darling
Mark
Hello Sweetheart! !
Got
your very nice letter today. I also got one from Cec.
How
is everything with you, honey. Are you still working 5 days a week now?
Honey,
I don’t know what the hell to write in a letter anymore – there’s not anything
worth writing. Don’t do anything unusual – same stuff day after day! I even
hate to try & write a letter anymore. If I kept writing for the time it
took me to write 2 pages – I could write you a book.
Went to the show this afternoon &
seen Charles Laughton “The Man from Down Under”. Pretty good – but I had seen
it before. I’ve seen some of the pics 4
times already just because there wasn’t anything else to do.
They
didn’t graft any skin on my leg honey – they just cut the scar out & closed
– but it became infected & had to open it again. I don’t know whether
they’ll cut the scar out this time or not. Time will tell what’s what.
I
don’t think I’ll get a 30 day leave honey – I’ll be lucky to get a short
furlough over here! If I was back in the states – I’d probably get a long
leave.
I
honestly don’t think I’ll be sent back to the states honey – I would even say
maybe. We’ll just have to sweat it out together & see what happens.
Well,
honey I guess I’ll close this for tonight - & get washed & shaved –
before lights go out. Then if I have time I’ll write Cec! He’s pretty proud of
his kid!
Tell
everyone hello honey.
I
miss you & love you more every day.
Bye
for now Sweetheart!!
Write
soon.
All
My Love
Always Johnny
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Johnny’s
leg was definitely a long time healing. The gash in his leg had also developed
an infection, and the British doctors were leaving the wound open so it could
be cleaned regularly and could heal from the inside out. One of the Army doctors ordered them to sew
up the wound and get him back to the front lines.
They
did as they were told and sewed it up.
Over the next two or three days, the leg began to swell and turn
red. On the third day, one of the other
patients a few beds down who was a medic, called to the nurse to go tend to
Jambrosic, that he was going into shock.
The doctors and nurses came running, took a look at him and at his leg,
and cut the stitches open. Pus literally
squirted out of the wound. They had to
start over again, cleaning it out and letting it heal from inside. The Army doctor didn’t give any more orders
about Johnny’s care!
The scar on that leg
was over a foot long, from his hip to his knee, and about 5 inches wide. He rarely wore shorts because he didn't want the scar to show, but the injury didn’t slow him down.
He was on a bowling team for years, and later played golf several times
a week. You’d never know he had been
injured by looking at him.
