Field post card – Benthien Barracks – 23 August 1939
“Joh. Passal
Spalbergenstraat 92I
Amsterdam
Beloved parents, Just a little card. I haven’t heard anything from you at all. Is father not home yet? I still don’t know whether we will be discharged from service. It’s such a muddled situation; I don’t understand anything anymore. I have been waiting to hear whether I may stay here, but I haven’t received any answer yet, so I know nothing. Will you write back? I spent Saturday until Monday morning with Ida in Roermond. What do you think of that? Goodbye for now, and greetings from …”
