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George Leslie Stout letter to Margaret Hayes Stout, 1944 December 5
Most of the Monuments Men worked in the battlefields alongside other soldiers, facing the same danger and hardships. Stout writes: "There have been damaged buildings and muddy roads and a few shells whistling around but the fundamental necessities have always been available, food, shelter, a place to get warm, a place to sleep. I have felt better perhaps because of the satisfaction of getting something done . . ." |