My Dear Mrs. Buxton,

We have as yet received no further word regarding your son, John, who has been missing in action since August 16, 1944, so I am writing to tell you what disposition I made of the Christmas packages, which had been sent to him in my care.

Two of the packages were given to men who reached our base only a few days before Christmas and would receive no gifts for quite a number of weeks thereafter. I held onto the third package - the light weight one, which had been sent first class - till yesterday, February 6th, when I turned it over to the Statistical Control Officer to be returned to you. It may not reach you for some time, but it is on the way.

I hope that you will receive definite information concerning John soon.

Faithfully yours,
T. Runyan
Chaplain

The package returned to Jack's mother was a tiny Christmas tree with notes tied on to it. The family still has these little "notes."

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