Correspondence from Loretto Hansen to Ann Ruxer. This is Loretto Isadore Cottrell Hansen, sister to the Cliff Cottrell from whom there are letters in this collection. It is believed she worked with Ann during the war. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98139279/loretto-isadore-hansen) She misses having Ann to talk to and says if Ann hears that she has jumped into the ocean, to believe it. So much is happening to her family right now that she's going crazy. They know nothing about Johnny's (her brother, John Joseph Johnny Cottrell) injury. Her father received a letter from a soldier who was wounded overseas and returned to the U.S. for hospital treatment. He said that on Christmas Day Johnny was brought into his hospital room in Liverpool, England and they got to be good buddies. This soldier talked about how wonderful Johnny was, how his father should be proud of him, and that Johnny was being sent to the U.S. for further treatment and should be there sometime in February. He never said what the injury was, except that Johnny had contributed enough towards winning the war. Her father wrote the boy back and asked about the injury, and the boy wrote back but would not talk about the injury. She's afraid he has had a limb amputated, but is overjoyed that he is alive and is coming back to the U.S. Ann knows how crazy she is about both the kids and that their happiness means more to her than her own does. Everyone happens at once--2 weeks ago her father had an accident at the button factory and burned his hands and face with acid; fortunately he was wearing glasses. Her mother says he's doing ok. She's scared to death about her next news--her brother Cy (Clifford Cottrell, from whom there are letters in this collection) was put into the infantry after 21 months overseas in the field artillery. She thought he was coming home soon but he's been put in the infantry--to be killed, she supposes. They should not have done that to these kids. She asks Ann for prayers for boh Cy and John. She goes to mass about every other morning and communion for them. She also had a mass said for them. She feels sorry for her parents, and says she had better get on a better topic. She says she's really tanned, and asks Ann how she lost weight. She needs to do that, and says that Lent would be a good time to do so. Her husband Al has been doing well in school--anti-submarine warfare--he'll be through Feb. 24 and then she supposes they'll rush him into some tight spot. Ann's brothers did exactly as she (Loretto) did after marriage--put on weight. As soon as she gets settled in one spot she'll have Ann to visit her, or she will come to Evansville, and then they can really chew the fat. She'll let Ann know when she's heard about Johnny and hopes it's good news, and also good news from Cy. She hopes that Jenny's (Ann's sister) love affair works out well, and that Ann's heart interest is as good as he should be for her Annie. She wishes for them a guy as sweet as her husband.She still gets a gift on the 26th of every month in honor of their anniversary--that's pretty good after all these years, isn't it? She thanks Ann for her letters, and says that her (Loretto's) mother will forward any mail to her if need be. Al's class was told yesterday that 2 weeks after they finish on the 24th 50% of them will be in action in the Pacific. It's just her luck that Al will be one of them. She thanks Ann for the cute joke for Cy--he will like it.