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Private J. D. Caves: The Long Journey Home

28 February 1944 Stalag VIIIB, Teschen, Germany

28 February 1944 Stalag VIIIB, Teschen, Germany

My Dear Mum & Dad,

More birthdays nearly over but we'll have many more to spend together and these wasted years will be but a memory. A proud memory - if I'd ten lives I'd have spent them willingly so. I am now in another area of Germany and adding much to my knowledge.

I'm quite well and fit and the 'wire' not weighing me down too much. Have you ever seen young calves when first let out in a green paddock after a couple of months in a shed? We'll be very similar - but one could not know the ecstasy of freedom without captivity or the joy of plenty without hunger. It is all life. We have lived and I hope have gained in the long run. A sheltered life is mere existence.