Dear Dad
I write you optimistically every day to give you always my news where I assure you I’m well and I’m enjoying myself a lot, joking with my friends with which time passes as nothing and day appears as few hours and months pass as much. So we hope it will end soon so we can see the family together again as was a time ago.

We must pray the Lord always gives us strength and health and make us all stay well. I hope to always hear well about you and all the family and that you are always all right. I hail you and all what I (on the side, it’s written: I pray the Lord all days) And kiss you always dear, you and my dear mom, my dear sister Palma, together with Rina and the dear Giovannino.

Your dear son where I love you a lot and (not understandable) always to you and all family. Your son Raffaelluccio.

Gunner Cantacessi Raffaele
450th Artillery Feet Battalion
3rd Battery
Military Mail 102

Translated by Lupo Solitario