Letter 400

Russia Sept 27th 1942

Dear Parents !

Today its 2 weeks since I had the last letter from you and so I hope that you are all well, like with me. You can be proud now of your son, yesterday I got the Panzer Battle Medal , that came about as our Battery had knocked out the 25th Russian tank but the problem is, you knock out one, and like out of a Pandora Box, 2 more appear from somewhere. At times we shake our heads wondering were the Russians get them all from, the Panzer Factory in Stalingrad is almost ours anyway. But our Battery was lucky so far, we only had 3 men wounded yet. On the whole, the fight for Stalingrad will be over soon the Russians can not hold on forever and our Stukas seek them out in their hidings, wherever that maybe. I would like you to send me some sugar or sweetener for my tea, I don’t need anything right now , and Christmas is still 3 Months away. By that time we hope the fighting is over here and we can look forward to a deserved furlough.

I must close now, there is an Alert on now.

With many Greetings Edmund

Greetings to Mina and Jorgen.

From: Pvt 1 Class Edmund Orth, FP # 21004 = 5th Panzer Jager Regt, 1* Machine Gun Battalion.

To: Fam. P.Orth at Kannmeiers, Orscholz/ Saar, Niederbergstr 21

Pvt 1st Class Edmund Orth, b: Dec 25 1910, died at Stalingrad October 13th 1942.

Something Else,on Sept 13th I got a card from Berthold FP # 07633 please write to him and thank him in my name. I have to end, we just got an Alert , Planes are bombing us but these are our own who are peppering our own lines. These pilots need their Arsholes torn open , they suppose to bomb the Artillery positions east of the Volga.

Greetings Edmund.