This is the first letter in the collection.  Even though the date is torn off in the upper right corner, Solly writes he is on the transport ship and refers to the Service Club Dance he went to the night before; a typical G.I. send-off event before being shipped out.  These two facts, plus his official Army documents which record his overseas shipping date as December 26, 1944 confirm that this letter was written by Solly on the same date, and thus make it the first letter in the group.

Most often Solly wrote home on plain unlined stationary but some letters, like this first one, were written on Service Club stationary that featured different graphics on the back side of the paper.  When such stationary was used an image of that stationary is included.

On view:  2 pages with one reverse side image of the stationary.