Thelma and Lowell's Diary: May 13, 1943

She plays solitaire; the campaign in North Africa ends as Axis powers surrender

It was a quiet Thursday for Thelma and Lowell. He told her he had asked about some leave from his job. In the evening, she played the card game solitaire. “Lowell popped corn and we had cokes,” she wrote. Her small “c,” not mine!

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