… I don’t know whether you would have very much excitement during these raids. I am sure, of course, you wouldn’t be scared, but if you heard all these guns firing every night and the bombs bursting you might get a little fidgety. I am sure you would have liked to be with me and seen the fires the German bombers started in London. It is really terrible to think about, and all those poor women and children and homeless people down in the East End of London all seeing their places destroyed. I hope when you grow up you will dedicate your life to trying to work out plans to make people happy instead of making them miserable, as war does today…
Well, old boy, write me some letters and I want you to know that I miss seeing you a lot, for after all, you are my pal, aren’t you?
Love,
Dad”
EXCERPT OF A LETTER FROM JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR. TO TEDDY