May
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May 24, 1943
5/24/43 Dear Howie, Got your letter quite a while ago but haven’t had time to write. We are receiving the ranks for divisional tests which come this. Following week if we pass our sixteen weeks of advanced Training. More shit. We may get furloughs starting around the 1st of June. Hope I can get one.… Continue reading
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May 24, 1943
Camp Roberts, Calif.May 20, 1943 Dear Mullen, I received your letter some time ago and just haven’t had time to answer until right now. They sure keep me busy here. I sure don’t have much time to write letters but do the best I can. I do most of my writing on Sundays here or… Continue reading
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May 22, 1943
AMERICAN RED CROSSFort Lewis, WashingtonMay 22, 1943 Dear Howie, How’s tricks, pal? OK I hope. Guess I am still here in Fort Lewis. If I stay with these hill billies, I’ll be here for the duration I guess. I’ve been trying to get transferred, but it is hard to do, especially out of the Infantry.… Continue reading
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May 21, 1943
May 21, 1943 Dear Howard, When you talk about playing ball it seems funny. I don’t think any of these guys from Texas ever heard of the big leagues etc. at least they never ever mention ballgames. After all the guys who have left these small towns its sure awful hard to see where they… Continue reading
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May 11, 1943
Kansas City, Mo.May 11, 1943 Dear Howard, It is now 2:00 A.M. and I am sitting writing letters before going to bed. My roommate is already in bed. Everything is going swell here except for 4 days of rain! It finally did clear up today. School is going along fine. I have a 93 average… Continue reading