August 6, 1944 Dear Ma,Here it is Sunday night and it is just the same as any other night here. There is a lot of activity here in the barracks for there is a lot of fellows getting packed for tomorrow morning. Same thing will be happening tomorrow night for we will be getting ready… Continue reading

August 18, 1944 Dear Ma,Have been here two days now and I got a letter from home this afternoon so I feel pretty good. The letter I got was written the sixth of August. They sure did get my mail transferred in a hurry. Maybe I will get some more tonight. As usual I got… Continue reading

August 19, 1944 Dear Ma,Don’t know much news tonight but will write you a few lines. Didn’t have to work today as I got all of my washing done. Went and bought some more work clothes too. Shouldn’t need any for quite awhile now unless I do some. That’s easy enough to do. It is… Continue reading

August 22, 1944 Dear Ma, Don’t know very much to write about today, but will do my best. We lost another one of our local fellows this morning. Francis got shipped out. Don’t know where she went but I sure hated to see him go. It wouldn’t of been so bad if somebody else from… Continue reading

August 24, 1944 Dear Ma, Didn’t get to write to you yesterday for it was moving day on a place now that I guess I got settled for a little while. I can call home and I am not with anybody that I know but I have made some new friends so I am all… Continue reading