Author Archives: John
The Baby Wants to Sit Up All the Time
February 19, 1943. Anna writes to Dad. She received the news that Dad left Miami Beach and has been promoted to PFC. She congratulates him on the promotion and asks if Stanley knows about the news. She also tells him that two large framed pictures of him in his uniform have finally been received. She … Continue reading
We Had a Peter Parade
February 19, 1943. Stanley writes to Dad. He thanks Dad for sending him some Air Corps pins for his uniform. He also notes “Well, four months have passed just now since I have been in the Army. It was four months on February 15, 1943. Boy they sure went by pretty fast and I have … Continue reading
Riding the Rails Again
February 14-17 1943. Dad writes home while en route by train to his new assignment at the Savanna Section Ordnance School in northwestern Illinois. The base is located near the Mississippi River, due west of Chicago and not too far from the Wisconsin border. He chronicles his trip. The first detail to note is that, … Continue reading
Training Film: Invasion of Poland
February 13, 1943, Stanley writes to Dad. He has a good amount of time to write as he is in “charge of quarters and taking charge of the office for a few hours from 1PM to 6PM. All I am doing is sitting here at the typewriter pounding away letters.” He warns his brother, “You … Continue reading
I Would Give Anything to See You Again
February 13, 1943. Anna writes to Dad. Theresa Marie is sitting up on her own now. Anna notes when the baby sits up she is able to make her cries and screams travel further. The photos that Dad sent have made it home and they are being distributed among the family. Anna sent some to … Continue reading
I am Saying Good-bye to Miami Beach
February 10, 11 & 13, 1943. Dad is sending home some photos that were taken of him around camp. He notes that they were taken in the sun, so he is squinting a little bit. He also introduces us to Joe Demusis, a Lithuanian fellow that he met from Brooklyn who, like Dad is in … Continue reading
Have You Got the Army Under Control?
February 10 and 12, 1943. A letter from the office and a postcard from a friend. Before Dad left for the war, he worked at Interstate Plumbing Supply in Albany as an office clerk. We get the first letter from the gang at the office dated February 10, 1943. Six folks from the office write, … Continue reading
Only God Knows How Much I Want to See You Boys
February 10, 1943. Anna writes from home. She is not having the best of days and is frustrated that her husband Eddie has been spending time reading comics. “Cursed be the man or woman who invented funny sheets and funny books and all the ten cent trash that he buys all the time. He doesn’t … Continue reading
People are Saying That Hitler May be Dead
February 7 & 8, 1943. A couple of letters from Stanley to Dad. Still writing from Oxford, Mississippi on the campus of the University of Mississippi where he us going through training to be an Army clerk, he tells his brother, “I do not expect to hear from you frequently as when you get through … Continue reading
Daddy Says I Should Send You Golombki
February 6, 1943. Anna writes to Dad. “Today is Eddie’s birthday and he is 24 years old. What an old man he is already.” They are experiencing temperature swings in Albany; one day it is freezing cold and the next day it is warm, muggy and rainy. Little Theresa Marie has a sore throat and … Continue reading