Tagged With: Army Humor
The Rag Was Up
August 10 and 19, 1944, Stanley writes two letters to Dad from Deenethorpe. Summertime is in full swing in England. But even though it is hot, he writes, “I haven’t seen anyone get a sunburn over here yet.” It’s been so hot that when he wakes up in the morning his is often “wet from perspiration.” … Continue reading
Odd Looking Things
July 18 and 20, 1944: Two letters from Stanley in Deenethorpe to Dad at Topeka. Stanley decided to go into the office on his day off to catch up on his correspondence. They have had some “nice hot weather for a change…two days of warmth was just like heaven. …I felt like lying on the … Continue reading
Group Party
June 23 and 28th, 1944: Two letters to Dad from his brother Stanley in England. As usual, Stanley mentions very little about his particular duties, but he does discuss some of the diversions, provides snippets of life on base at Deenethorpe as part of the 401st Bomb Group, including a big group party that was held, … Continue reading
Pretty Rough in France
June 3, 11, 15 and 17, 1944: Two V-Mails and two longer letters to Dad from his brother Stanley who is stationed at Deenethorpe, England with the 401st Bomb Group. Even though it is June the English weather is “kind of chilly” as Stanley writes that his “is building a small fire in the stove. … Continue reading
How Time Flew By Fast
May 21-31, 1944. Stanely writes five V-mails to Dad in this span of time. He recollects that a year ago in the middle of May he was home on furlough. He comments “Boy, how time flew by fast.” He brings Dad up to speed on the day-to-day goings on at Deenethorpe. Spring has come to … Continue reading
Getting to Feel Like an Old Man
April 14, 16 and 19, 1944: Dad writes a few letters home from Topeka Army Air Base. He attempts to calm his sister down a bit regarding a comment in a previous letter about his wanting to volunteer for overseas duty. He also relays a story about a practical joke that was played on one of … Continue reading
I Sure Made Up For All of You
November 20 and 25, 1943. Two letters home from Dad. He relays a story about one of the guys who had to ditch a girl in town who was taking advantage of him. He also writes a little about his work and gives a rundown on what was served on base for Thanksgiving. Finally, Dad … Continue reading
If It Ain’t One Thing It’s Another
October 9-13 1943. Several letters from Dad to home in quick succession. In the first letter of the batch, Dad gives an indication that he has time to write home when he specifies “There isn’t much going around except that the guys who were considered overages left for over-the-pond training…” He even has time to … Continue reading
Quite the Thing, Eh?
October 6th and 9th 1943. Two letters from Stanley to Dad. Stanley is still in Great Falls, MT “with a few more days to go” before deployment overseas, while Dad is at Topeka Army Air Base in Kansas. At this point Stanley writes, “Since we started to pack why I have a little more time … Continue reading