Tagged With: ASTP
Chief Clerk of Everything
August 24 and 27, 1943. A letter home to Albany from Dad while stationed in Topeka. It looks like he is back into the swing of things having been back at camp for a week since his furlough, even though he reminisces “when I was home mama fixed up such eats which I never get … Continue reading
I Will Try Again Later
July 17 & 20 1943. Letters home from Dad responding to the letter that his sister wrote him on the 14th. As he is writing on the evening of the 17th he is pulling CQ duty and has time to catch up on his correspondence. He was glad to hear about their friend Joe Miller … Continue reading
This World Isn’t Only for Hitler
June 28, 1943. Dad writes home and notes that it is a special day as he opens his letter, “I can think of no better way to spend my 20th birthday then to write you and Stanley a letter.” He says that he still gets “a lot of enjoyment” out of looking at the birthday … Continue reading
Time Flew So Quickly
June 25, 1943. A letter to Dad from Anna at home. Baby Theresa-Marie is eight months old. Anna reports that “Time flew so quickly…” and “…she is getting to be quite a young lady.” As the baby’s personality is developing, Anna says that “Terry doesn’t like old or older people for some reason or another.” Anna … Continue reading
The Best Friend I Met
June 25, 1943. A letter home from Dad. He is still waiting to hear from Base HQ about his application for ASTP. He hopes to hear back soon. He assures his family that “trying out for ASTP is not a scheme to try to deprive you of my furlough or to prolong my stay on … Continue reading
Things are Humming Around Here
June 23, 1943. Stanley writes to Dad. Stanley relays the news that he was promoted from corporal to sergeant on June 21. He apologizes for not writing earlier as he has been busy with work. Just the last night he “worked till almost eleven in the evening just getting a supplemental payroll so them wise … Continue reading
The Value of Knowing Something More
June 22, 1943. Dad writes home. He acknowledges receipt of his sister’s letters of the 16th and the 18th. The letter of the 18th is in the “archive” but the letter of the 16th is missing. From Dad’s letter we get an idea of what Anna has been writing. Apparently, Theresa Marie is starting to … Continue reading
I Hope to Learn Some Profession
June 19, 1943. It’s a Saturday, and Dad takes some time on his day off to write home from Topeka. The pictures of his brother Stanley with his niece Theresa-Marie have finally made their way to him. He comments, “He and Theresa-Marie look like relatives indeed. I think those pictures are the best ever taken … Continue reading