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A Far Cry from Camp Upton
November 8, 1943. A handwritten letter home from Dad. He mentions getting Anna’s November 4th letter the day before. So if you were wondering, it takes about three days for letter to get from Albany to Topeka. He spends a good bit of his letter writing about the local weather, compares his experience in Topeka to other … Continue reading
Wait in Line
February 27, 1943. Dad gets a letter for Johnny Mudge. Dad and Johnny met at Camp Upton and became friends. Johnny is from Delmar, NY and is currently stationed at Ft. Monmouth in Red Bank, NJ where he is undergoing a 13 week training course to become a cable splicer. In his letter we get … 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
A Week at Camp Upton
It all begins with a postcard dated January 8, 1943 from Camp Upton on Long Island, NY. In all, Dad would spend a week at Upton before being sent on his way. His initial reports are that he is eating well and is OK. In his first postcard he references that the next day they … Continue reading
The Box
Several years ago my mother gave me a box containing “dad’s letters”. It wasn’t until recently that I took a look inside the box. What I found was several manila envelopes stuffed with letters that were written between January 1943 and February 1946 while my father was in the service during WWII. My mother said that … Continue reading