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Journals from the road, trails and at sea
Category: From Fort Niagara NY
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6/6/42Dear Helen & Wilson:The weather up hear along the lake is very damp. When the sun does come out, its like being in the tropics. We can’t wear our summer uniforms until July 1st. Most of the gang that I came up with have been shipped out. Most of them went south as they were…
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June 28, 1942 Dear Helen and Wilson: Everything is going along smoothly. My trip back was uneventful and I have shaken off the cold you mentioned. My shots didn’t seem to have any effect on me other than to give me a little soreness in the arm where it was injected. Today is Sunday, the…
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July 1942 36 hour pass, so I saw these Saturday. Plenty of swift water. Niagara Falls, NY
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Oct 1942 Just stopping here for a few hours and enjoying ocean breezes. Back today. Russell Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Dear Helen and Wilson: Don’t mind my writing a typewritten letter, do you? Well that’s what you’re going to get anyway. I went down to Atlantic City a couple of weeks ago and I sent you a card. I hope you got it OK. I went down there at the expense of the good old…
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Dear Willard and Grace: I received both the neck piece and the soap powder. I am wearing the one and washed my undies tonight with the other. Thanks. Yes, I saw Don and showed him about the Fort here. We took in a couple of shows together. It was really cold while he was here.…
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Moving again but waiting to start back. 1 full day of traveling to here. RussellFort Niagara, NY
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Hello,No timeRussellFort Niagara, NY
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Dear Helen and Wilson: Guess it’s about time I utilized this writing paper to drop you a line. Right now I have a grandstand seat on a huge crap game. Sure it’s payday. Tomorrow some of the boys will be broke until payday again. But there isn’t very much new. You’ve probably got the same…
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Dear Helen and Wilson: Got your letter OK the other day. Smitty and I got back to camp OK the other day, and this time on time. So Bob wants to know what A.S.N. means. Well, it’s just Army Serial Number. And ASF means Army Service Forces which formerly was SOS or Services of Supply.…
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Dear Helen and Wilson, Willard and Grace, et al: Where do you think I am writing this letter from. The hospital up here. And what have I got – the measles; and where did I get ’em; well, you answer that one. This is my eighth day and I haven’t been sick any of the…
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Dear Helen and Wilson: Well, here it is July again and I’m still at the Fort. I do have a new address as you will note on the envelope. No use writing. I’m doing about the same kind of work as usual. However, so far it has been rather light because this organization has just…
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Dear Helen and Wilson: At least I’ve been working since I came back, but all of the guys I made friends with during the past year are moving out. Smitty and I spent another week-end over in Toronto together last week, but he leaves today for Sought Carolina. So you see how the army breaks…
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Dear Helen and Wilson: Yes here I am, still alive, and apparently well except for one of those grippy colds which I have just about licked. I was chewing my spinach very nicely in the mess hall last night when my teeth engaged a nice small stone – result a nick out of one of…
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Dear Willard and Grace: I am enclosing a letter to give to Mom. Thought I just as well might enclose it with yours. Things are not going so bad right now; all the fellows here are about like those at Ft. Niagara except that they seem much easier to become acquainted with. Probably because we’re…
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Russell WadsworthFort Niagara, NY 1213th Reception Center
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