Plain Jane Plain Talk
Journals from the road, trails and at sea
Category: Written to Wilson-Helen
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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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New York City, NY Dear Helen and Wilson: Well, I’ve finally been drafted. Yes, that’s the feeling I get now after being at Niagara so long. There’s quite a bit of confusion trying to get settled and organized, but they’ll do it eventually. I’m not doing anything at all except waiting around right now. Eats…
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Dear Wilson, Helen and all: This letter has my latest address. I’m feeling fine and being fed better than I ever expected I would be fed over here. The eats are really good. Spring is coming here and trees are beginning to show the beginning of new leaves. It isn’t cold but it does drizzle…
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Dear Helen and Wilson and all, I’m starting one of those letters in which I can’t think of very much to write about. I feel as well as ever, and my mail seems to be coming through in fair shape right now. It takes anywhere from ten to twelve days. I haven’t gotten enough air…
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Dear Helen and Wilson: I received a package from you this morning in good condition. You’ve certainly covered my needs for the present. I never expected to get Gillette Blue Blades though. How did you mange to get these? I was pleased with everything and can get caught up on some reading too. I’m billeted…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; I have two of your letters in front of me now and am trying to figure out whether there is some question I haven’t answered. Incidentally your letter of July 27 was very hard to read as it didn’t photograph well at all. Do you suppose it is the ink you…
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Dear Helen and Wilson and Bob: Well, I hardly know just how to start this letter as it was just a few days ago that I received word of Richard’s passing. I was really shocked when I read about it. You three have my deepest sympathy. But it still makes it hard for me to…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; Well you can see now that I’m in another country. And so far it has been quite an experience. Have certainly seen fresh results of war. Saw the City of St Lo which was totally destroyed. You can’t imagine it. You may have seen newsreels of it by this time. People…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; What a country this is. All people are strangers. You can’t speak with them, nor they with you. About all you can do is gesticulate. At least it was that way when I first got here. Each town has its narrow winding streets with portions of most buildings overhanging same to…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; Guess it’s pretty nearly time that I dropped you a line and let you know where I stand again but I hardly know what to begin to say. Anyway, winter has finally caught up with us over here and the ground is covered with a fine layer of snow. The snow…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; Well, I can understand that you are having a real winter now. It should be swell for skiing with all that snow. But how about the floods later. Now listen to this. The weather here has been so warm for the past few days that we’ve been tossing baseballs around. I’ve…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; Yesterday I received three packages; two from you, with jam cookies and candy and the other with cheese spreads, etc, all in good condition. The one from Mildred was in good condition and had been on the way since Nov. Oh yes, I got the film OK, Thanks. I showed the…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; First England, then France and now Germany. Yes, I’ve arrived in the land of the “Super-race”, but they’re not so super right now. In fact, more or less submissive. But coming here I had a little different experience in that I drove a small truck and trailer much of the way…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; Now that I’ve been in Germany a while, and you can tell just where I am, I thought maybe I could give you a little picture of what has happened in the past now that censorship has been lifted. I know that you will be interested in more of the details…
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S/Sgt Russell F WadsworthASN 52288468G-2 Sec., Hq. E.C.A.D.APO 658, c/o PostmasterNew York, NY Here’s that picturesque little German town that I told you about in a previous letter. This view is of the older section of it. Sunday I expect to go to another old town about 50 miles from here — Heidelberg. Russell Bad…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; It’s just before supper time so I though it would be a good time to drop you a few lines. What brought it up was just a few civilian thoughts. First one is ice cream. Why ice cream. Well we’re supposed to have it tonight and I was just thinking how…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; Thought this afternoon would be a good time to drop you a few lines and let you know how things are around here. We now have a radio for our hotel room. But, we have to take the darn thing up to have it fixed. It seems that whoever had it…
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… So you see we’re still civilians at hear regardless of what you might read in newspapers magazines or other sources to the contrary. Something has happened to our mail here though. We just haven’t got any in a couple of weeks. We know that people are writing, but I’m of the opinion that this…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; Thought I’d drop you a line from this little resort town located here on the northern coast of France, right on the channel. We’re all set to go on furlough to England and are scheduled to cross tomorrow sometime. We have to get up at 4AM. Down at the beach yesterday…
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Dear Helen and Wilson; Now I’m back at my home station again and have to resume my writing activities again and I’m really behind as these are the first that I’ve written since I’ve returned which is a week tomorrow. It takes time to get around to it now. There are quite a few activities…
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Dear Wilson and Helen; Here it is Sunday night and nothing special to do. I was out to a football game this afternoon as that seems to have been the program for the past few Sundays. They get quite large GI crowds there every Sunday. Two weeks ago there were about 20,000 there including Ike…
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