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Spalsbury: #100 Letters Home October 28, 1944Entry/Object ID
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Letter Home from Pvt. R. C. Spalsbury, 17135556, Co A - 216th Armd Engr Bn, A.P.O. 412, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas to his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Spalsbury, 806 South 11th, St. Joseph (10), Missouri. Post Marked OCT 28, 1944, 5:30 PM, Fort Smith, Ark., 8 cents Air Mail stampContext
Friday Night -
(By Candlelight)
27 Oct 44
Jello again....
Bet you're surprised to get another Air Mail letter, after receiving the one I wrote last nite.
I've got a pleasant (?) surprise for you. I'm coming home on furlough next Wednesday, November 1st. I found out today.
There are 17 of us leaving on furlough next Tuesday. We leave from the field about noon, and come into Camp to get our clothes, etc. from the barracks.
My clothes will be sorta wrinkled and messy, but it'll be worth it getting home.
I packed some of my stuff in my traveling bag this afternoon, when we had a big clothing and equipment inspection. So I won't have to hurry too much on Tuesday.
Darn! The Company is not being paid until November 6th, instead of Oct. 31st, so we furlough boys will miss out. However, don't send me any money. I have eleven dollars, which I find, after asking one of the guys who lives in St. Joe who just returned from furlough, is sufficient to buy me a round-trip ticket. I'll probably borrow a few dollars from somebody to make sure.
I would really rather have waited until later for the furlough, but you'd better take it when you can get it. Then, too, this way I'll miss out on the last 11 days of the maneuvers, which is nice. When I return the company will be in garrison again.
By the way, I'll be getting 15 days, 2 more than I should have. But T/5 Daoust fixed it up for me. He's Ass't Company Clerk, and will handle the mail while I'm gone.....he's done it before.
Be seein' ya, Bob
[NOTE: written along the left hand side of the back of the page: P.S. - I'll probably leave Tuesday nite, + get home around noon on Wednesday.]Collection
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Letter Home from Pvt. R. C. Spalsbury, 17135556, Co A - 216th Armd Engr Bn, A.P.O. 412, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas to his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Spalsbury, 806 South 11th, St. Joseph (10), Missouri. Post Marked OCT 28, 1944, 5:30 PM, Fort Smith, Ark., 8 cents Air Mail stampDescription
Handwritten letter home to parents back in St. Joseph after being called up to serve in the US Army during WWII. Pvt. Spalsbury, at the time of this letter, has completed Basic Training at Camp Callan, California, was stationed for a short time with a STAR Unit for ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program) soldiers in Pasadena, CA then moved to engineering training at Loyola University in Los Angeles, CA. After flunking out of the ASTP program, Robert was briefly stationed at Camp Roberts, located in central California assigned to the Infantry Replacement Training Center. Then Robert was stationed at Camp Haan in southern California, a U.S. Army training camp for Coast Artillery Anti Aircraft gunners. During his time at Camp Haan, Robert was transferred from Battery B to Battery A and began working as an office Clerk in Battery A.
At the time this letter was written, Robert is serving at Camp Chaffee at Fort Smith, Arkansas. He had been working as a Clerk-Typist in the HQ Company then transferred to Line Company A. Recently, he was given a new job serving as Mail Clerk for the Company.
This letter is one page, front and back, written in blue ink on small, plain stationery with matching envelope. It is folded in thirds.Condition
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Robert C. Spalsbury
