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Postcard Home from Pvt. R. C. Spalsbury, 17135556, Co A - 216 Armd Engr Bn, A.P.O. 412, Cp Chaffee, Ark. to his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Spalsbury, 806 So. 11th, St. Joseph(10), Mo. Post Marked DEC (?), 1944, Fort Smith, Ark., free postageDescription
Handwritten note 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. He now has the job serving as Mail Clerk for the Company.
This postcard is written in blue ink featuring the name of Camp Haan, California which Robert has marked through since he is no longer stationed at Camp Haan but apparently retained postcards to use. Also featured in the top left hand corner is a printed sketch of anti aircraft equipment.
