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Spalsbury: #110 Letters Home January 7, 1945Entry/Object ID
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Postcard Home from Pfc. Robert 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), Missouri Post Marked JAN 7, 1945, 7:30 PM, Fort Smith, Ark., free postageContext
Dear Folks - your letter came today, and was glad to hear from you. I'm still down here in Bob Burns Country, getting used to it, and liking it better all the time.
Mom, don't worry when you don't hear from me for awhile. I'm still around. Just lazy, I guess. Then, too, like I've told you before, the Army really keeps us busy. How we like that!
Haven't heard from Duane lately, but wrote him just the other night.
You'll be hearing from me again before long, so until then, take it easy and be good.
Love, BobLexicon
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Postcard Home from Pfc. Robert 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), Missouri Post Marked JAN 7, 1945, 7:30 PM, 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 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.Dimensions
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