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Spalsbury: #112 Letters Home January 17, 1945Entry/Object ID
2021.2.356A-CScope and Content
Letter Home from Pfc. Robert C. Spalsbury, 17135556, Co A - 216 Armd Engr Bn, A.P.O. 412, Cp Chaffee, Ark. to his father, Mr. George C. Spalsbury, 806 South 11th, St. Joseph 10, Missouri Post Marked JAN 17, 1945, 7:30 PM, Fort Smith, Ark., free postageContext
Sunday Evening -
14 January 1945
Dear Pop,
I was glad to get your letter of a week or so ago. You do a pretty good job of pinch-hitting for Mom. I guess she was pretty busy there for awhile, with the Christmas rush, besides all her usual jobs, besides having all the company, too.
Today has been a lazy day for me. I've mostly stayed in the company area. I lay around for awhile on the bunk and read the Readers' Digest you and Mom sent me for Christmas, took up and picked up the mail, sorted and distributed it, and wrote letters to Barbara Mann and Libern Roberts.
Work around here has slackened down somewhat. We are all being issued new clothing. I haven't got mine as yet, but may before long.
Just finished playing a game of pool with three of the fellows. We played 8-ball. We really have a pretty good bunch of fellows here.
The day room has been remodeled by our company carpenters. The've put in small built-in writing tables, with built-in lights. Really nice.
I'd still like to get a 3-day pass, but doubt if I'll be able to for awhile. Like you say, I can't have what I want when I want it. That's the way of the Army, I guess.
Well, I can't think of much more to say, so I'll close for now.
As always,
BobLexicon
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Letter Home from Pfc. Robert C. Spalsbury, 17135556, Co A - 216 Armd Engr Bn, A.P.O. 412, Cp Chaffee, Ark. to his father, Mr. George C. Spalsbury, 806 South 11th, St. Joseph 10, Missouri Post Marked JAN 17, 1945, 7:30 PM, Fort Smith, Ark., free postageDescription
Handwritten letter home to his parents back in St. Joseph after being called up to serve in the US Army during WWII. Pfc. 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.
This letter is one page, front and back, written in blue ink on plain stationery. The letter was sent in a matching plain envelope. The page is folded in thirds.Dimensions
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10-1/2 inWidth
7-1/4 inCondition
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Robert C. Spalsbury
