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Spalsbury: #42 Letters Home September 4, 1943Entry/Object ID
2021.2.286A-CScope and Content
Letter Home from Pvt. Robert C. Spalsbury, ASTU 3938, Loyola University, Los Angeles 34, California to his father, Mr. G. C. Spalsbury, 806 South Eleventh Street, St. Joseph 10, Missouri. Post Marked SEP 4, 1943, 2:30 PM, Los Angeles, Calif., 6 cent Air Mail stamp.Context
Friday Evening - September 3, 1943
Dear Pop,
Your letter came this morning, and then this afternoon I had a very short one from Mom, mailed from Bellville, Illinois.
The officers are cracking down on us here. A lot of demerits have been given out lately. They're given for various things: not sweeping the dirt from under you bunk, having a suitcase or unnecessary articles under your bunk, not falling out for reveille in the morning, not reporting to class or study hall, or sassing back. Tomorrow nobody leaves on pass until after an assembly at 12:45. We don't know what it's about, but have a pretty good idea. The officer will probably warn us about our discipline, etc. Last Saturday before we could leave on pass we had a "showdown" inspection, in which we displayed all our G.I. equipment. I had two pairs of leggins left from basic training, so I turned in my old pair and kept the pair I've never worn. Believe it or not, I hated to turn them in. I really had fun in basic training, and will never forget it.
Frank Haulin, Thornton Jones and I are sitting here by the radio in the auditorium listening to some music. We have one radio, two pianos, two ping pong tables, and a recently-installed coke machine, and a lot of comfortable sofas and chairs. Naturally we lounge around here a lot.
I exchanged the second suntan hat I was issued, which was 6 7/8, for a larger one tonight, size 7 1/4. I have 4 suntan shirts and trousers, 2 suntan hats, and one I bought in L.A. for $1.28. However, on September 15th we begin wearing ODs (olive drab woolens) around here again.
I don't know what I'll do this weekend. I may go to a show in L.A. I'll try to pick up my watch at the jewelers, where it's being repaired. I may go to Hollywood to some shows or radio performances.
Tell Pat hello for me.
The breakfast sounded good, Pop. I wish I could drop in some morning and join you in a cup of coffee.
Your kid, Bob
Write again soon.Collection
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Letter Home from Pvt. Robert C. Spalsbury, ASTU 3938, Loyola University, Los Angeles 34, California to his father, Mr. G. C. Spalsbury, 806 South Eleventh Street, St. Joseph 10, Missouri. Post Marked SEP 4, 1943, 2:30 PM, Los Angeles, Calif., 6 cent Air Mail stamp.Description
Handwritten letter to his father only while his mother is away from home in Illinois. 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 and is now stationed at Loyola University in Los Angeles, CA for additional training.
This letter is one page, front and back, written in blue ink on very light weight paper, the ink for one side bleeds through to the other side. The letter was mailed in a larger, heavier stock envelope with a 6 cent Air Mail stamp. The paper is folded in thirds.Condition
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Robert C. Spalsbury
