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Letter Home from Pvt. R. C. Spalsbury, 17135556, Btry B - 778th AAA A.W. Bn (S.P.), Camp Haan, Calif. to his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Spalsbury, 806 South 11th, St. Joseph (10), Missouri. Post Marked FEB 14, 1944, 4 PM, Los Angeles, Calif., 6 cents Air Mail stamp This letter both stationery and envelope feature the return address of the Christian Science Servicemen's Center of Los Angeles, 518 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles, California, VAndike 4482Description
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. At the time of this letter, Robert is stationed at Camp Haan in southern California, a U.S. Army training camp for Coast Artillery Anti Aircraft gunners.
This letter is two pages, front and back. This letter is typed and mailed while Robert is in Los Angeles on a weekend pass. A matching envelope is used. The pages are folded in thirds.
