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Richard to Alice: 22 June 1944

March 10th, 2010 · No Comments

I am a squad leader, and I’m just a go-between for the instructor. He gives orders and the squad leaders give them to everybody else in the plattoon.

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Richard to Alice: 18 June 1944

March 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment

As long as I am here, I can’t see you so I can’t see any reason for you spending the money to come out here. Don’t you think it rather foolish to spend that much money and then we won’t be together?

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Richard to Alice: 16 June 1944

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

They have a picture show every night and you have to go. The entertainment makes me tireder than the training we go through.

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Richard to Alice: 12 June 1944

February 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments

I just came back from a pre-rating test in radio. I think I did fairly good on it.

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Richard to Alice: 10 June 1944

February 21st, 2010 · No Comments

We got our second typhoid shot today and am I sick! My arm is so sore I can hardly move it and I’ve got a nice healthy cold on top of it.

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Richard to Alice: 7 June 1944

February 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments

We are now in tents. There are 8 to a tent. In this one, there are 4 Southerners & 4 Northerners.

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Richard to Alice: 30 May 1944

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Well, here we are in Los Angeles. We finally got this far anyway.

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Richard to Alice: 29 May 1944

February 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Well, my watch crystal came off. Then I started to wind it and the main spring is broken. I guess I don’t need to know what time it is anyway. I’ll be going by the bugles before long anyway.

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Richard to Alice: 28 May 1944

February 13th, 2010 · No Comments

We have a 4 hour lay over here, then we’ll be on our way again.

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Protected: Belle Patterson to Mae: 2 August 1955

January 26th, 2010 · Enter your password to view comments.

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