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but if I do come I will be home about two days

Camp Hood October 12, 1942 Dear Ben, How you Be? And rest of the family? This is Mon night and I am sort tired and don’t know very much news. I may be seeing you before long we are getting short furloughs only 5 days plus half day Sat and Sun making it 6 1/2 Read more

I was standing in the 4 half trak from the camera in the driver seat

Camp Hood Oct 5th Dear Helen: I’ll write you a few lines before we leave for a night problem. We have been having quite a few of them lately.  We have three coming up this week to night Wed night and Fri. I hate them its so awful duty here you just can’t barely see Read more

How be you to night? I be fine.

T/5 Felix E Swehla CO B. 803 T.D. Bn U.T.C Group “2” Camp Hood Texas Sept 17 Dear Ann, How be you to night? I be fine. boy I just had a nice shower this is the third one this week.   two of us were transferred to 602 for four days its at Camp Read more

we are suppost to be the best battalion here in Texas

Dear Ben, Well I better write to you so you will know I am not across yet. Maybe I made it seem as if we were going right away well things seem to blow over a little so we may even be in Texas for some time yet. Althou I do believe we will soon Read more

they say we wont be here by the 15th

Camp Hood Sept 2, 1942 Dear Ben, I will write you a few lines to nite I don’t have any thing special to do its only 6 o’clock and I am all throu some thing strange for we really work til dark. Well we got some news today. They say we wont be here by Read more

hill was called vomit hill

Dear Ann, Sun. and what a dull day it rained this morning I had to get up while it was still dark and put our tent down so our beds won’t get wet. I think its through raining know. I wrote a letter to John Ralis, I don’t feel much like writing but will try Read more