POSTMARKED CHICAGO NOV 25 6:30 PM 1942 ILL Mrs. Richard Drodt Ida Michigan Here I am in Chicago we went like heck will leave here 8:15 did you get the shopping done. Felix
Hello Ann and Rich, Got your letter today. Was here yesterday but I had to pay 3 cents to get it so I didn’t get it till today. The pictures were pretty good. too bad some of them were sorta dark. We haven’t done a damn thing since I got back, last night we went
Reelfoot Lake is in Tennessee. Perhaps Felix was returning to Texas via Tennessee from a Furlough in Michigan.
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
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
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