{"id":858,"date":"1943-04-08T18:30:50","date_gmt":"1943-04-08T18:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?p=858"},"modified":"2019-06-05T16:10:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:10:37","slug":"we-had-asparagus-for-sunday-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?p=858","title":{"rendered":"we had asparagus for Sunday dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_1-823x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_1-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"863\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?attachment_id=863\" class=\"wp-image-863\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_1-823x1024.jpg 823w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_1-241x300.jpg 241w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_1-768x956.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_2-823x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_2-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"862\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?attachment_id=862\" class=\"wp-image-862\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_2-823x1024.jpg 823w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_2-241x300.jpg 241w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_2-768x956.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_3-819x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_3-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"861\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?attachment_id=861\" class=\"wp-image-861\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_3-819x1024.jpg 819w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_3-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_3-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_4-820x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_4-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"860\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?attachment_id=860\" class=\"wp-image-860\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_4-820x1024.jpg 820w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_4-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.4.8_4-768x959.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>T\/5 Felix E. Swehla<br>Co. B. 803 T.D. Bn.<br>Pine Camp<br>New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POSTMARKED<br>WATERTOWN, Ny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>APR 9<br>1130 AM<br>1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FREE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Richard Drodt<br>Ida<br>Michigan<br>Pine Camp New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 8, 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Annie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll write\nyou a few lines. I just wrote to Harold Geartner and John Rahls. I wrote a real\nlong one to Harold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was on\nguard last night and this morning so I had rest of the day off made good use of\nit writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got your letter yesterday and one from Ben and Helen each the yours XX was to Fort Dix and the other two come from Texas so you see how late some of my mail reached me. I hope we stay here longer so I don&#8217;t have to change addresses so often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You wrote about Rich cutting weeds so the asparagus could be found better, any how we had asparagus for Sunday dinner boy it was good such healthy stalks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I suppose Ben\ntold you about us being in Pine Camp. I like it here pretty nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its been\nawful cold here Monday it was about 5\u00ba above, last night it snowed alltho today\nit warmed up a little<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw that\nshow White Cargo in New York that time I was there on that three day pass. I\nlike it real well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Gol Darn) what kind of a fellow did Garnet fine deaf + dumb of all thingsI  Sure hope she doesn&#8217;t marry him I&#8217;d hate to have to talk to him. Ha. Ha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Caitlin&#8217;s note &#8211; Garnet (Felix&#8217;s cousin)  did marry Von, a lovely man who was deaf, but not in the least dumb.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boy my hand\nis getting tired of writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have 150\nWasc here in Camp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday night\nI met on(e) at the Service Club. She is from Coldwater Mich, Boy we really cut\nit off dancing together that old Michigan Strut ha. Aha. Pretty darn nice when\nwe don&#8217;t even have to leave camp to get a date Eh. I am suppost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see her to\nnight again, I hope she isn&#8217;t on K.P. Or something. Ha. Ha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess we aren&#8217;t going to have it so sfot before long. They say we will train 7 days a week and 18 hours a day. We will start that soon as we get our M.10 you probably saw pictures of them in Monroe paper (I did) in case you don&#8217;t no yet M10 is almost like a tank. Right now we are getting lectures on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How did you\nlike that picture I sent home of our Co?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess the\nis very pretty country in summer, they say there are some 1000 Islands at the\nmouth of the St. Laurence river its a real summer resort I would like to go\nthere in the summer its only 50 or 60 miles from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>well I have\nto get ready for guard mount \u201c or get dismerited\u201d only have about \u00bd hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good Bye,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felix<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its still\nsnowing out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\/5 Felix E. SwehlaCo. B. 803 T.D. Bn.Pine CampNew York POSTMARKEDWATERTOWN, Ny APR 91130 AM1943 FREE Mrs. Richard DrodtIdaMichiganPine Camp New York April 8, 1943 Dear Annie I&#8217;ll write you a few lines. I just wrote to Harold Geartner and John Rahls. I wrote a real long one to Harold. 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