{"id":887,"date":"1943-05-23T16:30:06","date_gmt":"1943-05-23T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?p=887"},"modified":"2019-06-05T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:08:10","slug":"may-23-1943-he-sure-is-a-dilly-for-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/?p=887","title":{"rendered":"He sure is a dilly for inspection"},"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\/1943.5.23_env_Reduced-1024x611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"611\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_env_Reduced-1024x611.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"893\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/blog\/1943\/05\/23\/may-23-1943-he-sure-is-a-dilly-for-inspection\/letter-from-felix-swehla-to-ann-drodt-may-23-1943-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-893\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_env_Reduced-1024x611.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_env_Reduced-300x179.jpg 300w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_env_Reduced-768x458.jpg 768w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_env_Reduced.jpg 1956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_1_Reduced-821x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_1_Reduced-821x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"891\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/blog\/1943\/05\/23\/may-23-1943-he-sure-is-a-dilly-for-inspection\/letter-from-felix-swehla-to-ann-drodt-may-23-1943\/\" class=\"wp-image-891\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_1_Reduced-821x1024.jpg 821w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_1_Reduced-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_1_Reduced-768x958.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_2_Reduced-822x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_2_Reduced-822x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"892\" data-link=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/blog\/1943\/05\/23\/may-23-1943-he-sure-is-a-dilly-for-inspection\/letter-from-felix-swehla-to-ann-drodt-may-23-1943-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-892\" srcset=\"http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_2_Reduced-822x1024.jpg 822w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_2_Reduced-241x300.jpg 241w, http:\/\/caitlinpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1943.5.23_2_Reduced-768x957.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>F. Swehla<br>Co B 803 T.D.<br>Pine Camp<br>New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POSTMARKED<br>WATERTOWN<br>MAY 23<br>4:30 PM<br>1943<br>N.Y.<br>FREE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Richard Drodt<br>Ida Michigan<br>Pine Camp N.Y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 22, 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Ann,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just now\ngot your card and one yesterday. I am glad Ben is getting better, this would be\nheck of a time to be laid up. One good thing Art is there. He can keep the work\ncaugh up pretty well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think we\nwill be moving now in the next week or two. I think we will be going back to\nN.Y. Or New Jersey then across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish I\ncould have come home once more while I was so close. Maybe I can make it from\nour next stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a very\nnice day to day. Yesterday it rained like sixty all day long. It is getting\npretty warm here now. The flowers are beginning to bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have the\nweek end off I can&#8217;t do much because I don&#8217;t have much money. I am going to\nWatertown for a while tonight to pass the time away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw my name\nin the Petersburg paper. Did you put it in? I wonder who put it in the Monroe\npaper. Did you see it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish I had\na drink of Rich&#8217;s sour wine. I feel so thirsty today. Ha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a\ntough inspection this morning. I passed it in flying colors. Boy we sure have\nto keep things in tip top shape for this Capt. He sure is a dilly for\ninspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know\nmuch more to write. Any how they just called chow so I better get going if I\nwant any. (Here I go)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had meat\nballs not so good but I am full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good Bye<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F. SwehlaCo B 803 T.D.Pine CampNew York POSTMARKEDWATERTOWNMAY 234:30 PM1943N.Y.FREE Mrs. Richard DrodtIda MichiganPine Camp N.Y. May 22, 1943 Dear Ann, I just now got your card and one yesterday. I am glad Ben is getting better, this would be heck of a time to be laid up. One good thing Art is there. 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