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Tagged With: Betty Grable

All Set to Be Seeing You

July 31 & August 3 & 4, 1943. A few notes home from Dad as he is preparing for his furlough, his first since being sent to Camp Upton in January.  In his letter of the 31st he writes that he signed his furlough papers and will have his furlough from August 5th to the … Continue reading »

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Articles of War

July 5 & 7, 1943. Dad writes two letters home to Albany from Topeka. The first is relatively short. In it he explains that his rating for Corporal has been held up by the higher ups considering whether his boss (T/Sgt. Ball) gets his promotion at the same time. Apparently both Dad’s and T/Sgt. Ball’s … Continue reading »

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