Tagged With: Furlough
Bup
February 15 and 17, 1944: Two letters from home. The boys get a debrief on Valentine’s Day back home, Anna and Eddie take the baby for a visit to relatives in Cohoes, and there is more news about the baby. With the 14th being Valentine’s Day, Anna writes that Eddie “brought home a two pond … Continue reading
Sort of a Salesman
February 12 and 16, 1944: Dad writes two letters home from Topeka Army Air Base while stationed at the HQ Squadron of the 21st Bomb Wing. Dad is looking forward to going home on his furlough and is dealing with it being delayed and its conditions being changed on him. He also writes to explain … Continue reading
He Was at Pearl Harbor
February 7, 10 & 11, 1943. A few letters to the boys from back home. Everybody is in a celebratory mood, with Eddie having just turned twenty-five, and Eddie’s Uncle Leo home from an extended tour with the Navy. Although Dad has not been away as long as Uncle Leo, Anna writes that they are looking … Continue reading
The Pleasant Experience of Army Life
February 5, 6 & 9, 1944: Three relatively short letters home from Dad while he is stationed with the HQ Squadron of the 21st Bomb Wing at Topeka Army Air Base. He is working out the final details of his upcoming furlough and describes some of the routine daily things that happen on base. As … Continue reading
She Completely Owns Him
February 1 and 4, 1944: two letters from home. For the most part the first letter of February 1944 is all about the baby. Aside from that, Anna expresses some concern that the letters from Dad seem to be coming less often. She also fills her brothers in on some news about a few of … Continue reading
Pin Them Stripes on Mama and Daddy
January 24 and 30, 1944: two letters home from Dad while he is stationed with the 2nd Bomb Wing in Topeka. Dad has a few more things to say about his promotion to Staff Sergeant. He is keeping up with the war news, is planning for an upcoming furlough, and provides some color as to … Continue reading
She Will Salute You
January 4 and 7 1944 – two letters from Albany to the boys. Anna reports that there is not much news to report, but nonetheless manages to type two pages single spaced for each of the letters. With a 14 month old child, Anna and Eddie did not bother to go out on New Year’s … Continue reading
Mama Just Isn’t the Same Now
November 9th and 12th 1943. Two letters from Anna. The word has hit home that Stanley has been shipped overseas, the baby finally gets the playpen that Eddie’s parents were hoping to buy for her, there is a new tenant in the house on Second Street and they took the baby with them to visit … Continue reading
Registering Day
October 21, 1943. A letter from Anna in Albany to her brothers. Anna gets them all caught up on the comings and goings in the neighborhood, passes along more news about the baby’s latest antics and has complaints about her mother’s stinginess with using fuel for the furnace. Rationing is still in effect, and in … Continue reading
Some of the Swellest Guys
October 5, 1943. A letter to Dad from Joe Damusis. Dad met Joe while he was at Savanna Ordnance School during the last two weeks in February 1943 and they have kept in touch since. Joe has just returned back to Pendleton Field, Oregon from a furlough during which he traveled back home to Brooklyn. … Continue reading