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Chief Clerk of Everything

August 24 and 27, 1943. A letter home to Albany from Dad while stationed in Topeka.  It looks like he is back into the swing of things having been back at camp for a week since his furlough, even though he reminisces “when I was home mama fixed up such eats which I never get … Continue reading »

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Too Darn Fast Back to Camp

August 18 & 21, 1943. Dad writes two relatively brief letters home after his furlough. He is getting back into the swing of things in the office at Topeka Army Air Base after two weeks off and a visit home. The train ride to Topeka from Albany took 25 ½ hours. In Dad’s estimation, it … Continue reading »

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We Miss that Good Old Keilbasy

February 22 & 24, 1943. Two letters home from Dad. Dad passes along the news that he began his training at the Savanna Ordnance School on the 22nd and that he has access to the typewriters in the classroom between 6 and 9 in the evening. In an earlier letter Anna asked if the tape … Continue reading »

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Daddy Says I Should Send You Golombki

February 6, 1943. Anna writes to Dad. “Today is Eddie’s birthday and he is 24 years old.  What an old man he is already.” They are experiencing temperature swings in Albany; one day it is freezing cold and the next day it is warm, muggy and rainy. Little Theresa Marie has a sore throat and … Continue reading »

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