Letter: 30 May 1943
Title
Letter: 30 May 1943
Description
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
3457TH ORD. A. M. CO.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
2 PHOENIX ARIZ. MAY 31 1943 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope]
[Red postage stamp on top-right of envelope, shows an airplane with “AIR 6¢
MAIL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” at the bottom]
AIR MAIL
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
__
5-30-43
Dear Mama –
Just a few lines tonight to let you know that I am feeling fine and hope you and everyone is the same. I just came off guard last night and have been sleeping nearly all day. It is about all that I can do to find time to write as we are all as busy as we can be packing up. About 20 of the fellows are leaving tomorrow to get things ready for us when we come down. Well, my new address will be the same except I will be in Camp Lockett, California. This camp is up in the mountains on the Mexican border sixty miles south of San Diego. I am real anxious to go, for one thing they sleep under blankets nearly all summer. We won’t be close to any town except El Centro, Calif. And that is about forty miles. You get passes on weekends and trucks to take you to different places and bring you back Sunday night. On these trips you can go over into Mexicali and really have a good time.
(OVER).
About once a month or twice you can go up to L.A. & Hollywood for three days at a time. Another good thing is that when I get a furlough I can take the train right in the camp and go all the way to New Orleans. Some of my buddies have been down there for about three months and wouldn’t move if they had a chance. If things work out alright I’ll probably get my furlough next month. I had a physical exam. Last week and I am in perfect health and weigh 180. The doctor told me that I would get my teeth all fixed down there as that is our headquarters and they have their own hospital. When I come home I will really have some tales to tell you of some of the places and things that I have seen. You might not be able to read this as I am writing it on my knee. Well, I will close until tomorrow and shave & go to bed.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
Keep writing me in Phoenix until I tell you.
3457TH ORD. A. M. CO.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
2 PHOENIX ARIZ. MAY 31 1943 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope]
[Red postage stamp on top-right of envelope, shows an airplane with “AIR 6¢
MAIL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” at the bottom]
AIR MAIL
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
__
5-30-43
Dear Mama –
Just a few lines tonight to let you know that I am feeling fine and hope you and everyone is the same. I just came off guard last night and have been sleeping nearly all day. It is about all that I can do to find time to write as we are all as busy as we can be packing up. About 20 of the fellows are leaving tomorrow to get things ready for us when we come down. Well, my new address will be the same except I will be in Camp Lockett, California. This camp is up in the mountains on the Mexican border sixty miles south of San Diego. I am real anxious to go, for one thing they sleep under blankets nearly all summer. We won’t be close to any town except El Centro, Calif. And that is about forty miles. You get passes on weekends and trucks to take you to different places and bring you back Sunday night. On these trips you can go over into Mexicali and really have a good time.
(OVER).
About once a month or twice you can go up to L.A. & Hollywood for three days at a time. Another good thing is that when I get a furlough I can take the train right in the camp and go all the way to New Orleans. Some of my buddies have been down there for about three months and wouldn’t move if they had a chance. If things work out alright I’ll probably get my furlough next month. I had a physical exam. Last week and I am in perfect health and weigh 180. The doctor told me that I would get my teeth all fixed down there as that is our headquarters and they have their own hospital. When I come home I will really have some tales to tell you of some of the places and things that I have seen. You might not be able to read this as I am writing it on my knee. Well, I will close until tomorrow and shave & go to bed.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
Keep writing me in Phoenix until I tell you.
Creator
Ruse Sullivan
Publisher
Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division
Date
30 May 1943
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
War-Letters-30May1943
Original Format
Paper
Files
Citation
Ruse Sullivan, “Letter: 30 May 1943,” Mobile Public Library Digital Collections, accessed March 7, 2026, https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/5746.