Letter: 14 Jul 1943 #1 (Sent with 13 Jul 1943 letter)
Title
Letter: 14 Jul 1943 #1 (Sent with 13 Jul 1943 letter)
Description
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
3457th ORD. MED. A. M. CO.
DETACHMENT
RANDOLPH PARK
TUCSON, ARIZONA
TUCSON ARIZ. JUL 15 1943 11 AM [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope]
FREE
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
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July 14 - 1943
Dear Mama –
Just a few lines to let you know that I am feeling fine and hope you are the same. There is no one in the parts section today but me so I am writing this as I find time. I haven’t heard from you in a few days so I am waiting on the mail call to see if I have any letters which I hope I have. A lot of the fellows here are trying to get a transfer into another outfit and if things don’t change I might put in my application for something else. When we moved down here some of my equipment and money was lost so I will be out that I guess unless it happens to be found. One of our men just came by and told me that I had plenty of mail so I can hardly wait until 4:30 for mail call.
The sky is getting cloudy back over in the mountains and I sure hope we have some rain tonight because it sure does make good sleeping. Some of the fellows that are married and come down with us are already having trouble with their wives running around back in Phoenix. I really feel sorry for some of these boys as they are just about Gene’s and Gerald’s age.
Mama, I’ll bet Inez’s baby is cute and I would sure like to see her and by the way how is little old Janelle making out. Well, I guess when I get home the kids will hardly know me and I will hardly know them. One thing when I do get home I won’t be so heavy because you just seem to sweat your weight off out here but you also seem to feel better when you do sweat. I guess D is still making plenty of money and keeping it as usual and people like that are the very ones that talk about soldiers raising hell.
Mama, from all I can gather by reading the Mobile papers it really must be some place since I left. Out of all the places I have been in if I had to pick a place out of Mobile to live in it would be Salinas, California. I will have to close now but say hello to everyone for me.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
3457th ORD. MED. A. M. CO.
DETACHMENT
RANDOLPH PARK
TUCSON, ARIZONA
TUCSON ARIZ. JUL 15 1943 11 AM [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope]
FREE
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
__
July 14 - 1943
Dear Mama –
Just a few lines to let you know that I am feeling fine and hope you are the same. There is no one in the parts section today but me so I am writing this as I find time. I haven’t heard from you in a few days so I am waiting on the mail call to see if I have any letters which I hope I have. A lot of the fellows here are trying to get a transfer into another outfit and if things don’t change I might put in my application for something else. When we moved down here some of my equipment and money was lost so I will be out that I guess unless it happens to be found. One of our men just came by and told me that I had plenty of mail so I can hardly wait until 4:30 for mail call.
The sky is getting cloudy back over in the mountains and I sure hope we have some rain tonight because it sure does make good sleeping. Some of the fellows that are married and come down with us are already having trouble with their wives running around back in Phoenix. I really feel sorry for some of these boys as they are just about Gene’s and Gerald’s age.
Mama, I’ll bet Inez’s baby is cute and I would sure like to see her and by the way how is little old Janelle making out. Well, I guess when I get home the kids will hardly know me and I will hardly know them. One thing when I do get home I won’t be so heavy because you just seem to sweat your weight off out here but you also seem to feel better when you do sweat. I guess D is still making plenty of money and keeping it as usual and people like that are the very ones that talk about soldiers raising hell.
Mama, from all I can gather by reading the Mobile papers it really must be some place since I left. Out of all the places I have been in if I had to pick a place out of Mobile to live in it would be Salinas, California. I will have to close now but say hello to everyone for me.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
Creator
Ruse Sullivan
Publisher
Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division
Date
14 Jul 1943
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
War-Letters-14Jul1943-#1
Original Format
Paper
Files
Citation
Ruse Sullivan, “Letter: 14 Jul 1943 #1 (Sent with 13 Jul 1943 letter),” Mobile Public Library Digital Collections, accessed March 7, 2026, https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/5751.