Letter: 23 Sept 1943
Title
Letter: 23 Sept 1943
Description
FROM [Printed in black on top-left corner of envelope]
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
S.C.U. 1961 – 16
CAMP LOCKETT, CALIF
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF SEP 27 1943 5 PM [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope]
FREE
1[Stamped in black, along with eight lines]
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
USO UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS [Stamped in blue on top-center of back of envelope]
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9-23-43
Dear Mama –
Just a few lines to let you know that I am feeling fine and I hope you are the same. I received a letter from you today that was mailed last Saturday so you can see how my mail is mixed up. Well, winter time is setting in up here in the mountains and it is getting pretty cool. If Ola was up here I know she would nearly freeze to death. Mama, I am pretty sure of getting a discharge now so maybe I will be home between now and this coming Christmas.
Last night the Camel Caravan was here and it was a really a good show. A bunch of us were going up to
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Los Angeles & Hollywood for the week end but on account of the strike up there no passes are being issued. I am still working in the clothing warehouse but about all we do is to sit around. There is about 100 men here waiting on a discharge and you can’t see anything wrong with about 99% of them.
Mama, you should be getting some mail from me as I have been writing pretty regular. This morning we had a heavy fog and you could hardly see fifty feet away from you. I was on K.P. Thursday and this one was one of the hardest I have ever put in. One good
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thing about this camp is that we have the best food and cooks that I have seen in the army. I didn’t know until today that I was sleeping in a graveyard but we have one right beside our barracks. Three pioneer men and one woman are buried here and their graves are well taken care of and also fenced in. Tomorrow is Sunday and I have nothing to do so I might go over to San Diego or Tia Juana and see a bull fight. Mom, I will close now but I should know some time this coming week what I am going to do.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
S.C.U. 1961 – 16
CAMP LOCKETT, CALIF
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF SEP 27 1943 5 PM [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope]
FREE
1[Stamped in black, along with eight lines]
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
USO UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS [Stamped in blue on top-center of back of envelope]
__
9-23-43
Dear Mama –
Just a few lines to let you know that I am feeling fine and I hope you are the same. I received a letter from you today that was mailed last Saturday so you can see how my mail is mixed up. Well, winter time is setting in up here in the mountains and it is getting pretty cool. If Ola was up here I know she would nearly freeze to death. Mama, I am pretty sure of getting a discharge now so maybe I will be home between now and this coming Christmas.
Last night the Camel Caravan was here and it was a really a good show. A bunch of us were going up to
(2)[Page 2]
Los Angeles & Hollywood for the week end but on account of the strike up there no passes are being issued. I am still working in the clothing warehouse but about all we do is to sit around. There is about 100 men here waiting on a discharge and you can’t see anything wrong with about 99% of them.
Mama, you should be getting some mail from me as I have been writing pretty regular. This morning we had a heavy fog and you could hardly see fifty feet away from you. I was on K.P. Thursday and this one was one of the hardest I have ever put in. One good
(3)[Page 3]
thing about this camp is that we have the best food and cooks that I have seen in the army. I didn’t know until today that I was sleeping in a graveyard but we have one right beside our barracks. Three pioneer men and one woman are buried here and their graves are well taken care of and also fenced in. Tomorrow is Sunday and I have nothing to do so I might go over to San Diego or Tia Juana and see a bull fight. Mom, I will close now but I should know some time this coming week what I am going to do.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
Creator
Ruse Sullivan
Publisher
Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division
Date
23 Sept 1943
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
War-Letters-23Sept1943
Original Format
paper
Files
Citation
Ruse Sullivan, “Letter: 23 Sept 1943,” Mobile Public Library Digital Collections, accessed March 6, 2026, https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/5768.