Letter: 27 Sept 1943
Title
Letter: 27 Sept 1943
Description
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
S.C.U. 1961 – 16
CAMP LOCKETT, CALIF
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF SEP 29 1943 5 PM [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope]
FREE [Partially covered by a stamp, printed in black, with lines and a “1”]
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
USO UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS [Stamped in blue on top-center of back of envelope]
__
9-27-43
Dear Mama –
I hope this finds you feeling fine as I am getting along O.K. We hardly have any work to do but I have an appetite like a horse. We are having some pretty cool weather but it sure makes you feel a whole lot better. Mama, you asked me what size sweater I wore well, don’t send me one until I het[let] you know as I will probably be out of the army before then. If I happen to get discharged from here I will probably go up to L.A. for a day or two to visit some friends that I will probably never see again. Mama, it is kind of hard to
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write as there is not very many places to go and we don’t get to see very much. There is a guy sleeping close to me that has a wife living in Whistler. He said her father works at the Alabama and is a foreman named Hames. There is another fellow in here named Graves from Troy, Ala. that has a car and if we get out at the same time he wants me to ride back with he and his wife. I wrote Ola a letter yesterday so I guess she will be surprised. Tell Anna that I was glad to hear from her and I will try to answer it tomorrow.
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We have one fellow in here getting a discharge for being crazy and we nearly die laughing at him. When it comes down to sense though, he as[has] as much brains as any of us. Well, there isn’t anything else to write so I will close for now.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
S.C.U. 1961 – 16
CAMP LOCKETT, CALIF
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF SEP 29 1943 5 PM [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope]
FREE [Partially covered by a stamp, printed in black, with lines and a “1”]
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
USO UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS [Stamped in blue on top-center of back of envelope]
__
9-27-43
Dear Mama –
I hope this finds you feeling fine as I am getting along O.K. We hardly have any work to do but I have an appetite like a horse. We are having some pretty cool weather but it sure makes you feel a whole lot better. Mama, you asked me what size sweater I wore well, don’t send me one until I het[let] you know as I will probably be out of the army before then. If I happen to get discharged from here I will probably go up to L.A. for a day or two to visit some friends that I will probably never see again. Mama, it is kind of hard to
(2)[Page 2]
write as there is not very many places to go and we don’t get to see very much. There is a guy sleeping close to me that has a wife living in Whistler. He said her father works at the Alabama and is a foreman named Hames. There is another fellow in here named Graves from Troy, Ala. that has a car and if we get out at the same time he wants me to ride back with he and his wife. I wrote Ola a letter yesterday so I guess she will be surprised. Tell Anna that I was glad to hear from her and I will try to answer it tomorrow.
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We have one fellow in here getting a discharge for being crazy and we nearly die laughing at him. When it comes down to sense though, he as[has] as much brains as any of us. Well, there isn’t anything else to write so I will close for now.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
Creator
Ruse Sullivan
Publisher
Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division
Date
27 Sept 1943
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
War-Letters-27Sept1943
Original Format
paper
Files
Citation
Ruse Sullivan, “Letter: 27 Sept 1943,” Mobile Public Library Digital Collections, accessed March 6, 2026, https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/5769.