Letter: 29 Sept 1943
Title
Letter: 29 Sept 1943
Description
A.S.N. 34336941
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
S.C.U. 1961 – 16
CAMP LOCKETT, CALIF.
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF SEP 30 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
18
USO UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS [Stamped in blue on top-center of back of envelope]
__
9-29-43
Dear Mama –
Just a few line to let you know that I am feeling fine and I hope this finds you well. I received three letters from you today and I was sure glad to get them. Out here we have one heck of a time getting our mail. Well, I am almost certain of getting a discharge and I should have it before the middle of next month. Tomorrow is pay day but I doubt very much whether I will get paid here as I don’t belong to this company but am just attached here. One of our boys has a radio so we are
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listening to Kay Kyser tonight. It is just 9 P.M. back home. Last night another fellow and myself got out an electric iron and gave our winter clothes a good pressing. If I get out anyways soon I am going to wear my winter clothes even if it is warm weather. I’ll wear these because the ones we wear home are the ones we get to keep.
One of our boys got a fractured leg last week so I went to see him tonight and he reminded me of little Janelle. He is just a kid and already has the bottom of the cast broke from trying to walk on it. Mama, there isn’t anything to write about so I will close for now.
If any mail comes home for me don’t open it but put it in another envelope and send it here.
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 30 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
18
USO UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS [Stamped in blue on top-center of back of envelope]
__
9-29-43
Dear Mama –
Just a few line to let you know that I am feeling fine and I hope this finds you well. I received three letters from you today and I was sure glad to get them. Out here we have one heck of a time getting our mail. Well, I am almost certain of getting a discharge and I should have it before the middle of next month. Tomorrow is pay day but I doubt very much whether I will get paid here as I don’t belong to this company but am just attached here. One of our boys has a radio so we are
(2)[Page 2]
listening to Kay Kyser tonight. It is just 9 P.M. back home. Last night another fellow and myself got out an electric iron and gave our winter clothes a good pressing. If I get out anyways soon I am going to wear my winter clothes even if it is warm weather. I’ll wear these because the ones we wear home are the ones we get to keep.
One of our boys got a fractured leg last week so I went to see him tonight and he reminded me of little Janelle. He is just a kid and already has the bottom of the cast broke from trying to walk on it. Mama, there isn’t anything to write about so I will close for now.
If any mail comes home for me don’t open it but put it in another envelope and send it here.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
Creator
Ruse Sullivan
Publisher
Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division
Date
29 Sept 1943
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
War-Letters-29Sept1943
Original Format
paper
Files
Citation
Ruse Sullivan, “Letter: 29 Sept 1943,” Mobile Public Library Digital Collections, accessed March 6, 2026, https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/5770.