Letter: 6 Oct 1943
Title
Letter: 6 Oct 1943
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FROM [Printed in blue in top-left corner of envelope]
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
S.C.U. 1961 – 16
CAMP LOCKETT, CALIF.
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF OCT 7 1943 5 PM [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope]
FREE
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan [Partially covered by a stamp, printed in black, with lines and a “1”]
2152 Senator St. 16
Mobile, Alabama
USO UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS [Stamped in blue on top-center of back of envelope]
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Oct. 6 - 1943
Dear Mama –
I hope this finds you feeling fine as I am doing fine after a busy two or three days. The forest fire got worse and they kept us on the alert until last night. Yesterday afternoon a navy plane made a forced landing on our parade ground and luckily no one was hurt. Three men had to bail out and one hit in a tree and got scratched up a bit. We still don’t know how many were hurt and killed in the fire but it must have been quite a few. Men are getting discharged out of here every day but the bunch I came in
(2)[Page 2] with are still waiting for our papers to come through. All we know is that we are subject to be called in any day now and get our papers and money, then take of[off] on our own. Tell Ola not to get frightened if I send her a telegram some day or night because when I am released I want you to know it. When I get out it will take me six or seven days to get home as a friends of mine and myself will probably stop in L.A. and Hollywood for a day or two. I can also get a heck of a lot better train connections from up there.
I still haven’t gotten paid but we will probably draw a partial pay this week. If I stay here much longer I will be too lazy to go to work when I do get home. About all we do is lay around the warehouse and we don’t even have to go out for drilling with the rest of the company. Mama, a tech sgt. that I run around with might come through Mobile with me. We just me when we moved in here, he is a tank mechanic from Seely, Calif., and lives in northern Vermont. There is no town around here to go to so we just hang around the camp together like two lost brothers.
A friend of mine from Long Island was discharged and his mother who is quite old, couldn’t believe it until his sister read her the papers twice. There is another big stage show here tomorrow night so I will probably go see it. We have a big open air theatre here that is really a beautiful place to see. Most of it is cut out of solid rock and is called Merritt Bowl. Mom, I am getting sleepy so I will close for now, so
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
We listen at the World Series out here at 10:30 A.M.
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
S.C.U. 1961 – 16
CAMP LOCKETT, CALIF.
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF OCT 7 1943 5 PM [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope]
FREE
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan [Partially covered by a stamp, printed in black, with lines and a “1”]
2152 Senator St. 16
Mobile, Alabama
USO UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS [Stamped in blue on top-center of back of envelope]
__
Oct. 6 - 1943
Dear Mama –
I hope this finds you feeling fine as I am doing fine after a busy two or three days. The forest fire got worse and they kept us on the alert until last night. Yesterday afternoon a navy plane made a forced landing on our parade ground and luckily no one was hurt. Three men had to bail out and one hit in a tree and got scratched up a bit. We still don’t know how many were hurt and killed in the fire but it must have been quite a few. Men are getting discharged out of here every day but the bunch I came in
(2)[Page 2] with are still waiting for our papers to come through. All we know is that we are subject to be called in any day now and get our papers and money, then take of[off] on our own. Tell Ola not to get frightened if I send her a telegram some day or night because when I am released I want you to know it. When I get out it will take me six or seven days to get home as a friends of mine and myself will probably stop in L.A. and Hollywood for a day or two. I can also get a heck of a lot better train connections from up there.
I still haven’t gotten paid but we will probably draw a partial pay this week. If I stay here much longer I will be too lazy to go to work when I do get home. About all we do is lay around the warehouse and we don’t even have to go out for drilling with the rest of the company. Mama, a tech sgt. that I run around with might come through Mobile with me. We just me when we moved in here, he is a tank mechanic from Seely, Calif., and lives in northern Vermont. There is no town around here to go to so we just hang around the camp together like two lost brothers.
A friend of mine from Long Island was discharged and his mother who is quite old, couldn’t believe it until his sister read her the papers twice. There is another big stage show here tomorrow night so I will probably go see it. We have a big open air theatre here that is really a beautiful place to see. Most of it is cut out of solid rock and is called Merritt Bowl. Mom, I am getting sleepy so I will close for now, so
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
We listen at the World Series out here at 10:30 A.M.
Creator
Ruse Sullivan
Publisher
Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division
Date
6 Oct 1943
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
War-Letters-6 Oct 1943
Original Format
paper
Files
Citation
Ruse Sullivan, “Letter: 6 Oct 1943,” Mobile Public Library Digital Collections, accessed March 6, 2026, https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/5772.