Letter: 20 Oct 1943
Title
Letter: 20 Oct 1943
Description
[Printed on the top-left of envelope in red, the national coat of arms symbol for the United States]
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
S.C.U. 1961 – 16
UNITED STATES ARMY [Printed in red]
CAMP LOCKETT, CALIF.
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF OCT 21 1943 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center-right of envelope]
[Red postage stamp on top-right of envelope, shows an airplane with “AIR 6¢ MAIL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” at the bottom]
[A partial stamp, printed in black with lines and a “1”, partially covering the postage stamp]
VIA AIR MAIL [Printed in blue on top-right side of envelope]
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
Zone 18
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UNITED STATES ARMY [Printed on the top-center of first page in red, under the symbol of U.S. national coat of arms]
Oct. 20-1943
Dear Mama –
Well, I haven’t anything to write but this will let you know that I am doing fine. I hope this finds you well and that your finger is a lot better. Mama, it is really wintertime out here in the mountains and we will probably have snow anytime. Sometimes the clouds are so low that we can’t see the mountain tops. Well, a few men are getting discharged every day so I should be out sometime between now and Nov. 1. I am not doing much but eating and sleeping and I really do a lot of both. Try to do without a heater until I get home and I will try and get us a good one. Our barracks sit over half way up a mountain and we have two oil heaters that keep this place plenty warm. I have you a virgin wool muffler, army issue,
(2)[Page 2]
UNITED STATES ARMY [Printed on the top-center of second page in red, under the symbol of U.S. national coat of arms]
If I can just find room to bring all my stuff home. I wasn’t going to bring my overcoat home but it looks like I will have to wear it until I get in another climate. I always wanted to see California but with the exception of a few cities they can give it all away. Mom, there isn’t any news so I will close, doubting if you can read it from the positions I write in.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN
S.C.U. 1961 – 16
UNITED STATES ARMY [Printed in red]
CAMP LOCKETT, CALIF.
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF OCT 21 1943 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center-right of envelope]
[Red postage stamp on top-right of envelope, shows an airplane with “AIR 6¢ MAIL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” at the bottom]
[A partial stamp, printed in black with lines and a “1”, partially covering the postage stamp]
VIA AIR MAIL [Printed in blue on top-right side of envelope]
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, Alabama
Zone 18
__
UNITED STATES ARMY [Printed on the top-center of first page in red, under the symbol of U.S. national coat of arms]
Oct. 20-1943
Dear Mama –
Well, I haven’t anything to write but this will let you know that I am doing fine. I hope this finds you well and that your finger is a lot better. Mama, it is really wintertime out here in the mountains and we will probably have snow anytime. Sometimes the clouds are so low that we can’t see the mountain tops. Well, a few men are getting discharged every day so I should be out sometime between now and Nov. 1. I am not doing much but eating and sleeping and I really do a lot of both. Try to do without a heater until I get home and I will try and get us a good one. Our barracks sit over half way up a mountain and we have two oil heaters that keep this place plenty warm. I have you a virgin wool muffler, army issue,
(2)[Page 2]
UNITED STATES ARMY [Printed on the top-center of second page in red, under the symbol of U.S. national coat of arms]
If I can just find room to bring all my stuff home. I wasn’t going to bring my overcoat home but it looks like I will have to wear it until I get in another climate. I always wanted to see California but with the exception of a few cities they can give it all away. Mom, there isn’t any news so I will close, doubting if you can read it from the positions I write in.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
Creator
Ruse Sullivan
Publisher
Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division
Date
20 Oct 1943
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
War-Letters-20Oct1943
Original Format
paper
Files
Citation
Ruse Sullivan, “Letter: 20 Oct 1943,” Mobile Public Library Digital Collections, accessed March 6, 2026, https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/5782.