Letter: 25 Nov 1943
Title
Letter: 25 Nov 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.
AIR MAIL
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF NOV 26 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 both the postage stamp and the word “Sullivan”]
AIR MAIL
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, 18 Alabama
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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]
Nov. 25-1943
Dear Mama –
I would have written sooner but I thought I was going to get out and I was going to wire home. This leaves me feeling fine and I hope this find you well by now. My papers are all in and I should be out within two weeks. Mom, we are really having some cold weather and I think I will carry my overcoat instead of shipping it home. Well this is Thanksgiving and I would sure like to be home with you or else I wish you could have shared my dinner with me. We had everything imaginable and I will bring the menu home for you to see. We got off at 11 A.M., ate at 12:15 and just layed around all the afternoon. If this camp was only close to a nice town it would be a soldiers paradise.
There is just two of us in the barracks tonight and this kid tried to get a discharge and they couldn’t find anything wrong with him. Well, I am listening to his ailments, more thane[than] one hundred I think, and if he doesn’t shut up pretty quick I will be nuts. He goes on like this every day by the hour so I either have to go out or go to bed to get away from him. Since being in this company I have worked in the clothing warehouse so much that I will be able to go to work for The Leader or some other Kike store. Well, I’ll close now hoping to hear from you and that you are well.
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.
AIR MAIL
CAMP LOCKETT CALIF NOV 26 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 both the postage stamp and the word “Sullivan”]
AIR MAIL
Mrs. D.O. Sullivan
2152 Senator St.
Mobile, 18 Alabama
__
UNITED STATES ARMY [Printed on the top-center of first page in red, under the symbol of U.S. national coat of arms]
Nov. 25-1943
Dear Mama –
I would have written sooner but I thought I was going to get out and I was going to wire home. This leaves me feeling fine and I hope this find you well by now. My papers are all in and I should be out within two weeks. Mom, we are really having some cold weather and I think I will carry my overcoat instead of shipping it home. Well this is Thanksgiving and I would sure like to be home with you or else I wish you could have shared my dinner with me. We had everything imaginable and I will bring the menu home for you to see. We got off at 11 A.M., ate at 12:15 and just layed around all the afternoon. If this camp was only close to a nice town it would be a soldiers paradise.
There is just two of us in the barracks tonight and this kid tried to get a discharge and they couldn’t find anything wrong with him. Well, I am listening to his ailments, more thane[than] one hundred I think, and if he doesn’t shut up pretty quick I will be nuts. He goes on like this every day by the hour so I either have to go out or go to bed to get away from him. Since being in this company I have worked in the clothing warehouse so much that I will be able to go to work for The Leader or some other Kike store. Well, I’ll close now hoping to hear from you and that you are well.
Goodnight
Lots & lots of love & kisses
Bill
Creator
Ruse Sullivan
Publisher
Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division
Date
25 Nov 1943
Type
Correspondence
Identifier
War-Letters-25Nov1943
Original Format
paper
Files
Citation
Ruse Sullivan, “Letter: 25 Nov 1943,” Mobile Public Library Digital Collections, accessed March 6, 2026, https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/5786.