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Object ID |
2024.010.032 |
Title |
Letter from William (Bill) Turner to his mother |
Document |
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Object Name |
Letter |
Dates of Creation |
July 28, 1942 |
Scope & Content |
Handwritten letter dated July 28, 1942 from Private William (Bill) Turner, pilot in World War II, to his mother Mrs. Colby W. Turner. Bill is writing from Miami Beach, Florida to his mother in York Village, Maine. Written on A. A. F. T. T. C. (Army Air Forces Technical Training Command) stationery that has been crossed out and repalaced with "574th Aviation Cadets Miami Beach, FL." Transcription: 575th Aviation Cadets Miami Beach, FLORIDA July 28, 1942 Dear Mother, I received your package and letter yesterday, and it shore was swell. The date squares had melted a little but that didn't spoil the taste at all. Casey also got a package of fudge today that was pretty good. His sister sent it, you see his mother has been dead for quite a while. Don't know whether I'll ever get this letter written or not. I wrote the first paragraph and one of the fellows came in and we talked for about an hour. My roommate Arnie Fournier is trying to get some sleep now. We had guard duty this morning. He was on from 2 to 4 and I was on from 4 to 6 and don't you make fun of us either. We're all getting very lazy here, and if we don't get shipped out pretty quick we'll all go crazy. We get paid Sat. and most of the fellows have only three dollars left. They say that we will all get out back pay Aug 5 here's hoping anyway although I'm not worried about going broke as yet. I was over to Miami Sat. night and it is swell over there. Dave Crandall and I are going to get Revielle passes sometime this week and go over to the Service mens club to see if we can't meet some girls, it gets dogone tiresome not hardly speaking to a girl from one week to the next. At least I've got enough girls writing to me mine to me nice to be exact including you. Daisy asked me in her last letter if I was starting a harem. I've got to answer her letter tonight and also one to Beulah. Think I'll ever get done. Well I decided I could keep up the correspondences here and when I get to Cadet school where I won't have much time I could cut out writing to the minor girls. Well if I'm going to get a chance to write the other two letters before dark I'd better sign off with All my love "Bill" |
Collection |
Turner WWII Collection |
People |
Turner, Perry Eugene, c.1923-2012 Turner, William (Bill), 1922-1944 |
Search Terms |
20th century World War II, 1939-1945 York |
Subjects |
Family letters Missing in action Pilots, Military War World War II, 1939-1945 |