October 31, 1942
October 31, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Here I am about 10 miles out from camp, in a four-cot tent, living semi-rugged. Paul Stratte and I were sent out here yesterday to run a dispensary for four outfits that are here on bivouac for supposedly 10 days. So you can see, apparently the 59th […]
October 28, 1942
October 28, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, We are rather definitely going to be here for a week or more I imagine. In fact, damn it, there are rumors circulating now that we might even be here for Thanksgiving and Christmas. What a life! The Colonel, just returned from Washington D.C. where Roy Cohn […]
October 25, 1942
October 25, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, The last couple of days have been rather uneventful. Friday night Lois and I went to a fair picture, “Get Hep to Love,” with Gloria Jean and “The World at War.” The latter was nothing but a series of newsreels but was pretty interesting, though on […]
October 23, 1942
October 23, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Tuesday A.M., Bill and I spent as usual in the dispensary and saw our usual run of patients. In the afternoon we took a hike, that is, all the officers, and we went out to the lake that is situated on the Post, but about 3-1/2 […]
October 20, 1942
October 20, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Last night we went to see “The Major and the Minor” with Ray Milland and Ginger Rogers. It was a marvelous picture and if you haven’t already seen it you definitely should. It was a scream and we howled all the way through. We had gone […]
October 19, 1942
October 19, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, ‘Tis now a beautiful Monday afternoon after a likewise beautiful Sunday. Yep, at last we have had an eclipse of the rain and horrible weather and for the first time in a week, we saw the sun attempt to appear on Saturday afternoon. We had a […]
October 15, 1942
October 15, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Yes, still here, and probably will be for another four or five days anyway, maybe longer, who knows??? We are continuing to get in equipment and we now have our own transportation – that is 8 vehicles that we were supposed to have had long […]
October 14, 1942
October 14, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Yep, we were all kind of bad not writing at least a short chain letter to you while we were all together in Richmond. But, as you can imagine, the time that was not spent attending to Amie was taken up in a gab fest or […]
October 13, 1942
. Next letter… The Two Mrs. Bines – Lois M. Bine (René’s new bride) and Alma K. Bine (René’s mother) * About René & Dear Folksies ⇒
October 10, 1942
October 10, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, I just found out that we are given leave, but only for two days, so will be in Richmond tomorrow, Monday, and have to be back Tuesday. Barbara has made reservations for us at the hotel and Lois and I are going to her place tomorrow […]
October 9, 1942
October 9, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Things around here are all mixed up and no one knows where anything stands. At the present moment I am not at all sure that we are going to be able to go to Richmond to see Mom and Marie-Louise. It may be necessary for them […]
October 7, 1942
October 7, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Yesterday A.M. worked on wards as usual and then in the afternoon we took a hike and went over the obstacle course. The hike was, in all only about 6 miles and though we have not had any such exercise really planned in the last 2 […]
October 5, 1942
October 5, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Golly, I just realized that when I say “Folksies,” above, I really only mean you, Dad, and Bobsy, to whom a carbon is going. It hardly seems possible that Mom, Marie-Louise and Amie will actually be on their way by the time you get this. Friday night […]
October 1, 1942
October 1, 1942 Camp Pickett, Virginia Dear Folksies, Things have been slightly popping in the last twenty-four hours and many have been kept busy, though things now have slowed up again. To begin with, yesterday A.M. Phil Westdahl and I worked on the ward for a while and then wandered over to Surgery to see […]