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1 August 1942

 

Dear Folks:

Just a line or two from Tacoma while I’m in the Service Club whiling away a little time.  Well we are about ready to leave.  Most of our stuff is packed and crated ready for shipment.  Troop trains have been leaving regularly and suppose we will be next week.  The place has been a regular beehive and this little respite on the weekend feels good only I feel pretty tired tonite.

Now that we are going I am making an allotment of $15.00 a month that will be sent you by the government.  This is in addition to the bonds of $12.50.

There isn’t a single thing I need to take with me.  We can’t take much.  I probably have told you all that over the phone.

Well this is pretty short but it’s something of a letter.

Love,

Harold Moss Signature

Categories: Money home, Pay, Phone call home, Troop train, US Bonds, War preparations

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Harold’s Whereabouts

Fort Lewis, Washington

Photos

National Lutheran Council Envelope - 1942
National Lutheran Council Envelope – 1942

National Lutheran Council letterhead stationary, 1942
National Lutheran Council letterhead stationary, 1942

Rank

Pvt. HG Moss 37086474

In the U.S. Army, a rank of private is used for the two lowest enlisted ranks, just below private first class. Most of the soldiers in WWII had the rank private or private first class.

Description

1 page letter, handwritten, front and back on National Lutheran Council, Service Men’s Division stationary, to his parents in Minatare, Nebraska

Return Address

Btry C, 222nd  FA Bn
APO 40 Fort Lewis, Washington

Postage

None-free

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