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TitleLetter from PFC Kenneth S. Latham to Marian Schumacher 22 Aug 1944
Date Created1944-08-22
DescriptionLetter from Private First Class Kenneth S. Latham to his neighbor, Marian Schumacher. In the letter, PFC Latham describes what he did while on furlough in New Brunswick.
NotePvt. K.S. Latham, 32916911
Co. L, 334 Inf. APO84
Camp Claiborne, LA
Miss Marion Schumacher
217 Howard Street
New Brunswick, NJ
22 Aug 1944
9:50 p.m.
Dear Marion,
It hardly seems that I received your letter two weeks ago but I guess that is because of the things that have been happening here. I’m sorry for the delay in answering but up until last Thursday I had the best possible excuse, no paper. I had no paper, the PX’s had no paper and my friends had no paper. Now I’m so far behind in my correspondence that I’ll never catch up.
I want to thank you for seeing me the two or three times we went out together and did nothing but go to a movie. It’s funny, I wanted to do so much before I came back from furlough, and none of it was done. No, that isn’t what I meant to say. What I meant was that I wanted to do so much while I was here anticipating my furlough, and then when I reached home, all I wanted to do was lay around. I wasn’t even very much interested in going to New York. That was primarily Bob’s idea, I merely acquiesced. But I think that if we had gone, we could have had a nice time and I probably would have warmed to the idea. However, don’t apologize or feel sorry because you could not go that Saturday night because it wasn’t important that I go to New York.
All in all, I had a nice furlough. I did what I wanted to do even if it wasn’t anything more than sleeping late and being home was like I had never been away. Coming back here was different. It was like joining the Army all over again.
I’ve had an accident since I came back. It was a very, very, minor accident to be sure but still it was an accident. I stubbed my tow, sounds silly, doesn’t it. Only by stubbing my toe I got rid of an ingrown toe nail. True, it’s a rather painful method but it is effective. The nail is gone, Period, and the toe is getting along nicely without it.
Well, I must close.
Ken
PS. After looking at your album I’ve come to the conclusion that you can spare a picture or yourself. Can you?
Ken
NoteMarian Schumacher grew up in New Brunswick during World War II (1939-1945). This collection encompasses memorabilia from that time period including menus from restaurants, letters from a neighbor who was in the U.S. Army, photographs, diaries and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. The collection has been arranged into folders by item type.
GenreCorrespondence, letters
CollectionSchumacher Collection
Organization NameNew Brunswick Free Public Library
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