From: Pvt. Geo. Gleasure 31157709, CoE. 12th Inf. A.P.O. #4, U.S. Army, Camp Gordon, Johnston, Florida
To: Mr. Frank Gleasure, 56 Gardner Street, Allston Mass. (Boston)
Dear Pa:-
Arrived here Monday afternoon about six after a very long and dirty train trip and was very tired so didn't feel much like writing so I washed up and went to bed & yesterday we made a twenty five mile hike & you should have seen them dropping out, the weather was very hot & we were walking on an asphalt highway with full field packs & they dropped off like flies, I made it all the way myself but my feet are so sore I can hardly walk & I don't intend to do a thing till they improve. How is the weather up there, is it cold yet? I got all the letters & papers when I got here so the mail is up to date. Well I don't know of much else to write about so I'll close till I hear from you again.
I didn't fall out of the hike myself because they only force you to get up and walk anyway, they all had to come in on foot no matter what the condition was, so you see there is nothing we can do but just take it because if we don't they make things damn hard for us if we try to buck against them. Well this is all for now. So write soon.
Luck
Geo.
Tell the others I'll write after I get a little rest, and don't forget - Don't put 4th Inf. Div. on any mail.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
September 26, 1943
From: Pvt. Geo. F. Gleasure 31157709, CoE. 12th Inf. A.P.O. #4, Camp Gordon, Johnston, Florida
To: Mr. Frank Gleasure, 56 Gardner Street, Allston Mass. (Boston)
Dear Pa:-
Well here I am again, stuck way down here in no man's land once again. The Gulf of Mexico is about one hundred yards from the barracks here & it's hot as blazes here. I don't know when I'll be able to come home again unless we move back up that way again which I hope we do. We are here for amphibious training & it's going to be about the hardest thing we've run up against yet. I received the newspapers today just after arriving here. Well this is about all for now so I'll close till I hear from you. I'll put the new address on the back of this sheet. Write just as it is, because if you add any thing to it I won't get it.
Luck
George
To: Mr. Frank Gleasure, 56 Gardner Street, Allston Mass. (Boston)
Dear Pa:-
Well here I am again, stuck way down here in no man's land once again. The Gulf of Mexico is about one hundred yards from the barracks here & it's hot as blazes here. I don't know when I'll be able to come home again unless we move back up that way again which I hope we do. We are here for amphibious training & it's going to be about the hardest thing we've run up against yet. I received the newspapers today just after arriving here. Well this is about all for now so I'll close till I hear from you. I'll put the new address on the back of this sheet. Write just as it is, because if you add any thing to it I won't get it.
Luck
George
Monday, February 15, 2016
September 12, 1943
From: Pvt. Geo. Gleasure 311577098, CoE 12th Inf. Reg. A.P.O. #4, 4th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, Fort Dix, N.J.
To: Mr. Frank Gleasure, 56 Gardner Street, Allston Mass. (Boston)
Dear Pa:-
Received your letter about three days ago & haven't had the chance to answer untill now. It's getting pretty cold around here now & they tell me that Pennsylvania & Jersey weather is the coldest there is on the coast. I hope that we don't have to make that move to the South because I hate that damn place, one winter down there is enough I'd rather stay up here & freeze. I received all letters and newspapers up to date so far. How is Martha after her collapse? If you ask me, I think there is something shady about that one she was with. We had a big fire in the Pennsylvania Railroad station here last night & from what I hear the place is a wreck & it's a big place like the South Station. They have been having quite a few train wrecks & now this fire, it looks to me like somebody's dirty work. How is Jimmy doing at the engine house & how did he make out with the navy? he said something about signing up. I can't seem to think of anymore news to write up so till I hear from you again, I'll close.
Luck
George
To: Mr. Frank Gleasure, 56 Gardner Street, Allston Mass. (Boston)
Dear Pa:-
Received your letter about three days ago & haven't had the chance to answer untill now. It's getting pretty cold around here now & they tell me that Pennsylvania & Jersey weather is the coldest there is on the coast. I hope that we don't have to make that move to the South because I hate that damn place, one winter down there is enough I'd rather stay up here & freeze. I received all letters and newspapers up to date so far. How is Martha after her collapse? If you ask me, I think there is something shady about that one she was with. We had a big fire in the Pennsylvania Railroad station here last night & from what I hear the place is a wreck & it's a big place like the South Station. They have been having quite a few train wrecks & now this fire, it looks to me like somebody's dirty work. How is Jimmy doing at the engine house & how did he make out with the navy? he said something about signing up. I can't seem to think of anymore news to write up so till I hear from you again, I'll close.
Luck
George
Thursday, February 11, 2016
September 9, 1943
To: Mr. Frank Gleasure, 56 Gardner Street, Allston, Mass. (Boston)
George.
From: Pvt. Geo. Gleasure 31157709, CoE. 12th Inf. A.P.O. #4, U.S. Army, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Dix, New Jersey
Dear Pa:-
I received your letter a few days ago and the newspapers arrived here yesterday. Things are about the same as always with an exception of a possible move to Florida, it's not too definite yet & I hope they call it off because if we go down there, it will cost me plenty to get home & I haven't any too much as it is. Has Martha gone to work yet? I haven't heard from Madeline for some time now, so I think I'll write her when I finish this one.
Well, with Italy out of this mess, it looks as if the whole thing ought to be over this year, at least I hope so. Did you hear much in the news about those two railroad wrecks last week? All I could get was what the radio told about it. I couldn't get much from the papers here in the line of news or pictures because these papers here are not very much good for news. Well there isn't much more to write about so I'll close for now so don't forget to write soon so I'll get it before leaving here.
Luck,
George.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
August 31, 1943
To: Mr. Frank Gleasure, 56 Gardner Street, Allston, Mass. (Boston)
From: Pvt. Geo. F. Gleasure 31157709, CoE 12th Inf. A.P.O. #4, 4th Inf. Div. Fort Dix, NJ, U.S. Army
Dear Pa:-
I wrote you just as soon as I got back into camp the nite I left & as yet I've received no answer so I'm writing again just in case you didn't get that letter. In fact I haven't heard from anybody at all back there at all. Martha doesn't write anymore or Theresa or Jimmy either, if they don't care to write once in a while I wish they would say so, so that I won't be looking for letters every time the mail man comes in. I'm not going to bother any further with writing to people who don't even answer your letters, this place is strain enough on the nerves without thinking about what's going on at home.
I received all newspapers & what few letters that were here when I came back so all the mail that I know of is here. We have been out on the rifle range pretty regular lately & one day last week while we were out there, one of the fellows in a target pit a little way from where I was stuck his head up too high & got a bullet right between the eyes and it passed in through the front of his helmet, through his head & out through the back of the helmet & as a result they have been after us ever since to keep our heads down.
Did you see anything about that train wreck up in New York the other day? They say that some dope locked a switch engine out onto the main line when that train come along. Well this is about all for now so I'll close till later.
Luck,
George
From: Pvt. Geo. F. Gleasure 31157709, CoE 12th Inf. A.P.O. #4, 4th Inf. Div. Fort Dix, NJ, U.S. Army
Dear Pa:-
I wrote you just as soon as I got back into camp the nite I left & as yet I've received no answer so I'm writing again just in case you didn't get that letter. In fact I haven't heard from anybody at all back there at all. Martha doesn't write anymore or Theresa or Jimmy either, if they don't care to write once in a while I wish they would say so, so that I won't be looking for letters every time the mail man comes in. I'm not going to bother any further with writing to people who don't even answer your letters, this place is strain enough on the nerves without thinking about what's going on at home.
I received all newspapers & what few letters that were here when I came back so all the mail that I know of is here. We have been out on the rifle range pretty regular lately & one day last week while we were out there, one of the fellows in a target pit a little way from where I was stuck his head up too high & got a bullet right between the eyes and it passed in through the front of his helmet, through his head & out through the back of the helmet & as a result they have been after us ever since to keep our heads down.
Did you see anything about that train wreck up in New York the other day? They say that some dope locked a switch engine out onto the main line when that train come along. Well this is about all for now so I'll close till later.
Luck,
George
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
August 24, 1943
To: Mr. Frank Gleasure, 56 Gardner St., Allston, Mass. (Boston)
From: Pvt. Geo. F. Gleasure 31157709, CoE. 12th. Inf. A.P.O. #4, 4th Inf. Div. U.S. Army, Fort Dix, New Jersey
Dear Pa:-
Just a short letter to let you know that I got back okay & it only took six hours for the whole trip so that was good time. I don't know what happened to me but when I got up this morning I had a sore neck & a sick stomach but feel better now & I think I'll be okay, for a while I thought that I might be going to have another dose of pleurisy but it's wearing off now so I'm not going to worry over it. Tell Martha & Theresa to write & also tell Martha to be sure that the letter I'm sending with this one is taken care of. Well I got the newspapers & all mail due me so far, it was all on my bed when I got here last night. Well I'll have to close now as the lights are going out so write again soon.
Luck, George
From: Pvt. Geo. F. Gleasure 31157709, CoE. 12th. Inf. A.P.O. #4, 4th Inf. Div. U.S. Army, Fort Dix, New Jersey
Dear Pa:-
Just a short letter to let you know that I got back okay & it only took six hours for the whole trip so that was good time. I don't know what happened to me but when I got up this morning I had a sore neck & a sick stomach but feel better now & I think I'll be okay, for a while I thought that I might be going to have another dose of pleurisy but it's wearing off now so I'm not going to worry over it. Tell Martha & Theresa to write & also tell Martha to be sure that the letter I'm sending with this one is taken care of. Well I got the newspapers & all mail due me so far, it was all on my bed when I got here last night. Well I'll have to close now as the lights are going out so write again soon.
Luck, George
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