D. Prinviville Private O. Bilhorn

4649 Warwick Av. Inf. B-1

Chicago, Ill Camp Wheeler, Ga

36722105

Postmarked:

24 Feb 1943

10:30 PM

Chicago, Ill

 Feb 24, 1943

 

Hi Ollie!

 

            Maybe I should say, “Dear Oliver,” but that would never do, would it?! I intended to write some time ago but just never took the time to get started.

            Your mother tells me that you have been quite busy on one of the army’s most important jobs mainly to see that the boys are well fed and eat in sanitary quarters with clean dishes.

            No kidding, don’t let “KP” get you down, as they will soon have to transfer you to make room for new members to help in the great cause.

            Speaking of new members, that’s me! Saturday Feb. 27th I am changing my address to Camp Grant.  I am not exactly anxious to get started on that “police” work as they call it and so I am going to try to talk my way into some kind of photographic job, KP here I come!

            There is not much news from here but people tell me that I am lucky because at least the fellows in the army will eat.  The newspapers are overdoing that food shortage talk and are just making folks worried and excited.  Don’t you agree with me?

            Well I guess I am about the last one of the older fellows from the C.B.L. to “join” Uncle Sam’s “club.” Perhaps I can give you some “info” about a few of the boys.  Richard W. was born on Jan. 31st a new member for the some of club members, eh? Let’s hope that he can play well like his “old man.”

            Earl D left the country a few weeks ago and really is full of vigor and wants to get at the Japanese. Mary M. was transferred to the TD’s (tank destroyers) and now thinks much more of army life. I suppose you have heard that Henry N. left for Texas and the Air Corps last Saturday, more power to him.

            Ollie I believe that your mother and sister, the ones that live on the first floor, have been drawn closer together.  She really is trying to carry on your work and although I never knew her I now know that she is a Bilhorn.

            I don’t know what else to say and now that my civilian days are numbered I am a pretty busy man (you know), so I had better sign off.

            I know that all of the younger fellows are writing and saying “Ollie we miss you” and “hurry up and come back”, well you know that we older fellows have that same thought.  I hope that we will meet somewhere sometime soon and talk, play and pray together.

            Keep up your swell work of making boys into better men.

                                                You friend and pal,

                                                            Don