[[Nayana Rajnish 6th September 2019]]

[[ Cpl. Robert Levey Correspondence

September - December 1944

Letter # 1 ]]

[[Page 1- Envelope]]

Cpl R Levey 12146108 [[Image- round black stamp: U.S. Army Postal Service

CoB 36 Sig Hu CoN BM A.P.O Sep 24 1944]]

AP 035070 PM N.Y N.Y [[Image- U.S. Air Mail stamp]]

[[Image, Black rectangular stamp- Passed by US Army Courier. 30486

Illegible signature under stamp]]

Mrs Betty Levey

176-17 76 Ave

Flushing, LI

N.Y., N.Y. [[number 23 scrawled in pencil]]

[[Page 2- Letter 1]] Sept 23

Hi Gang-

I’m enclosing boTh negatives & prints

have The negatives developed because

I sent a bunch of The prints to

Different people- I Think They were

The best- so please develop Them. I

Know This is kinda cruel to you people

and it will be The last time I do it. I

have plenty of more film which I will

take shortly- Okay!

The fellow in The pictures with me is

John my [[first?]] cook and [[similar looking word- first/]] mate

a 14 [[2 letters- y(ears) o(ld)?]] kid-

I received anoTher wonderful

package- cookies infact & chocolates- The

way you wrapped Them fresh as daisys

more tomorrow-

Love BoB

[[Page 1- Letter 2 ]] Sept 24

Hey Gang,

Boy it’s a fine Thing when a family

as neat and wonderful as mine has to

start apologizing for not writing such

interesting or amusing mail- meaning you

Eth- Ive told you so many times that

your mail is always swell and I always

get a kick out of it. As I mentioned

yesterday The packages are now coming

in and are in truly amazingly good

condition- of course They should be

what with each chocolate wrapped

by itself but it paid ‘cause oTher

fellows have received chocolates That

have grown stale & brown in [[strikethrough]] cl [[/strikethrough]] color.

So don’t worry about The mail- I did

finally receive boTh money orders, so every-

Thing is oke.

Of course Mr Formans letter was

really received with open arms, its

not That I was worried about a job

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or anything even close to That but

he does seem sincere and it is kinda

nice to have something to fall back on.

I’ll reply quite soon using Eths letter as

prompted.

You can give The French dough

to [[Rosenna?]] unless you want it- I don’t- Im

enclosing two Belgian notes- both The

new & The old for her. If you people

want some say so oke (sic)?

To-day is a [[2 words]] really

chilly but we are due to get 8 man

tents which will be fine.

I received my [[1 word]] ballot and

decided on [[straight?]] A.L.P- week it is

The same as The Dem. party and They

need some encouragement. You know if

They took a poll of my gang or [[strikethrough]] outif [[/strikethrough]]

outfit Roosevelt would win in a

walk.

About Frankie- tell Eth to do what-

ever she Thinks best- I can’t really

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advise from here- Frank is a swell

kid and Eth and she got along- in fact

I kinda wish Eth would [[see?]] here

and give me her reactions, can’t get any

from Frank’s letters. [[Dot?]] has joined

The W.A.V.E.S. in fact she too questioned

if she should see Eth before going to camp,

This was just recently, I guess I’ll

thumb down This question ‘cause I don’t

think you people are too fond of her-

Oh Well- The Hell with it- I’m having

too much fun to bother [[underline]] too [[/underline]] much with

it.

I received a swell letter from Bill and

wrote him of Paris, St. Lo, [[one word- European place name]] et al.

I write & receive a letter about every 5

days very satisfactory-

Love Bob

[[Letter # 3]]

[[Page 1- envelope]] [[Image- round black stamp- US Army Postal Service

Cpl R LEVEY 12146108 A.P.O. SEP 27 1944]]

CoB 36 Sig Hu Con BN?]] [[Image- purple 6 cents US Air Mail Postage stamp

apo 350 70 pm N.Y. N.Y. with picture of an Air Force plane- 4 diagonal black

stripes partially on it and the words “AIR MAIL” written

thrice on envelope]]

[[Image- black rectangular stamp- Passed by US

Army Examiner- illegible 5 numbers and signature underneath]]

Mrs Betty Levey

176-17 76 Ave

Flushing, LI

N.Y., N.Y. [[number 26 scrawled in pencil]]

[[Page 2- letter]] Sept 26

Dear MoTh,

The fellows just came back from High

Services in The nearby town- I didn’t

attend. Those services That were held

in [[Crowden?]] still remain in my mem-

ory- but They said That some of The

stories That were told to Them were

heartbreaking. In any case today I

really saw democracy at one of its

highest peaks. All of my permanent

KPs are Jewish and naturally wanted

to go to Services so a few of The

boys volunteered to take Their

places. We had a crew of Three Italians,

1 Catholic and one Protestant; The rankings

were two [[1 word/ fraction]] two [[1 word/fraction]] and one P.F.C.

and They are to be on for two more

meals. I don’t know how many guys

also volunteered but There must have

been at least a dozen.

To-day at long last was clear.

it has been pretty miserable for

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The past 6 days- rained everyday. The

place looks like a South Pacific Island.

The roads are just mud piles, but The

only ones to enjoy it are The Ducks. In

fact one of The puddles is deep enough

for Them to swim in, a rare treat

which They seldom have had since

joining our outfit.

As yet I have not gotten around

to answering Mr Formans letter, it is not

That I have been too busy or any-

Thing like That but it is going to take

a little time and patience and I have-

nt been in That mood for The past

few days.

[[strikethrough]] In [[/strikethrough]] The news for some reason

has been [[one word]] of late- They

seem to be stalling- and The Philippine

situation seems to be [[one word stinko?]]- you can’t

help waiting for a break in The news.

As far as just plain health

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goes I feel wonderful-never better.

Wish I could write more but

‘las no go.

Love

Bob.

[[Letter # 4]]

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[[Image- black rectangular stamp and signature: Cpl R LEVEY 12146108

PASSED BY US ARMY EXAMINER]] CoB 36 Sig Hu CoN BN

AOO 350 70 PM N.Y. N.Y.

Mrs B Levey

176-17 76 Ave

Flushing, LI

N.Y., N.Y.

Dear Moth- OCT 16

[[The?]] mail to-day and little news from me. I

received a letter from Sg Goldstein- Eth will remember him.

he just graduated and is now a 2nd Lt- [[1 word]] a [[liberator?]]

Joe is on his way here or is here and his most

[[two words]].

Saw B.Grable in ‘Pin Up Girl’ pretty punk stuff

and Miss G certainly looked like Mrs G- all of us

were disappointed. The musical I remember of recent

vintage is ‘Coma Girl’ I remember the dancing as

being brilliant.

I knew Ida would invite you [[today?]] at

her menage-for [[two words]]- no return visits- why is

is that I don’t like her? This about Larry Though

[[one word]] The plane he flies quite often and They are doing

a very wonderful job.

Bye for awhile-

Love BoB

[[Letter # 5]]

[[Page 1-Postcard Image: of school building in Belgium with French inscribed at the bottom “Charleroi Ecole Moyenne de l’Etat pour Jeunes Filles”; translation: King Charles Public Middle School for Young Girls]]

[[Page 2- Back of Postcard]]

Cpl R Levey 12146108 [[Image- black circular stamp US ARMY POSTAL SERVICE

CoB 365 HU CoN BN A.P.O. OCT 28 1944 and 4 parallel stripes across]]

APO 350 70 PM N.Y. N.Y. [[Image- black rectangular stamp- PASSED BY US ARMY

EXAMINER- Signature and 5 numbers illegible]]

Mrs B Levey

176-17 76 Ave

Flushing, LI

N.Y., N.Y.

Hi [[keads? (sic)]] FRANCE OCT 27

Believe me This is the home-

liest & most old fashioned

of all schools in Belgium-

To-day is miserable rainy etc-

received some back mail

from Jan yesterday-

I have to eat some roast

chicken now so Bye

BoB

To-nite it cleared up &

is beautiful- starry & stuff.

[[Letter # 6]]

[[ [[Nov?]] 8 ]]

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Dear Moth-

Again just a note- met

Few of our Lts to-day both

seemingly swell guys. One

was the C.O and the other

while conducting class kept

referring to him as the [[1 word Fuhrer?]]

and how they lived on

Snob Hill- “ The higher paid

help” nice sense of humor

and o.k.

There is an ugly rumor

of a parade coming up

This Sat.- Golly we haven’t

marched in ages and then

not very much- Oh Well!

we’re almost citizens-

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[[Spect?]] another fine day- although

we are in terrible shape-

The calesthetics (?) (sic) proved that

this morn- boy we tire

easily.

“Kiss & tell” was on to-night

but in the middle of the

film the machine went flooey-

sooo [[little horizontal pen scratch in replacement of ellipses]]

I am sending another

money order along- put

it to the Bank account

when I get home I may

bring the bonds up to an

even $ 1500 but meanwhile

put all to the bank—

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That’s it [[kids?]]—

Love

BoB [[name written with a flourish that zigzags twice and ends]]

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