14 Jul July 14, 1944

letter
from: Pvt George Shonkwiler
to: Mrs. Alice Shonkwiler
7-14-44
8:15 P.M. Friday
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Dear Alice and Ronnie,

Another day is gone, and that’s just one day closer to something.  Things are
happening fast though.  Two men from our Reg. is [are] shipping out already
tomorrow morning, and there are 12 more on call.  That is pretty fast work for
those boys I would say.  No one knows where they are going - they don’t
themselves.

I spent the day chasing around.  Went on sick call this morning.  After waiting
around most of the morning finally saw the Dr.  He sent me to the dermatology
clinic this afternoon.  That took practically the [whole] afternoon.  I saw a
Capt. at the dermatology clinic.  I showed him the letter

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I had from Chicago U. and he had me strip and ask a number of questions finally
ending up by saying that he would recommend that I be given a non-combat
classification, which of course would mean, if accepted, that I would not be
shipped across.  However he said he was only a Capt. and had very little to say
around here.  And since all men were definitely sent here to be shipped across
it wouldn’t be easy to get my name canceled and not to count on it.  He did say
that I had no business going over and for that matter intimated that I had no
business being in the army.  I heartily agreed with him.  He was very nice and
I know he did make out a requisition that I be taken off shipping orders.
Whether he ....

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