Co. D. Brk 141
1633 S.U. R.R.C.
Camp Grant, Illinois
Mon., Sept. 13, 1943
Camp Grant, Ill.
Dear Mom & all:-
Just a few lines to let you know I'm still here. After tomorrow I'll be the only one left here from Staunton. Sherfy left last Saturday; Teufert left this morning and Muentnith leaves in the morning. I have to get another shot tomorrow at 1 P.M. The last one never bothered me a bit and I hope this one acts the same way.
Well I got myself a weekend pass and went into Chicago or rather Maywood to visit with the Howards & Sassones. I really enjoyed it. Edward is home on a furlough until Thursday. He showed us some movies from his camp and when they were on a vacation out west in 1941. The Howards have a real nice house and is furnished swell. Evelyn lives in a apartment up on the 3rd floor. They have a nice place also. There boy is a year and a half old and is real cute but into every thing. I had a chicken dinner at Evelyn's and supper at Edna's. Maywood had a celebration yesterday but I never saw any of it as it rained all day. Gov. Green was there to unveil a memorial for the men in service.
The Howards got a telegram yesterday from the Chicago Tribune paper asking for a picture and information about Vincent. They sent it right away so I'll buy a paper in the morning and if it has anything in about him I'll send it to you whenever I can. It cost me only $2.00 to go to Chicago round trip. That was real cheap. It only cost 13 cts. to ride the elevated railroad out to Maywood. I caught that right above the Union station. You don't even have to go outside. Soldiers ride free on the buses & streetcars in Chicago. I thought maybe Fritz had called one of them but he never. I wish he would have as I would like to know how he came out. I had a notion to call you already. Sure wish I would get shipped so I could get some mail. If I knew it took this long I could have gotten some letters.
Well I'll close and write you more later. We haven't a very good place to write letters here. I'm writting this one on the floor. Tell everyone Hello for me and I'll write them all when I get time.
Love,
Pvt. Gus.
In this letter Dad wrote about visiting his cousins, the Howards and the Sassones. The Howards are Francis D. "Frank" and Edna J. McCarron Howard. Their daughter Evelyn married Frank Sassone. I haven't figured out who Edward, who he mentioned in a previous letter, is, though it does sound like he is also a cousin. Fritz is Dad's brother Fred. Dad also mentions some of the men from Staunton who had been at Camp Grant with him. According to the 1940 Staunton City Directory, the Teufert family owned the Teufert Bros. Bottling Co. in Staunton.
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