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John N. Calhoun family letters, May 1942 - February 1943
Undated letter 11
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My Dearest: no words from you today and am wondering what has happened. Are you too busy to write or have you been moved again? Write & tell me what you know. Do you think it will be permanent there? Mrs. Boeme called me tonight and said her husband went to Camp Forest [illegible]; i guess he left Tuesday. She said she just got a card & that was all she knew. She tried to find out where it was and no one seemed to know, not even the draft board. Do you know where it is? She is trying to get her husband out & the draft board is helping her too. She had three children & is pregnant again. She talked to someone at Omaha & and he seemed to think it could be done. She said Allbright was deferred & he only had two children & the draft board said they hadn't gotten down to Boeme & Calhoun's names yet to the Considered. Do you think
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My Dearest: no words from you today and am wondering what has happened. Are you too busy to write or have you been moved again? Write & tell me what you know. Do you think it will be permanent there? Mrs. Boeme called me tonight and said her husband went to Camp Forest [illegible]; i guess he left Tuesday. She said she just got a card & that was all she knew. She tried to find out where it was and no one seemed to know, not even the draft board. Do you know where it is? She is trying to get her husband out & the draft board is helping her too. She had three children & is pregnant again. She talked to someone at Omaha & and he seemed to think it could be done. She said Allbright was deferred & he only had two children & the draft board said they hadn't gotten down to Boeme & Calhoun's names yet to the Considered. Do you think
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