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Roy Ferris Kephart to Laura Kephart, August 26, 1946, page 1
Roy Ferris Kephart to Laura Kephart, August 26, 1946, page 1
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Item 2 - Roy Ferris Kephart to Laura Kephart, August 26, 1946, page 2
Roy Ferris Kephart to Laura Kephart, August 26, 1946, page 2
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August 26 1946 Dear Granny, Your letter was a most welcomed sight this morning. You see, I worked for 12 hours last night and this morning I hit the hay as soon as I got off duty. When I woke up I found your letter along with two from home. The family news certainly does sound good in all respects. Marnie and Laura are to be congratulated on their schol- astic abilities, Betsy on her artistic ingenuity, and David on getting out of the Navy and into a job. Hod has been doing pretty well also. He is clearing around $100 & $120 per month. He has earned a promotion in addition to all of that. School starts for him next week. It seems hard to believe that my kid brother will be a Jr. You know Granny, I hope more than anything else that Hod won’t have to serve time in the Army. It just isn’t the place for a fella like him to waste one and a half years. That is all that it is has been for me. I have lost some time and I am pretty rusty now. It is going to be quite a change from an Army life to one crowded with books lectures and more books. As for breaks I consider myself extremely lucky. I have had quite a bit of time at home and the out- fit I am in is the best possible over here. On top of that I still have become dull and rusted on many things. Perhaps the best part of my overseas time is that I have learned that the world isn’t one mass of roses and the people in it can be very crude and selfish. That can be true of Americans too. I hope that I never have the chance to see men carry on as they do in the Army away
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In this letter of August 26, 1946, Roy Ferris Kephart writes his grandmother Laura Kephart to thank her for her letter. He vents about his experience in the Army and hopes his brother Hod won’t have to serve time. He says that being overseas has taught him that the world is not a “mass of roses.” He tells her about breaks he has had including a cruise up the Rhine. He has been invited to his Taft High class reunion that he would give anything to go to. He says his parent’s anniversary is coming up and that on that day he will have six months left to serve.
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Horace Kephart
