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PFC Benjamin Kaplow

US ARMY, 26th Infantry (Yankee Division) 104th Regiment, WW11

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Category: Nov, 1943

Nov 3, 1943 Sending laundry home. No facilities for washing anything here like they did at Croft.

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Nov 5, 1943 — A close escape from death. Walking into pool one fellow not knowing I can’t swim, pushed me into the deep end.

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Nov 13, 1943 A swell time on the train coming back from Willimantic. Met a bunch of girls going back to school in Boston.

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Nov 14, 1943 — Didn’t have the courage to ask a girl to dance with me. Won’t happen next Sat. night, not if I can help it.

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Nov 20, 1943 Lots of planes flying around here. One trainee was circling & banking low outside our window. Could see the pilot.

Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

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Nov 21, 1943 — Dear Ruth, different mood than my last letter. Went to the U.S.O. in Willi, ………….and danced!

Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

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Nov 25, 1943 Send me some photos of the family. Old ones will do, just anything I can look at when I feel like it.

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Left to right: Mother, Sister Ruth, Sister Arnette, Brother Bob, & Ben kneeling.

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Nov 28, 1943 Got a ride in ’31 Ford. Three in front seat, three in rumble seat & two on each running board, weaving down road.

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1931 Ford

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