Skip to content

PFC Benjamin Kaplow

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

  • READ ME FIRST
  • 1943 Letter Index
  • 1944 Letter Index
  • 1945 Letter Index
  • 1943
    • Jun 1943
    • Jul, 1943
    • Aug, 1943
    • Sep, 1943
    • Oct, 1943
    • Nov, 1943
    • Dec, 1943
  • 1944
    • Jan, 1944
    • Feb, 1944
    • Mar, 1944
    • Apr, 1944
    • May, 1944
    • Jun, 1944
    • Jul, 1944
    • Aug, 1944
    • Sep, 1944
    • Oct, 1944
    • Nov, 1944
    • Dec, 1944
  • 1945
    • Jan, 1945
    • Feb, 1945
    • Mar, 1945
    • Apr, 1945
    • May, 1945
    • Jun, 1945
    • Jul, 1945
    • Aug, 1945
    • Sep, 1945
    • Oct, 1945
    • Nov, 1945
    • Dec, 1945
  • Ben’s Travel Journal
  • Ben’s Photo Album
  • Discharge Papers
  • Yankee Division History
    • 104th Infantry History
    • Yankee Division History
    • Yankee Division Newspaper
    • YD Humor
    • Maps
    • Austria Guide
  • WW11 Currency
  • 1943 Madison HS Yearbook
  • Meet Florence Kaplow
  • Contact

Category: Oct, 1943

Oct 2, 1943 — On the Troop Train to University of Connecticut. Chaplain services – conservative. Then to orthodox Thur. & Fri.

Read the letter transcriptDownload
davekaplowwp Oct, 1943 Leave a comment April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 1 Minute

Oct 6,1943 — Still on troop train. You know there’s a war when you see factories busy at work & trainloads of tanks and big guns.

Listen to the letter
Read the letter transcriptDownload
davekaplowwp Oct, 1943 Leave a comment April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 1 Minute

Oct 7, 1943 — U. Conn – Oh, this is heaven! Good food, good mattress. 850 friendly women. 850 A.S.T.P. men & 250 4-F’s.

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Listen to the letter
Read the letter transcriptionDownload
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Specialized_Training_Program
davekaplowwp Oct, 1943 Leave a comment April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 1 Minute

Oct 14, 1943 — Math & Physics – what we learn in one hour takes two weeks in high school. Last cycle 150 flunked out of 400.

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

Listen to the letter
Read the letter transcriptDownload

davekaplowwp Oct, 1943 Leave a comment April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 1 Minute

Oct 16, 1943 All we do is go to class and study. If only they would give a little explanation before they start.

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

Listen to the letter
Read the letter transcriptionDownload

davekaplowwp Oct, 1943 Leave a comment April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 1 Minute

Oct 27, 1943 — All we’re doing is studying & slowly going nuts. We’re bucking for Section 8 (Insanity discharge). Cold story

Listen to the letter
Read the letter transcriptionDownload
davekaplowwp Oct, 1943 Leave a comment April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 1 Minute
A WordPress.com Website.
  • Follow Following
    • PFC Benjamin Kaplow
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • PFC Benjamin Kaplow
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...