Harry S. Truman letter to Bess Wallace - n.d.
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Dear Bess: Would you believe it? I am here at this joint along with four other Missouri guys. We are having the time of our innocent young lives lookin out the window up Broadway. We got here at Camp Merritt at eleven-thirty last night. They assigned us quarters and we put in a very pleasantly cold night. Got up this morning had breakfast of ham & eggs at a cafeteria in the camp and then got permission to come to the city. Got a taxi, five of us did, and drove 13 miles to
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130th Street rode the ferry across and then began hunting for the subway downtown. They told us it was only a block from the ferry. We walked around and hunted and finally decided to take the elevated which was nearby about four stories up. Well the elevated turned out to be the subway! The devilish thing runs out of the ground about 120th Street and runs over a low place on stilts. We couldn't recognize it as the subway. We have all had shines shaves baths and are now in line to go to church somewhere this
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afternoon. We haven't decided whether it will be Al Jolson or Geo Cohan. I have an idea we'll flip a coin and decide. Camp Merritt is a cantonment with steam heat hot baths (when there's a fire) and private rooms for officers. We missed the boat and may have to stay a week. That will be awful won't it. As it is we don't have to go back to camp until 4:00 P.M. tomorrow (Monday) They are waiting on me and I've got to run. Will write tomorrow. Yours always Harry Address Lieut. 35 Division Camp Merritt [New Jersey]
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Hotel McAlpin Broadway at 34th St. New York City [Stamp] NEW YORK, N.Y. 1918 PENN. TERM. STA. Miss Bess Wallace 219 Deleware St. Independence [Missouri]
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| Title | Harry S. Truman letter to Bess Wallace - n.d. |
| Creator | Truman, Harry S. |
| Source | Truman, Harry S. Letter to Bess Wallace. n.d. Papers of Harry S. Truman Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs; Correspondence from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace, 1910-1919. HST-FBP_5-22_01. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, Independence, |
| Description | Letter from Harry S. Truman to his future wife, Bess Wallace, telling her he had arrived at Camp Merritt and is going to tour New York City. Captain Harry S. Truman commanded Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery Regiment from July 11, 1918 through the end of the war on November 11, 1918. During his military service Truman frequently wrote to Bess informing her of his experiences. |
| Subject LCSH | Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 129th; World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; Camp Merritt (N.J.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | HST-FBP_5-22_01 |
| Contributing Institution | Harry S. Truman Library and Museum |
| Rights | Documents in this file are in the public domain. |
| Date Original | July 23, 2015 |
| Language | English |