Letter to Chaplain Robert E. Penn
Title
Letter to Chaplain Robert E. Penn
Date
1944 June 9
Creator
Penn, Robert E.
Source
Robert E. Penn collection
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Identifier
auc.143.0133.doc.b04f04
Format
image/jpeg
Language
en
Contributor
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Type
Correspondence
Text
HEADQUARTERS CHINA-BURMA-INDIA
AIR SERVICE COMMAND
Office of the Chaplain
APO 671
9 June 1944.
Chaplain Robert E. Penn,
Office of the Chaplain,
823rd Engineer Battalion (Avn),
APO 689
Dear Chaplain Penn:
The subject matter of your letter of June 5th is not unknown at this Headquarters. You will be glad to hear that very definite steps have been taken. One thousand colored troops are being shipped from the United States during the months of May, June and July. The majority of these will be used as replacements for your men, who are to be shipped back to the United States. You can assure those who come to see you that positive action has been taken, and that replacements are on the way. That ought to be good news for them.
Obviously, it will take some time for these replacements to arrive here, so it may be three months before they will actually be relieved. If I were assured I would be going home in three months, I do not think I would feel like grumbling.
I pass this information to you for what it’s worth. Assure your men that their officers and this Headquarters are doing everything to help them, and that they are not “forgotten men”.
Hoping to meet you in the near future, I remain.
Cordially yours,
s/Patrick E. Nolan
t/PATRICK E. NOLAN,
Chaplain, U.S.A.
AIR SERVICE COMMAND
Office of the Chaplain
APO 671
9 June 1944.
Chaplain Robert E. Penn,
Office of the Chaplain,
823rd Engineer Battalion (Avn),
APO 689
Dear Chaplain Penn:
The subject matter of your letter of June 5th is not unknown at this Headquarters. You will be glad to hear that very definite steps have been taken. One thousand colored troops are being shipped from the United States during the months of May, June and July. The majority of these will be used as replacements for your men, who are to be shipped back to the United States. You can assure those who come to see you that positive action has been taken, and that replacements are on the way. That ought to be good news for them.
Obviously, it will take some time for these replacements to arrive here, so it may be three months before they will actually be relieved. If I were assured I would be going home in three months, I do not think I would feel like grumbling.
I pass this information to you for what it’s worth. Assure your men that their officers and this Headquarters are doing everything to help them, and that they are not “forgotten men”.
Hoping to meet you in the near future, I remain.
Cordially yours,
s/Patrick E. Nolan
t/PATRICK E. NOLAN,
Chaplain, U.S.A.
Citation
Penn, Robert E., “Letter to Chaplain Robert E. Penn,” GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning - Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, accessed November 22, 2024, https://glamportal.auctr.edu/items/show/585.