“Life
here has had a few variations recently.
For example Monday afternoon our two periods of drill as well as our
scheduled second hair cut or head shave were cancelled unexpectedly. We were told to make a quick change from
dungarees to undress blues with neckerchiefs - then they marched us off. Our destination turned out to be the ball
park, and to our surprise we were entertained with an exhibition game between
the Sampson nine and the Baltimore Orioles, who are now running second in the
International League. Baltimore either lacked the class of Sampson or else they
didn't put much fight into this non-league game for the final score read 9 to 0
in favor of Sampson. But then the man on
the mound for us was none other than Johnny Vander Meer of two consecutive
no-hit fame back in his days with the Cincinnati Reds....
"Monday
evening I took in my first entertainment move in over a month. It was "Higher and Higher"
featuring Frankie Sinatra, and in the absence of a feminine audience the boys
did an adequate job of supplying the usual sighs."
--
Letter from my father, Camp Sampson, N.Y., to his father, Bloomington, Kans.,
Wednesday, May 10, 1944.
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