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[rubber stamp] PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR Caur
[to]
MR. JESSE DORSEY
SPEED, INDIANA
[from]
Sgt. Floyd C. Phipps
Co. ìAî, 1st Avn Engr Bn, FMF,
% Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif.
16 September 1943
Dear Mr. Dorsey:
I received your letter No. 15 from you a few days ago and inasmuch that I have a little spare time, I decided to answer you while the time is good. I am very pleased to hear that everything is running smooth back there, the same goes for out here. We are still enjoying our rest and getting plenty of good eats and also plenty of liberty. Our battalion had a first anniversary dance a few nights ago which all hands enjoyed. I only hope by the time the second anniversary rolls around, Iíll be able to celebrate back there.
I have been pretty busy the last few weeks but who isnít nowdays, I imagine there are very few persons that are not helping the war effort in some way or another. Those weekend dances that you folks are giving for the servicemen really make me proud that I live there. I know how those fellows appreciate it because out here the folks are treating us as if we were kings. So keep up the good work.
Well it wonít be long until the basketball and football season starts, those are two things I really miss. I still argue with everybody why Indiana and St. X turn out the best basketball teams in the states and also football teams, sometimes I have to argue pretty hard but I usually win, as all the good hoosiers do. I havenít seen any boys from home recently but I just missed seeing Oscar Bottorff, maybe Iíll hit it lucky one of these days and meet one of them.
The news has been sounding pretty good to us these past few weeks, but I do think that it will take a little longer time to beat the Axis than most folks think. If it ends sooner than is expected everything will be alright but if not I wonít be disopointed, not a bad way to feel, donít you agree.
We have a radio in the office and get to hear all the news and music from the states. But there is one program that I want to tell you about. Itís a propaganda program from Tokyo, dedicated to us fellows. They play music that was popular when we were in the states and after each number they ask us if we remember that song, and so forth. They think they are making us homesick but that isnít the story, it only does the opposite, it makes everyone fighting mad and ready to march up the streets of Tokyo, nothing wrong with our morale no siree. I see that I have reached the end of the page so Iíll close, Iím always glad to hear from you.
Your Friend
Floyd Phipps
Object Description
| Title | Letter from Floyd Phipps to Mr. Jesse Dorsey, September 16, 1943. |
| Subject_Specific |
Silver Creek High School (Sellersburg, Ind.)--Basketball Silver Creek High School (Sellersburg, Ind.)--Football World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Indiana--Speed Propaganda |
| Subject_General |
Marines--Correspondence United States. Marine Corps--Military life World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives |
| Item Type | Text |
| Technical Metadata | Epson Expression 10000XL |
| Usage Statement | Charlestown-Clark County Public Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or holders of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may be content that is protected as "works for hire" (copyright held by the party that commissioned the original work) and/or under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. |
| Date Digital | 2009-02-09; * |
| Date Original | 1943-09-16; * |
| Creator | Phipps, Floyd Charles, 1921-2007. |
| Description | The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of the Speedometer newsletter for the Louisville Cement Company. Speed, Indiana, was a company town established for the employees of Louisville Cement. After many company employees and other community residents joined the armed forces, Mr. Dorsey began sending monthly personal letters and copies of the Speedometer to an increasing list that eventually included almost 400 service personnel, including people from the local community and service personnel who had visited local families and been entertained at The Speed Community House. Mr. Dorsey insisted that this collection should be retained by the community. After the Louisville Cement Company's Speed Plant was sold and The Speed Community House closed, Mr. Dorsey's files were donated to the Sellersburg Branch of the Charlestown-Clark County Public Library, where the collection is housed in the Indiana Room. |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence |