338thRCT Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Found a pack of letters from PFC Lillian M.( Margie) Hamlett of Erie,PA today. Most were from her to her is back home and told of life in Basic Training at Daytona, FL. Talks about the heat, the sand, and the torrential rainstorms. Tells of inspections and the usual G.I. duties. There were a couple which were sent by an acquaintance CPL George D. Shermak of the 15thTraffic Regulation Group to Margie when she was assigned to Hq&HqSq. ASC, USSTAF ( whatever that was) One letter had been gone over by the censor and had his seal of approval. I laughed when I was reading it as I came to the two censored parts.Seems Cpl. Shermak had mentioned some locations where he was at and where she might be they were removed .I had always heard of the letters having words cut out, but until today had never seen any examples. Has a dried up rubber band on the envelope. Link to post Share on other sites
338thRCT Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 The censored pages. Link to post Share on other sites
Thor996 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 nice find, cutting out locations and other information was pretty common- I have quite a few letters where this has been done. Link to post Share on other sites
338thRCT Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Margie Hamlett would have been in this outfit. A couple of sections from a Yard Long that was shown of the forum a while back. Link to post Share on other sites
doyler Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 USSTAF...United States Strategic Air Force In Memoriam:Lieutenant J.Kostelec 1-3 First Special Service Force MIA/PD 4 March 1944 ItalyI HAVE SEEN THE ENEMY AND IT IS DAYLIGHTForget about the tips..We'll get hell to pay (AC/DC)"If you cant get out and run with the big dogs then sit on the porch and bark at the cars going by.." Have you Hugged a Clown Today? You Cant Get A Sun Tan On The Moon.. Link to post Share on other sites
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