[Letter] 1945 August 22, Mid-Atlantic [to] Mr. Stoughton
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Title
[Letter] 1945 August 22, Mid-Atlantic [to] Mr. Stoughton
Subject
Refugee camps
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Description
Townsend writes that he is being sent by UNRRA to a Displaced Persons camp in Germany. He is looking forward to doing some constructive work.
Creator
Townsend, Curt
Source
Wagner College Archive, Horrmann Library
Date
8/22/1945
Contributor
Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
Is Part Of
A complete index to the letters in this collection can be found here: http://library.wagner.edu/wagnerarchive/StoughtonPDF/Correspondence index.pdf
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
text
Identifier
Townsend1
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Text
Mid-Atlantic
Aug 22, 1945
Dear Mr. Stoughton,
When the ship rolls, and dips, and rises and slides again I find there is nothing like being in a horizontal position. Since my pen works less than well upside down this letter is written with the unorthodox pencil.
Yes, I am on my way to Germany via London and Brussels, and am as excited as can be about the opportunity given me to do constructive work in the first organization of International
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Cooperation.
UNRRA accepted my application and is sending me as an administrative officer to a Displaced Persons camp in Southern Germany. My applications was accepted rather promptly, but getting out of the Army to accept the position offered was another matter. At first my release was disapproved by reason of military necessity and it was almost two months before I managed reconsideration. I just made the last US recruited
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group for European operations.
I wish to thank you again very sincerely for whatever part you had in securing my appointment. I am sure that the recommendations of my references were extremely important.
Very truly yours,
Curt Townsend
Aug 22, 1945
Dear Mr. Stoughton,
When the ship rolls, and dips, and rises and slides again I find there is nothing like being in a horizontal position. Since my pen works less than well upside down this letter is written with the unorthodox pencil.
Yes, I am on my way to Germany via London and Brussels, and am as excited as can be about the opportunity given me to do constructive work in the first organization of International
[Page 2]
Cooperation.
UNRRA accepted my application and is sending me as an administrative officer to a Displaced Persons camp in Southern Germany. My applications was accepted rather promptly, but getting out of the Army to accept the position offered was another matter. At first my release was disapproved by reason of military necessity and it was almost two months before I managed reconsideration. I just made the last US recruited
[Page 3]
group for European operations.
I wish to thank you again very sincerely for whatever part you had in securing my appointment. I am sure that the recommendations of my references were extremely important.
Very truly yours,
Curt Townsend
Original Format
http://library.wagner.edu/wagnerarchive/StoughtonPDF/Townsend1.pdf
Date Digital
2014
Citation
Townsend, Curt, “[Letter] 1945 August 22, Mid-Atlantic [to] Mr. Stoughton,” Wagner College Archives and Special Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wagnercollections.omeka.net/items/show/16364.