[V-Mail] 1944 September 13 [to] Prof
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Title
[V-Mail] 1944 September 13 [to] Prof
Subject
India
Quality of life -- India
Description
Knudsen writes of being stationed in India and the filth, disease, poverty, and heat that he is faced with there.
Creator
Knudsen, Lawrence B.
Source
Wagner College Archive, Horrmann Library
Date
9/13/1944
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
Knudsen1
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Text
To:
Prof. Clarence Stoughton
Wagner College
Staten Island, N.Y.
From: 0-1041377
Lt L.B. Knudsen
Btry B, 843AAA AwB14
APO466, c/o Postmaster
New York, N.Y
9/13/44
Dear Prof.
Well, I’m overseas again. This time it’s India. Hope that the next move will be to the States and that it’ll be permanent. From all outward indications it looks as though it might be rather soon. Now as for this land, India, there is more disease, poverty, and filth then I here to fore thought possible. Where one reads of the many diseases that are prevalent one cannot help but shudder. I’m more afraid of them then the Japs. Thus far I’ve been fortunate though. We live in bashas - a bamboo hut with a thatched roof. They are quite comfortable keeping out most of the heat of day. I know that the temperature has gone above 110 degrees. Will try to keep you posted as to events here. Best of luck on the new semester.
Larry
Prof. Clarence Stoughton
Wagner College
Staten Island, N.Y.
From: 0-1041377
Lt L.B. Knudsen
Btry B, 843AAA AwB14
APO466, c/o Postmaster
New York, N.Y
9/13/44
Dear Prof.
Well, I’m overseas again. This time it’s India. Hope that the next move will be to the States and that it’ll be permanent. From all outward indications it looks as though it might be rather soon. Now as for this land, India, there is more disease, poverty, and filth then I here to fore thought possible. Where one reads of the many diseases that are prevalent one cannot help but shudder. I’m more afraid of them then the Japs. Thus far I’ve been fortunate though. We live in bashas - a bamboo hut with a thatched roof. They are quite comfortable keeping out most of the heat of day. I know that the temperature has gone above 110 degrees. Will try to keep you posted as to events here. Best of luck on the new semester.
Larry
Original Format
http://library.wagner.edu/wagnerarchive/StoughtonPDF/Knudsen1.pdf
Date Digital
2014
Citation
Knudsen, Lawrence B., “[V-Mail] 1944 September 13 [to] Prof,” Wagner College Archives and Special Collections, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wagnercollections.omeka.net/items/show/16325.