Postcard addressed to Mr. J. Wicks, dated September 23, 1945
Brooklyn, NY: Arthur Altenburg, 1945. Presumed First thus. Post Card. Post card is approximately 5.5 inches by 3.25 inches. It has a 1 cent postage imprinted on it, which is canceled. It was sent to Mrs. J. Wicks, 20 Green Street, Amsterdam, New York and is postmarked September 24, 1945. The text of the message is: Sept. 23, 1945 Dear Mrs. Wicks, I know this card isn't much of an excuse for a letter, but it will have to do for a while. I've been answering letters for the past two hours and I'm still not caught up. I still like it down here. Tomorrow we start on the obstacle course. We'll get our bodies built up now. I had an invigorating swim in the huge indoor pool we have here. It is beautiful. The water is salt, of course. The food is good most of the time and we always have enough of it. I'll try to see you next week-end if only for a minute. Write when you can. Love, as ever, "Art". On the address side the return reads: A. L. Altenburg 4514-27679 Section 469 Bar. B-6-F Bunk 42 U & M Sts. Brooklyn N.Y. This postcard provides a rare surviving glimpse of military training in the period just after V-J Day, and before major demobilization actions took place. More