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  • World War II Servicemen's Correspondence Collection, 1941-1945

Letter from James K. Ballou, 1943

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Letter from James K. Ballou, 1943
MS-0369-02BA-09
Letter from James K. Ballou, 1943
1943-08-29
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Ballou, James K.
Ballou details his journey to Carnegie Tech, where he is studying electrical engineering. He likes Pittsburgh, especially compared to the "average army town," since there "dances have about twice as many girls as dogfaces" (soldiers) because "there are only a handful of us around." He says Carnegie Tech has few male civilian students. "It's the only place I've been that the girls stand on the street and whistle at you."
James Ballou; Jim Ballou; Military training; ASTP; United States Army Specialized Training Program; United Service Organizations; USO; United States Army; Carnegie Tech; Carnegie Institute of Technology
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - Carnegie Mellon University
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  • World War II Servicemen's Correspondence Collection, 1941-1945
MS-0369
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7.25 inches X 10.5 inches; 2 pages
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