Pain in my Canteen [1943 – Camp Stewart, Georgia]

Correspondence between a Private First Class (PFC) and a Private (PVT), this comic postcard from the 1940’s was sent not once, but twice! And, there are 2 postmarks and 4 separate locations involved:

• Barksdale Field, Louisiana (presently Barksdale Air Force Base)
• Camp Stewart, Georgia (presently Fort Stewart, near Savannah, Georgia)
• Army Airfield, Stuttgart, Arkansas (now Stuttgart Municipal Airport)
• Harding Field, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (now Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport)

It would be interesting to know whether or not Harry did end up in a desert theater, once he was deployed overseas.

Dear Homer,

How did it feel to get back to army life after your furlough. I expect it was lot of fun. I am learning to be a soldier now and maybe I’ll make a good one sometime. It is hot down here and so I ought to be able to stand desert service after this training is over.

Answer soon. Harry

Sent to: Pfc. Homer E. Baugh
1590th 318 [?] S. G.
Barksdale Field, Louisiana

Sent by: Pvt Harry Hawkins
Battery B 195 A. A. A. A. W. Bn.
Camp Stewart, Georgia

Postmark: Camp Stewart, Georgia – June 28, 1943

2nd Postmark on the front: Harding Field, Baton Rouge, Louisiana – July 5, 1943