Check the listing for details. 1941 GI Letter. Fort Knox. Guarding Payroll with a Machine Gun.. Condition: Used. Listed at 4.95 USD. May 30, 1941 4 page GI Letter Home From Fort Knox Training Camp. On 2 sheets. I have a series of these letters, written by Pvt. W(illiam).R(ussell) Boyd. They are all written to Mrs. Jamie H. Thomas, Ashton, Maryland and she obviously kept all of the letters. I have been attempting to figure out the relationship between the two, I thought maybe she was his sister but it appears to be a lot more complicated than that. In the letters, the rather intimate sentiments he shared with her didn't look like she was his sister but on the other hand he also mentioned going on dance dates, etc. while in Louisville. Appears that they were trying to keep everything quiet. Turns out that in the 1940 Census he was living as a boarder with Jamie Thomas and her husband John. Apparently Russell left to join the army in early 1941, he was 30 at the time, which seems to be a little old to be enlisting as a private almost a year before we had entered the war. Jamie and John divorced in 1946, shortly after the war was over. Jamie then married a Jack Boyd by 1950. That was not Russell because he died of a brain abscess in April 1942 while stationed in Terra Haute, Indiana. Perhaps it was a cousin, etc. of Russell's. I also believe Russell was married to a wife named Virginia during this time, he was married in 1935 and Virginia was listed as his wife on his death certificate. (Like I said, it's complicated).In this letter: He goes on guard duty again, this time a 24 hour guard with a machine gun on the company payroll. Original envelope is VG condition with light edge and corner wear, opened neatly at top. Letter is EX condition with normal mailing folds. I use a poor/fair/good/very good/excellent/mint grading system and grade very conservatively (see my feedback). This does NOT necessarily correspond to the generic Ebay grading system that we must use. Shipping is $1.50 in the U.S. International Buyers – Please NotePlease obtain shipping quote before bidding. Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. Thank you. We cannot be responsible for transit times through customs. THANKS FOR LOOKING! WE NOW HAVE OUR EBAY STORE! CHECK IT OUT FOR MORE VINTAGE ITEMS. BE AWARE THAT RECENT POST OFFICE BUDGET CUTS ARE CAUSING SOME SLOW DELIVERIES, PLEASE BE PATIENT.