All About KP Duty and the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps

Postmarked March 2, 1943, from Camp Upton, Long Island, N.Y.

Pvt. Frank Mauro
A.S.N. 32810329
5th Rec. Co.
Camp Upton, Long Island, New York

Dear Ma and Pa,

We just had an air raid warning which took up about 1 hour of my valuable time. I could have written a couple of letters in that time. As it is, this is the only letter I have time to write. We have to get plenty of sleep because we never know when we’ll get called for K.P.

To get K.P., someone quietly comes into the tent (at) three o’clock in the morning and gently shakes you to wake you up. As soon as you wake up, you know that you either have K.P. or are being shipped out. You spend eighteen backbreaking hours in the kitchen with a sergeant hanging around to see that there is no loafing. Read more of this post