Letter from Edward D. Denton to Jesse Dorsey, June 19, 1944.

Description:	Denton explains that he is the Athletic Director for the Army reassignment center at Camp Butner, North Carolina. He just received $6000 of athletic equipment from Kansas City. He is going to be moving to Miami to take over the athletic program there. The men returning from overseas have 10 to 30 days of reprocessing. The Army determines if they are needed then they are given a job. But if they are not needed, the men are send home. Most of the 8000 men have purple hearts and many stories. This letter is part of a large group of letter written to or by Jesse G. Dorsey during World War II. Dorsey ran the community house for the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. Being a veteran of World War I, he knew the value of providing support to the troops. He wrote letters and sent the company newsletter (Speedometer) to several hundred service men and women during the war. The community house also hosted weekend parties for soldiers from Fort Knox, Kentucky during the war.
Origin:	1944-06-19
Created By:	Denton, Edward Davis (Ed), 1920-2006
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll10/id/6023
Collection:	Jesse G. Dorsey WWII Correspondence
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Geography:	Butner, Granville County, North Carolina 36.1600675,-78.8151187
Subjects:	Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter) Correspondence Sporting goods Athletic clubs Camp Butner (Butner, N.C.) Soldiers--Correspondence United States. Army--Military life World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives

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