Susan Rinehart to Frank O. Wilson, 1941-1942 October

Susan and Frank apparently met in Charlottesville, where they both attended several dances and events together and began dating. Their correspondence continued after Frank joined the army as a private and was stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, Company D.(February 1942). In March 1942, Frank transferred to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, to Battery A, 26th Battalion, 6th Regiment Field Artillery. They frequently discussed engagement, but did not want to announce it until Frank was commissioned in the fall.

Susan became a member of the National Honor Society and celebrated her seventeenth birthday on March 17, 1942 (March 9, 1942). Susan apparently graduated from Arlington Hall Junior College for Women by June 1942. Frank is acting Corporal in Fort Sill, Oklahoma around June 24, but still hopes to go to Officer's School. Susan, her Mom and sister take a trip to Fort Worth, Texas, and then up to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where Susan visits Frank (end of June-July 7, 1942).

Susan's Dad received Frank's telegram and approved their engagement (July 12, 1942) and they had an engagement party on August 8, 1942. By the end of August, Corporal Frank Wilson was in Officer Candidate School, Class 36, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma (August 25, 1942). Susan meets Frank's parents (September 28 and October 7, 1942) before they get their wedding license (October 22, 1942) and marry on November 2, 1942. There are no letters from Susan in 1943 as they lived together after their marriage most of that year.

On April 17, 1944, Frank is in Battery B, 325 Field Artillery? Battalion, 84th Division, Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Also in April, Susan finds out that she is pregnant and the baby is due around the end of October 1944.