This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Brother Tony's Africa letters from 1968 Zambia visit
Tony recounts harsh travel on swamp roads in Zambia during the rainy season, aid work at clinics, and village life including a sick child, a polio case, and a deeply ill old woman. He details hospitality, gifts, a monkey pet, box shipments from America, and a brief postscript on a commemorative Women Marines postage card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zambia
Mission
Adrian
Father Sylvester
Brotter Bryan
Boma
Father Christopher
Chris
Brother Joseph
Ana
Africa
Chilunda
Lugon
Darlene
America
New York
Tony
Women Marines
W. Marvin Watson
Marines’ Memorial Club
San Francisco
Women Marines Association
Bay City
Ralph W. Nicholson
Post Office Department
Marine Corps
U. S
Muriel R. Chamberlain
Government Printing Office
Marine Corps Reserve
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve