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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1943
Page
7
The North Dakota branch of the Office of War Information relocates to Fargo from Bismarck. Hepner remains in charge, directing operations as the move takes effect.
A wartime letter dated Thursday March 4 1943 describes ongoing travel through the countryside and duties, noting mail and package backlogs, morale lifting, and gratitude for letters. The writer mentions routine work and anticipation of returning home.
Mrs. H J Hanson of Willow Lake receives Everett Hansons letter dated January 10 from the Solomon Islands. He writes of work in the kitchen, mosquito nets, swimming, recent letters, and longing for home while noting his fathers death in November. LeRoy Showell also shares Donald E Showells North Africa letter describing a pipe, sun, and limited time from camp.
A fragment from a letter notes there is little war news and that the writer and others are in good health with three meals daily, reflecting quiet domestic concerns amid broader events.
A personal letter expresses fatigue from constant wakefulness and a lack of strong desires, claiming fondness for daily life and curiosity about happenings back home. The writer signs as Donald, conveying affectionate, intimate sentiment.
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