Letters From Our Boys War Dispatches From New Guinea and Southwest Pacific
Soldiers Melton Boyd and Watson McDaniel write home from distant fronts in 1944. Boyd describes harsh weather, morale, and hopes for comrades return while praising local Roanoke Rapids men. McDaniel thanks hometown paper The Herald and notes his new Southwest Pacific address while requesting continued delivery.
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Helio Carroll
Roanoke Rapids
Herald
Ao Father
A. R
R. R
Melton Boyd
Cpl
APO
Care
San Francisco
Cal
Mr. Wilson
Southwest Pacific
Watson McDaniel
Young seaman requests Herald for shipboard life
James R. DeBerry F2/c letters from Gulfport Mississippi to to receive the Herald at basic engineering school. He asks to send copies to him and two friends from home, noting his U S Navy assignment aboard a Mississippi Gulf base.
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Mississippi River
Herald
Russ
James R. DeBerry
B. E
Bks
USN TC
Gulfport
Miss
Roanoke Rapids Soldier Promoted to Petty Officer
A World War II letter from Ens D C Ragsdale to Mr and Mrs Luther Jones Jr of Roanoke Rapids thanks them for a Christmas card and notes plans to promote their son to Petty Officer by April. The message, sent from New Delhi India, also mentions mail delays and censor restrictions. A second note from Pvt Percy Harriss in New York expresses appreciation for hometown newspaper subscription.
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Mrs. Luther Jones, Jr
Burton Street
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Mrs. Jones
Sam
Navy
Ens
D. C. Ragsdale
U. S. Navy
Unit L
Care
P. O
New York City
Town Talk Residence News With Visiting Friends
Mesdames W. P. Taylor A. D. Waters and Cleophus Bray spent Friday in Wilson and Goldsboro. Miss Irene Turner of Richmond Virginia spent the week end with her sister Mrs Bernard Woodruff. Mrs E M Bidgood of Portsmouth Virginia spent the week end in town with relatives. Mrs Murrell Hudson left Tuesday for Aberdeen Maryland to visit her husband Sgt Murrell Hudson.
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Mesdames W. P. Taylor
A. D. Waters
Cleophus Bray
Wilson
Goldsboro
Irene Turner
Richmond
Bernard Woodruff
E. M. Bidgood
Portsmouth
Murrell Hudson
Aberdeen
Sgt
Pearson Unit Transfer Moves Troop to Fort Bragg
Pfc. James Grady Pearson of Fort Benning Georgia was transferred to Fort Bragg. His wife Mrs James G Pearson and their son Otis Pearson joined relatives Mrs Jessie Price and Miss Florine Pearson for a Sunday visit in Fort Bragg.
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James Grady Pearson
Fort Benning, Ga
Fort Bragg
James G. Pearson
Otis Pearson
Jessie Price
Florine Pearson
Man Regains Ten Pounds Taking Retonga
A.G. McClellan, an Ill inois Central Railroad electrician living in Birmingham Alabama, credits Retonga with relieving nervous indigestion and gas, restoring appetite and sleep, and helping him regain ten pounds after years of discomfort. He says he plans to send a bottle to his mother and that Retonga addresses vitamin B-1 deficiency and digestion issues.
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Retonga
A. G. McClellan
12Th Court No
Birmingham
Ala
Illinois Central Railroad
McClellan
Florida
Mr. McClellan
Rosemary Drug Co
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New Guinea
Carroll
New Delhi
India
Carroll Wilson
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Bank of Halifax
Littleton
Percy A. Harriss
Intermediate
New York
N. Y
Gardner
Ayda
R.R. Man
Velvet
Gardner’s Dairy Products
Rocky Mount and
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